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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100296720 | BI-DIRECTIONAL DUAL-SPEED DOCUMENT PROCESSOR A document processor and method of use are disclosed. In one aspect, a document processor includes a path of travel of a document, a magnetic ink character reader, and an image scanner. The magnetic ink character reader is located along the path of travel and positioned... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100141999 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING PROGRAM, AND IMAGE READING METHOD An image reading apparatus includes: a sheet feeding device; a sheet feeding control section that controls transport of an original document performed by the sheet feeding device; a reading section that reads the original document so as to output image data; a reading c... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20090257100 | Method And Apparatus For Ascertaining And Adjusting Friction Between Media Pages In A Document Feeder A method relating to ascertaining and adjusting friction between media pages in a document feeder. The method includes: detecting slipping of a media page when traversing from a stack of media pages to passing through a path defined by the document feeder; and sending a... | 10/15/2009 |
| 20090231642 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus includes: a document loading tray that loads a document; a document transport path that transports the document; an image reading unit that is disposed in the document transport path and reads an image of the document; a document output tray i... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090168126 | Light Emitting Unit, Lighting Apparatus and Image Reading Apparatus There are provided a light emitting unit in which temperature increase due to heat generated in a light emitting element is suppressed to enhance light emission efficiency, a linear illumination device in which the light emitting unit is incorporated, and a contact-type... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090168125 | System and method of simplex and duplex scanning A scanning device for simplex and duplex scanning. The device may include a scan head for capturing content appearing on a page; a substantially C-shaped first scan path for simplex scanning, the first scan path adapted to guide the page relative to the scan head for sc... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090067009 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESS METHOD Disclosed is an image reading apparatus which reads images in a front side and a back side of a document by passing the document through the image reading apparatus once including a first reading section to read the front side of the document, a second reading section t... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20090059319 | Image Reading Device An image reading device to read an image carried on a document, including: an image reading section to read an image carried on a document; a polygonal member, mounted to face the image reading section, and spaced from the image reading section at a predetermined distan... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090040570 | Image reading apparatus, image forming apparatus, image forming system that employs the image reading apparatus and the image forming apparatus An image reading apparatus reads an image of a document. An image reading section reads an image of a document. A scanning mechanism causes the image reading section to move relative to the document when the document is at rest. When the image reading section is at rest... | 02/12/2009 |
| 20090034027 | ORIGINAL TRANSPORT AND READING APPARATUS, READING POSITION ADJUSTMENT METHOD OF ORIGINAL TRANSPORT AND READING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An original transport and reading apparatus includes an original transport apparatus having a transport path, a first image reading unit that reads an image of an original facing the original transport apparatus, and a second image reading unit that is arranged inside t... | 02/05/2009 |
| 20080297856 | Image forming apparatus and image scanning device An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device and an image scanning device. The image forming device forms an image on a recording medium on the basis of image information of an image scanning target scanned by the image scanning device including a conveya... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080285096 | Scanning System for Generating an Image A scanning system for generating an image includes a scanning device configured to receive light reflected from a document and to output a signal corresponding to the received light to collect image data for use in generating an image. An automatic document feed system ... | 11/20/2008 |
| 20080239413 | Auditing System and Method for Digital Documents The present invention relates to management of digital documents, and more specifically to a method and system for effectively auditing data extracted from digital documents by creating hyperlinks to these digital documents from the summary documents. The present invent... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080231920 | IMAGE SCANNING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF SCANNING BOTH SIDES OF A PRINTABLE MEDIUM USING THE SAME An image scanning apparatus includes a reversal tray on which printable media are temporarily stacked, and a reverse roller installed inside a main body immediately before the reversal tray at a junction between the reversal tray and an end of a second moving path, whic... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080225355 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF An image reading device feeds a document original along a sub-scanning direction over an exposure glass. A moving unit moves to and fro in the sub-scanning direction over the exposure glass thereby causing an image reading position on the exposure glass to move. A line ... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080225354 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME An image reading device and an image forming apparatus and methods thereof can achieve a duplex scanning operation and enable a user to easily arrange the scanned documents after being discharged. The image reading device may include a supply path coupled to a document ... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080204824 | IMAGE SENSOR An image sensor includes: a light transmissive member extending in a direction orthogonal to a direction of conveying the document; a reference portion provided outside the conveying region where a document is conveyed with respect to the orthogonal direction and having... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080158620 | IMAGE READING AND RECORDING APPARATUS An image reading and recording apparatus has: a carriage for mounting a recording head; a reading unit which reads an original document; a conveying roller arranged on a conveying path which is used in common for recording paper and the original; and a platen arranged s... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080130070 | Scanner/imager An apparatus and method for scanning documents such as ID cards and bank checks that includes hinged cover and base assemblies. The base includes motor driven drive rollers for conveying a document along a paper path defined between the cover and base. The cover include... | 06/05/2008 |
