Document conveying apparatus, image processing apparatus, and document conveying method
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorsMizue Kadobayashi, Shikitaro Ogawa
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Abstract
In a document conveying apparatus, a stop processing portion executes a stop process to stop a document conveying operation by a conveying mechanism in a case in which a second detection processing portion determines that an amount of documents placed on the document discharge unit has reached a specific amount. The stop processing portion, in a case in which a first detection processing portion detects that no document is placed on the document discharge portion when the specific job is started, limits execution of the stop process during execution of the specific job.
Claims7
A document conveying apparatus, comprising:
- a conveying mechanism configured to convey documents placed on a document placement portion to a document discharge portion in sequence through an image reading position where images are read from the documents in a specific job;
- a first detection processing portion configured to detect whether or not a document is placed on the document discharge portion;
- a second detection processing portion configured to detect whether or not an amount of documents placed on the document discharge portion has reached a preset specified amount;
- and
- a stop processing portion configured to execute a stop process to stop a document conveying operation by the conveying mechanism when the second detection processing portion determines that the amount of the documents placed on the document discharge portion has reached the specified amount;
- wherein
- the stop processing portion, in a case in which the first detection processing portion detects that no document is placed on the document discharge portion when the specific job is started, limits execution of the stop process during execution of the specific job.
An image conveying method, wherein
- one or a plurality of processors configured to control a document conveying apparatus comprising a conveying mechanism configured to convey documents placed on a document placement portion to a document discharge portion in sequence through an image reading position where images are read from the documents in a specific job comprises:
- a first detection step of detecting whether or not a document is placed on the document discharge portion;
- a second detection step of detecting whether or not an amount of documents placed on the document discharge portion has reached a preset specified amount;
- and
- a stopping step of, in a case in which it is determined in the second detection step that the amount of the documents placed on the document discharge portion has reached the specified amount, executing a stop process of stopping a document conveying operation by the conveying mechanism;
- wherein
- the stopping step, in a case in which the first detection step detects that no document is placed on the document discharge portion when the specific job is started, limits execution of the stop process during execution of the specific job.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.