摘要:
An image reading apparatus includes: a partial pre-scanning device configured to convey a reading unit in an edge detection area and causes the reading unit to execute a reading operation in the edge detection area, the edge detection area being a partial area within a scannable area on a platen, and a detecting device configured to detect a plurality of edge pixels on a basis of image data, the plurality of edge pixels representing a side of a document, the image data being outputted by the reading unit that reads the edge detection area through execution of the reading operation by the partial pre-scanning device. Upon the plurality of edge pixels not detected on the basis of the image data, the partial pre-scanning device moves the edge detection area in a conveying direction of the reading unit and causes the reading unit to execute the reading operation.
摘要:
An automatic document feeder and a scanner having the same are provided. The automatic document feeder can include a transport unit configured to transport a document to a scanning unit, an apparatus main body configured to hold the transport unit, a cover configured to be rotatably disposed on the apparatus main body, and a sensing unit disposed on a document transportation path to sense whether the cover is open or closed, the position of the document, or both. The automatic document feeder and the scanner having the same are configured to allow a jammed document to be ejected without having the document be damaged.
摘要:
A method and to a corresponding apparatus for processing information carriers, in particular for reading out storage phosphor plates (2) for storing X-ray information, an information carrier (2) and/or a container (1) in which the information carrier (2) is located being processed, in particular being moved and/or fixed, by at least one mechanical processor (13), the processor (7) being driven by at least one stepper motor (10), and information from the information carrier (2) being read out and/or written in the information carrier. In order to simplify the processing of information carriers (2) with at the same time high precision when determining the position of the processor (13) and reduced production costs, provision is made such that a motor load is recorded which is a measure for the load of the stepper motor (10) while the processor is being driven, and information about the position of the processor (13) is deduced from the number of steps, which corresponds to the number of steps of the stepper motor (10) while the processor (13) is being driven, taking into account the motor load recorded.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus comprises: an image reading section for reading a plurality of document images of a document having a plurality of sheets page by page, the document being set on a reading position in a state that image directions of the document images are mixed; a designating section for designating each image direction of the document images of the document set on the reading position; a storing section for storing the document images read by the image reading section; an image forming section for recognizing each rotation angle for directing the stored document images to a reference direction which is previously set, in accordance with each designated image direction, and for forming a plurality of output images by rotating the document images by each recognized rotation angle; and an output section for outputting the formed output images.
摘要:
A sheet-fed scanning device capable of detecting a document edge includes a scanning module and an automatic document feeder. The scanning module scans a document with a light ray. The automatic document feeder feeds the document across a scanning region on a sheet passageway for the scanning module to scan. In this invention, a section of a guide plate of the sheet passageway located within the scanning region is formed with a concave portion, wherein the document moving across the scanning region is located between the concave portion and the scanning module, such that the intensity of a first brightness of the concave portion sensed by the scanning module is far smaller than the intensity of a second brightness of the document sensed by the scanning module. Thus, it is possible to facilitate the document edge detection and the document skew correction.
摘要:
Methods and apparatuses for forming images on recording media of different sizes are provided. The image forming procedure may include reading setting information which includes the size of a substitute recording medium for each user from a memory and, when the size of the recording medium specified by the print instruction is not available, executing a print instruction by automatically changing the size of a recording medium to be used to the size of the substitute recording medium based on the setting information. Additional computer-readable storage media storing image forming procedures are also provided.
摘要:
One method for determining a gray background value of a scanned document having left, right, top and bottom edges includes obtaining a scanned image of a horizontal strip which includes at least one portion of the document and which includes at least one non-document area, and includes creating a histogram of pixel values, of the horizontal strip, inside the document edges while excluding from the histogram pixel values, of the horizontal strip, located outside the document edges. Another method for determining a gray background value includes obtaining a scanned image of a vertical strip. One method for determining skew of a scanned document includes obtaining a scanned image, which includes a leading document edge, using vertically-displaced successive horizontal scan lines, includes determining points of the leading edge, and includes fitting a line to the points. Another method for determining a skew uses horizontally-displaced successive vertical scan lines.
摘要:
A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes photoelectric conversion elements configured to receive light reflected from an original illuminated by a light source and to convert the received light into an electrical signal, an output circuit for amplifying the electrical signal from the photoelectric conversion elements and outputting the amplified signal as an image signal in a time series fashion, and a driving stop circuit for stopping driving a part of the photoelectric conversion elements or a power supply stop circuit for stopping supplying power to a part of the photoelectric conversion elements.
摘要:
An image reader includes a document table 2 having a platen plate 3 placed on an upper surface of the document table 2; a document table cover 4 supported at an upper end of the document table 2 in a pivotable manner; a first image sensor 5 which is provided in the document table 2 and is actuated in parallel with the platen plate 3 by means of a sensor drive mechanism 6; a document moving mechanism for causing the document to move along a document transport path 9 formed in the document table cover 4; and a second image sensor 20 fixed to the document table cover 4 so as to be situated at a position above the document transport path 9, wherein a track of the document which moves through the document transport path 9 passes through a focal point (scan point) of the first image sensor 5 achieved when the first image sensor 5 is situated at a standby position.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus prints images on print sheets, and insets tab-index sheets between the printed print sheets. The image forming apparatus includes an orientation detecting unit which detects an orientation of a print sheet being supplied, a rotation-angle selecting unit which selects a rotation angle of an image such that the image is arranged in an orientation matching the detected orientation of the print sheet and in a predetermined positional relationship with a tab of the tab-index sheets, and a printing unit which prints the image being rotated by the selected rotation angle.