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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189239 | Media output option lighting system An electrophotographic device includes a scanning unit, at least one media output option for receiving a media sheet, and at least one light source for emitting a light beam to at least partially illuminate a media sheet receiving portion of the at least one media o... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8189240 | Arrangement for reading from and/or writing to flexible sheet media in a curved configuration and method An assembly for transferring information to and/or from flexible sheet media in a highly advantageous curved configuration is disclosed. The sheet material includes a length and a width defining first and second opposing surfaces. The assembly includes support means... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8179574 | Image reading device, image reading method, and image reading program There is provided an image reading device including a tag information reading unit for reading information recorded in an IC tag by performing radio communication with the IC tag attached or embedded at a predetermined position of a medium that becomes a target of i... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179573 | Scanning two images of media In one implementation, a method scans a media to provide a first image and a second image. The method further subtracts the first image from the second image. ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8174736 | Image reading apparatus An image reading apparatus is configured to read an image of a document. The image reading apparatus includes a main body, a document receiving surface configured to receive a document to be read, an operation panel disposed on the main body and a document cover con... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174737 | Image reading apparatus An image reading apparatus includes a document table, a read unit that reads a document so as to generate image data representing a read image of the document, a partial prescanning unit, which conveys the read unit in a partial area of a readable area of the docume... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174738 | Image read-out device and image forming device The image read-out device comprises an integrally formed scanning optical unit in which a light source which emits light toward a document, a plurality of reflective mirrors reflecting the light which is emitted from the light source to the document and then reflect... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174735 | System and method for printing system process magnification adjustment Document processing systems and duplex printing methods are presented in which side 1 to side 2 process magnification errors are compensated for by selective use of two raster output scanner clocks for latent image generation of images destined for fir... | 05/08/2012 |
| RE43358 | Data reading apparatus A data reading apparatus for reading and/or scanning data from a first and second scanned medium comprising a first transportation path P1, along which the first scanned medium is conveyed and a second transportation path P2, along which the second sca... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8169671 | Lighting unit, image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus using the same A lighting unit, includes: a light source section wherein a plurality of light-emitting sources are arranged in a direction perpendicular to a direction of each light-emitting optical axis of each light-emitting source and linearly at predetermined intervals; and a ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169670 | Image scanning device In an image scanning device, the receiving unit receives a light reflected on a document putted on the surface of the board. The presuming unit presumes a dimension of a horizontal edge of the document based on the reflected light. The determining unit determines, b... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8164803 | Infrared heat source tied to image scanner for transitional document erasing A device which can be used to handle documents which can be written to and erased can include a scan head which can output a first light source for scanning a document and a second light source for erasing an image from a printed document. In one embodiment, the dev... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164802 | Device, system, and method for scanning paper media A system for scanning paper media is disclosed and may include at least one microprocessor. The system may also include a scanner connected to the microprocessor. The scanner may simultaneously scan two or more printed pages using computed tomography and send a thre... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164804 | Image reading apparatus, image reading unit thereof, and reference member thereof for shading correction An image reading apparatus which is capable of performing accurate shading correction with simple arrangement while preventing a reference member from being scratched and preventing paper powder and the like dust from being deposited on the reference member. The ima... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8159727 | Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus An image reading apparatus is disclosed that includes a contact glass on which a document is placed; an imaging device configured to image a document image based on light reflected from the document through the contact glass; plural line image sensors arranged along... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159726 | Image reader, image processor, and computer program product An image processor includes a reading unit that moves a scanning optical system toward a reference white sheet to read the reference white sheet from a direction along which the scanning optical system returns to the carried document reading glass before reading one... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154774 | Optical unit, image reading device, and image forming apparatus An optical unit including a lens unit including a lens and an optical element configured to receive a light beam focused by the lens, and a support member configured to support the lens unit. Cutouts are provided on joint surfaces of the lens unit and the support me... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154775 | Book scanner using the digital camera The present invention relates to a book scanner using a digital camera, including a main body including a housing opened at a top thereof and having an inner space and a table covering the opened top of the housing, illuminating units disposed in the main body and c... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149476 | Document reading apparatus Provided is a document reading apparatus in which an original document fed by feeding means to contact glass having a predetermined reading position is read by reading means. Then, the document reading apparatus is provided with a guide unit having a guide member fo... