65 results about "Duplex scanning" patented technology

According to this invention, a document processing method of documenting image data obtained by double-sided scanning of an original containing a single-sided printed part and a double-sided printed part includes a blank determination step of determining on the basis of the image data whether the lower surface of an original is blank, and a documentation step of, when the lower surface is determined in the blank determination step to be blank, saving image data corresponding to the upper surface of the original as document information together with a single-sided printing attribute, and when the lower surface is determined in the blank determination step not to be blank, saving image data corresponding to the two surfaces of the original as document information together with a double-sided printing attribute.

A duplex automatic document feeder (DADF) includes a pickup roller, an image reading unit, and a discharge roller, and includes first, second, third, and fourth document feeding paths. When performing duplex scanning in the DADF, the document is fed from the pickup roller to the image reading unit through the second document feeding path, and then the document passes through the third document feeding path, which is a closed-loop feeding path, to reverse feed the document back to the image reading unit, so that both sides of the document are scanned. Next, the document is discharged by the discharge roller. When discharged, the front side of the document faces down corresponding to the document as stacked in a paper supply tray. Accordingly, an additional feeding path for rearrangement of the discharged document can be omitted, thereby improving duplex efficiency.

The present invention relates to a duplex scanning apparatus. The duplex scanning apparatus includes a scanning module, a sheet input tray, a sheet ejecting tray, a transfer channel, a sheet pick-up roller, a friction-enhancing stopper, a transfer roller assembly, a sensor, a first inverting region, a second inverting region, an inverting channel, a sheet ejecting roller assembly, a first inverting roller assembly, a second inverting roller assembly, a first switching element and a second switching element. By providing two inverting regions, the scanning time for performing a duplex scanning operation by the duplex scanning apparatus of the present invention is shortened.

A compact duplex scanner for scanning both sides of an original document scans a document smoothly without paper jams. A platen roller 8 is located opposite an image sensor 7 for scanning a paper 15 held therebetween as it is transported through a paper feed path 2b. The image sensor 7 and platen roller 8 are mounted on a rotary frame 90 designed to move circularly as a single unit around a rotary shaft positioned transversely to the paper feed path 2b. After the paper 15 is carried in a forward direction P and the front 15a of the paper 15 is scanned, the rotary frame 90 rotates 180 degrees, and the paper 15 is carried in a reverse direction to scan the back 15b.

An image processing apparatus includes an auto document feeder, and can simultaneously scans both sides of an original at a fixed scan position during one-time original feed. The image processing apparatus further includes a first scanning unit that scans a front side of the original in a single-sided scan and a double-sided scan; and a second scanning unit that scans a back side of the original in the double-sided scan. In the double-sided scan, the first scanning unit and the second scanning unit scan the original by using the same scaling method. The first scanning unit uses different scaling methods between the single-sided scan and the double-sided scan based on an original scan condition.

A duplex scanning apparatus includes a passageway, a first optical module, a second optical module, a transporting mechanism and an elastic pressing member. The first optical module is disposed on one side of the passageway. The second optical module is disposed on the other side of the passageway. The transporting mechanism transports an original sheet through the passageway and past a first scan position of the first optical module and a second scan position of the second optical module, and images of front and reverse sides of the original sheet are obtained, respectively. The elastic pressing member, disposed between the first scan position and the second scan position, pushes the original sheet towards an original supporting plane.

An automatic document feeder of an image forming apparatus capable of improving a duplex scanning or printing (copying) efficiency includes a single scan path having a document admission passage to admit a document to a document scanning part and a document discharge passage to discharge the scanned document, a duplex scan path having a first document reversing and waiting passage diverged separately from the document discharge passage on the single scan path at the rear of the document scanning part to reverse the document, one surface of which is scanned, and admit the reversed document again to the document scanning part, and a document re-reversing path having a second document reversing and waiting passage diverged separately from the document discharge passage on the single scan path at the rear of the document scanning part to reverse the document, both surfaces of which are scanned, again and send the re-reversed document to the document discharge passage.

The invention provides a car-distributing module of real-name integrated circuit (IC) card. The car-distributing module comprises a scanning module which is used for scanning two sides of a 2nd-generation identity card and is located on a foundation, a reading module used for reading the 2nd- generation ID card, a non-contact read-write module of IC card, a contact-typed read-write module of IC card which is integrated on a the same horizontal plane which is a sole card passageway. The processes of checking, scanning and distributing are finished in a time-share mode. The foundation is further provided with a box which is used for holding the IC cards, a recycling box of IC cards, a control circuit, an actuating device and a data interface which is connected with a computer and a power source. The module has the advantages of integrating the checking part, the scanning part and the card-distributing part on the same horizontal passageway. The entrance of the reading module of identity card and the IC card exit are sharing a block mouth enabling the users to put the identity card into one block mouth so that all the steps of checking, scanning, and distributing can be finished. The adoption of the module can reduce effectively equipment cost, be convenient to operate, reduce the possibility of disoperation, save the time of distributing time, improve the efficiency of distributing cards and improve customer experience.

