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25 April 1997 Compact imaging apparatus for a pen-shaped handheld scanner
Hiroshi Haga, Ichiro Fujieda, Fujio Okumura
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Abstract
A compact imaging system is proposed for electronic document input. In this configuration, a linear image sensor formed on a glass substrate is coupled with an optical fiber array plate. There are multiple apertures in each photodiode of this sensor. Light from a linear light emitting diode array is transmitted through the glass, the apertures and the fiber successively and illuminates a document. The scattered light comes back in the same fiber and is detected by the sensitive part of the photodiode. Experiment with a 200dpi sensor shows a good spatial resolution. With a white paper illuminated at 100(mu) W/cm2, a signal yield of 0.75 pC is obtained with 1msec storage time. The depth of field is 70 micrometers . A prototype hand-held scanner has been developed by housing this imaging system in a 10mm-wide pen-shaped speed of 12cm/sec.
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Hiroshi Haga, Ichiro Fujieda, and Fujio Okumura "Compact imaging apparatus for a pen-shaped handheld scanner", Proc. SPIE 3019, Solid State Sensor Arrays: Development and Applications, (25 April 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.275172
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KEYWORDS
Scanners

Photodiodes

Image sensors

Light emitting diodes

Sensors

Prototyping

Glasses

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