Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image reading apparatus, and method for detecting size of document
- Patent Title (中): 图像读取装置和检测文档尺寸的方法
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Application No.: US11557570Application Date: 2006-11-08
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Publication No.: US07688477B2Publication Date: 2010-03-30
- Inventor: Takahiro Ikeno , Yoshinori Osakabe
- Applicant: Takahiro Ikeno , Yoshinori Osakabe
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Baker Botts L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2005-324182 20051108
- Main IPC: H04N1/04
- IPC: H04N1/04

Abstract:
A first positioning member is provided on a document table to extend in a first scanning direction and determines a position in a second scanning direction of an edge of a document placed on the placing surface. A first reference area holding member extends from a first positioning member over the placing surface and holds, on its surface opposing the placing surface, two reference areas extending parallel to the first scanning direction and including a first and second reference areas each having a different pattern from each other. A border position in the first scanning direction between at least one of the first and second reference areas and the document is detected, based on a received light quantity of reflected light. A size determining unit calculates a document length in the first scanning direction based on the detected border position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070103735A1 IMAGE READING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR DETECTING SIZE OF DOCUMENT Public/Granted day:2007-05-10
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