| US 7,554,701 B2 | ||
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| Min-Wen Hong, Rende Township, Tainan County (Taiwan); Tsung-Te Lin, Taipei (Taiwan); and Chun He, Su-chou (China) | ||
| Assigned to Qisda Corporation, Taoyuan County (Taiwan) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 24, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/876,220. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 92 1 17092 (CN), filed on Jun. 24, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0263917 A1, Dec. 30, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04N 1/04 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 358—474 [358/497; 358/498; 358/496] | 13 Claims |
| 1. A scanner, comprising:
a window glass;
a contact image sensor (CIS) module located below said window glass;
a carriage for carrying said contact image sensor module, said carriage having a hole;
a guiding shaft located below said carriage for guiding movement of said carriage; and
a force-providing element for providing a force making said contact image sensor module to maintain a constant distance from
said window glass while said contact image sensor module moves, the force-providing element comprising a portion sliding on
said guiding shaft, the force-providing element further comprising an elastic part extended from the portion and passing through
said hole and touching against said contact image sensor module.
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