Sorting by controlling scanned document velocity
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsStephen M. Reinke, Robert M. Westcott, Randall R. Maysick
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Abstract
A method of scanning documents and moving such documents along a path such that after scanning sorting such documents is disclosed. The method includes providing a plurality of documents in an input tray and transporting each document along the path from the input tray at a transport velocity past the scanner to obtain scanned image data. The method further includes providing at least two movable members including two rotatable exit rollers, movable belts, or a movable belt and a rotatable exit roller along the path to provide a nip for the documents; and selectively driving the movable members to provide selectable exit velocities so that such documents are sorted in accordance with their selected exit velocity.
Claims6
A method of scanning different types of documents and moving such documents along a path such that after scanning, the documents are sorted in accordance with document type, comprising:
- providing a plurality of documents in an input tray;
- transporting each document along the path from the input tray at a transport velocity past the scanner to obtain scanned image data;
- recognizing the type of each document that includes length and using at least one edge detector sensor for determining the length of each document;
- providing at least two movable members including two rotatable exit rollers, movable belts, or a movable belt and a rotatable roller along the path to provide a nip for the documents;
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- selectively driving the movable members to provide selectable exit velocities so that such documents are sorted in accordance with their selected exit velocity, wherein the document type is provided to a processor which controls the selected velocity of the two movable members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.