| PFU LIMITED Patent applications |
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| 20120086963 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE TO GENERATE INFORMATION FOR DISTINGUISHING FORMS - An information processing device according to the present invention includes a storage unit ( | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120079573 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PASSWORD DIAGNOSING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A user terminal includes a diagnosing unit | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120076001 | NODE MONITORING APPARATUS, NODE MONITORING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - There is provided a node monitoring apparatus including: a node identification unit that identifies a function of a node present in a network; a parameter setting unit that sets a parameter for monitoring processing on the node in accordance with the function identified by the function identification unit; and a node monitoring unit that performs the monitoring processing on each of the nodes based on the parameter set by the parameter setting unit. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120030351 | MANAGEMENT SERVER, COMMUNICATION CUTOFF DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An inspection system | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120030332 | MANAGEMENT SERVER, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A management server | 02-02-2012 |
| 20110302520 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image reading apparatus includes a touch panel, a storage unit, and a control unit, wherein the control unit includes a screen displaying unit that displays, on the touch panel, a screen area containing a text input area, wherein user input is possible, and a keyboard displaying unit that displays, when the user performs an operation of selecting the text input area via the touch panel, a part of the screen area containing the selected text input area and a keyboard screen on the touch panel. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110296217 | MODE CONTROL METHOD - An KIOSK terminal | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110292438 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image reading apparatus includes an image reading unit, a touch panel, a storage unit, and a control unit, wherein the storage unit includes a storage-location-information storage unit that stores storage location information related to a storage location of an image file of a document read by the image reading unit, and the control unit includes an image displaying unit that displays a storage location icon representing the storage location and an image display area showing the image file, a display mode changing unit that changes, when an image selection instruction to select the image file is input, a display mode of the image display area so that the storage location icon can be viewed, and a storing unit that stores, when an icon selection instruction to select the storage location icon is input, the image file in the storage location corresponding to the storage location icon. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110286669 | FORM PROCESSING SYSTEM, OCR DEVICE, FORM CREATION DEVICE, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - There is provided a form processing system including a form creation device and an OCR device, wherein the form creation device includes a layout generation unit that generates layout information denoting a layout of a form and a layout transmission unit that transmits the layout information generated to the OCR device, and the OCR device includes a layout acquisition unit that acquires the layout information transmitted from the form creation device and an OCR processing unit that performs OCR processing on image data of the form read by a scanner, based on the layout information acquired. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110286043 | FORM PROCESSING SYSTEM, OCR DEVICE, FORM CREATION DEVICE, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - There is provided a form processing system including a form creation device and an OCR device, wherein the form creation device includes a layout generation unit that generates layout information denoting a layout of a form and a layout transmission unit that transmits the layout information generated to the OCR device, and the OCR device includes a layout acquisition unit that acquires the layout information transmitted from the form creation device and an OCR processing unit that performs OCR processing on image data of the form read by a scanner, based on the layout information acquired. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110286042 | FORM PROCESSING SYSTEM, FORM CREATION DEVICE, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - There is provided a form processing system including a form creation device and a printer, wherein the form creation device includes a layout generation unit that generates layout information denoting a layout of a form, a drawing instruction unit that causes a drawing performing unit in the printer to generate referential image data which corresponds to at least part of the generated layout information, based on the generated layout information, and an image transmission unit that transmits the generated referential image data to an OCR device, and the printer includes the drawing performing unit that generates the referential image data in accordance with an instruction from the drawing instruction unit. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110286038 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE PRINTING APPARATUS, HELP DISPLAY CONTROLLER, HELP DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR DISPLAYING HELP - There is provided an image reading apparatus including an image reading unit that reads image data optically from an information display medium, an operation screen display unit that displays an operation screen to receive input from a user with respect to an image reading process performed by the image reading unit, and a help screen display unit that displays, in accordance with a displayed operation screen displayed by the operation screen display unit, help guidance relating to the displayed operation screen in a manner that the help guidance and the displayed operation screen are visible at the same time. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110286023 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR CREATING FORMS - There is provided a form creation device including a retaining unit that retains a range of set information which prescribes image elements that are suitable for OCR processing and an image generation unit that generates a form image based on a user's input and the set information range retained in the retaining unit. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110276818 | POWER CONSUMPTION QUANTITY ESTIMATION SYSTEM - A power consumption quantity estimation system | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110273753 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes a lower unit, an upper unit arranged above the lower unit and a guide arranged on an opposite side to the lower unit with respect to the upper unit. The guide relatively rotates with respect to the upper unit in a direction away from the upper unit so as to form an ejection path, between the upper unit and the guide, of a sheet-like medium conveyed between the upper unit and the lower unit. The upper unit and the guide are close to each other respectively, at positions closest to the lower unit in respective rotation ranges of relative rotation with respect to the lower unit. The rotation range of the guide is wider than that of the upper unit, in a rotation direction away from the lower unit from the positions close to each other. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110261420 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes a light source unit, an image sensor, and a light guiding unit at least including a light reflector. The light guiding unit may include a first masking shield and a second masking shield. The light source unit irradiates light toward an original. The image sensor picks up an image of the original based on reflected light of the light by the original. The light guiding unit is provided on an opposite side to the light source unit to cause a part of the light to directly enter into the image sensor, when the original is not fed to the image sensor. The light guiding unit reduces light incident to the image sensor, among the light and light having transmitted through the original, at the time of picking up the image of the original by the image sensor. