Image reading apparatus and a control method for an image reading apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorYuji Takiguchi
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Abstract
An image reading apparatus having an image sensor for slips and an image sensor for card-type media is configured to switch operation between the two image sensors quickly and efficiently. The slip image sensor reads slips conveyed through a first transportation path to acquire image data from the slips. The card-type image sensor reads cards conveyed through a second transportation path to acquire image data from the cards. An active device selector selects, according to a change active scanner (change operation) command sent from a host computer, one or the other of the image sensors as the active image sensor to be driven. These control operations are also embodied in a control method for such an image reading apparatus.
Claims6
An image reading apparatus, comprising:
- a first image sensor configured to read a first medium conveyed through a first transportation path to acquire image data from the first medium;
- a second image sensor configured to read a second medium conveyed through a second transportation path to acquire image data from the second medium;
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- an active device selector configured to select, according to a change operation command sent from a host computer, either the first image sensor or second image sensor as the active image sensor to be driven.
An image reading apparatus comprising:
- an image sensor configured to read a first medium conveyed through a first transportation path to acquire image data from the first medium, and to read a second medium conveyed through a second transportation path to acquire image data from the second medium;
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- an active device selector configured to select, according to a change operation command sent from a host computer, either the first medium or second medium as the medium to be imaged.
A control method for an image reading apparatus, comprising:
- reading, with a first image sensor, a first medium conveyed through a first transportation path to acquire image data from the first medium;
- reading, with a second image sensor, a second medium conveyed through a second transportation path to acquire image data from the second medium;
- selecting, with an active device selector, according to a change operation command sent from a host computer, either the first image sensor or the second image sensor as the active image sensor to be driven;
- storing first settings information relating to the first image sensor and second settings information relating to the second image sensor;
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- changing a sensor configuration state, according to a change configurable sensor command sent from a host computer, to a first configuration state in which the first settings information can be changed, or to a second configuration state in which the second settings information can be changed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.