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US 12,448,241 B2Granted
Medium conveying apparatus to detect predetermined medium based on lift of medium
AssigneePfu Limited
InventorTakumi Ito
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AssigneePfu Limited
InventorTakumi Ito
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A medium conveying apparatus includes a pick roller feeding a medium, a separation roller located on a downstream side of the pick roller, a conveyance roller located on a downstream side of the separation roller, a medium sensor being located on a downstream side of the separation roller and detecting the medium, a lift sensor detecting a lift of the medium on an upstream side of the conveyance roller, a passing sensor being located on an upstream side of the separation roller and detecting passing of the medium, and a processor to determine that the medium is a predetermined medium when a lift of the medium and passing of the medium are detected in a predetermined period after the medium is detected, and execute abnormality control when the medium is determined to be the predetermined medium.
A medium conveying apparatus comprising:
A medium conveying method comprising:
A computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium storing a computer program for a medium conveying apparatus including a feed roller separating and feeding a medium, a conveyance roller located on a downstream side of the feed roller in a conveying direction of the medium, a passing sensor being located on an upstream side of the feed roller in the conveying direction and detecting passing of the medium, and a lift sensor detecting a lift of the medium between the passing sensor and the conveyance roller, the computer program causing the medium conveying apparatus to execute a process, the process comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.