Patent classifications
H04N1/00745
IMAGE READING APPARATUS
An image reading apparatus includes a reading unit having a plurality of light receiving elements arranged in a main scanning direction and configured to read an original placed on an original platen, a moving portion configured to move the reading unit in a sub-scanning direction, an edge extractor configured to extract original edges from image data of an original pressure plate and the original read by the reading unit, a determiner configured to determine, from the original edges, an angle of an original leading edge with respect to the main scanning direction and position information of one end of the original leading edge, a controller configured to terminate a movement of the reading unit when an original trailing edge end point is extracted from the original edges, and a rotation correction unit configured to correct a rotation of the image data based on the angle and the position information.
Image reading apparatus that reads by intended read size and image processing apparatus
An image reading apparatus includes a read size determination circuit. The read size determination circuit has a plurality of operation mode including a first mode and a second mode. The first mode determines the size of the document detected by the first document reading unit as a first read size and determines a read size of the document set in advance as a second read size. The first read size is the read size of the document when the first document reading unit reads the document. The second mode determines the size of the document detected by the first document reading unit as the first read size. If the second document reading unit reads the document, the second mode determines the read size of the document set in the setting screen as the second read size when a start instruction of a reading job is entered using the operation circuit.
Multiple sheet media pick detection
Methods and apparatus pertaining to scanning or copying documents are provided. Sheet media are individually transported away from an input location. Optical scanning of the sheet media is initiated in accordance with detecting the passage of leading edges of the sheet media. Electronic signals resulting from the scanning are automatically analyzed to detect trailing edges of overlapping sheet media. A user notification is issued if a multiple sheet pick event is detected. A user can resume scanning or copying of a multiple sheet document at the location where the multiple sheet pick occurred.
Information processing apparatus
An information processing apparatus for transmitting image data input by sequentially reading documents, with limiting an allowable frame size, includes: a transmission controller, wherein, in a case where the document has an irregular size, the transmission controller transmits the image data to a transmission destination in a preset frame of a first frame size until a rear edge of the document is detected, and if a portion, which is not transmitted, of the image data exists when the rear edge of the document is detected, transmits the portion to the transmission destination in a frame of a second frame size smaller than the first frame size so that the transmitting of the portion is finished before a start of transmission of image data corresponding to a next document.
TECHNIQUE FOR COOPERATION BETWEEN PLURALITY OF SEPARATE CONTROLLERS PROVIDED IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
In a case where a recording medium is to be stopped on a conveyance path and a length of the recording medium is a first length, the first controller stops a first motor upon a first sensor detecting the front end of the recording medium, and a second controller stops a second motor upon first sensor detecting the front end of the recording medium. In a case where the recording medium is to be stopped on the conveyance path and the length of the recording medium is a second length, the first controller stops the first motor upon the first sensor detecting the front end of the recording medium, and the second controller continues driving of the second motor even if the first sensor detects the front end of the recording medium.
IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
An image reading apparatus includes a transparent member on which an original is placed, a reading unit configured to read the original placed on the transparent member while moving in a first direction, and at least one processor configured to detect at least one edge of the original based on a reading result by the reading unit, wherein the at least one processor is configured to determine a candidate of a size of the original placed on the transparent member based on an edge, among the at least one detected edge, in the second direction orthogonal to the first direction, wherein the reading unit is configured to move in the first direction by a predetermined distance based on the candidate of the determined size.
IMAGE READING APPARATUS
An image reading apparatus includes a conveyor configured to convey an original in a conveyance direction; a reader configured to read an image of the original conveyed by the conveyor; and at least one processor configured to: determine, based on the image read by the reader, an inclination amount corresponding to an inclination angle of a side of a leading edge of the original in the conveyance direction, wherein the inclination angle represents an inclination of the side of the leading edge of the original with respect to a width direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction; rotationally correct the image read by the reader by the inclination amount so as to reduce the inclination amount to output a first image in which the rotationally corrected image is included in a case where the inclination amount is smaller than a predetermined amount.
MEDIUM FEEDING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FEEDING METHOD
A control unit of a medium feeding apparatus is configured to execute a fault detection process to determine that there is a feeding fault when a movement of a subsequent medium in a feeding direction is detected based on detection information of a movement detection unit within a fault detection period that is set after a trailing edge of a preceding medium is detected based on the detection information of the movement detection unit and before feeding of the subsequent medium is started, and the fault detection period set when a size of the medium in a width direction intersecting the feeding direction is a first size is shorter than the fault detection period set when the size of the medium in the width direction is a second size larger than the first size.
MEDIUM-FEEDING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM-FEEDING METHOD
A medium-feeding apparatus includes a movement detector configured to output information on movement of a medium in a first direction parallel to a feeding direction and in a second direction intersecting the feeding direction. A control unit is configured to perform abnormal feeding processing depending on the movement of the medium in the second direction. In the abnormal feeding processing, the control unit stops feeding of the medium when a first value indicating the movement of the medium in the first direction is within an allowable range and when a second value indicating the movement of the medium in the second direction exceeds a threshold, and continues feeding of the medium when the first value is outside the allowable range.
Image reading apparatus
An image reading apparatus includes a medium mounting portion configured to mount a medium; a feeding means configured to feed a medium from the medium mounting portion; at least one edge guide each configured to regulate a corresponding one of at least one medium width direction edge of the medium having been mounted on the medium mounting portion; a reading means configured to read the medium and disposed on a further downstream side than the at least one edge guide in the medium feeding direction; and at least one medium detection means configured to detect the medium and disposed on a further downstream side than the at least one edge guide in the medium feeding direction and further outside in the medium width direction than at least one edge regulation position for the edge regulation by the at least one edge guide.