A duplex scanning apparatus includes a sheet feeding tray, a sheet pick-up roller and a sheet separation roller. The sheet feeding tray includes a first opening and a second opening. The sheet pick-up roller and the sheet separation roller are partially received in the first opening and the second opening of the sheet feeding tray, respectively, so that the sheet pick-up roller and the sheet separation roller are sustained against documents on the sheet feeding tray. For performing duplex scanning operations on the stack of paper sheets, the documents are successively scanned from the bottommost paper sheet to the uppermost paper sheet. As a consequence, the scanned documents are stacked in the discharging tray in the same order as that of the original stack.

An image reading device and an image forming apparatus and methods thereof can achieve a duplex scanning operation and enable a user to easily arrange the scanned documents after being discharged. The image reading device may include a supply path coupled to a document supply port, a simplex document feeding path coupled to the supply path to first guide the document to the scan unit, a duplex document feeding path coupled to the supply path to second guide the document to the scan unit to scan a first surface of the document, and a duplex document circulating path to communicate with the duplex document feeding path and guide a second surface of the first surface scanned document to the scan unit.

A duplex scanning device includes a casing, a transporting mechanism, a scanning unit and a scanning unit rotating mechanism. The transporting mechanism transports a sheet along a transporting passageway, which includes a front passageway, a middle passageway and a rear passageway. The scanning unit rotatably mounted on the casing scans the sheet in the middle passageway. The transporting mechanism transports the sheet from the front passageway to the rear passageway through the middle passageway so that the scanning unit scans a front side of the sheet. Then, the scanning unit rotating mechanism rotates the scanning unit by substantially 180 degrees. Next, the transporting mechanism transports the sheet from the rear passageway to the front passageway through the middle passageway so that the scanning unit scans a back side of the sheet.

A duplex scanning apparatus capable of switching a scanning background includes a pair of glass plates, a pair of background boards pivoted to the glass plates and a driving mechanism. The glass plates are disposed in a frame and overlapped with each other. The two glass plates define two scanning areas face to face. A portion of the frame adjacent to an outer surface of the glass plate defines a first color area of the scanning background corresponding to the scanning area. One background board is positioned above one glass plate, and the other background board is positioned under the other glass plate and away from the one background board. Each background board defines a second color area of the scanning background corresponding to the scanning area. The driving mechanism mounted in the frame drives the background boards to turn over with respect to the corresponding glass plates.

A duplex scanning apparatus includes a flatbed scanning portion and an automatic document feeder. The flatbed scanning portion has a first scanning module. The automatic document feeder has a second scanning module. The first scanning module has a first normal line perpendicular to a horizontal plane. The second scanning module is disposed in an inclined channel, and has a second normal line. In addition, an included angle is defined between the first normal line and the second normal line. Since the second scanning module is not directly disposed over the first scanning module, the height of the duplex scanning apparatus is reduced.

The present invention relates to a duplex scanning apparatus. The duplex scanning apparatus includes a sheet input tray for placing a stack of documents thereon. For performing duplex scanning operations on the stack of paper sheets, the documents are successively scanned from the bottommost one to the uppermost one. As a consequence, the scanned documents are stacked in the sheet ejecting tray in the same order as that of the original stack.

An improved apparatus for duplex scanning using a paper path shorter than the length of paper to be duplexed allows a smaller duplexing ADF footprint, without decreasing scan quality. The apparatus includes a friction drive system which allows rollers to rotate with an exit shaft when exit said shaft rotates in a first direction or with a passing media sheet when said exit shaft rotates in a second direction.

An image reading device and an image forming apparatus and methods thereof can achieve a duplex scanning operation and enable a user to easily arrange the scanned documents after being discharged. The image reading device may include a supply path coupled to a document supply port, a simplex document feeding path coupled to the supply path to first guide the document to the scan unit, a duplex document feeding path coupled to the supply path to second guide the document to the scan unit to scan a first surface of the document, and a duplex document circulating path to communicate with the duplex document feeding path and guide a second surface of the first surface scanned document to the scan unit.

