Abstract:
Among various embodiments of the present disclosure, systems and methods for scan flow alignment are shown. A scan carriage (302) can be aligned and used in a scan flow by selecting a scan starting location (510), determining a reference mark (310) location (520), using the reference mark (310) location as a coordinate system origin (310, 530), moving the scan carriage (302) from the coordinate system origin (310) to the scan starting location (308, 312, 540), and performing a scan from the scan starting location to capture an image (550).
Abstract:
An image reading device includes a memory unit for storing positional information of a sensor for moving by a drive unit to read an image of a document and a control unit for controlling the drive unit to move the sensor based on the positional information stored in the memory unit. The control unit drives the drive unit by an amount of driving sufficient for an image reading unit to move in a predetermined direction to abut the stop members, controls the drive unit to move the sensor so as to detect the position mark, and updates the positional information of the memory unit to a predetermined initial value based on the detection of the position mark by the sensor. The image reading device can store data of a reference position promptly even if a photo-interrupter is not provided when the data of the reference position is not stored in a memory unit.
Abstract:
In a method of electronic recording of information from an information carrier, a position-coding pattern (3) is placed on top of or under the information carrier. The information on the information carrier and the position-coding pattern (3) are imaged with the aid of a plurality of partial images. The position-coding pattern is used to determine where the partial images should be stored in a memory area. The partial images in the memory area together constitute an image of the information on the information carrier. The position-coding pattern is filtered out of the partial images. A product, a device, and software used for implementing the method are also described.
Abstract:
A cylindrical engraving system selectively able to engrave either in a helical or circumferential format. An encoder scans index markings on the surface of a cylinder being engraved and generates timing pulses for selective application to one or the other of a helical drive unit or a circumferential drive unit incorporated within the system controller, Engraving is performed by an engraving head which is stepped in the axial direction along the workpiece in response to step pulses generated by the selected drive unit. The step pulses may be generated in spaced bursts or at a regular frequency depending upon whether circumferential or helical driving has been selected.
Abstract:
There is disclosed an image reading apparatus in which the scanning optical system having a slit is caused to scan in a short-side direction of the slit, and light passed through the slit and reflected from or transmitted through an original is guided to a solid-state image pickup element through an optical image forming element so that the image is formed on the solid-state image pickup element and is read. In the apparatus, opening portions for detecting a shift in relative positional relationship between the slit and the solid-state image pickup element are formed in both end portions of the slit in its longitudinal direction corresponding to a portion other than an effective image region of the solid-state image pickup element.
Abstract:
An amount of a read position error in the subscanning direction between line image sensors (CCD1, CCD2, CCD3) is obtained by scanning and reading a correction read pattern (6a, 6b). In scanning of an original, output image signals from the line image sensors (CCD1, CCD2, CCD3) are relatively delayed by a line number corresponding to the amount of the read position error between the line image sensors (CCD1, CCD2, CCD3), to correct time difference, caused by the read position error, in information reading in the boundary portion of the line image sensors.
Abstract:
A hand scanner input system has a hand scanner. The scanner scans a medium having an image or images such as characters or graphic patterns. A mark is printed on this medium or on a transparent sheet to be placed on the medium. Hence, the mark is read when the scanner scans the medium. The image and mark read by the scanner are input to a data processor having a microcomputer. The microcomputer eliminates overlapping of the pieces of image data read by the scanner and the displacement of the scanning start position in accordance with the data representing the mark.
Abstract:
An amount of a read position error in the subscanning direction between line image sensors (CCD1, CCD2, CCD3) is obtained by scanning and reading a correction read pattern (6a, 6b). In scanning of an original, output image signals from the line image sensors (CCD1, CCD2, CCD3) are relatively delayed by a line number corresponding to the amount of the read position error between the line image sensors (CCD1, CCD2, CCD3), to correct time difference, caused by the read position error, in information reading in the boundary portion of the line image sensors.
Abstract:
Bei diesem Verfahren wird beim Abtasten des Bildes in der Hauptabtastrichtung die Abtastvorrichtung (8, 9) relativ zum das Bild tragenden Dokument (4) in einer Unterabtastrichtung bewegt. Es ist ein Streifenmuster (5) vorgesehen, das gegenüber der Hauptabtastrichtung geneigt ist. Dieses Streifenmuster (5) wird relativ zur Abtastvorrichtung (8, 9) bewegt. Die Bewegung des Streifenmusters (5) in der Hauptabtastrichtung wird durch die Abtastvorrichtung (8, 9) ermittelt, und der Abtastvorgang des Bildes wird in Abhängigkeit von der Bewegung des Streifenmusters (5) gesteuert.
Abstract:
An image reading apparatus includes a reading unit, a control unit, and a pattern region. The reading unit moves a linear reading range, which is provided in a main scanning direction, in a sub-scanning direction that intersects with the main scanning direction while reading an object that faces the reading range, and generates image data on the basis of a read result. The control unit controls the reading unit. The pattern region includes a predetermined pattern that defines a reference position for specifying a reading position that is read by the reading unit. The predetermined pattern has a characteristic portion that specifies a schematic position of the predetermined pattern in the sub-scanning direction. The control unit includes a first image acquisition unit, a pattern searching unit, a second image acquisition unit, a characteristic portion searching unit, a first reprocessing instruction unit, and a second reprocessing instruction unit. The first image acquisition unit instructs the reading unit to perform reading and then acquires first image data. The pattern searching unit searches an image of the predetermined pattern in the first image data. The second image acquisition unit, when an image of the predetermined pattern has not been detected by the pattern searching unit, instructs the reading unit to perform reading, and then acquires second image data. The characteristic portion searching unit searches an image of the characteristic portion in the second image data. The first reprocessing instruction unit, when the image of the characteristic portion has been detected by the characteristic portion searching unit, specifies a schematic position of the pattern region in the sub-scanning direction on the basis of a position of the detected image of the characteristic portion, and instructs the first image acquisition unit to perform reading again at the schematic position of the pattern region. The second reprocessing instruction unit, when the image of the predetermined pattern has not been detected again from first image data that are generated through second-time reading by the first image acquisition unit, instructs the second image acquisition unit to perform reading again at a position that does not include the position at which the image of the characteristic portion has been detected.