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US 2008/0074716 A1Published application
Image reading method, image reading apparatus, and storage medium having program stored thereon
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorYasuhiko YOSHIHISA
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Abstract
An image reading method according to the present invention involves causing an image sensor for reading an image of a document to move from a side at which the document is placed toward a home position of the image sensor, causing to reverse a movement direction at a turn-back position after the image sensor has passed the home position, and causing the image sensor to move to the home position again.
Claims10
An image reading method, comprising:
- causing an image sensor for reading an image of a document to move from a side at which the document is placed toward a home position of the image sensor;
- causing to reverse a movement direction at a turn-back position after the image sensor has passed the home position;
- and
- causing the image sensor to move to the home position again.
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An image reading apparatus, comprising:
- an image sensor for reading an image of a document;
- a movement mechanism for causing the image sensor to move;
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- a controller for controlling the movement mechanism such that the image sensor is caused to move from a side at which the document is placed toward a home position of the image sensor, a movement direction is caused to reverse at a turn-back position after the image sensor has passed the home position, and the image sensor is caused to move again to the home position.
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A storage medium having a program stored thereon, comprising:
- a code for causing to move an image sensor for reading an image of a document from a side at which the document is placed toward a home position of the image sensor;
- a code for causing to reverse a movement direction at a turn-back position after the image sensor has passed the home position;
- and
- a code for causing to move the image sensor to the home position again.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.