A medium discharge device includes a discharge roller pair that is provided with a discharge driving roller and a discharge driven roller which drivably rotates in contact with the discharge driving roller, and a medium receiving tray which receives the medium that is fed and discharged by the discharge roller pair, in which the medium receiving tray includes a guide member which guides such that a tip end of the medium which is discharged from the discharge roller pair enters the medium mounting surface at a predetermined angle, and the guide member is provided to be elastically displaceable in an advancing and retreating direction with respect to the medium mounting surface of the medium receiving tray and is displaced in a direction coming close to the medium mounting surface according to raising of a pressing load due to the medium that is discharged to the medium receiving tray.

A medium discharge device includes a discharge roller pair that is provided with a discharge driving roller and a discharge driven roller which drivably rotates in contact with the discharge driving roller, and a medium receiving tray which receives the medium that is fed and discharged by the discharge roller pair, in which the medium receiving tray includes a guide member which guides such that a tip end of the medium which is discharged from the discharge roller pair enters the medium mounting surface at a predetermined angle, and the guide member is provided to be elastically displaceable in an advancing and retreating direction with respect to the medium mounting surface of the medium receiving tray and is displaced in a direction coming close to the medium mounting surface according to raising of a pressing load due to the medium that is discharged to the medium receiving tray.

An image sensing apparatus, an image scanning device and a scanning method of the image scanning device are provided. The image sensing apparatus includes an image sensing assembly configured to sterilize and scan an object to be scanned, the image sensing assembly including a frame having an accommodating cavity and an opening communicating with the accommodating cavity; a contact image sensor, configured to read image information of the object to be scanned, the contact image sensor including detection light sources configured to emit detection beams; and a sterilization module, the sterilization module and the contact image sensor being sequentially arranged in the accommodating cavity in a first direction, and the sterilization module including an ultraviolet light source capable of emitting ultraviolet light to sterilize the object to be scanned.

A medium discharge device includes a discharge roller pair that is provided with a discharge driving roller and a discharge driven roller which drivably rotates in contact with the discharge driving roller, and a medium receiving tray which receives the medium that is fed and discharged by the discharge roller pair, in which the medium receiving tray includes a guide member which guides such that a tip end of the medium which is discharged from the discharge roller pair enters the medium mounting surface at a predetermined angle, and the guide member is provided to be elastically displaceable in an advancing and retreating direction with respect to the medium mounting surface of the medium receiving tray and is displaced in a direction coming close to the medium mounting surface according to raising of a pressing load due to the medium that is discharged to the medium receiving tray.

An image reading device includes a plurality of conveyance rollers to convey a sheet, a motor to drive the plurality of conveyance rollers, an image reading unit to read an image of the sheet, a control device to perform a stop control that stops the sheet in a course of a conveyance path, and a clutch to transmit a driving force of the motor. A first conveyance roller group includes at least one of the plurality of conveyance rollers upstream from a leading end of the sheet stopped by the stop control in a conveyance direction, to which the driving force is transmitted via the clutch. A second conveyance roller group includes at least one of the plurality of conveyance rollers downstream from the leading end of the sheet stopped by the stop control in the conveyance direction, to which the driving force is transmitted without the clutch.

A print data generator includes a storage storing processor-executable instructions causing a processor to perform a process to generate print data from original full-color data. The process includes when a hue value of a pixel is within a specific hue range for an emphasis color, setting a density value of a reference color of the pixel based on a value value of the pixel, and setting a density of the emphasis color of the pixel based on a saturation value of the pixel and a difference value between the hue value of the pixel and a hue value of the emphasis color, and when the hue value of the pixel is out of the specific hue range, setting the density value of the reference color based on a luminance value of the pixel derived from RGB data, and setting the density value of the emphasis color to zero.

A scanner includes an image capturing module, a drive roller assembly, an idle roller assembly, and a guiding structure. The image capturing module is for capturing an image of an object. The drive roller assembly is for driving the object to move along a feeding direction. The idle roller assembly is for preventing a moving direction of the object away from the feeding direction by resiliently pressing the object. A feeding passage is formed between the drive roller assembly and the idle roller assembly. The guiding structure is disposed in front of the feeding passage and for guiding a normal direction of a leading edge of the object to be oblique relative to the feeding direction at an oblique angle. Therefore, the present invention can effectively reduce variation of a resistance force acting on the object as the object moves in the feeding path, which prevents image distortion.

An image reading apparatus includes an image reading sensor, a transparent plate, a guiding member, a first roller pair, and a second roller pair provided upstream of the first roller pair with respect to a sheet feeding direction. The first roller pair and the second roller pair are disposed so as to nip a sheet in each of nips of the first roller pair and the second roller pair when a leading end of the sheet enters between the guiding member and the transparent plate.

An image processing apparatus comprising: a storage unit configured to store image data read by scanning, with a linear sensor including pixels arranged in a main-scanning direction, an original in a sub-scanning direction orthogonal to the main-scanning direction, an acquisition unit configured to acquire inclination information indicating inclination of the image data, and a readout unit configured to read out the image data from the storage unit, with shifting, in accordance with the inclination information, a line position in the sub-scanning direction by each predetermined number of pixels in the main-scanning direction, wherein the readout unit reads out the image data from the storage unit, based on the inclination information, differentiating the predetermined number of pixels between an edge in the main-scanning direction and other parts.

An image reading apparatus includes a conveyance member, a transparent member, a background member, and a reading unit. The reading unit arranged on an opposite side to the background member with respect to the transparent member. The reading unit includes a light source and a reading sensor. The light source emits light toward a sheet. The reading sensor reads a shadow of a sheet and an image of the sheet through the transparent member. The shadow of the sheet is projected onto the background member. As viewed in a width direction perpendicular to a conveyance direction, an irradiating direction of the light inclines downstream in the conveyance direction toward a downstream side in the irradiating direction. The background member has a planar shape that is inclined to approach the transparent member from an upstream side toward a downstream side in the conveyance direction.