Image reading apparatus
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsKosuke Takaki, Takeshi Nakayama
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Abstract
In the case of handling an independent document, a transmission switch is set at "L" position and the document is transmitted and read out at a high speed, and the document is discharged to the front side of the image reading apparatus. In the case of handling a continuous document, the transmission switch is set at "H" position, and the document is transmitted at a low speed subjected to the processing capacity of an image processor, and the document is read out before being discharged to a rear face of the apparatus. At this time, when the document arrives at a given location in the apparatus, a table apparatus lowers the table and prevents the continuous documents from being damaged.
Claims8
An image reading apparatus comprising:
- a table on which a document is to be placed;
- transmission means for transmitting the document;
- reading means for reading the document;
- and
- control means for controlling said table, said transmission means and said reading means;
- wherein said control means is operable to transmit the document stacked on said table with said transmission means, read the document with said reading means, and switch process speeds of said transmission means and said reading means in response to a switching of a type of the document on said table, and to lower said table after a predetermined length ofthe document is transferred when the type of document is a continuous document.
An image reading apparatus comprising:
- a table on which a document is to be placed;
- transmission means for transmitting a document;
- reading means for reading information from the document transmitted by said transmission means;
- input means for setting the kind of the document and for providing an output indicative of the kind of document;
- control means for switching the process speeds of said transmission means and reading means in response to the output of said input means, transmitting the document stacked on said table with said transmission means, reading the document with said reading means, and lowering said table after a predetermined length of the document is transferred when the type of document is a continuous document.
An image reading apparatus comprising:
- a table on which a document is to be placed;
- transmission means for transmitting a document;
- reading means for reading information from the document transmitted by said transmission means;
- setting means for setting the kind of the document as an independent document or a continuous document and for providing an output indicative of the kind of document;
- control means for switching the process speeds of said transmission means and reading means in response to the output of said setting means, transmitting the document stacked on said table with said transmission means, reading the document with said reading means, and lowering said table after a predetermined length of the document is transferred when the type of the document is a continuous document.
An image reading apparatus comprising:
- a table on which a document is to be placed;
- transmission means for transmitting the document;
- reading means for reading the document;
- table moving means for moving said table up and down;
- and
- control means for controlling said table, said transmission means, said reading means and said table moving means;
- wherein said control means is operable to transmit the document stacked on said table with said transmission means, read the document with said reading means and switch process speeds of said transmission means and said reading means in response to a switching of a type of the document on said table, and to lower said table after a predetermined length of the document is transferred when the type of the document is a continuous document.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.