Abstract:
According to one embodiment, a document detecting apparatus includes a light-emitting element, a photoelectric conversion element, a light-emission controller and a detection processor. The light-emitting element projects light onto a detection position of a document. The light-emitting element is not used for reading an image of the document. The photoelectric conversion element converts light projected onto the detection position into an electric signal and outputs the electric signal. The light-emission controller changes the light quantity of the light emitted by the light-emitting element during a predetermined interval. The detection processor detects the presence or absence of the document at the detection position of the document based on whether a value of the output electric signal during the predetermined interval changes in correspondence to the change of the light quantity caused by the light-emission controller.
Abstract:
According to one embodiment, an image scanning apparatus includes a document glass, a substrate, a first semiconductor light emitting element, a second semiconductor light emitting element, a light guiding section, and a light receiving section. The substrate is provided below and obliquely opposed to the document glass. The first semiconductor light emitting element is mounted on a first surface of the substrate opposed to the document glass and emits light to an original document via the document glass. The second semiconductor light emitting element is mounted on a second surface on the opposite side of the first surface and emits light. The light guiding section receives incidence of the light emitted from the second semiconductor light emitting element and emits the light to the original document from a position where a normal of the document glass is present between the light guide section and the first semiconductor light emitting element.
Abstract:
According to one embodiment, an image reading apparatus includes an original document table on which an original document is placed, a detection light source configured to be disposed above the original document table, an irradiation optical system configured to irradiate the original document table with light from the detection light source from a lower surface side of the original document table, and a light guiding optical system configured to guide light reflected from the original document table toward a light detector.
Abstract:
There is a light emitting device including a light source which generates light and of which the quantity of light emission changes according to a driving current, a driving circuit which runs the driving current to the light source to drive the light source, and a controller which controls the driving circuit and raises the driving current of the light source as the quantity of light emission from the light source decreases.
Abstract:
An image scanning apparatus includes an image pickup device, a substrate connected to a terminal of the image pickup device, a heat radiation plate which is disposed between the image pickup device and the substrate and one surface of which contacts the image pickup device, and an insulating sheet which is sandwiched between the heat radiation plate and the substrate, respective surfaces of which contact the heat radiation plate and the substrate, and which electrically insulates the heat radiation plate from an electronic component on the substrate.
Abstract:
According to one embodiment, an image scanning apparatus includes: a document table on which an original document is stacked; a substrate; plural first light emitting elements located on one surface of the substrate, the first light emitting elements each emitting light for irradiating the original document on the document table; and plural second light emitting elements located on the other surface of the substrate, the second light emitting elements each emitting light for irradiating the original document on the document table.
Abstract:
An image forming apparatus to generate image data from an original document and to form an image includes a photoelectric conversion unit to sequentially convert an image of the original document scanned in a sub-scanning direction into image signals made of a plurality of pixels constituting one line in a main scanning direction, a white reference plate which is white reference for the image signals, a white reference signal generation unit to generate a white reference signal from image signals obtained by photoelectric converting an image for a given number of lines from a given read start position of the white reference plate in the sub-scanning direction by the photoelectric conversion unit, a shading correction unit to correct the image signals of the original document image photoelectric converted by the photoelectric conversion unit based on the white reference signal, and a read start position acquisition unit to calculate and acquire the read start position on the white reference plate, and the read start position acquisition unit includes a start position calculation unit to detect a portion of the white reference plate where brightness is within a given range and to calculate the read start position.
Abstract:
In an image reading apparatus for reading a color document as a monochrome image, an image forming apparatus of the invention includes a composite light source that irradiates the color document and includes plural light sources different in spectral distribution, a sensor to detect the intensity of a reflected light from the color document, a light emission ratio setting unit to changeably set light emission ratios different for the respective light sources, and a light source control unit to control effective light amounts of the plural light sources with the set light emission ratios. According to the image forming apparatus of the invention, when the color document is monochromatically read, the reading is performed with the brightness close to the human visual sensitivity, the user can changeably set color sensitivity, and uneven density can be reduced.
Abstract:
A multicolor image forming apparatus is provided which is capable of suppressing rotational vibrations caused by a rotary unit thereby to carry out the formation of images of excellent quality even if the amount of remaining toner in the rotary unit changes. In the multicolor image forming apparatus (10), accelerations, uniform speeds and decelerations, which do not cause residual vibration of the rotary unit due to overshooting when the rotary unit (11) is changed from its acceleration rotation to its uniform rotation or vice versa, are stored in an acceleration and acceleration storage section (16) in correspondence to the amounts of toners held by the developing units. A rotary unit rotation control section (17) detects the amounts of remaining toners of the developing units through a toner amount detection section at each timing when the rotary unit is driven to rotate for development, reads out an acceleration, a uniform speed and a deceleration corresponding to the detected amounts of remaining toners from the acceleration and deceleration storage section, and controls the rotational movement of the rotary unit according to the result thus read out. Accordingly, the rotary unit does not generate residual vibration upon switching of its rotation.
Abstract:
Where a magnification (enlargement/reduction of image) has been set through operation keys of an operation panel, a main CPU sends information on read magnification to a scanner CPU of a scanner section. In this case, where the magnification is not set in particular, information of 100% magnification is sent to the scanner CPU. Based on a microstep division number of a step angle corresponding to the received information on read magnification, the scanner CPU controls the driving of a scan motor via a scan motor driver.