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7446907 Photosensor architecture for a color raster input scanner  
In an image sensor array, as would be used in an input scanner such as in a digital copier, an original image is moved relative to a linear array of photosites. Each photosite includes at least two...
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...
7436443 Mounting plate for solid-state imaging device and method for bonding solid-state imaging device to mounting plate  
A mounting plate has an opening provided for bonding a solid-state imaging device thereto. The opening of the mounting plate comprises a first edge portion and a second edge portion. The first edge...
7433094 Image reading apparatus and light source  
A first light source having first and second light transmission areas that extend along the axial direction and face each other, a conveyance unit that conveys the original document sheet such that...
7426064 Scan bar and method for scanning an image  
A scanner is obtained having a subscan axis and having a scan bar including sensor elements positioned in at least one substantially linear array. Each array lies substantially in a plane defined...
7423790 Photoelectric conversion apparatus and contact-type image sensor  
To prevent such a situation that a signal from a pixel in a dark state is output at a level shifted from an originally set level to deteriorate an image quality, and to improve the image quality. A...
7414762 Single pass duplex document path for a digital scanner  
A document handling system includes an imaging area; a light source located in proximity to the imaging area; a raster imaging scanning system located in proximity to the imaging area; and a looped...
7408683 Image sensor for reading image and image reading apparatus including the image sensor  
An image sensor including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements arranged in a main scanning direction, a plurality of switching elements connected to respective ones of the photoelectric...
7405848 Scanning device and method using paired differential analog signals  
A scanning device having a cable for connecting various parts is provided. A method is provided using a differential pair of clock generated signals to cancel each other, thereby reducing...
7394579 Data writing apparatus and image processing apparatus  
An image reading apparatus of the present invention converts respective pixel signals outputted from first, second and third shift registers to pixel data in an analog frontend IC and outputs pixel...
7391543 Image reading apparatus  
A document platen. A support member supports an end portion of the document platen from below in a sub scanning direction. A sensor module has a first protruding portion protruding in the sub...
7388693 System and methods for multiple imaging element scanning and copying  
A scanning or copying system can include imaging elements and one or more system processors that are programmed or adapted to perform image processing methods and algorithms on image data, and in...
7388184 Image reading device and image reading method  
The image reading device of the present invention includes (i) a sensor substrate which functions as a photoelectric transfer element having a photodetecting TFT and a pixel capacitor and (ii) a...
7385734 Method and apparatuses for changing driving sequence to output charge couple device signal  
A method of changing driving sequence to output a charge coupled device signal, the method is applied to a scanner. The scanner has a pixel processor and a charge coupled device. A plurality of...
7385169 Contact image sensor and methods for aligning a light element array substrate thereof  
A contact image sensor is provided including a housing, a slit plate a lens, one or two light sources and a light-receiving element array mounted on a light-receiving element array substrate. The...
7382503 Scanning apparatus  
The scanning apparatus includes a movable chassis and a main board fixed on the body. A charge-coupled device module and a front end processing device are disposed on the chassis. An...
7379217 Image reading apparatus  
To set at least the main portion of a read original on an image reading apparatus while avoiding a discontinuous portion, the position of the discontinuous portion of photoelectric conversion...
7375864 Document reading apparatus and imaging apparatus implementing same  
A document reading apparatus arranged to reduce inconsistencies in the output signals of its linear image sensor is provided. The document reading apparatus includes a linear image sensor, a light...
7375832 Adjustable sensor assembly for printers  
A print media sensor mounting assembly includes a housing having a sensor mounting element. The sensor mounting element has a sensor position movably mounted therein for movement of the sensor...
7369168 Circuit for an active pixel sensor  
A pixel circuit includes a silicon substrate having a photodiode that converts light intensity into a voltage signal and two metal layers disposed on the substrate having a pixel control circuit....
7365888 Image read apparatus  
There is disclosed an image read apparatus including an image sensor including: first and second sensors including light receiving devices arranged in one row; a first shift register for outputting...
7365887 Image sensor unit  
An image sensor unit has an electric discharge light emitting lamp for producing an illumination beam. The lamp includes a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other and defining a...
7362479 Image reading apparatus  
The scanner comprises first and second sensors 21, 22 wherein light receiving elements with 600 dpi resolution are arranged, a first shift register 25 which outputs all the pixel signals...
7358996 Device for detecting a photonic flux with self-adaptive scanning  
Scanning type device for detection of a photonic flux emitted by a scene containing at least one acquisition channel (V) comprising: several useful detectors ( 1 ) aligned with the scanning,...
7352497 Image reading apparatus  
In an image reading apparatus, with respect to the first to third transfer clock signals for controlling shift registers in an image sensor, the second and third transfer clock signals have a cycle...
7349134 Image reading apparatus  
An image reading apparatus for reading an image using a monochrome image sensor and a color image sensor having three shift registers which requires a reduced manufacturing cost and is less...