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110258311 | MONITORING APPARATUS, MONITORING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR MONITORING - There is provided a monitoring apparatus including a monitoring unit that monitors an operating situation of nodes over a network based on a predetermined monitoring parameter, a memory that records the operating situation monitored by the monitoring unit, and a changing unit that changes the monitoring parameters based on a past operating situation recorded by the memory. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110253916 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An apparatus includes: a body including a port into which a medium is insertable; a light source that is provided in the body and illuminates when an image is read for the medium that has been inserted into the port; a guide and output unit that is optically connected to the light source, guides light emitted from the light source, and outputs the guided light into the port; a receiver that detects the output light; and a determiner that determines whether the medium has been inserted into the port based on a result of the detection. The light source also illuminates when the determiner makes the determination. A region in the port through which the light output from the light guide and output unit passes exists from one end to the other end of the port in a width direction being a longitudinal direction of the port. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110252128 | COMMUNICATION MONITORING DEVICE - A communication monitoring device | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110246682 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF REMOVABLE DEVICE, MANAGEMENT METHOD OF REMOVABLE DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY READABLE-BY-COMPUTER RECORDING MEDIUM - To enable management of a removable device detachably provided in an information processing device. An information processing terminal monitors a connection status of a removable device detachably connected to the information processing terminal itself, then acquires, when the removable device is connected thereto, device information related to the removable device from a predetermined storage unit, and transmitting the device information to the management server via the network, while the management server registers the device information received from the information processing terminal in the way of being associated with information of the sender information processing terminal in a database, and outputs management information on the basis of the device information. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110231586 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND CONSUMABLE ITEM MANAGEMENT METHOD - An information processing device, to which a peripheral device | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110231542 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, SERVER DEVICE, AND PERIPHERAL DEVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD - A user terminal | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110228362 | IMAGE SCANNING APPARATUS, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE SCANNING METHOD - There is provided an image scanning apparatus including: a plurality of image scanning unit that reads image information pieces of different colors at positions shifted from each other in one scanning direction or the other; a color image generation unit that generates color image information on the assumption that a plurality of the image information pieces read by the image scanning unit are the image information at the same position in the scanning direction; a black-and-white image generation unit that generates black-and-white image information on the assumption that the plurality of image information pieces read by the image scanning unit are the image information pieces at the positions different from each other in the scanning direction; and a selection unit that selects the color image information generated by the color image generation unit or the black-and-white image information generated by the black-and-white image generation unit as the image information to be employed, based on the read image information. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110228350 | ANGLE DETECTION DEVICE AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An angle detection device includes a rotator including a shaft supported by and inside a case in a direction parallel to a horizontal plane of the case, a center of gravity positioned differently from the shaft, and a diagonal line formed on a surface along a circumferential direction around a rotation axis of the rotator, the line intersecting with a width direction orthogonal to the circumferential direction if the surface is spread into a plane along the circumferential direction; and a sensor including a group of imaging elements arrayed in a line parallel to the shaft direction. The sensor is fixed to and inside the case opposite to the surface. The group intersects with the diagonal line if the surface is viewed from the sensor toward the shaft, and a position of the intersection changes according to rotation of the case around the axis when viewed from the shaft. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110228349 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An apparatus includes imaging units, each including: a light source to emit light; and an image sensor to pick up an image of a medium to be moved relatively between the imaging units. The light source of one of the imaging units is provided at a position where a direct light is guided to the image sensor of the other imaging unit, and the image sensor of the other imaging unit is configured to pick up an image for image formation when a reflected light emitted from the light source of the other imaging unit and reflected by the medium is guided to the image sensor of the other imaging unit, and to pick up an image for edge detection when the direct light is guided to the image sensor of the other imaging unit, and an edge of the medium is detected based on the image for edge detection. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110194127 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a control unit and an output unit. The control unit includes an image output unit that arranges an image read by reading processing in an area shifted in a certain direction in a display area in which read image on which reading processing is performed by an image reading apparatus is displayed, and outputs the image to the output unit. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110181925 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes: a conveyor roller configured to come in contact with a sheet-like medium and to convey the contacted medium in a conveyance direction in which the medium is conveyed; an image pickup device configured to pick up an image of the conveyed medium; a control device configured to control the conveyor roller and the image pickup device; an apparatus main unit that accommodates the conveyor roller, the image pickup device, and the control device; and a state detecting device configured to detect whether the apparatus main unit is in a stationary state in which the apparatus main unit is stationary or in a non-stationary state in which the apparatus main unit is not stationary, wherein the control device is configured to change contents of the control of at least the conveyor roller based on a result of the detection by the state detecting device. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110176186 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE READING SYSTEM - An apparatus includes: a light source opposite to one surface of a medium; a backing member opposite to another surface of the medium and including a backing surface opposite to the another surface of the medium; an imaging unit opposite to the one surface of the medium and at a position different from the light source in a conveyance direction, and to pick up an image of the medium and the backing surface on which a shadow of the medium is formed due to light from the light source; and a processor to generate image data including the image of the medium and the backing surface based on a result by the imaging unit, wherein the backing surface is inclined with respect to the conveyance direction, and a gap between the path and the backing surface decreases from a light source side toward an imaging unit side. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110176185 | PAPER FEED PORT AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS - In a paper feed port configured to feed a sheet-like medium to a conveyance path, an inclined surface is provided at both ends of an opening into which the medium to be fed is inserted, with respect to a width direction crossing a paper feed direction of the medium, such that an abutting angle between the inclined surface and a leading end of the medium on a downstream side in the paper feed direction is an acute angle. