Abstract:
In an aligning mechanism of a 3D printer scanning device, a scan driving module (20) includes a base (21) and a motor (22), and the motor (22) has a driving gear (221). The scan loading module (30) includes a loading table (31), a turntable (32), and an engaging gear (33) connected to the turntable (32), and the loading table (31) has a notch (310), and the engaging gear (33) is exposed from the notch (310). The driving gear (221) of the scan driving module (20) and the engaging gear (33) of the scan loading module (30) have a rounded corner (220, 330) or a positioning portion (211a, 331a), so that the driving gear (221) is engaged precisely with the engaging gear (33).
Abstract:
An image capturing apparatus includes an illumination member to selectively provide a target reference to guide placement of the target within a field of view of an image capturing member. The illumination member may illuminate the at least one reference guide pattern in an illumination-on mode. The illumination member may also disable the target reference by not illuminating the at least one reference guide pattern in an illumination-off mode.
Abstract:
There is provided an image scanning apparatus including: a scanning section which scans an object opposite to a linear scanning area along a main scanning direction while moving the scanning area along a subscanning direction intersecting the main scanning direction and which generates image data on the basis of the result of the scanning; a control unit that controls the scanning section; and a pattern area including a predetermined pattern that defines a base position for specifying a position to be scanned by the scanning section, the predetermined pattern having a characteristic part that specifies a rough position of the predetermined pattern along the subscanning direction. The control unit includes: a first image acquiring section that acquires first image data by making the scanning section execute scanning at a first subscanning resolution; a pattern searching section that searches the first image data for the image of the predetermined pattern; a second image acquiring section that acquires second image data in such a manner that when the image of the predetermined pattern is not detected by the pattern searching section, the second image acquiring section makes the scanning section execute scanning at a preset second subscanning resolution lower than the first subscanning resolution so that image data generated by the scanning of the pattern area at the second subscanning resolution allows the image of the characteristic part to be detected therefrom; a characteristic-part searching section that searches the second image data for the image of the characteristic part; and a reprocessing instructing section which specifies the rough position of the pattern area along the subscanning direction on the basis of the position of the image of the characteristic part detected by the characteristic-part searching section and which makes the first image acquiring section execute scanning again at the rough position of the pattern area.
Abstract:
A contact image sensor fixing device for an office machine having a frame, a contact image sensor, and a white roller, the contact image sensor fixing device including an elastic unit mounted on the frame to push the contact image sensor against the whiter roller with a particular pressure, the contact image sensor reading data from a document as the document passes between the contact image sensor and the white roller; a holder unit to accommodate and support the contact image sensor; and at least one holder-movable unit freely moving the holder unit against the elastic force of the elastic unit applied to the contact image sensor to maintain an even pressure between the white roller and the contact image sensor when the contact image sensor receives a rotation force of the white roller.
Abstract:
PURPOSE: An apparatus for mounting a contact image sensor is provided to maintain a uniform contact force between the contact image sensor and a white roller. CONSTITUTION: An apparatus(130) for mounting a contact image sensor(123) includes a frame(125) of an office appliance, an elastic spring(145), a holder(131), and a holder moving unit(132). The elastic spring presses the contact image sensor to make the contact image sensor come into contact with a white roller(119). The holder holds the contact image sensor elastically supported by the elastic spring. The holder moving unit allows the holder to freely move against the elastic force of the elastic spring, which is applied to the contact image sensor, in order to maintain uniform pressure between the white roller and the contact image sensor when the contact image sensor receives the rotation force of the white roller. The holder moving unit is composed of a hinge bracket(140), a movable hinge for supporting the holder such that the holder moves within a predetermined range, and a fixing hinge for fixing one end of the hinge bracket to the frame.
Abstract:
In one example, a document scanner has a fixed-position scan bar and a built-in translatable calibration target. The scan bar has a linear array of imaging elements aimed in an imaging direction. The calibration target is spaced apart from and parallel to the linear array, and has a planar surface orthogonal to the imaging direction spanning the length of the linear array. The target is translatable during a calibration in a direction in a plane of the surface.
Abstract:
A product performance test system for a scanner with an automatic document feeder (ADF) and a method thereof are provided. The provided method includes: providing a test paper, where a plurality of standard test patterns relating to the performance of the scanner is drawn on the test paper; and controlling the scanner to feed the test paper for scanning, and analyzing the performance of the scanner according to a scan result generated after the scanner scans the test paper and all of the standard test patterns, so as to provide a plurality of test results relating to the performance of the scanner. Accordingly, the present invention can fast test the performance of the scanner with the ADF to let the tester know whether the scanner is good or bad.
Abstract:
An image reading apparatus includes: a light source; an image capturing device, opposed to the light source through a document table adapted to support a document and operable to receive light emitted from the light source; a detector, operable to detect a light-reception state of the image capturing device when an instruction for reading the document is given; and a corrector, operable to correct a relative position in a sub scanning direction between the light source and the image capturing device based on a detection result of the detector.
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.