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7623275 Image-reading apparatus  
An original-transporting rotor configured to transport an original to an image-reading section and, after correcting skew of the original, to an original-transporting section capable of opening and...
7623274 Three-dimensional calibration using orientation and position sensitive calibration pattern  
Systems and methods using an orientation/position-sensitive calibration pattern for three-dimensional calibration of an imaging system, such as one used in a process for scanning documents are...
7623262 Determining if the photoelectric conversion element is defective  
An original holder of an image reading apparatus that reads and image of an original based on an amount of an electric charge generated by a photoelectric conversion element due to received light,...
7619789 Image reading apparatus  
To provide a technology which facilitates an operation for placing a document with a larger size than a size of a document table, on the document table. A document cover is positioned at a...
7619788 Document feeding and reading unit and image forming apparatus  
A document feeding and reading unit and an image forming apparatus capable of reducing errors in magnification copying when the change in the diameter of drive motors results from heating. The...
7619785 Image reading apparatus and reference member foreign matter detecting method  
An image reading apparatus includes: a light source that irradiates a document; a sensor that receives reflection light reflected from the document; a reference member that is read by the sensor;...
7619784 Pacing and error monitoring of manual page turning operator  
Systems and methods for pacing and error monitoring of a manual page turning operator of a system for capturing images of a bound document are disclosed. The system includes a speaker for playing...
7619783 Scanner analog-front-end calibration using percent of freedom  
A method and a system of calibrating a scanner that has a scanning element. The method includes scanning data with the scanning element, and determining an intermediate value of the scanned data....
RE40974 Apparatus for scanning documents in front of a document plate  
The present invention provides a scanning device. The scanning device comprises a document plate for placing a document, at least a sliding guide placed at one side of the document plate, a...
7616358 Double-side scan device with movable image scan module  
A double-side scan device for performing a single-side scan operation or a double-side scan operation selectively includes a document conveyer, a first transparent device, a second transparent...
7616354 Image capture apparatus configured to divisionally read out accumulated charges with a plurality of fields using interlaced scanning  
An image capture apparatus includes an image sensor having a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements that are two-dimensionally arrayed, and a readout portion configured to divisionally read...
7616353 Image reading unit and image forming apparatus comprising the same  
The representative configuration of an image reading unit according to the present invention and an image forming apparatus comprising the same is an image reading unit comprising a document...
7616352 Document reading device with a contact type image sensor in a reading unit mounted on a guide shaft  
The document reading device includes a document table having a contact glass on which a document is placed, and a reading unit having a contact type image sensor which is contained in a case body...
7616351 Image reading device  
By reading an image of a reference plate, whether or not a likeliness that a linear abnormal image is occurred in the image of the document due to a foreign matter and the like attached on a...
7616348 Method and apparatus for enhancing scanned documents  
A method, and a system employing the method, of enhancing an intensity of an image of a multi-page or multi-portion document is disclosed. The method includes determining a first background...
7612925 Double-side image scanner and scanning method of the same  
A double-side image scanner module suitable for scanning a document having a first side and an opposing second side, having a paper feeder and an image extraction apparatus. The paper feeder has a...
7612924 Carriage module with image capture unit  
A carriage module with an image capture unit for using in a scanning device is disclosed. The module includes a carriage having a sliding seat and a cam; a lens attached to the carriage device; an...
7612922 Image-sensing method and apparatus, control method and apparatus therefor, and storage medium  
An image sensing apparatus includes an image capture unit, a communication unit and a switch. The image capture unit captures a digital image using an image sensing device. The communication unit...
7609940 Display device and method for recording and replaying broadcasting program therein  
A method for selectively recording or replaying partial scenes of a broadcasting program includes the steps of: receiving a broadcasting program and a corresponding supplementary information;...
7609422 Document reading apparatus that reads a document image with a CCD image sensor  
A document reading apparatus includes average output value detecting circuits and random value generating adder/subtractor circuits. The average output value detecting circuits detect and hold the...
7609421 Scanning apparatus  
A scanning apparatus for scanning an image of a document includes a housing, a reflecting plate, a light emitting element having a substrate and a plurality of point light sources, and an image...
7609420 Lock mechanism for a movable unit, a position sensor, a method of setting the movable unit, and an image reading apparatus  
An image reading apparatus having a movable image reading unit, a locking mechanism locking the image reading device, and a position sensor. The image reading unit has an engaged portion. The lock...
7609418 Contact area-sensor  
A contact area-sensor includes a plurality of image scanners, each of which includes an image scanning sensor substrate in which a plurality of sensor sections are aligned in a matrix manner so as...
7609408 Image reading apparatus, image formation apparatus, image processing system, memory area sharing method for image reading apparatus, and memory area sharing method for image processing system  
An image processing system in which an image reading apparatus and an image formation apparatus are connected to each other through a communication interface, in which the image reading apparatus...
RE40945 Increasing scanning resolution through driving system control  
A method of increasing the scanning resolution of a scanner through controlling its driving system. By suitably adjusting the timing relationship between motor pulses and exposure pulses, a...