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110170149 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE READING SYSTEM - A conveying device, comprising: a linear conveyance route on which a sheet-like medium is linearly conveyable; a bent conveyance route that is branched from the linear conveyance route and on which the medium is conveyable in a bent manner; a switching member provided at the branched portion and movable into a bent conveyance position for guiding the medium to the bent conveyance route and into a linear conveyance position for guiding the medium to the linear conveyance route, according to a force acting from the medium at a time of coming in contact with the medium; and a variable pressurizing unit configured to make a force acting on the medium from the switching member in the linear conveyance position smaller than a force acting on the medium from the switching member in the bent conveyance position. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110133394 | FEEDING DEVICE - A feeding device includes a tray for stacking sheet-like conveyance-target media, a first pressing unit, and a second pressing unit. The first and second pressing units face and apply a first and second pressing force, respectively, on a circumferential surface of a pick roller so that a first contact area and a second contact area overlap each other. The first pressing unit includes a first pressing unit separation roller, and the first contact area is defined wherein the first pressing unit and the pick roller make contact with each other. The second contact area is defined wherein the second pressing unit and the pick roller make contact with each other such that the first contact area and the second contact appear to partly overlap each other when viewed from an axial direction of the pick roller. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110107079 | TARGET DEVICE, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING DEVICE, AND EXTERNAL DEVICE - A device management system is configured with a target device including at least one unit that includes a tamper-resistant chip, a management apparatus that manages or uses the target device, and an authentication apparatus including a database for authentication, connected via a network in a communicable manner. In the target device, each unit is equipped with the tamper-resistant chip that collects device information specific to a unit, stores collected device information, and stores a confidential-key. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110035335 | Apparatus, System, Method, and Computer Readable Medium for Providing Suggestions - There is provided an apparatus for providing suggestions including a memory that stores print attribute information indicating contents of printing processes in a print attribute information database, an obtaining unit that obtains print attribute information of a group of printing processes designated by a user from the print attribute information database, an alternative selection unit that selects an alternative means applicable to each of the group of printing processes based on the print attribute information obtained by the obtaining unit, an actual cost calculation unit that calculates a print cost required for the group of printing processes based on the print attribute information obtained by the obtaining unit, an alternative cost calculation unit that calculates a print cost that would incur if the group of printing processes were executed with the alternative means selected by the alternative selection unit being applied based on the print attribute information obtained by the obtaining unit, and a suggestion unit that presents an improvement suggestion on printing processes based on the print cost calculated by the actual cost calculation unit and the print cost calculated by the alternative cost calculation unit. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110029775 | COMMUNICATION CUTOFF DEVICE, SERVER DEVICE AND METHOD - A network monitor device | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110019816 | ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT PROCESSING SYSTEM - An electronic document processing system | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110010703 | DELIVERY SYSTEM, SERVER DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND DELIVERY METHOD - A distribution system comprising a server device and a terminal device communicably connected to each other via a network. Wherein, the terminal device transmits an acquisition request of the distribution package to the server device, receives the distribution package from the server device and stores the distribution package, determines whether current date and time is the application start timing based on the application start timing information included in the distribution package, and applies the resource by executing the application script when the current date and time is determined to be the application start timing. And the server device receives the acquisition request of the distribution package from the terminal device, and transmits the distribution package to the terminal device when the acquisition request is received. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20100316222 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing system | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100296141 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus generates color image data from an image on a medium, based on R-color, G-color, and B-color data, and includes: an unit that irradiates light to the medium; an unit that includes R-color, B-color, and G-color imaging members, which each output the R-color, G-color, or B-color data respectively, based on received light from the medium; a light source that irradiates to the medium first light of a first visible wavelength range different from R-color; and a unit that generates fluorescent image data of a fluorescent region contained in the image, based on predetermined color data corresponding to second light of a second visible wavelength range different from the first visible wavelength range, the second light being generated by the fluorescent region when the light source is turned on and the fluorescent region receives the first light. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100231992 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes: a conveying roller that comes in contact with a sheet medium and causes a conveying force to convey the sheet medium in a conveying direction to act on the sheet medium contacting the conveying roller; an imaging unit that captures an image of the sheet medium that has been conveyed; a guide plate that is provided upstream of the imaging unit in the conveying direction, forms a part of a conveying path through which the sheet medium is conveyed, and includes a plurality of slits along a main-scanning direction perpendicular to the conveying direction; and a charging member that is chargeable, provided upstream of the imaging unit in the conveying direction, arranged separate, via the plurality of slits, from the sheet medium that is being conveyed, and charged at least when the sheet medium is being conveyed by the conveying roller. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231943 | IMAGE READING APPRATUS, IMAGE READING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image reading apparatus includes a hopper unit, a separating unit, a reading unit, an ejecting unit, a stacking unit, a control unit, and a storage unit. The control unit includes a detecting unit that detects abnormal reading of the document read by the reading unit, an image storing unit that associates the read image and an abnormal reading result with a reading order of the document to store, a separation stacking unit that controls the ejecting unit to separate the document in which the abnormal reading is detected and the document in which the abnormal reading is not detected to eject to the stacking unit, a rereading unit that allows the reading unit to read again the document in which the abnormal reading is detected, thereby obtaining a reread image, and an image replacing unit that replaces the image corresponding to the reading order with the reread image. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100181507 | ILLUMINATING DEVICE AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An illuminating device includes: an LED device configured to irradiate light; a temperature detecting unit configured to detect a change in temperature of the LED device; and a unit configured to linearly change a drive current supplied to the LED device according to the change in temperature of the LED device. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100165419 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE READING METHOD - An image reading device | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100135595 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus including an image photographing unit, and a control unit, wherein the control unit includes a document image acquiring unit that acquires a document image including at least an image of a document, a contour extracting unit that extracts a contour of the document from the document image, the extracting the contour being performed based on luminance, a distortion position detecting unit that detects a contour straight line located at a location where a distance between the contour and a center point of a rectangle having the minimum area surrounding the contour is shortest, the contour straight line being detected as a distortion position in the document, the contour straight line being located on the contour, and a corrected image generating unit that performs a geometric correction on the document image to extend the contour to a correction reference line determined from the distortion position, and generates a corrected image having the distortion in the document image corrected. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100119067 | ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT ENCRYPTING SYSTEM, DECRYPTING SYSTEM, PROGRAM AND METHOD - An electronic document encrypting system | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100110505 | ILLUMINATING DEVICE AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An illuminating device includes a linear light source mounted on a mounting surface of a board, with a plurality of light-emitting elements being arrayed thereon, for irradiating light toward an illuminating target, a white reflecting surface provided in a planar shape parallel to an optical axis of the linear light source on a surface including the mounting surface, to reflect the light from the linear light source, and a mirror surface formed in a planar shape that reflects the light from the linear light source and reflected light from the white reflecting surface. The linear light source, the white reflecting surface, and the mirror surface are arranged such that a third plane crosses a first plane on the illuminating target side than a second plane, and 0°<θ | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100103478 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes a sheet conveyance path on which a sheet of a document from which an image is to be read is conveyable; a light source that emits light to be irradiated on the sheet; a conductive unit through which heat generated at the light source is transferable; and a heat radiating unit that forms a part of the sheet conveyance path, through which the heat transferred from the light source to the conductive unit is propagable, and that radiates the heat propagated from the conductive unit to air flowing in the sheet conveyance path when the sheet is being conveyed. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100102499 | FEEDING APPARATUS - In a feeding apparatus, a control device determines whether a brake roller is rotating based on the result of detection by a rotating-state detection sensor while a medium is being transferred by a separator roller. When determining that the brake roller is not rotating, the control device sets a pickup roller to non-contact state where the pickup roller is not in contact with a medium on a feed tray while a medium is not being transferred by the separator roller. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100100803 | COMPUTER PRODUCT, SPREADSHEET GENERATING APPARATUS, AND SPREADSHEET GENERATING METHOD - A computer-readable recording medium stores therein a spreadsheet generating program that causes a computer to execute acquiring information related to layout positions of items in a form; column-sorting the items in ascending order, according to column-related coordinate values of the items; determining a column width for each of the items, based on a distance to the previous item in the column-sorted items; row-sorting the items in ascending order, according to row-related coordinate values of the items; determining a row height for each of the items, based on a distance to the previous item in the row-sorted items; designating, for each of the items and from among cells having the determined column widths and the determined row heights, a cell corresponding to a layout position indicated in the acquired information; and outputting a spreadsheet related to layout of the form by a provision of the items to the designated cells. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100096799 | SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS AND MEDIUM DETECTING METHOD - A sheet feeding apparatus includes a feeding unit capable of feeding a sheet-like medium, plural speed detecting units capable of respectively detecting a speed of the medium fed by the feeding unit, at plural positions along a width direction of the medium orthogonal to a feeding direction of the medium, and a bound-medium detecting unit capable of detecting the medium having a part thereof bound with another one of the medium, based on the speed detected respectively by the speed detecting units. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100091337 | PAPER MEDIUM INFORMATION ENCRYPTING SYSTEM, DECRYPTING SYSTEM, PROGRAM AND METHOD - A solution of a problem of how leakage of important information should be prevented without losing any convenience of a paper medium, entails configuring a paper medium information encrypting system | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100077089 | SCANNER SHARING DEVICE - A scanner sharing device includes a scanner device connection terminal for a scanner device to be connected thereto, a plurality of computer connection terminals for a plurality of computers to be connected thereto, a connection switching unit selectively connecting one of the plurality of computer connection terminals with the scanner device connection terminal, and a switch control unit controlling the operations of the connection switching unit. When the scanner sharing device is in an automatic switching mode, the switch control unit maintains the connection between the computer connection terminal associated with that one computer and the scanner device connection terminal until the switch control unit receives a processing completion signal. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100074437 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, PROGRAM AND METHOD - Provided is an image processing system capable of simply executing image processing for encryption and decryption without causing a user to perform a time-consuming operation of generating a processing target image, the system including: a rendering information input accepting unit | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100060948 | SCANNER DEVICE WITH EXTERNAL COVER - A scanner device includes a scanner body enclosed by a housing and an external cover covering an outer side of the housing. The external cover is comprised of a plurality of external members. By spacing the adjacent external members apart from each other at the side edge parts of the housing, recesses are formed between the adjacent external members so as to constitute parts of the external design of the scanner body. Preferably, the side edge parts of the housing are exposed between the adjacent external members at the side edge parts of the housing, and information providing devices providing information on the scanner device are provided at the side edge parts of the housing exposed between the adjacent external members. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100053701 | SCANNER DEVICE - A scanner device includes a scanner body formed with a document insertion opening and a document ejection opening and is configured so that an document taken in from the document insertion opening is read and then ejected from the document ejection opening. The scanner device further includes an upper surface cover covering the upper surface of the scanner body and a front surface cover covering the front surface of the scanner body. The front cover is connected at a lower end side thereof to the lower front part of the scanner body and connected at an upper end side thereof to pivotably connected to the front end side of the upper surface cover. By opening the front surface cover from the front surface of the scanner body, the upper surface cover and front surface cover form a document ejection tray. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100046753 | INFORMATION OUTPUT SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR TAMPERING DETECTION - An information output system for tampering detection | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100045570 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND TRANSPARENT DISPLAY ELEMENT CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - Provided is an information processing device which includes: a transparent display element display unit ( | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100020368 | Image Scanning Apparatus, Computer Readable Medium, Image Management System, and Image Management Methods - An image scanning apparatus includes a scanning unit that scans an image from an image display medium optically and creates image data; a data comparison unit that compares the image data scanned by the scanning unit and image data recorded in a predetermined recording region; and a notification unit that notifies an operator depending on a result of comparison by the data comparison unit. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20090290379 | SURFACE LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND AUTOMATED TRANSACTION APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A surface light-emitting device includes a transparent plate having two main surfaces and a light source. The light source is arranged adjacent to a side of the transparent plate so that the light source radiates light to the inside of the transparent plate from the side of the transparent plate. One main surface of the transparent plate is formed with a plurality of cone-shaped dimples, which reflect radiated light toward the other main surface of the transparent plate. The surface light-emitting device may further include a black sheet arranged adjacent to one main surface of the transparent plate formed with the plurality of cone-shaped dimples. The surface light-emitting device can be used as a guide device for an input/output interface unit of an automated transaction apparatus. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090290014 | OBJECT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, MOBILE TERMINAL, AND OBJECT MANAGEMENT METHOD - An object management apparatus comprising an image photographing unit, a storage unit, and a control unit communicably connected to at least one operation target device and a mobile terminal including a displacement detecting unit that detects a displacement of a physical quantity caused when the mobile terminal moves and a display unit via a network, wherein the storage unit includes, a display object storing unit, an operation target object storing unit, and a processing command storing unit, and the control unit includes, a display object transmitting unit, a mobile terminal position acquiring unit, an region determining unit, an operation target object determining unit, a processing command determining physical quantity displacement receiving unit, a display object acquiring unit, a processing command searching unit, and a processing command executing unit. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090289924 | MOBILE DEVICE AND AREA-SPECIFIC PROCESSING EXECUTING METHOD - A mobile device includes a control unit, a storage unit, a display unit, and a displacement detecting unit that detects displacement of a physical value caused when the mobile device moves, wherein the control unit includes an icon displaying unit that displays the icon in the display area, an icon moving unit that moves the icon displayed, in the display area and based on the displacement of the physical value, an area determining unit that compares coordinates of the icon moved and displayed in the display area to the specific area to thereby determine whether the icon is in the specific area, and an area-specific processing executing unit that retrieves the area-specific processing corresponding to the specific area and executes the area-specific processing when the area determining unit determines that the icon is in the specific area. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090289104 | INFORMATION KIOSK TERMINAL SYSTEM - An information kiosk terminal system includes a pedestal, a transaction unit provided at an upper part of the pedestal and adapted to be pulled out away from the pedestal, and a display unit provided above the transaction unit. The transaction unit includes an upper portion located on the upper side of the transaction unit, and a lower portion located under the upper portion and having a projected portion projecting forward from a front surface thereof. The upper portion is provided inside with a printer unit and is formed at the front surface thereof with a paper discharge port for projecting paper from the printer unit. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090284967 | LIGHTING APPARATUS AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS - A lighting apparatus lights up a lighting target and includes a first substrate with a first LED group mounted thereon, and a second substrate with a second LED group mounted thereon. First LEDs of the first LED group and second LEDs of the second LED group are equally spaced in line and face with each other. Light beams emitted from the first LEDs and the second LEDs are reflected by reflection surfaces of the first and the second substrate as they travel toward the lighting target and gather in a space between a first protruding portion of the first substrate and a second protruding portion of the second substrate, and applied to the lighting target. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090284806 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND MARK DETECTION METHOD - An image reading apparatus includes an image reader, a storage unit, and a control unit, wherein the storage unit includes a command storage unit, and the control unit includes a mark detecting unit that detects at least one mark matching the characteristic information of the mark from the margin of the manuscript read by the image reader to acquire the characteristic information of the detected mark, a positional information determining unit that detects coordinates of the mark in the manuscript to determine the positional information corresponding to the detected coordinates, a command searching unit that searches the command storage unit for the command associated with the characteristic information and the positional information using the characteristic information and the positional information as search keys, and a command executing unit that executes the processing specified for the command searched for on the manuscript. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090262399 | BINARIZATION-USE-PATTERN GENERATING METHOD AND PRINTING APPARATUS - In the present invention, tetragons are generated, each of the tetragons being formed of four points of a point A(c, 1), a point B(a+c, b+1), a point C(0, d+1), and a point D(a, b+d+1) specified with arbitrary parameters satisfying the specified number of pixels n=2(ad+bc). From among the generated tetragons, a tetragon having an angle closest to a specified angle is selected, and two of the selected tetragons are placed adjacently to each other to generate the basic pattern. A lighting order is determined so that, continuously from a lighting order of pixels forming a first tetragon of the tetragons of the basic pattern in order of increasing distance from a specific point of the first tetragon, pixels are lit in order of decreasing distance from the specific point, and a rectangular pattern functioning as a binarization-use pattern is generated. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090262200 | NOTEBOOK INFORMATION PROCESSOR AND IMAGE READING METHOD - A notebook information processor includes an image photographing unit, a display, a keyboard, a storage unit, and a control unit, wherein the control unit includes, a live view displaying unit that displays a live view obtained by photographing at least a portion of the keyboard within a photographing area of the image photographing unit on the display, a still image obtaining unit that obtains a still image from the live view displayed on the display by the live view displaying unit, when receiving a photographing start signal to start photographing the still image of a document put on the keyboard, and an image processing unit that performs projective transformation on the still image obtained by the still image obtaining unit so as to obtain an image photographed from a front direction, executes image processing so as to perform cropping to clip the document, and stores a transformed image of the document after the image processing in the storage unit. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090262199 | NOTEBOOK INFORMATION PROCESSOR AND PROJECTIVE TRANSFORMATION PARAMETER CALCULATING METHOD - A notebook information processor includes a lid including an image photographing unit and a display, and a main body, wherein the control unit includes a live view displaying unit that displays a live view obtained by photographing at least a portion of the main body within a photographing area of the image photographing unit on the display, a rectangle detecting unit that detects a rectangle for calculating a projective transformation parameter from the live view, a projective transformation parameter calculating unit that calculates the projective transformation parameter from a coordinate of the rectangle, and a still image obtaining unit that performs a projective transformation on the live view so as to obtain a live view photographed from a front direction, using the projective transformation parameter, obtains a still image from the live view after the projective transformation, and stores the still image in the storage unit. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090261167 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - In an image reading apparatus, a magnetic shielding member suppresses interference of an electromagnetic wave for power supply or an electromagnetic wave for transmission and reception of ID information that would otherwise propagate to a reading unit with a carrier cable of the reading unit and the like. Thus, even if an ID-information obtaining unit obtains ID information of an electronic tag of an RFID card while an image read surface of the RFID card is being imaged by the reading unit, an influence of the electromagnetic wave for power supply, the electromagnetic wave for transmission and reception of the ID information, or both over the reading unit can be suppressed. With this, even if pickup image data representing the image read surface of the RFID card and the ID information of the electronic tag are simultaneously obtained, the obtained pickup image data representing the image read surface of the RFID card can be of high quality. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090259887 | SELF-SERVICE TERMINAL EQUIPMENT AND GUIDANCE SCREEN PROCESSING METHOD - A self-service terminal equipment includes at least one input/output device, a display device, a storage unit, and a control unit, wherein the storage unit includes a guidance information storage unit that stores recovery information in association with guidance information, the control unit includes a user program executing unit, and an input/output interface control unit, and the input/output interface control unit includes a command information control unit that outputs command information to the input/output device such that the input/output device is controlled, a recovery information control unit that inputs the recovery information output from the input/output device controlled, and a guidance screen control unit that obtains the guidance information stored in the guidance information storage unit corresponding to the recovery information input by control of the recovery information control unit and displays a guidance screen that displays the guidance information on the display device. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256305 | FEEDING DEVICE - In a feeding device, a first friction pad and a second friction pad are disposed on a circumferential surface of a pick roller so that a first contact area and a second contact area overlap each other. Thus, to a conveyance-target medium, which is either one of a conveyed medium and a separation-target medium, pressing forces are successively applied by the first friction pad or the second friction pad over the first contact area to the second contact area. Therefore, the conveyance-target medium, which is either one of the conveyed medium and the separation-target medium, successively receives a separation force in a total contact area wider than an area when receiving a separation force only in either one of the first contact area and the second contact area. With this, the capability of separating the conveyed medium and the separation-target medium can be increased. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090244644 | Information Distribution System, Information Display Apparatus, Information Management Method, and Computer Readable Medium - An information distribution system that includes an information reading apparatus reading out data distributed from an information medium and an information display apparatus having an information acquisition unit for acquiring the data distributed from said information reading apparatus, a display for displaying the data acquired by said information acquisition unit, and a display limitation unit for imposing display limitations on the data acquired by said information acquisition unit according to the state of connection between said information reading apparatus and the information display apparatus. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090231639 | Image processor, image processing method, and computer program product - An image processor includes a control unit, wherein the control unit includes an image obtaining unit that obtains an image including a document area corresponding to a document read by an image reader, an edge coordinate detecting unit that detects coordinate values of edge candidate pixels, a tilt calculating unit that calculates a tilt of the document area, or a tilt obtaining unit that obtains the tilt of the document area detected by a predetermined sensor, an edge end coordinate extracting unit that extracts a coordinate value of an edge end candidate pixel, a straight line calculating unit that calculates a straight line corresponding to the edge, and either one or both of a tilt correcting unit that corrects the tilt of the document area by rotating the document area, and an area clipping unit that clips the document area from the image. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090216721 | IMAGE FILE SORTING METHOD, IMAGE FILE SORTING DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image file sorting method is executed by an image file sorting device, including a storage unit, a control unit, and an image reading unit, wherein the storage unit includes a sorting condition storage unit that stores a sorting condition to specify a sorting destination of an image file. The method includes a sorting keyword extracting step of extracting a sorting keyword from a marker portion of the image file read by the image reading unit, a sorting destination deciding step of deciding the sorting destination of the image file by collating the sorting keyword extracted by the sorting keyword extracting step and the sorting condition stored in the storing condition storage unit, and an image file sorting step of sorting the image file into the sorting destination decided by the sorting destination deciding step. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090212483 | SHEET FEEDING DEVICE - Imaging target media stacked in a tray are bent in a width direction orthogonal to a transmission direction so that rigidity of the imaging target media in the transmission direction increases than the rigidity before bending. Consequently, even though a separation imaging-target medium is bound together with a transportation imaging-target medium using a binding member, the separation imaging-target medium is transmitted to an imaging unit along with the transportation imaging-target medium by transporting rollers without bending in the transmission direction. A superimposed-transmission of the imaging target media is detected by sensors and rotation of the transmitting roller is stopped. Due to this, the superimposed-transmission of the imaging target media is stopped just before the imaging unit. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090210825 | IMAGE PROCESSOR AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing method executed by an image processor comprising a displaying unit, a storage unit, and a control unit, wherein the storage unit includes an image data storage unit that stores image data displayed in thumbnail form and a keyword associated with the image data, and the method includes a keyword obtaining step of obtaining the keyword corresponding to the image data stored in the image data storage unit; and a thumbnail image with keyword displaying step of displaying the keyword obtained at the keyword obtaining step on the displaying unit, with the keyword being overlapped with the image data. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090208141 | IMAGE PROCESSOR, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image processor comprising a control unit, wherein the control unit includes an obtaining unit that obtains image data generated as a result of reading a document by a reader in which a predetermined document reading condition is set; a selecting unit that allows a user to select an intended use of the image data obtained by the obtaining unit out of a plurality of the intended uses set in advance; a processing unit that processes the image data obtained by the obtaining unit according to an image processing condition suitable for the intended use selected by the selecting unit; and a transferring unit that transfers the image data after being processed by the processing unit to an application suitable for the intended use selected by the selecting unit. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090200477 | IMAGE READER - In an image reader, if a first and second light sources alternately light-up when a conveying unit conveys an imaging target medium, a visible light data group that is based on a reflected light, of a wavelength inside a visible spectrum, of a first light having a wavelength inside the visible spectrum and a visible light external data group that is based on the reflected light, of the wavelength inside the visible spectrum, of a second light having a wavelength outside the visible spectrum are alternately generated. By scanning the imaging target medium once and by collecting multiple visible light data group, first image data of the imaging target medium, based on the first light, is generated. Furthermore, by collecting multiple visible light external data group, second image data of the imaging target medium, based on the second light, is also generated. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090195802 | IMAGE PROCESSOR, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processor comprising a control unit, wherein the control unit includes a determining unit that determines a reading mode suitable for a document based on image data corresponding to the document read by an reader; and a converting unit that converts the image data according to the reading mode. The determining unit includes a color detecting unit that detects color information based on the image data; a color determining unit that determines whether the reading mode is a color mode based on the color information; a background detecting unit that detects a background of the document; a background removing unit that removes the background; a gray detecting unit that detects a size of an area of a portion which is not removed in the image data as gray information; and a gray determining unit that determines whether the reading mode is a gray mode based on the gray information. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090153674 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An original is inclined with respect to an optical axis of a camera until the camera is positioned outside a reflected-image taking range by inclining a mounting surface of an original glass on which the original is placed. This makes it possible, when the original is taken by the camera, to prevent the camera from being reflected on the original and being taken in with the original. An imaging case formed of a diffusing member that is made of a high light-diffusing material or a high light-absorbing material is arranged in the reflected-image taking range. This makes it possible to prevent an object positioned in the reflected-image taking range from being reflected on the original and being taken by the camera. Consequently, clear image information can be more reliably obtained. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090147105 | IMAGE PROCESSOR AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Document image data is converted into luminance image data. Block image data is generated from the luminance image data. Start point block pixel data and end point block pixel data are set based on a change rate of luminance values of adjacent block pixel data. A luminance value of block pixel data between the start point block pixel data and the end point block pixel data is corrected based on a start point luminance value and an end point luminance value. The luminance value, of the block pixel data wherein each luminance value of an adjacent block pixel data cluster is less than an average value, is substituted by the average value. The luminance value of each pixel data is set based on the luminance value of the block pixel data. Post process luminance image data that includes each pixel data is reconverted into the document image data. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090116080 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes a plurality of LEDs, a light guide member that linearly illuminates, an LED control circuit that controls amounts of light of each LED based on reference light quantities and corrects the reference light quantities, an image sensor such as a CCD that scans an original when each of the LEDs are put on simultaneously, an analog front end (AFE) that generates read image data corresponding to the original, and a light modulation reference member disposed at a position where imaging by the CCD is possible. During correction of each of the reference light quantities, the LED control circuit puts each LED on individually. Each LED is then modulated by correcting the present outputs based on the modulated light image data generated by sensing the light modulation reference member when each of the LEDs is on and the reference light quantities based on target outputs corresponding to each of the LEDs. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090067012 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes an image reading unit that can move along a scanning direction, and reads primary image data from a medium arranged on a medium arrangement surface by moving the image reading unit from a home position to a sub-scanning direction. The image reading apparatus further includes a determining unit that determines the presence or absence of the medium on the medium arrangement surface based on determination image data that is different from primary image data, and read by the image reading unit at a determination position arranged between the home position and a reading-end position of the primary image data. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090021803 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE-READING PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image reading apparatus includes a flatbed image reading unit, an ADF image reading unit, a storage unit, and a control unit, wherein the control unit includes a flatbed image-reading control unit that controls the flatbed image reading unit to read an image of a read-condition setting sheet, and stores the image of the read-condition setting sheet in the storage unit, a read-condition determining unit that determines a read condition from the image of the read-condition setting sheet read by the flatbed image-reading control unit, a read-condition setting unit that sets a read condition for a document to be read by the ADF image reading unit according to the read condition determined by the read-condition determining unit, and an ADF image-reading control unit that controls the ADF image reading unit to read an image of the document according to the read condition set by the read-condition setting unit, and stores the image of the document in the storage unit. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090009825 | IMAGE-READING PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE-READING PROCESSING METHOD - An image-reading processing apparatus is connected to an image reading apparatus being capable of reading both surface images of a document, including a storage unit and a control unit, wherein the control unit includes a double-face reading control unit that controls the image reading apparatus to scan both the surfaces of the document, a coordinate acquiring unit that acquires a coordinate group of a position serving as an edge candidate of the document based on a grayscale value in image data of each of the surfaces read by the double-face reading control unit, a straight line detecting unit that detects a straight line group corresponding to an edge portion of the document based on the coordinate group acquired by the coordinate acquiring unit, a straight line inverting unit that inverts the straight line group detected by the straight line detecting unit, and a straight line selecting unit that determines the straight line group suitable for the edge portion from the document in the straight line group detected by the straight line detecting unit on one surface and the straight line group inverted by the straight line inverting unit on the other surface to select the straight line group. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090008861 | SHEET FEEDING DEVICE - A sheet feeding device includes a feeding unit that feeds a sheet; a rolling member that rolls by having contact with the sheet being fed by the feeding unit; a supporting member that moves along with a behavior of the sheet with supporting the rolling member so that the rolling member rolls in a feeding direction of the sheet at a predetermined position on the sheet; an acceleration measuring unit that measures accelerations acting on the supporting member in three directions; and a detecting unit that detects a feed error of the sheet based on the accelerations measured by the acceleration measuring unit. