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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7529517 | Automatic document feeder with hands-free feed starting capability A document reading device is disclosed which allows an original document to be read without an operator actuating a start key. If a series of operations are performed, such as loading an original document into a sheet feeding tray after the lapse of a time period â€... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7460825 | Sheet feeding apparatus and sheet processing apparatus A sheet feeding apparatus includes a sheet placing tray on which a sheet is placed, a feeding member for feeding the sheet placed on the sheet placing tray, a first sheet detection unit for detecting presence of the sheet on the sheet placing tray at a first detecti... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7418232 | Original document supply device for image forming device, and image forming device equipped with the same The ADF 11 is a device for feeding an original document toward an original document scanning position R, comprising an original document loading unit 31, paper feeding roller 51, pressure sensor 33 and lift plate drive unit 35. The... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7391525 | Methods and systems to calibrate media indexing errors in a printing device Methods and systems for calibrating media indexing errors in a printing device are provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises feeding a calibration media through a printing device, sensing the position of the media as it moves through the printing device, sen... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7338042 | Sheet supplying apparatus The uppermost original of a bundle of originals placed on a stacking tray is photographed by an area sensor, and on the basis of chroma saturation information of image information thus obtained, whether the original to be separated is a color original is discriminat... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7232122 | Jam detection method and system for an inserter A document assembly system with jam detection capability. The system including an accumulation chassis having a series of pusher fingers for pushing collations of documents. Above the chassis, document feeders release documents to the chassis to form the collations.... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7207559 | Sheet treating apparatus A sheet treating apparatus to be connected to an image forming apparatus, which has a sheet guide portion which selectively guides a sheet to a sheet stacking portion or a sheet treating portion and, in a state in which a power supply of the sheet treating apparatus... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7206532 | Multiple object sources controlled and/or selected based on a common sensor A sensor module is able to sense at least one aspect of objects produced by a plurality of object sources. Since one sensor module or set of sensor elements is used to examine output from the plurality of object sources, sensor to sensor variation is removed as a so... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7197273 | Sheet feeding apparatus, image reading apparatus, and image forming apparatus In a sheet feeding apparatus, a contact-type sensor for detecting sheet-like documents stored in document tray is separated into upper document detector and a lower document detector arranged at upper and lower sides of the document tray, respectively. The sheet-lik... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7194217 | Image processing apparatus with simplified mode selection An image processing apparatus has a document table on which a document can be placed. A document position detector detects the position of the document on the document table. A scanning mode selector selects a scanning mode according to the position detected by the ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7171153 | Image forming apparatus The image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit installed in a main body of the image forming apparatus and a tray stack including stacked media supplying units for supplying the media piece from selected one of the stacked media supplying units to the im... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7162196 | Imaging devices including document finishing capability In one embodiment, an imaging device includes a main unit that includes a print mechanism, and an auxiliary unit that includes a document finishing mechanism. ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7142790 | Image-forming apparatus In an image-forming apparatus, a recording sheet passes in a first feeding path when it is determined that the size of the recording sheet does not satisfy the condition for feeding the recording sheet in a second feeding path even in a case in which the second feed... | 11/28/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7088475 | Image reading device There is disclosed an image reading device, comprises a stacking section for stacking a document, a reading section for reading an image of the document, a separating section for separating the document stacked on the stacking section sheet by sheet, a conveying sec... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7088948 | Adjustment of skew registration of media to a developed image in a printing machine A printing machine (10) including a registration station (45) for applying a skew adjustment received from a human operator is disclosed. The registration station (45) includes independently controllable motors (52a, 52b | 08/08/2006 |
| 7062213 | Sheet feeder, image reading apparatus, and image forming apparatus In accordance with the state of a document tray upon powering on a power source, the elevation operation of a document tray is controlled. In the case that the document tray is located not at the highest position, not at the lowest position, but at a middle position... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7027194 | Image reading apparatus and image reading method An image reading apparatus for reading indicia on the front and back surfaces of a document using two image sensors includes a document detection sensor to detect the document, a first image sensor for reading an image on one surface of the document, a second image ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7019909 | Optical system, image display apparatus, and image taking apparatus A small optical system that is capable of widening an angle of view is provided. This optical system is provided with a first surface having a reflecting action and a second surface that reflects a light beam reflected on this first surface toward the first surface ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7012756 | Display optical system, image display apparatus, image taking optical system, and image taking apparatus A display optical system for guiding light from an image to an observer or a surface projecting an image thereon with a first optical system and second optical system. The first optical system having a first surface formed on a transparent body with a reflecting act... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6999211 | Original conveying apparatus, light amount adjustment method for light-emitting section thereof, image forming apparatus, control method therefor, storage control device, storage control method, and storage medium There is provided an original conveying apparatus for conveying an original to an image reading section of an image forming apparatus, which is capable of preventing the number of times of writing to a nonvolatile storage medium that stores a correction value for th... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6987582 | Imaging forming apparatus capable of repeatedly reading out and printing stored image data An image forming apparatus which is superior in operability and does not uselessly read image data is provided. When image data is once read and then a copy start key is pressed again, a determination is made as to whether an automatic document feeder has not been o... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6985692 | Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus provided with the same An image reading apparatus is adapted to nip a sheet having an image formed thereon with a main roller and conveying rollers, the conveying rollers being in contact with this main roller, to convey the sheet along the main roller to a reading line opposed to a lower... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6952536 | Transmissive optical sensing of leading edges of media sheets advanced substantially adjacent to one another A method of an embodiment of the invention is disclosed that advances media sheets through an image-forming device such that each successive pair of media sheets are advanced at least substantially adjacent to one another. The method transmissively optically senses ... | 10/04/2005 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6731412 | Image forming device An imaging device is provided including a script setting plate for setting thereon a script to be read, a script positioning plate located near one end of the script setting plate and supported for up-and-down movements, a script positioning plate supporter selectiv... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6695301 | Method and system for feeding and transporting documents A system and method for feeding and transporting documents are provided. The system includes a feeder stage including a hopper, a feeder and a separator. The hopper includes a hopper wall extending toward the feeder with a waterfall step along the hopper ... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6647240 | 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 betwee... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6636703 | Digital image reproduction device with a double-sheet detector An image reproduction device is provided with an automatic feed unit for documents; a double-sheet detector for detecting more than one sheet as the document for copying; an operator control unit provided with an operator control panel; and a control unit... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6618575 | Automatic document feeder with a conveying roller and an image reader An automatic document feeder of the invention has a conveying roller for conveying a document sheet to a document reading position on a platen facing a document image reading portion. The automatic document feeder contains a pickup guide for picking up th... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6385430 | Overlapping position sensors for object position tracking Position sensors having an active area are assembled into an array in which the electrodes of adjacent sensors are offset and interleaved so that the electrodes are adjacent an active area, thereby avoiding dead spots. The position sensor array is positio... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6283471 | Method and device for controlling sheet feed to a sheet-processing machine A method of controlling sheet feed to a sheet-processing machine, wherein sheets are separated from a pile, conveyed onto a table, brought individually into contact with alignment lays for leading edges of the sheets, and conveyed onward therefrom individ... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6246859 | Original sensing device and sensing device An original sensing device for sensing the presence/absence of an original placed on an original tray of a document feeder by using an output signal from a photodetector which receives a light beam emitted by a light projector and reflected by the origina... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6206359 | Auto document feeder An automatic document feeder includes a feed tray 2 on which documents are placed, a feeder 4 for feeding documents on the feed tray 2 to a conveyor path, conveying 8 for conveying the fed documents to an image reading position, a discharging 9 for discha... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6185403 | Sheet conveying device, and an image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus having the sheet conveying device A sheet conveying device including a pair of rollers to convey a sheet impinged against a nip portion of the pair of rollers. Also included is a driving device which drives the pair of rollers to rotate in either a forward direction or a reverse direction... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6044717 | Pressure and force profile sensor and method for detecting pressure A pressure sensor is provided which can detect the presence, absence or magnitude of pressure, as well as a pressure profile. The pressure sensor includes a sensor membrane and a sensor device. The sensor membrane is flexible and may be constructed of a c... | 04/04/2000 |
| 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 |
| 6032536 | Pressure sensor and method for detecting pressure A pressure sensor is provided which can detect the presence, absence or magnitude of pressure. The pressure sensor includes a sensor membrane and a sensor device. The sensor membrane is flexible and may be constructed of a conductive material or may inclu... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6029969 | Automatic document feeding device Documents to be imaged which lie one upon another in a prescribed order of page on an automatic document feeding device are automatically fed one by one to a scanning reference position defined in an image scanning position of an image processing device a... | 02/29/2000 |