A duplex scanning apparatus includes a passageway, a first optical module, a second optical module, a transporting mechanism and an elastic pressing member. The first optical module is disposed on one side of the passageway. The second optical module is disposed on the other side of the passageway. The transporting mechanism transports an original sheet through the passageway and past a first scan position of the first optical module and a second scan position of the second optical module, and images of front and reverse sides of the original sheet are obtained, respectively. The elastic pressing member, disposed between the first scan position and the second scan position, pushes the original sheet towards an original supporting plane.

A scanner enables full productivity and individual image size detection, without user intervention for mixed size originals in both simplex and duplex scanning modes. The scanner provides high-productivity single pass scanning while preserving the image size for each of the document scanned. In addition, the scanner may support duplex scanning by adding a second image sensor, for example, in the document handler. Methods of scanning are also provided.

The invention relates to an automatic file feeding device supporting single-side and double-side scanning and a file feeding method thereof. The automatic file feeding device comprises a feeding path, a positive scanning discharging path, a negative scanning path and a negative scanning discharging path, wherein the positive scanning discharging path is selectively connected with the negative scanning path through a door structure, a file on the way can push the door structure to open a certain angle, the negative scanning path is provided with a clutch and a paper clamping block, the clutch comprises a transmission part and a brake part, the brake part is separated from the paper clamping block when the transmission part is meshed with a feeding roll, and the transmission part is separated from the feeding roll when the brake part is meshed with the paper clamping roll. The automatic file feeding device has low cost, small appearance size, and high scanning speed because the image scanning space is controlled little as soon as possible, and adapts to a high-end or low-end scanner.

The invention puts forward a double-sided scanning device and double-sided scanner with mutual scanning backgrounds. The scanner comprises a first scanning assembly, a second scanning assembly, a first backlight plate assembly and a second backlight plate assembly, wherein the first scanning assembly and the second scanning assembly are located on the two sides of a channel to be scanned respectively, the first backlight plate assembly is arranged on the second scanning assembly, the second backlight plate assembly is arranged on the first scanning assembly, a first light inlet is formed in the first scanning assembly, a second light inlet is formed in the second scanning assembly, the first scanning assembly and the second scanning assembly move in the same direction and at the same speed, the first scanning assembly and the second scanning assembly are staggered in the moving direction, thus, the first light inlet is aligned with the first backlight plate assembly, and the second light inlet is aligned with the second backlight plate assembly. According to the scanner disclosed in the invention, the uniformity and brightness of the background color of the scanned image are effectively ensured, and the quality of the scanned image is improved.

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 at a predetermined angle based on a point of the feeding frame with respect to the scanning module opening.

A method for duplex scanning and generating corresponding images includes generating a first image by scanning a first side of a double-sided document, generating a second image by scanning a second side of the double-sided document, and eliminating background noise corresponding to the second side from the first image and background noise corresponding to the first side from the second image according to the first image and the second image.

A sheet sensing module and a duplex scanning apparatus having the sheet sensing module are provided. The sheet sensing module includes a first sensing arm, a second sensing arm, and an electronic sensor. The first sensing arm is partially exposed to a sheet feeding channel of the duplex scanning apparatus. The second sensing arm is partially exposed to an inverting channel of the duplex scanning apparatus. When a document is transferred through the sheet feeding channel to trigger said first sensing arm or the document is transferred through the inverting channel to trigger the second sensing arm, the electronic sensor generates a sensing signal.

A sheet sensing module and a duplex scanning apparatus having the sheet sensing module are provided. The sheet sensing module includes a first sensing arm, a second sensing arm, and an electronic sensor. The first sensing arm is partially exposed to a sheet feeding channel of the duplex scanning apparatus. The second sensing arm is partially exposed to an inverting channel of the duplex scanning apparatus. When a document is transferred through the sheet feeding channel to trigger said first sensing arm or the document is transferred through the inverting channel to trigger the second sensing arm, the electronic sensor generates a sensing signal.

A duplex scanning apparatus and a sheet-feeding control method thereof are provided. The duplex scanning apparatus includes a sheet feeding channel, a sheet transfer channel, an inverting channel, and a sheet sensing module. A first end of the inverting channel is connected to a junction between said sheet feeding channel and the sheet transfer channel. A second end of the inverting channel is connected to the sheet transfer channel. A distance between the sheet sensing module and the first end of the inverting channel is greater than a distance between the sheet sensing module and the second end of the inverting channel. When a document is transferred through the sheet sensing module at the second time, a next document is fed into the sheet feeding channel through a sheet entrance.

Systems and methods are provided for document handling. Non-vision detection systems may be capable of detecting the dimensions, orientation, and / or position of a single sheet, or multiple stacked sheets. A document scanning arrangement may be capable of double sided scanning for sheets with various characteristics. The systems and methods provided may accommodate high throughput and rapid digitization of various types of documents, at a high quality.