Guide element for paper alignment
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsJunghoon Lee, Takuya Ito, Dusic Kong, Yunjeong Jeong, Jangwon Seo, Yongkon Jo, Yonghee Jang
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Abstract
An image scanning apparatus includes an image sensor to scan a manuscript, a transfer apparatus to pick up the manuscript and move the manuscript to a manuscript transfer path, and a loading apparatus to load the manuscript scanned by the image sensor. The loading apparatus includes a discharge tray to hold a discharged manuscript and a guide member to have one end rotatably disposed on the manuscript above an upper part of the discharge tray at an angle formed relative to the discharge tray based on a type of the manuscript.
Claims14
An image scanning apparatus, including:
- an image sensor to scan a manuscript;
- a transfer apparatus to pick up the manuscript and move it to a manuscript transfer path;
- a loading apparatus to load the manuscript scanned by the image sensor,
- wherein the loading apparatus includes:
- a discharge tray to hold the manuscript;
- and
- a guide member to have one end rotatably disposed on the manuscript above an upper part of the discharge tray at an angle formed relative to the discharge tray based on a type of the manuscript;
- and
- a processor to set the angle of the guide member based on the type of the manuscript.
An image scanning apparatus, including:
- an image sensor to scan a manuscript;
- a transfer apparatus to pick up the manuscript and move it to a manuscript transfer path;
- a loading apparatus to load the manuscript scanned by the image sensor,
- wherein the loading apparatus includes:
- a discharge tray to hold the manuscript;
- and
- a guide member to have one end rotatably disposed on the manuscript above an upper part of the discharge tray at an angle formed relative to the discharge tray based on a type of the manuscript;
- and
- a display to display an operation manual of the guide member corresponding to the type of the manuscript.
An image scanning method of an image scanning apparatus including an image sensor, a transfer apparatus, a loading apparatus, and a processor, the method including:
- picking up a manuscript and transferring the manuscript, using the transfer apparatus, to a manuscript transfer path;
- rotating a guide member of the loading apparatus toward a discharge tray of the loading apparatus to set, by the processor, an angle corresponding to a type of the manuscript;
- scanning, using the image sensor, the manuscript on the manuscript transfer path;
- and
- stacking the scanned manuscript on the discharge tray.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.