US 11,818,312 B2
Duplex scan indicative scanner, scanning apparatus and scanning method
Shao-Lan Sheng, Hsinchu (TW); and Shih Chao Sheng, Hsinchu (TW)
Assigned to AVISION INC., Hsinchu (TW)
Filed by AVISION INC., Hsinchu (TW)
Filed on Aug. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/398,569.
Claims priority of application No. 109130559 (TW), filed on Sep. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0078300 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 1/00824 (2013.01) [H04N 1/00477 (2013.01); H04N 1/00572 (2013.01); H04N 1/00822 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A duplex scan indicative scanner, comprising:
a sheet passage;
a transporting mechanism transporting a document past the sheet passage;
one single scanning module scanning a first side of the document passing through the sheet passage;
a duplex indicator; and
a connection interface electrically connected to an electronic device, the duplex indicator, the transporting mechanism and the scanning module, wherein after the electronic device controls, through the connection interface, the scanning module to scan the first side of the document, the electronic device controls, through the connection interface, the duplex indicator to output a duplex indication message to a user to guide the user to place the document or a second document, so that a second side of the document or the second document is scanned by the scanning module.