7342692 Scanner carrier  
A carrier device for a contact image sense optical scanner. The carrier device incorporates a pair of magnets with identical poles facing each other or a fluid filled sealed chamber for exerting an...
7333249 Image reading device  
An image reading device includes light-emitting diode chips ( 11 A- 11 C) and a light guide ( 3 ) having a main region ( 3 A) and a subsidiary region ( 3 B). The subsidiary region ( 3 B) includes a...
7315406 Scanning circuit structure  
A scanning circuit having rearranged circuit modules at each end of a flat cable. After the rearrangement, the flat cable carries scanning control signals produced by a conventional IC...
7307764 Apparatus and method for controlled movement of pixel imaging device  
An apparatus for displacing a movable platen ( 50 ) in orthogonal first and second directions within a fixed plane of a surface ( 62 ). The movable platen is suspended from a stationary housing (...
7304773 Locking apparatus for a movable carry module  
A locking apparatus for a movable carry module, comprises a controller using to fix the movable carry module of an electric device. The controller has a movable locking shaft normality stretch in...
7301678 Image reading device and gain setting method in image reading device  
An image reading device includes a CCD which photoelectrically converts optical information and outputs an image signal in an analog form, a PGA which receives an output from the CCD, amplifies the...
7298530 Optical module with movable carriage having mirror  
An optical module with movable reflective mirrors is provided in the invention. The optical module, which is set in a scanner for the scanning of documents, comprises the following elements: a...
7298529 Method and system for imaging a transparent media object  
A scanner system for imaging a transparent media object comprising an illumination source for concurrently illuminating a first and second scan line of a media object, and a carriage comprising a...
7298403 Image reading device  
An image reading device ready to operate at higher speed is built as an IC chip having a plurality of processing sections, of which each has a plurality of image reading photoelectric conversion...
7295353 Movable locking device for a scanner and locking method for the same  
Embodiments of the claimed subject matter comprise a movable locking device for a scanner. In one embodiment, the movable locking device is used to affix a moving mechanical part inside a scanner,...
7289251 Image sensor  
An image sensor is disclosed, in which the image sensor changes the diameter of a lens from the center area of a chip to an edge thereof to obtain uniform sensitivity as a whole. The image sensor...
7279673 Sensor, scanner and portable information terminal each having liquid crystal display  
To provide a close contact type sensor promoting a light utilizing efficiency, there is provided a close contact type sensor featured in that in a close contact type sensor having a sensor circuit...
7268922 Chassis locking apparatus capable of being unlocked spontaneously  
A chassis locking apparatus capable of being unlocked spontaneously is used for fixing the chassis in a scanner. The locking apparatus includes a groove interlinking next to the electric socket, a...
7268334 Image sensor device and a method for outputting digital signals  
An image sensor device for outputting digital signals and a method thereof are disclosed. The image sensor device has a sensor module, a photoelectric converter module, an encoder module and a...
7233420 Mirror attachment structure for image-reading apparatus  
A mirror attachment structure for an image-reading apparatus that includes a carriage for mounting a light source for illuminating a document and a photoelectric conversion device for receiving...
7224500 Image reader for reading an image recorded on an original  
A CCD scanner is provided with a regulating circuit, which stores electric-current set values of LED elements of respective colors. The regulating circuit also stores desired values corresponding...
7224498 Image reading apparatus  
Disclosed is an image reading apparatus which includes an illumination system, a reading unit, and an imaging optical system for imaging imagewise information provided on a surface of an original...
7224495 Image reading unit and image reading apparatus using the same  
An image reading unit includes an image sensor for converting light from a document into an electric signal, and a circuit board provided with the image sensor on one side. In the image reading...
7218381 Optical mechanism for increasing optical path and office machine having said optical mechanism  
An optical mechanism installed in an office machine, which has a machine base defining an internal space, and a paper-feeding mechanism arranged on the machine base, the paper-feeding mechanism...
7215448 Image reading apparatus  
An image reading apparatus (A) includes a plurality of light sources ( 6 ) arranged in a row, and a hollow portion ( 14 ) for guiding light emitted from the light sources toward an image read line...
7212317 Original scanning apparatus  
An original scanning apparatus is provided in which a translucent member can be easily cleaned. A glass ( 31 ) on a reading surface is configured openable and closable with respect to an upper...
7202981 Method and system for increasing scanning speed  
A method and a system for increasing scanning speed are provided. The method may include determining a transmission rate of a transit interface, scanning an original to generate an image data, and...
7196829 Digital image system and method for combining sensing and image processing on sensor with two-color photo-detector  
A digital image system is disclosed having a sensor with an elevated two-color photo-detector for sensing two different color values in combination with a single-color photo-detector for sensing a...
7190493 Image reading apparatus and image reading method  
A white reference image is inputted to an image sensor so as to output groups of analog data. The groups of analog data are converted by a processing unit into those groups of digital data the...
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