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US 12,545,533 B2Granted
Medium conveying apparatus for detecting a folding of a medium
AssigneePfu Limited
InventorsKiichiro Shimosaka, Masato Shimura
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AssigneePfu Limited
InventorsKiichiro Shimosaka, Masato Shimura
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A medium conveying apparatus includes a first optical sensor located on an upper part of the housing and in a central part of the housing in a direction perpendicular to a medium conveying direction, a second optical sensor located on an upper part of the housing and on a side of the first optical sensor in the direction perpendicular to the medium conveying direction, and a processor to detect a folding of a medium based on the first signal or the second signal, and stop feeding of the medium by the feed roller in accordance with a detection result of the folding of the medium. The first light emitter emits first light toward a downstream side of the medium in the medium conveying direction, and the second light emitter emits second light toward an upstream side of the medium in the medium conveying direction.
A medium conveying apparatus comprising:
A method for separating a medium, comprising:
A computer-readable, non-transitory medium storing a computer program, wherein the computer program causes a medium conveying apparatus including a housing, a medium tray, a first roller, a second roller, located to face the first roller, to separate a medium on the medium tray, a motor to generate a driving force for driving the second roller, and an optical sensor located on an upper part of the housing, and including a light emitter for emitting light and a light receiver for generating a signal based on receiving the light, to execute a process, the process comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.