Scanner modules are provided for use with a docking station having a
docking station interface adapted to receive an interface of an imaging
device; the scanner module has an image-scanning unit adapted to form an
image of a medium; a controller to controllably cause the image scanning
unit to capture an image of the medium and to store the captured image as
image data in a memory; and a scanner interface adapted so that it can be
received by the docking station interface. The controller is connected to
the scanner interface and adapted to send image data from the memory
through the docking station interface in a manner that emulates the
manner in which the imaging device sends image data through the docking
station interface. Some embodiments of the scanner module can be manually
or automatically moved to scan mediums.