Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image reading device capable of determining whether sheet is present at reading position
- Patent Title (中): 图像读取装置能够确定片材是否存在于阅读位置
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Application No.: US13801727Application Date: 2013-03-13
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Publication No.: US08824024B2Publication Date: 2014-09-02
- Inventor: Takeshi Kuno
- Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya, Aichi
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya, Aichi
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, PC
- Priority: JP2012-103552 20120427
- Main IPC: H04N1/04
- IPC: H04N1/04 ; G06F3/12 ; G06K15/00 ; G06K15/02 ; H04N1/46 ; G03B27/00 ; G01N21/86

Abstract:
An image reading device includes a reading unit having a light-receiving unit and a light-emitting unit emitting a plurality of lights of different colors toward a reading position. An opposing member is disposed opposite the reading unit with the reading position interposed therebetween. The controller controls the light-emitting unit to emit the lights and the light-receiving unit to receive the lights thereby acquiring an intensity of each light. The controller determines that a sheet is not present when relationships among intensities of the plurality of lights are same as the first intensity relationships. The first intensity relationships are defined by intensities of the plurality of lights reflected by the opposing member and received by the light-receiving unit. The first intensity relationships are different from intensity relationships of the plurality of lights reflected by a sheet present at the reading position and received by the light-receiving unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130286448A1 IMAGE READING DEVICE CAPABLE OF DETERMINING WHETHER SHEET IS PRESENT AT READING POSITION Public/Granted day:2013-10-31
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