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US 10,455,109 B2Granted
Image reading apparatus and method for controlling an image reading apparatus
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorKazuhiro Tsubaki
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Abstract
A continuous reading mode is a mode in which reading of a document placed on a contact glass is continued and a job is started after completion of reading is accepted. In reading of the second and subsequent sheets of the document in a set reading range, a reading controller does not move the position of the reading line of an image sensor to outside the end position of the reading range in the sub-scanning direction as seen from a home position.
Claims11
An image reading apparatus comprising:
- a contact glass on which a document is placed;
- a carriage of which a home position is set, the carriage including a lamp irradiating a document with light;
- a sensor receiving reflected light from a document to read the document;
- an image data generating unit generating image data based on an output of the sensor;
- a moving mechanism moving the carriage in a sub-scanning direction at one side of the contact glass;
- an operation panel accepting a setting for using a continuous reading mode and settings for a start position and an end position of a reading range;
- and
- a first controller controlling the moving mechanism;
- wherein
- the continuous reading mode is a mode in which, until the operation panel accepts completion of reading, reading of the document placed on the contact glass is continued, and a job is started after the completion of reading is accepted,
- the home position is provided outside the contact glass in the sub-scanning direction, and
- in a case where the continuous reading mode is set, and in addition the reading range is set,
- the first controller,
- when a plurality of sheets of a document are read in the set reading range,
- in reading of second and subsequent sheets of the document in the set reading range, does not move the position of the reading line of the sensor to outside the end position in the sub-scanning direction as seen from the home position.
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A method for controlling an image reading apparatus, comprising:
- setting a home position of a carriage;
- irradiating a document placed on a contact glass with light;
- reading a document by a sensor receiving a reflected light from a document;
- generating image data based on an output of the sensor;
- moving the carriage in a sub-scanning direction at one side of the contact glass;
- accepting a setting for using a continuous reading mode and settings for a start position and an end position of a reading range;
- in the continuous reading mode, continuing to read a document placed on the contact glass until the operation panel accepts completion of reading;
- in the continuous reading mode, starting a job after the completion of reading is accepted;
- providing the home position outside the contact glass in the sub-scanning direction;
- and
- in a case where the continuous reading mode is set, and in addition the reading range is set,
- when a plurality of sheets of a document are read in the reading range, in reading of second and subsequent sheets of the documents in the set reading range, not moving the position of the reading line of the sensor to outside the end position in the sub-scanning direction as seen from the home position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.