7605956 Multi-function machine having jam removing apparatus and jam removing method thereof  
A multi-function machine has a jam removing apparatus comprising a first case disposed with respect to a printer unit to form a portion of paper supply path of the printer unit and having a portion...
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...
7605954 Original feeding apparatus, original reading apparatus, and image forming apparatus  
An original feeding apparatus is located above an image forming portion for recording an image on a recording medium and is constructed to convey an original to an image reading portion slidable in...
7605953 Method and apparatus to compensate for imperfect scanner motion  
A method to compensate for imperfect scanner motion in a scanning apparatus having a moveable scanner includes generating an error array by measuring errors in a scanner position at each of a...
7605952 Exposure control device  
An exposure control device is used for adjusting light amount received by a focusing device and a photoelectric conversion device of an image scanning apparatus. The exposure control device...
7605944 Method of creating a plurality of images by single scanning and apparatus using the same  
A method and apparatus for creating a plurality of images by a single scanning, the method comprising steps for detecting edge information of at least one image scanned by a scanning process,...
7605940 Sensing device for coded data  
The present invention is directed toward a sensing device that reads coded data off of a surface. Interaction data is generated from the read coded data and the interaction data is processed in...
7604171 Optical reading head of scanning apparatus  
An optical reading head of a scanning apparatus includes a casing, a lens, a base and a sliding frame. The base is used to support an image sensing module and movable on the casing. The sliding...
7602536 Image reading apparatus  
The image reading apparatus comprising an image sensor with plurality of reading devices one-dimensionally aligned in a main scanning direction allows reducing memory space necessary for image...
7602535 Image processing apparatus and image transmitting method  
An image processing apparatus is provided comprising a scanner for scanning an original, a file transmitter for transmitting an image file of the original produced by the scanning to a specified...
7602532 Highly accurate and rapid scanning by a simple scanning device and color correction technology for a printing device  
A scan target is scanned to acquire scan data that includes tone values for each color component in a plurality of pixels; there are acquired scan profiles indicating association relationships...
7600022 Communication apparatus, information sharing system and information sharing method  
The terminal device 100 of an information sharing system 500 exchanges information mutually with other terminal devices 200 to 400 that are connected via a network 600 . A receiving unit ...
7599581 Electronic imaging apparatus  
In an electronic imaging apparatus, image information of an image signal photoelectrically converted from an image incident is stored in image information storing means in a format dependent upon a...
7599104 Image reading apparatus and multi-functional apparatus having a plate-like pressing member  
An image reading apparatus includes a transport path that is inclined downwardly as advancing from an upstream side to a downstream side, an image reading section disposed in a middle of the...
7599103 Optical carriage of scanner and method of the same  
An optical carriage of scanner has a mirror assembly and a device assembly, the mirror assembly has a mirror mount, some mirror holder, and some supporters, and the device assembly has a chassis....
7599102 Image forming apparatus and image stabilization processing method for image forming device in said image forming apparatus  
An image forming apparatus includes an image creation device loaded in the image forming apparatus in a replaceable manner, an openable and closable cover to be opened and closed when the image...
7599100 Image processing apparatus  
An original copy sheet is pre-scanned to obtain pre-scanned image data of a bit map form with a low resolution. The pre-scanned image data is converted to JPEG thumbnail image data. An EXIF file is...
7599084 Image processing apparatus and control method of image processing apparatus  
An object of the present invention is to enable an image processing apparatus to correspond to plural kinds of data, and to easily and surely perform printout and management of various kinds of and...
7595990 Scanning apparatus with heat dissipating ability  
A scanning apparatus with heat dissipating ability includes a housing having an opening formed thereon. A cover having a slit, a heating dissipating portion, and supporting portion connected to the...
7595918 Transparent original reading apparatus and illuminating apparatus for reading apparatus  
A reading apparatus comprising a plate on which a transparent original is placed, and a guide unit for setting the transparent original at a predetermined position on the original plate. A light...
7595917 Document scanner with light-focusing device  
A document scanner with a light focusing device downward formed on a document support panel is disclosed. The document scanner is provided with a chassis including a light source and an image...
7595916 Manuscript carrying apparatus and automatic manuscript reading apparatus using same  
In an embodiment of the present invention, a pickup roller R 1 makes soft contact to an upper surface of a manuscript by being lowered incrementally in four raising-lowering operations S 1 to S 4...
7595915 Page turning apparatus with a vacuum plenum and an adaptive air fluffer  
An apparatus for the turning of pages of a bound book, comprising a fixture to hold the book, a paper fluffer for blowing air between individual pages of the held book and displacing at least a top...
7595914 Portable photo scanner with task assigner  
A preferred embodiment for the inventive portable picture storage device comprises an input for receiving a plurality of pictures, a storage area for storing the plurality of pictures, and a...
7595913 Original reading unit, image forming apparatus and image scanner  
An original reading unit has first and second arrays of sensor assemblies extending in a main scanning direction for performing readings of an original document. Each of the sensor assemblies...