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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7424238 | Image forming apparatus with confirmation output function and controlling method thereof An image forming apparatus has a job information acquiring unit for acquiring job information which includes job-related sheet size information, a confirmation-output size determining unit for determining the size of a sheet for confirmation output according to the ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7330691 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus including a conveying unit for conveying a document, on which an image is recorded, along a predetermined conveying path, a scan unit that is disposed on the conveying path of the document for scanning the image recorded on the document, a... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330692 | Electricity waste suppressing original document size detection apparatus An original document reading apparatus includes a plurality of point light source elements (e.g. a LED array) in a main scanning direction beneath an original document table, a moving device that moves the point light source elements in a sub scanning direction, and... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7315724 | Scanning method and an image-processing device including the same An original comprises a first page and a second page as disposed face-down on the platen surface of an image-processing device. The platen is scanned to form a platen image. The positions of two diagonally-opposite corners of the original are determined based on a f... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7284753 | Printing device with manual paper feeding function A printing device with a manual paper feeding function includes a manual paper feeding unit, a first paper size input unit that inputs a paper size by an operation and a second paper size input unit that detects a paper size of fed paper and inputs the detected pape... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7269371 | Imaging apparatus having interface device for print mode selection An imaging apparatus includes a print engine operable in a plurality of print modes. An interface device is communicatively coupled to the print engine. The interface device includes a control lever having a plurality of positions. The plurality of positions corresp... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7197272 | Image reading apparatus, image forming apparatus, image reading method, and image forming method There is disclosed an image reading process has determining an estimated size of an original based on a width of the original, securing a memory region, the memory region having capacity to hold a maximum image data associated with the estimated size, generating an ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7187479 | Image reading apparatus An image reading apparatus includes a sensor including a plurality of photoelectric converters for reading information on a document, a detecting circuit for detecting movement of a document cover, a drive circuit for supplying driving pulses for driving the sensor,... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7164881 | Apparatus and method for establishing a default media size for an imaging device An imaging device, such as a printer, scanner, copier, multifunctional printer, and the like includes a sensor to detect the size of media fed into the imaging device. The detected media size can be set as the default media size for further operations, if desired. | 01/16/2007 |
| 7133638 | Scanning method and an image-processing device including the same An original comprises a first page and a second page as disposed face-down on the platen surface of an image-processing device. The platen is scanned to form a platen image. The positions of two diagonally-opposite corners of the original are determined based on a f... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7107003 | Image forming apparatus and document size determination method thereof A image-forming apparatus has a light projection unit for projecting light onto a document. A reflection plate having a predetermined pattern corresponding to a size of the document reflects the light projected onto the document. The light reception unit receives th... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7095975 | Copying machine and copying method An Flat Bed-Multi Function Device includes an MPU, a reading section, a recording section, an operation section, an image memory, and a ratio changing section. In a reduction copy mode, the reading section reads an extended reading area of a document larger than a r... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7062215 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a medium width detector and a controller that controls the medium width detector. The medium width detector detects a width of a page of print medium. The controller selects one of a plurality of medium cassettes and controls the ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7046953 | Image formation apparatus equipped with automatic document feeder In an image forming apparatus having a document feeder for taking up a document from a document bundle placed on a document tray, a controller has a normal mode to perform a normal-size conveyance control by taking up each document from a bundle of documents having ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7043191 | Image forming apparatus When a document detector provided on a document tray is ON (S11: YES), a controller judges whether or not a document is of a standard size, on the basis of a document size table stored in a storing unit (S12). When the document is of a standard size (S... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7019852 | Image forming apparatus capable of image formation in a plurality of modes A user-friendly, image forming apparatus capable of reducing operation errors by users provides a permission to change a print mode to the staple print mode when the device is placed in the original mixed mode and the image data of originals all have a same length i... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7004464 | Automatic document feeder and image processing apparatus loaded with the same An ADF (Automatic Document Feeder) for an image processing apparatus of the present invention includes a separating and feeding device for feeding one document from a stack of documents while separating the document from the others. A conveying device temporarily st... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6952537 | Original feeding apparatus having a plurality of sensors An original feeding apparatus has a sensor for detecting an original by a light emitting element and a light receiving element. A first detector for detecting presence/absence of a sheet, and a second detector capable of being electrically switched between a detecti... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6901820 | Device for detecting width of sheet-like medium, and image formation apparatus A paper whose width is to be detected is placed on a base. Two limiting members that can move towards or away from each other are situated on the two sides of the paper. The limiting members are moved to make a physical contact with the side of the paper. In this st... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6883799 | Sheet feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet feeding apparatus includes a sheet storage portion that can store sheets with various sizes and accurately detect a size of the sheets. The sheet feeding apparatus has a sheet storage device, a supporting device for supporting the sheet storage device in a m... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6859637 | Image reading apparatus, image reading method and document feeder apparatus An image reading apparatus includes a transport path for guiding an original from an original tray to a reading position; a transport device for transporting the original toward a downstream side in a forward direction or toward an upstream side in a reverse directi... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6859287 | Enhanced graphical icon apparatus and method for displaying document placement and orientation An enhanced graphical icon system depicting the proper document/paper placement and orientation on the glass or in the auto document feeder for a mopier/copier control panel. The enhanced graphical icon system includes a visual feedback control panel display and an ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6766139 | Document property detecting device A document property detecting includes a circuit comprising a first electrode and a plurality of second electrodes, a transparent conductive substrate electrically connected to the first electrode for loading a document, and a cover with a plurality of conductive me... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6701124 | Image reading apparatus, image forming apparatus, image reading method and image forming method An image reading apparatus includes: a detecting section for detecting a size of an original sheet; an image reading section for reading an image described in the original sheet; and a storage medium for storing the read image which is read by the image r... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6672778 | Photosensitive material processing apparatus and photosensitive material processing method using the same At least two (groups of) sensors forming an insertion detection sensor are offset from each other in the conveyance direction of a photosensitive material. An insertion speed, which is different for each manual insertion event, is obtained based on the ti... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6674981 | Image forming apparatus with sheet size and shape detection When a menu of "SHEET SIZE SETTING" is chosen, a main CPU scans a non-fixed-sized sheet once, and takes in a scanned image. Based on the taken-in image, the main CPU detects the size of the sheet and sets the sheet size of a selected sheet cassette. The m... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6621599 | Auto-width detection using backing image Automatic detection of the width and position of a document which is substantially insensitive to dust and dirt as well as electrical noise is provided with an image capture device. When a document is staged for image capture, the image capture device col... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6591076 | Method and arrangement for providing alignment indicia in a printed image A method includes generating a first set of image information representative of a first portion of the multiple page image, the first set of image data corresponding to a first page of the multiple page image. The method also includes generating alignment... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6516178 | Image forming apparatus having the capability to adjust for non-standard size input document and recording medium The image forming apparatus includes an original document size detector device for detecting a size of an original document to be processed and a non-standard size input instruction screen for inputting a size of an original document to be processed. Norm... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6266512 | Method of using input size determination for improvements in productivity and imaging A method in an imaging system for automatically selecting a copy substrate from multiple substrate trays and for improving the productivity and imaging of the copy substrates. The method includes comparison of the dimensions of the copy substrate to the d... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6203220 | Method, apparatus, and program for printing using modified print attributes The present invention provides a printer system responsive to the request of an operator for performing specified control on a specified portion of a medium during a print operation. Such control minimizes the labor required by an operator to change the s... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6134027 | Method and device for determining scanning dimension A method and a device are provided for determining a scanning dimension of a scanned body. The device includes a light source, a detecting unit, and a signal processing unit. The method includes steps of (a) providing an initial optical signal, (b) receiv... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6070048 | Paper width detecting device A device for detecting a width of a sheet placed on a manual feeding tray of an image forming apparatus includes a first and a second sheet regulating member for moving in a sheet width direction so as to come in contact with both sides of the sheet and f... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6057937 | Image reading apparatus An image reading apparatus for reading images on films of different sizes and outputting read image data includes a film sensor for sensing the dimension of at least one side of each film and a control module for operating the apparatus so that at least o... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6041205 | Image processing apparatus for laying out plurality of images in conformity with image orientation A copier includes a reader for reading a document image, an orientation sensor for sensing orientation of characters in the document image that has entered from the reader, a size sensor for sensing the size of the document image that has entered from the... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5999275 | Image reader An image reader to detect a width size and a length size of a manuscript without moving an optical image read device. A front end detector inputs binary coded data of a shading line of a front end of the manuscript, counts a number of black pixels in a le... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5987270 | Digital copying machine that automasks data for small originals if a document feeder is present Images of certain features of the copier itself (indicia, markings, operational components) are searched for, in a defined field of view used for copying. Any such images found, because they are not covered by a document being copied, are suppressed. This... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5961226 | Printing apparatus A printing apparatus capable of feeding standard and non-standard sheets so that image data can be printed on various types of sheets with the need for increasing the number of internal components. One embodiment for achieving this includes a sheet settin... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5959742 | Facsimile apparatus In a recording apparatus with plural sheet cassettes of different sizes, a cassette selecting method consists of calculating cassette information for each cassette based on the length and width of the image to be recorded, comparing the cassette informati... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5931454 | Recycle document feeder A recycle document feeder according to the present invention includes a cover (251) covering a document discharge portion (30). The cover (251) is openably supported by a pivot shaft (256) between a pair of frames (255). A feed-back path (32) for guiding ... | 08/03/1999 |