| 20080106773 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS In an image reading apparatus, a retreat control device moves a conveyance target through a conveyance mechanism, when a stop operation is performed by a stop control device, in an opposite direction to an image reading direction to a position further from a restart ref... | 05/08/2008 |
| 20070291327 | Image forming apparatus Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including: an image forming section to perform an image formation onto a recording medium which moves relatively in a sub scanning direction, the image forming section including a writing unit including a writing element; an image... | 12/20/2007 |
| 20070285741 | IMAGE READING-RECORDING APPARATUS An image reading recording apparatus includes a recording unit for recording an image on a recording material; a read unit, movable relative to the recording unit, for reading an image on an original, the read unit being movable between a first position for closing a sh... | 12/13/2007 |
| 20070268530 | LINEAR IMAGER RESCALING METHOD A system and method for removing perspective distortion from an image of an object (112) moving along a transport device (114) having a top surface (124) is disclosed. A line scanner (110) to create a first image of an object. The first image... | 11/22/2007 |
| 20070247676 | PAPER PRESSING DEVICE FOR A SCANNING APPARATUS A paper pressing device for a scanning apparatus is provided, which include a scanning module and a paper track corresponding to the scanning module, wherein the paper track is provided for a paper sheet passing through. The paper pressing device includes a film and a p... | 10/25/2007 |
| 20070206239 | DOCUMENT SURFACE MICRO-ADJUST MECHANISM A document surface micro-adjust mechanism for an optical scanner. The optical scanner has an outer casing with a transparent document platform in the upper section. An optical lens is enclosed inside the outer casing. The document surface micro-adjust mechanism uses a c... | 09/06/2007 |
| 20070206231 | Methods, systems, and computer program products for associating an image with a communication characteristic Methods, systems, and computer program products for associating an image with a communication characteristic are disclosed. According to one method, a content characteristic of a first image may be identified. Communication of the first image may be monitored to identif... | 09/06/2007 |
| 20070146823 | Methods and Systems for Document Manipulation Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems, methods and devices for manipulating documents. ... | 06/28/2007 |
| 20070081202 | Image forming apparatus and image forming system An image forming apparatus includes (A) an image forming section, (B) a document reading section, and (C) a controller. The image forming section is for forming an image. The document reading section is capable of reading a document concurrently with an operation of the... | 04/12/2007 |
| 20070064283 | Image reading apparatus and copying apparatus An image reading apparatus including: a circulating transport path for transporting an original document to circulate; pliral reading sections for reading a single image plane on a same single face of the original document at plural times at plural positions in the circ... | 03/22/2007 |
| 20070047027 | Image processing apparatus An image processing apparatus is provided with an image reading unit configured to read an image on an original, the original being discharged from a discharging side of the image reading unit, an image forming unit configured to form an image on an recording medium, an... | 03/01/2007 |
| 20060285176 | Image reading apparatus and image processing method An image reading apparatus includes a document positioning plate configured to have a document positioned thereon, a conveyance belt configured to convey the document to the document positioning plate, an image reading unit configured to read an image of the document po... | 12/21/2006 |
| 20060268376 | Automatic document feeder and image forming apparatus equipped with the same An automatic document feeder (3) has a front plate (12) located on one of opposite sides of the document feeder in a direction orthogonal to a feeding direction of documents P on a document tray (4), and on the side opposed to an operator. A rear pl... | 11/30/2006 |
| 20060256393 | Image forming system and method At step S301, since none of conveyance sensors 114, 116 and 121 detect residual paper, a CPU 203 notifies a CPU 201 that it is in a residual paper check start instruction waiting mode. At step S302, since a conveying path sensor... | 11/16/2006 |
| 20060256398 | Image reading apparatus and image reading method An image reading apparatus includes a platen for placing the original, a reading device for reading the original placed on the platen to obtain image data in a first reading mode or a second reading mode; a transport device for transporting the original to be capable of... | 11/16/2006 |
| 20060227389 | Image reader and image forming apparatus Provided is an image reader including: a first reading device for reading an image on one side of a document moving on a transparent glass plate; a second reading device as a movable reading device, for reading one of an image on another side of the document moving on t... | 10/12/2006 |
| 20060170988 | Film carrier A film carrier conveys photographic film along a conveyance path to an image reading position, in order to read an image by irradiating with light an image frame recorded in the photographic film. The film carrier includes: a reference plate for setting the photographic... | 08/03/2006 |
| 20060114524 | Two-side scanning apparatus and a method of controlling the same A two-side scanning apparatus and a method of controlling the two-side scanning apparatus. The two-side scanning apparatus includes: a white roller installed on an image sensor, a sheet feeding roller train installed on a first side of the white roller to transfer a she... | 06/01/2006 |
| 20060098248 | Image forming apparatus reading an original while transporting the same An image reading apparatus includes, with the purpose of detecting with improved precision noise generated due to dust on a platen, three line sensors spaced from each other in a sub scanning direction to scan an original in the sub scanning direction, the platen betwee... | 05/11/2006 |
| 20060077483 | Recording apparatus, recording method, and computer program A recording apparatus for recording data of a moving image and a still image onto an optical disk, includes a converter for converting the data of the still image into moving image data in the same format as the data of the moving image when the optical disk is finalize... | 04/13/2006 |
| 20060044631 | Automatic device for turning the pages of a bound document The invention concerns an automatic device for turning the pages of a bound document comprising a support (11) whereon is arranged the document, means (14) for separating by suction one page from the other pages to be turned and for turning the separated p... | 03/02/2006 |
