Scanner device, printing device and scan method
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorYasuhiko Yoshihisa
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a scanner device which scans a predetermined scan object and generates image data, the scanner device including: an image sensor which converts an optical image of the scan object into corresponding image data; a movement unit which moves a carriage having the image sensor in a sub-scan direction; a first control unit which controls the movement unit by a first control process; a second control unit which controls the movement unit by a second control process different from the first control process; and a selection unit which selects the first or the second control unit according to setting contents relating to a scan.
Claims7
A scanner device which scans a predetermined scan object and generates image data, the scanner device comprising:
- an image sensor which converts an optical image of the scan object into corresponding image data;
- a movement unit which moves a carriage having the image sensor in a sub-scan direction;
- a first control unit which controls the movement unit by a first control process;
- a second control unit which controls the movement unit by a second control process different from the first control process;
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- a selection unit which selects the first or the second control unit according to setting contents relating to a scan.
A scan method which scans a predetermined scan object and generates image data, the method comprising:
- selecting a first control process and a second control process different from the first control process according to setting contents relating to a scan and performing a control process which moves a carriage including an image sensor for converting an optical image of the scan object into corresponding image data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.