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149475 | Apparatus, method, and computer program product for processing image An image processing apparatus includes an address specifying unit, a reading unit, a writing unit, and a shifting unit. The address specifying unit specifies an address in a storage device that stores therein pixel data of an image. The reading unit reads the pixel ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149474 | Image reading apparatus A control unit inputs a control signal depending on whether reading at a high resolution is selected or reading at a low resolution is selected in an image reading unit. A first delay circuit and a second delay circuit output image data that is captured by a first C... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149472 | Image-scanning system, method of controlling image-scanning system, and computer readable medium therefor An image-processing system and a method for controlling the same, including an image-scanning device obtaining image data by scanning data written on a document, an image-processing device processing the image-data item and outputting as an output-image data, and a ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149473 | Image reading apparatus An image reading apparatus is provided that can prevent image streaks due to dirt, stain or the like from being produced in an image of an original that is read while being conveyed. The image reading apparatus (A) includes an ADF (40) having a scanner unit (... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144373 | Image writing device An image writing device is provided and includes: a case including an accommodating part that accommodates a plurality of display media stacked, a entrance and exit port which is communicated with the accommodating part and through which the display media enter and ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144374 | Auto document feeder and image scanning apparatus A gap indicator device is rotatably locked to an auto document feeder openably and closably installed to a scanner device of an image scanning apparatus, is rotated by being pressed by the scanner device, and includes a pointer or a scale to indicate a state of an i... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144375 | Image forming apparatus When a monochromatic copy mode is to be executed, a control section sets a read mode in a scanner section so as to enable the scanner section to read an image at high speed by means of only a line sensor K, sets in an image processing section an image process that c... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144372 | Image scanning apparatus An image scanning apparatus comprises a platen surface which is provided at an upper part of a main body of the image scanning apparatus so that an original sheet to be scanned is placed thereon; and an original sheet support portion which is provided to support an ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139273 | Paper-sheet stain detecting apparatus and method In an apparatus for detecting a stain on a paper-sheet, a type and a transportation direction of the paper sheet are identified, and the information on whether each extraction target area of a read image corresponds to a white portion or a patterned portion of the p... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139272 | Image reading apparatus, control program thereof, and method for determining output range of image data read by the apparatus An image reading apparatus includes: a reading device for reading an image of a document; a moving mechanism; an operable portion capable of being inputted a specific command; a read-controlling portion for conducting a reading operation so as to obtain sections of ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8134758 | 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 ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134755 | Image reading apparatus An image reading apparatus according to an aspect of the invention includes a first reading unit which reads a surface of a document and a second reading unit which reads the other surface of the document. The first and second reading units include off-axial imaging... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134757 | 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 tr... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134759 | Method and apparatus for capturing the image of bound documents such as books using digital camera There is disclosed an image capture apparatus that facilitates fast, easy and convenient image capture of the two apposing pages of hard to scan bound documents such as thick books. The image capture apparatus has special design features that conveniently and proper... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134756 | Scanning apparatus A keyboard and a display screen are arranged to cover an upper side a main body of an ADF-type scanning apparatus, so that a large space can be secured to arrange the keyboard and the display screen. The display screen includes an ADF-cover opening-closing mechanism... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8130423 | Image scanning device and method for detecting type of document An image scanning device for scanning an image on a document comprises a document table on which a document to be scanned is placed, a scanning unit which is installed in the document table for scanning an image on a document by projecting light from a light source ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130424 | Image scanner and control method thereof An aspect of the invention provides an image scanner which can continuously transfer image data of one surface to an external device (image forming apparatus) without performing control such as interruption and resumption of an original scanning operation. The image... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8120821 | Image scanning device comprising a flatbed scanner unit and a casing with a stopper accommodating portion An image scanning device includes: a main body that has a box-shaped appearance having a front face and a back face; a flat bed scanner unit that is mounted on the main body to be rotatable around an axis provided near the back face along a width direction of the ma... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8115971 | Contact image sensor and image reader An image reader includes a casing, a contact glass plate, a contact image sensor, and a sliding mechanism; wherein the contact image sensor has a housing, a light source attached to the housing so as to face the contact glass plate, a plurality of light receiving el... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115972 | Color scanning Among various embodiments of the present disclosure, image scanning can be performed by scanning an object in a forward direction and capturing a first image of the object, scanning the object in a reverse direction and capturing a second image of the object, and co... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115975 | Image scanning device and copier A disclosed image scanning device includes a pressing unit for pressing a document; an operation detection unit for detecting an opening operation and a closing operation of the pressing unit; a movable scanning unit for scanning the document; and a control unit for... | 02/14/2012 |
