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US 10,310,789 B2Granted
Image forming apparatus and control method for image forming apparatus
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorTakuya Tsuji
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Abstract
The image forming apparatus includes a reading unit, a setting detection unit for detecting a document setting, a display panel, an operation unit, a storage unit, a control unit, and a job execution unit. Upon recognizing a document setting onto the reading unit, the control unit controls the reading unit to execute precedent reading for reading the set document. The control unit controls the storage unit to store precedently-read image data that are image data acquired by the precedent reading. The control unit controls the display panel to display a setting screen corresponding to a job type selected by the operation unit.
Claims10
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a storage unit which stores various types of data and control programs, the storage unit including ROM, RAM, and an HDD;
- a reading unit which reads set document sheets one by one to generate image data, the reading unit including
- a light source, a lens, and an image sensor for reading one side of a document sheet, and
- a light source, a lens, and an image sensor for reading another side of the document sheet;
- a setting detection unit which is a sensor for detecting whether or not a document sheet is present on the document tray;
- an operation panel includes a display panel and a touch panel;
- a job execution unit which executes a job, the job execution unit including a communication connector, a communication circuit, communication memory, the ROM, the RAM, and the HDD;
- and
- a control unit including a CPU and an image processing unit and configured to
- recognize a document setting onto the reading unit on a basis of an output of the setting detection unit;
- upon recognizing the document setting, control the reading unit to execute precedent reading for reading the document set on the reading unit;
- control the storage unit to store therein precedently-read image data that are image data acquired by the precedent reading;
- after starting of the precedent reading and when the operation panel has accepted an operation of selecting a job type to be executed by using the precedently-read image data, control the display panel to display a setting screen corresponding to the job type selected by the operation panel;
- and
- when the operation panel has accepted a job execution start instruction, control the job execution unit to execute a job based on the precedently-read image data,
- wherein
- during the precedent reading, the reading unit:
- reads both sides of set document sheets;
- and
- generates image data of both sides of the document sheets as the precedently-read image data,
- when an operation of deleting one-side image data of document sheets is performed on the operation pane, the control unit controls the storage unit to delete one-side image data of the document sheets out of the precedently-read image data, and
- when an operation of deleting the other-side image data of the document sheets is performed on the operation panel, the control unit controls the storage unit to delete the other-side image data of the document sheets out of the precedently-read image data.
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A control method for an image forming apparatus comprising the steps of:
- reading set document sheets one by one to generate image data;
- displaying a screen and an image;
- accepting a user's operation;
- storing data;
- executing a job;
- recognizing a document setting onto a reading unit;
- upon recognition of the document setting, executing precedent reading for reading the document set on the reading unit;
- storing precedently-read image data that are image data acquired by the precedent reading;
- after a start of the precedent reading and when an operation unit has accepted an operation of selecting a job type to be executed by using the precedently-read image data, displaying a setting screen corresponding to a job type selected by the operation panel;
- when the operation panel has accepted a job execution start instruction, executing a job based on the precedently-read image data;
- during the precedent reading, reading both sides of set document sheets;
- during the precedent reading, generating image data of both sides of the document sheets as the precedently-read image data;
- when an operation of deleting one-side image data of document sheets is performed on the operation panel, controlling the storage unit to delete one-side image data of the document sheets out of the precedently-read image data;
- and
- when an operation of deleting the other-side image data of the document sheets is performed on the operation panel, controlling the storage unit to delete the other-side image data of the document sheets out of the precedently-read image data.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.