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20080315071 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - An image reading apparatus includes light sources, an image sensor, a data generating unit, and a carrier unit. The light sources are sequentially turned on for an identical period once in a single line period. The image sensor reads information from a print medium irradiated by the light sources. The data generating unit generates pixel data corresponding to the information. The carrier unit carries the print medium such that the image print medium is scanned by the image sensor in a sub-scanning direction. The single line period is equal to or more than twice a period from when first one of the light sources is turned on until last one of the light sources is turned off. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080285098 | IMAGE SENSOR, IMAGE SENSOR UNIT, AND IMAGE READER - In an image sensor, light sources corresponding to each of R, G, B colors illuminate multiple times in each line cycle so that each of line sensors acquires multiple R, G, B signals in each line cycle. A controlling unit generates multiple R, G, B data in each line cycle from the multiple R, G, B signals, and adds the multiple R, G, B data in each line cycle in a corresponding one of data saving units. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080285097 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes pairs of rollers, each including a driving roller and a driven roller. The pairs of rollers are arranged along the rotation axis direction of the driving roller and constitute a first roller group and a second roller group for conveying a first medium and a second medium thicker than the first medium, respectively. The center of the first roller group is identical in the rotation axis direction to that of a first conveying area where the first medium is conveyed. The center of the second roller group is identical in the rotation axis direction to that of a second conveying area where the second medium is conveyed. At least one pair of rollers in the second roller group is arranged outside the first roller group within the first conveying area. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080265497 | SHEET FEEDING DEVICE AND SKEW DETECTING METHOD - A plurality of moving-amount detecting units respectively detects a moving amount of the sheet fed by a feeding unit at a plurality of points in a width direction of the sheet. A skew detecting unit detects a skew of the sheet based on the moving amount of the sheet detected by the moving-amount detecting units. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080259414 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes a feeding unit, a conveying unit, a primary stacking unit, a secondary stacking unit, and a path switching unit. The path switching unit switches between a first conveying path including a bend section for normal conveying mode and a second conveying path for reverse conveying mode. In the normal conveying mode, the conveying unit conveys a sheet fed from the feeding unit to the primary stacking unit through the first conveying path. In the reverse conveying mode, the conveying unit conveys a sheet fed from the primary stacking unit to the secondary stacking unit through the second conveying path bypassing the bend section. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080252943 | SCANNER DEVICE AND IMAGE READING AND DISPLAY METHOD - A scanner device includes a keyboard, a display, a control unit, and a storage unit, wherein the keyboard and the display are disposed so as to cover the top of the body of the scanner device, and the control unit includes an image reading unit that controls to read image data from original documents, an image storing unit that stores the image data read by the image reading unit in the storage unit, and a display control unit that controls to display the image data of any of the original documents on the display based on the image data stored by the image storing unit. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080252922 | IMAGE-DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, NETWORK SCANNER DEVICE, AND IMAGE-DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD - An image-data management system that includes an authentication server device and a network scanner connected to each other via a network, wherein the network scanner device includes a keyboard, a display, a control unit, and a storage unit, the keyboard and the display are disposed so as to cover the top of the body of the network scanner device. The control unit includes a user-authentication requesting unit that sends a user ID and password to the authentication server device to request an user authentication when the user ID and the password are input by a user, an image reading unit that reads an image data from an original document when the user authentication requested by the user-authentication requesting unit is approved by the authentication server device, and an image storing unit that stores the image data read by the image reading unit in the storage unit. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080229124 | Power supply controlling circuit and scanner unit - A power supply controlling circuit includes: power supplied portions, adapted to receive power supply from at least one external apparatus; a first power unit, adapted to be driven by a first power; and a second power unit, adapted to be driven by a second power. In response to a change of the power supply, the second power is varied, while the first power is maintained. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080225348 | SCANNING DEVICE, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING - A scanning device includes a first scanning unit, a second scanning unit, and a light source corresponding to each of the first scanning unit and the second scanning unit. The light sources are arranged on the same side of the first and second scanning units with respect to the main scanning direction. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080225343 | SCANNING APPARATUS - A keyboard and a display screen are arranged to cover an upper side a main body of an ADF-type scanning apparatus, so that a large space can be secured to arrange the keyboard and the display screen. The display screen includes an ADF-cover opening-closing mechanism that opens and closes the display screen in conjunction with an ADF cover. The keyboard includes a keyboard raising mechanism for raising a front portion of the keyboard in the upward direction. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080204827 | READ-IMAGE TRANSFER APPARATUS AND METHOD, READ-IMAGE TRANSFER SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM SHEET, AND CARRIER SHEET - A read-image transfer apparatus is connected to an image reader and to a weblog server via a network. The read-image transfer apparatus stores therein user setting information including at least destination address information for the weblog server, a transfer protocol for the weblog server, and user identification information for causing the weblog server to identify a user. The read-image transfer apparatus controls the image reader so as to read image information from a document, stores the read image information in a memory, and transfers the stored image information to the weblog server based on the stored user setting information. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080203652 | SHEET FEEDING DEVICE - A sheet feeding device includes a setting roller, a motor, a flag, a setting guide, a setting-guide swinging device, and a locking mechanism. The motor generates a driving force to rotate the setting roller. The flap swings between a standby position and a feeding position, and, when at the standby position, does not allow transport of a sheet. The setting guide swings between a standby position and a feeding position, and, when at the standby position, separates a sheet from the setting roller. The setting-guide swinging device swings the setting guide using the driving force from the motor. The locking mechanism prevents the flap from swinging to the feeding position when the flap and the setting guide are in the respective standby positions. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080197562 | SHEET FEEDING DEVICE - A sheet feeding device includes a driven roller that rotates in response to movement of a sheet, and a rotary encoder that detects a moving distance of the sheet based on rotation of the driven roller. The driven roller and the rotary encoder are connected by a gear unit having backlash. When the sheet moves in a reverse direction and thereby the driven roller rotates in reverse, the rotary encoder does not detect the moving distance of the sheet. | 08-21-2008 |
