Image reading apparatus, image processing system, image reading method, and image processing method that determine a document
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsMasayoshi Miyamoto, Yuichi Araumi
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Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes a reading part reading original, a time measuring part being able to measure different times selectively, and a defining part determining separation of sheets of the original read by the reading part. The time measuring part selects a time to be measured according to a predetermined condition, and the defining part determines the separation of sheets of the original when the selected time has elapsed without an operation concerning a subsequent reading operation being performed after a reading operation of the reading part is stopped.
Claims34
An image reading apparatus comprising:
- a reading part configured to read an original;
- a time measuring part configured to measure different times selectively;
- and
- a defining part configured to determine a time between reading successive sheets of the original read by said reading part,
- wherein said time measuring part selects a time to be measured according to a predetermined condition, and said defining part determines whether sheets of the original are part of a same document based on the time between reading the successive of sheets of the original and whether the selected time has elapsed without an operation concerning a reading operation being re-started after the reading operation of said reading part is once stopped.
The image reading apparatus as claimed in 1, wherein measurement of the time by said time measuring part is stopped by a predetermined operation.
An image reading method comprising:
- a) reading an original;
- b) measuring different times selectively;
- and
- c) determining a time between reading successive sheets of the original read by said reading a),
- wherein said measuring b) selects a time to be measured according to a predetermined condition, and said determining c) determines whether sheets of the original are part of a same document based on time between reading the successive sheets of the original and whether the selected time has elapsed without an operation concerning a reading operation being restarted after the reading operation of said step a) is once stopped.
The image reading method as claimed in 18, wherein measurement of the time by said measuring b) is stopped by a predetermined operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.