Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sheet material identifying apparatus, sheet material treating apparatus and sheet material identifying method
- Patent Title (中): 片材识别装置,片材处理装置和片材识别方法
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Application No.: US10559532Application Date: 2004-06-10
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Publication No.: US07937986B2Publication Date: 2011-05-10
- Inventor: Takehiko Kawasaki , Norio Kaneko , Naoaki Maruyama
- Applicant: Takehiko Kawasaki , Norio Kaneko , Naoaki Maruyama
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo JP Saitama-Ken
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha,Canon Denshi Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha,Canon Denshi Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo JP Saitama-Ken
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2003-168343 20030612; JP2004-169853 20040608
- International Application: PCT/JP2004/008495 WO 20040610
- International Announcement: WO2004/111616 WO 20041223
- Main IPC: G01M7/00
- IPC: G01M7/00

Abstract:
To provide a sheet material identifying apparatus for identifying the kind of a sheet material, including an adjusting assembly for dehumidifying or humidifying a predetermined region of the sheet material and adjusting the moisture content of the predetermined region, external force applying means for applying an external force to the predetermined region of the sheet material whose moisture content is adjusted and detecting means for detecting an external force propagated through the sheet while the external force is applied by the external force applying means; wherein an external force is applied to the predetermined region whose moisture content is adjusted through the adjusting assembly by the external force applying means and the kind of a sheet material is identified in accordance with the external force propagated through the sheet detected by the detecting means.
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