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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7978380 | Image reader and method of producing thereof An image reader has an image sensor; a carriage; a positioning portion formed at a predetermined position in a longitudinal direction of the image sensor with respect to a reference position of the image sensor; a connector portion to which an electric cable is conn... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7903301 | Imaging optical system and image reading apparatus using the same An imaging optical system for imaging imagewise information provided on a surface of an original, upon a surface of an image pickup device such that the imagewise information is read based on signals from the image pickup device, the imaging optical system including... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7804628 | Image forming apparatus with an open-close regulation mechanism of the automatic document feeder An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording sheet; an image reading unit provided above the image forming unit so as to open and close with respect to the image forming unit; an automatic document feeder provided abo... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7605955 | Image-reading device An image-reading device includes a platen glass for supporting a document, an end glass adjacent to the platen glass, a sheet member that connects bottom surfaces of the platen glass and the end glass, a feeder for feeding a document to the image-reading device, a c... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7440639 | Image reading apparatus reading an original while transporting the same An image reading apparatus includes: three line sensors; a mover moving a platen at a rate relative to the three line sensors; an interline corrector synchronizing the three line sensors' outputs to be a pixel having read a single location on an original; NOR and AN... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440148 | System for manipulating pages of a material The present invention relates to turning and recording and/or reproducing multiple pages or leaves from a material, such as a book or periodical. A leaf lifting mechanism lifts the leaves of the material (e.g., book, periodical, etc.) from which the images are to be... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7436558 | Connecting mechanism for scan carriage and axial rod A connecting mechanism for a scan carriage and an axial rod has a scan carriage, an axial rod, and a connecting device for connecting the scan carriage to the axial rod. The scan carriage has a flange protruding horizontally from a side thereof. The axial rod is dis... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7433090 | Print/scan assembly and printer apparatus and methods including the same A printer apparatus includes a frame and a print/scan assembly. The print/scan assembly includes a carriage assembly movably mounted on the frame. The carriage assembly includes a printhead carriage and a scanner carriage. The printhead carriage is adapted to hold a... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433087 | Axle sleeve apparatus for optical chassis The invention provides an axle sleeve apparatus for optical chassis. By the guidance of a guiding rod, the optical chassis making a linear displacement motion along the extension direction of the guiding rod. The axle sleeve apparatus for optical chassis includes an... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7426065 | System and method for alternating between transmitting and reducing incident light on pixel portion of an imager An imager apparatus comprises a pixel and a first filter positioned in an incident light path for a portion of the pixel, the filter being operable to alternate between transmitting and reducing incident light on the pixel portion. ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7423786 | Optical scanner with inclined platen An optical scanner including a housing having a top portion, a bottom portion, a front portion and a rear portion; a platen member forming a portion of the housing top portion, the platen member having a flat upper surface defining a platen plane; a scanner base pro... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7408685 | Image reading apparatus and method of controlling same In an image reading apparatus that is capable of reading a transparent original and a reflective original, a navigation sheet (24) on which the content of transparent-original read processing has been entered and a film guide (25) holding a transparent... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7405847 | Device with scanning feature and method The present invention provides a device with a scanning feature that includes a body and a scanner. An attachment with a scan code, including data or information, is positioned within the scanning range of the scanner and the data or information received from the sc... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7405850 | Scanner apparatus A scanner apparatus is provided. The scanner apparatus includes a carrier sheet, which includes a base sheet and a plurality of scan sheets attached to the base sheet and in which each of a plurality of photos is inserted between the base sheet and the scan sheets t... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7386194 | Image reading apparatus reading an original while transporting the same An image reading apparatus includes: three line sensors; a mover moving a platen at a rate relative to the three line sensors; an interline corrector synchronizing the three line sensors' outputs to be a pixel having read a single location on an original; NOR and AN... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7362480 | Method and system for changing a scanning resolution A method and system for scanning comprises rotating a scanning chassis of an optical scanner to create an acute angle between the scan line and a scanning direction, such that the scanning chassis has two ends, and moving the scanning chassis in the scanning directi... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359096 | Floating window A floating window, suitable for use in a flatbed scanner. The flatbed scanner has at least a top lid and a chassis. The floating window includes a transparent flat panel disposed under an opening of a top lid. A supporting structure and a limiting structure are furt... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7349131 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus receives image data from a plurality of external input means and forms an image on a sheet of paper based on the image data. In the image forming apparatus, an operation part for a user to perform an input/output operation is provided in t... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7340482 | Preview function in a digital data preservation system A digital preservation system (10) for accepting a digital data record as input, for providing a preview of the digital data record on a display screen (80), for writing the data record in human-readable form onto a preservation-quality medium (210 | 03/04/2008 |
