Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accurately position a carrying path on which a manuscript is carried to a platen. SOLUTION: With a cover 200 closed so as to cover a platen glass 120, a manuscript carrying part 250 is horizontally positioned vertically movable to a reinforced member 230, and leg parts 284, 288 are vertically positioned as the basis for a platen glass 120 by hitting against the platen glass 120 or its periphery of an upper part 110 of a reading part 100. A manuscript height regulating member 300 (a regulating part 310) is horizontally positioned to the reinforced member 230 in vertically movable manner, and a rib 334 of the regulating member 300 is hit to the platen glass 120 and vertically positioned. Therefore, a fluctuation in a manuscript carrying path K in a manuscript reading area 122 of the platen glass 120 is suppressed. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To appropriately determine a relative position of an image reading sensor 140 with respect to a carriage 150. SOLUTION: The present invention relates to a multifunction peripheral including the image reading sensor 140 for reading an image from a document and a carriage 150 for mounting the image reading sensor, wherein the image reading sensor 140 includes a boss portion 146 that is abutted to the carriage 150 to determine a relative position of the image reading sensor 140 with respect to the carriage 150, and a pressing portion 153 is included which presses the boss portion 146 to abut the boss portion 146 to the carriage 150. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image reading apparatus of a flat bed type the image sensor and the support member of which are downsized in the subscanning direction and to provide a means for aligning an upper face of the image sensor to a rear side of a platen glass with high accuracy. SOLUTION: The image sensor 50 has a housing 49 of a rectangular parallelepiped shape, shaft parts 68A, 68B are provided to both ends of the housing 49, a press contact part 67 is formed to a starting end part of the shaft part 68A, and a projection part 66 is formed to the tip of the shaft part 68A. Further, each of a pair of bearing parts 73 is formed to each of both ends of a carriage 51 in the length direction with the image sensor 50 mounted thereon. The shaft parts 68A, 68B of the image sensor 50 are fitted to grooves 75 of the bearing parts 73 of the carriage 51 so that the image sensor 50 is positioned to the carriage 51 in the main scanning direction and the subscanning direction. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
An image reading apparatus includes: a contact glass setting a manuscript thereon; an image sensor extending in a first direction and having a reading surface which faces the contact glass for reading an image from the manuscript on the contact glass; a rail member extending inside the apparatus main body in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a carriage having a sensor container to contain the image sensor, a taper end portion formed in an end portion in the first direction to become smaller in height toward the end side, and an opening formed in the bottom of the sensor container on the taper end portion side; a biased portion adjacent to the reading surface of the image sensor in the second direction; and a biasing member biasing the image sensor toward the contact glass via the biased portion.
Abstract:
An image reading apparatus includes: a contact glass setting a manuscript thereon; an image sensor extending in a first direction and having a reading surface which faces the contact glass for reading an image from the manuscript on the contact glass; a rail member extending inside the apparatus main body in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a carriage having a sensor container to contain the image sensor, a taper end portion formed in an end portion in the first direction to become smaller in height toward the end side, and an opening formed in the bottom of the sensor container on the taper end portion side; a biased portion adjacent to the reading surface of the image sensor in the second direction; and a biasing member biasing the image sensor toward the contact glass via the biased portion.
Abstract:
A duplex scanning apparatus includes a scan case including a platen glass, a first scanning module disposed inside the scan case, a scanning module moving unit that is disposed inside the scan case perpendicular to the first scanning module and guides a movement of the first scanning module, and an automatic document feeding apparatus disposed on a top side of the scan case to cover the platen glass including a feeding frame in which a document moving route is formed, a scanning module opening formed on an upper side of the document moving route in the feeding frame, a second scanning module disposed in the scanning module opening, and a scanning module adjusting unit formed to rotate the second scanning module by a predetermined angle based on a point of the feeding frame with respect to the scanning module opening.
Abstract:
An image reading apparatus includes: a contact glass setting a manuscript thereon; an image sensor extending in a first direction and having a reading surface which faces the contact glass for reading an image from the manuscript on the contact glass; a rail member extending inside the apparatus main body in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a carriage having a sensor container to contain the image sensor, a taper end portion formed in an end portion in the first direction to become smaller in height toward the end side, and an opening formed in the bottom of the sensor container on the taper end portion side; a biased portion adjacent to the reading surface of the image sensor in the second direction; and a biasing member biasing the image sensor toward the contact glass via the biased portion.
Abstract:
An image capture and processing (ICP) integrated circuit (IC) is provided for a camera. The ICP IC includes an imaging array which, in turn, includes image pixel capture sensors arranged in rows and columns. A row decoder extends along a first edge of the imaging array and is configured to enable sensor rows in the imaging array. An analog signal processor (ASP) system extends along a second edge of the imaging array and is configured to amplify signals from enabled sensors in columns of the imaging array. A control circuit is configured to sequentially enable the rows so that the ASP can amplify signals from all of the sensors in the imaging array, one row at a time.
Abstract:
An image reading apparatus including a shading correction mechanism that can be formed by fewer component parts than conventional ones, and is increased in the degree of freedom of design, thereby enabling reduction of the size and weight thereof. A contact glass guides an original to an image reading position. A glass holding member holds the glass. A line image sensor reads an image on the original conveyed to the image reading location, through the contact glass. A reference member is disposed at a location different from the image reading location on the contact glass. A moving mechanism relatively moves the line image sensor and the reference member so that the line image sensor can alternatively read the original conveyed to the image reading location and the reference member. A drive section externally drives the moving mechanism to move the line image sensor and/or the reference member.
Abstract:
Disclosed are a scanner capable of adjusting the focus distance and an image forming apparatus having the same. The scanner may include a focus adjustment structure that comes into an interfering contact with a scanning unit as the scanning unit moves along a scanning path so as to cause a movement of the scanning unit in the direction perpendicular to the scanning path toward and away from the document to be scanned. With such configuration the focus adjustment can be realized using the scanning movement of the scanning unit along the scanning path.