Image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTetsuya Saito, Masaaki Ishibashi, Daijirou Nagasaki, Tetsuhiro Nitta, Hiroshi Ogushi, Yasuhiko Ikeda, Shigeyuki Sugiyama, Haruyuki Yanagi, Takeji Niikura
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a printing unit which is disposed in a housing and configured to form an image on a sheet, an lid attached to the housing by a hinge mechanism, and a camera which is attached to the lid and configured to read an image on a document while the lid is open, wherein the sheet having the image formed by the printing unit is discharged on the lid, and when the lid is opened, the camera can read the document which is placed at a reading position below the camera.
Claims10
An apparatus comprising:
- a printing unit disposed in a housing and configured to form an image on a sheet;
- a lid attached to the housing by a hinge mechanism so as to be opened and closed;
- a camera unit attached to the lid and configured to read a document placed at a reading position, wherein when the lid opens, the camera unit can read the document which is placed at the reading position below the camera unit;
- an obtaining unit configured to obtain information relating to an angle of the lid which is opened, wherein reading condition with the camera unit is adjusted according to the information;
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- a document tray which is attached to the housing so as to be opened and closed by a hinge mechanism and on which the document to be read by the camera unit is placed, wherein the sheet printed by the printing unit is discharged below the document tray.
An apparatus comprising:
- a printing unit disposed in a housing and configured to form an image on a sheet;
- a lid attached to the housing by a hinge mechanism so as to be opened and closed;
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- a camera unit retractably attached to the lid and configured to read a document placed at a reading position, wherein when the lid opens, the camera unit rotates to face the reading position therebelow;
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- a document tray which is attached to the housing so as to be opened and closed by a hinge mechanism and on which the document to be read by the camera unit is placed, wherein the sheet printed by the printing unit is discharged below the document tray.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.