| 7327493 | Image reading system and image reading program An object of this invention is to provide an image reading apparatus which can reselect a film type after prescanning, and after confirming the result on the monitor, perform actual scanning. To achieve this object, a film scanner selects from a color table storage ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7317560 | Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus using the same In an image reading apparatus that can read a reflection original and transparent original, a film holder for holding the transparent original is provided to be pivotal to the left or right about a shaft as the center. After the transparent original is set such that... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7317562 | Image reading apparatus with plural sensor IC chips An image reading apparatus includes a plurality of sensor IC chips aligned in a row. Each of the sensor IC chips incorporates a plurality of light receiving elements. The plurality of light receiving elements successively output image signals as serial analog signal... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7310161 | Combined flat bed scanner/printer machine A combined flat bed scanner/printer machine having: a moving body; a scan module connected to the moving body to read a document; and a recording head connected to the moving body adjacent to the scan module, to print on a paper. The moving body is moved by a moving... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7301680 | Reduction of artifacts in a scanning device Stopping and starting the movement of media in a scanner before completion of scanning can generate artifacts in the display of the scanned image. These artifacts arise from measurements made during the deceleration of the media before stopping and the acceleration ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7285765 | Photoelectric converter and X-ray image pick-up device A photoelectric converter includes a plurality of substrates, which are located adjacent to each other and on which a plurality of photoelectric conversion devices are two-dimensionally arranged, and either scan circuits or detection circuits that are arranged on tw... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7256815 | Image forming method, image forming apparatus, optical scan device, and image forming apparatus using the same An optical scan device having an optical deflector reflecting a light beam from a light beam source so as to deflect the light beam and having a surface to be scanned on which information is written such that the light beam deflected by the deflector scans the surfa... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7252394 | Laser projection display and illumination device with MEMS scanning mirror for indoor and outdoor applications A projection display system includes a light source emitting a light beam, and a reflecting mirror system for scanning the light beam over an image to illuminate the image. The light source can be solid state such as a laser diode. The reflecting mirror system can b... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7252233 | Image reading apparatus and a control method for an image reading apparatus An image reading apparatus having an image sensor for slips and an image sensor for card-type media is configured to switch operation between the two image sensors quickly and efficiently. The slip image sensor reads slips conveyed through a first transportation pat... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7239435 | High-speed, high resolution, wide-format Cartesian scanning systems A scanning system for writing, printing, direct imaging, plotting, computed radiography, and scanning includes an optical system contains at lest one modulatable radiation source for emitting radiation, a movable collimating lens, a reflector, and a focusing lens an... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7224471 | Azimuthal scanning of a structure formed on a semiconductor wafer A structure formed on a semiconductor wafer is examined by directing an incident beam at the structure at an incidence angle and a azimuth angle. The incident beam is scanned over a range of azimuth angles to obtain an azimuthal scan. The cross polarization componen... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7224483 | Image signal correction light source that can cope with dust and scratch on transparent document, and its control In a method of controlling an image reading apparatus, which has an illumination unit adapted to irradiate an object with first and second light rays in different frequency ranges, and a light-receiving unit adapted to receive light coming from the object, and to ou... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7221488 | Picture frame scanner A picture frame scanner has a frame defining a display area. The frame is disposed generally upright. A transparent retention pane is mounted within the frame, spanning the display area. A support back spanning the display area is spaced apart from the retention pan... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7212320 | Image reading device An image reading device of the present invention includes a glass platen mounted on a support member. A rotary cam, a home position sensor and so forth allow the support member to move in reciprocation in a subscanning direction. When a document is conveyed along th... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7209267 | Multiple resolution scanner with improved lamp intensity monitoring capabilities A scanner including first and second light monitor elements and a light redirection system operable in a first mode to focus light reflected from a scanned object and the first light monitor element onto a sensor and operable in a second mode to focus light reflecte... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7199913 | Curved support for mirror in optical scanning device An optical apparatus comprises a first image bearing member; a second image bearing member; a first reflection member for reflecting a deflection-scanned first laser beam toward the first image bearing member; a second reflection member for reflecting a deflection-s... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7193733 | Digital skew correction method and apparatus for multi color printing machine The present invention enables helical scanning of an image and results in a rectangular image, centered on the imaging media with its boundaries parallel to the media edges and/or to the gripper line. ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7187445 | Method and apparatus for optically scanning a scene A light beam is deflected by refraction and total internal reflection through a first prism, and projected through a first lens onto a scene that is to be scanned. The prism rotates, which varies the deflection angle and scans the beam across the scene along a scan ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7170042 | Photoelectric converter and X-ray image pick-up device A photoelectric converter includes a plurality of substrates, which are located adjacent to each other and on which a plurality of photoelectric conversion devices are two-dimensionally arranged, and either scan circuits or detection circuits that are arranged on tw... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7170660 | Optical scanner and image forming device An image forming device comprises a plurality of unit modules arranged in a main scanning direction, each unit module having a light source that modulates according to image data and a deflection unit which deflects the light emitted from the light source to scan a ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7170658 | Image reading apparatus An image reading apparatus which enables the area occupied by the apparatus to be made small and can stably transport even a thick sheet having stiffness. A sheet P contained in an inclined sheet containing portion 3 is transported to image reading portions | 01/30/2007 |
