255results about "Photographic printing" patented technology

To provide an image reading device, an image forming apparatus, and an image reading method that can prevent a reduction in the image quality of a formed image while reducing an image reading time of an original document.SOLUTION: An image forming apparatus 100 comprises: an ADF 1; a rear face CIS sensor 43 that reads an image of a rear face of a document; a front face CIS sensor 42 that is arranged below a contact glass to be capable of reciprocating in a scanning direction, and reads an image of a front face of the document; a white reference board 43B that is arranged opposite to the rear face CIS sensor 43; a white reference board 42B that is arranged at a reference position; and a control unit 7 that turns on a first light source of the rear face CIS sensor 43 and generates first white reference data for the rear face by using reflected light reflected on the white reference board 43B, and turns on a second light source of the front face CIS sensor 42 and generates second white reference data for the front face by using reflected light reflected on the white reference board 42B. The control unit 7 controls the first light source and the second light source so that a lighting time of the first light source and a lighting time of the second light source do not overlap with each other.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

To provide an image reading device and an image forming device that prevent a flat cable from coming into contact with a contact glass.SOLUTION: An image reading device 10 includes a contact glass 11, a frame 12, a scanner 14, a flat cable 30, and a roller mechanism 40. The flat cable connects the scanner 14 and the frame 12 to each other. The roller mechanism 40 has a tensioning member that applies tension to the flat cable 30. When the scanner 14 advances to one side RF, the roller mechanism 40 advances together with the flat cable 30 while the tensioning member applies tension to the flat cable 30 toward the other side RB. When the scanner 14 retreats to the other side RB, the roller mechanism 40 retreats together with the flat cable 30 while the tensioning member applies tension to the flat cable 30 toward the other side RB.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8

Ensure consistency across sheets of various sizes. [Solution] The discharge tray (303) is provided with an upstream support portion (101), a wall portion (100), a first support portion (102) having a first slope, and a second support portion (103) having a second slope, and a swing guide (411) is positioned above the discharge tray. When viewed from the width direction, the point where the wall portion and the upstream support portion intersect is defined as the first intersection point, and the point where the swing guide and the first support portion intersect is defined as the second intersection point. The horizontal distance from the first intersection point to the highest first vertex of the first slope is defined as L1, and the distance in the direction of gravity is defined as H1. The horizontal distance from the first intersection point to the highest second vertex of the second slope is defined as L2, and the distance in the direction of gravity is defined as H2. The horizontal distance from the first intersection point to the second intersection point is defined as L4, and the distance in the direction of gravity is defined as H4.

To provide an image reading device that prevents rotation of a bearing member relative to a holding member that holds a reading unit to improve image reading accuracy, and an image forming apparatus.SOLUTION: An image reading device 101 comprises: a document platen glass 301; a reading unit 401; a shaft 400; a holder 402 that has a hole part 402a formed therein and holds the reading unit 401; and a bearing member 403 that has a hole part 403a formed therein and is attached to the holder 402. The image reading device 101 further comprises: a screw 407 that fixes the bearing member 403 to the holder 402; and a sheet metal 406 that has a screw hole part 406a with which the screw 407 is screwed formed therein. With the holder 402 being sandwiched by the sheet metal 406 and the bearing member 403, the screw 407 inserted into the hole part 402a and the hole part 403a is screwed with the screw hole part 406a, and thereby the bearing member 403 is fixed to the holder 402.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8

To improve usability when reading a document in an image processing apparatus.SOLUTION: Provided is a document reading device including: a reading means which executes reading processing for reading a document placed on a document table; a printing means which prints image data on which the reading processing has been executed by the reading means; and a control means which executes control processing for performing control such that the orientation of first image data generated by executing the reading processing of the first document by the reading means is the same as the orientation of second image data generated by executing the reading processing of the second document by the reading means with respect to the paper discharge direction of the second document on which the first image data is printed by the printing means.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 12

The utility model belongs to the technical field of temperature measuring sticker processing, and discloses a resin plate exposure machine for temperature measuring sticker processing; it comprises a machine body, one side of the machine body is rotatably connected with a cover plate through a rotating shaft, and the device pushes a push plate to drive the bottom plate and the transmission rod to move downward, and when the transmission rod moves downward, it can drive two groups of pull ropes at the top to move toward the center, so that the two groups of fixed blocks can be moved toward the center, and the spring can be squeezed at the same time, and after the fixed block retracts to the inner wall of the installation groove, the fixed plate can be taken out from the insertion rod, so that the fixation of the brush plate can be released, the brush plate can be taken out, and a new group of brush plates can be installed into the inner wall of the installation plate, and then the fixed plate is re-inserted into the inner wall of the insertion rod, and the push plate is released, so that the spring pushes the two groups of fixed blocks to reset, so that the position of the fixed plate is fixed by the fixed block, and the problem that the brush plate is inconvenient to replace is solved.

To facilitate checking of a document ejected below a document installation tray.SOLUTION: A control unit controls a reading unit and an ejection unit. When a document is placed on a document placement unit, a conveyance path conveys the document, and the reading unit reads an image of the document. When the ejection unit ejects the document for which the reading performed by the reading unit is completed, a document receiving unit receives the document ejected by the ejection unit. The document receiving unit has a first area overlapping the document placement unit when seen in the vertical direction, and a second area not overlapping the document placement unit when seen in the vertical direction. The ejection unit ejects the document so that at least part of the document is placed in the second area.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

To hide a sliding portion to which a lubricant is applied without enlarging a device.SOLUTION: A hinge 1 in which a rotating member 20 connected to a base member 10 through a rotating shaft member 15 rotates with the rotating shaft member 15 as a fulcrum to perform opening and closing operation includes: a pressure receiving member 30 which is provided on the base member 10; and a first slide member 41, which is movable in an approaching direction and a separating direction with respect to the pressure receiving member 30, is pressed to the pressure receiving member 30 side so as to keep contact with the pressure receiving member 30, and is supported by the rotating member 20 rotatably together with the rotating member 20 while sliding with respect to the pressure receiving member 30. The first slide member 41 includes, on an end surface on a side with which the pressure receiving member 30 comes into contact, a sliding portion 411 sliding with respect to the pressure receiving member 30 during rotation of the rotating member 20, and a protrusion portion 412 protruding to the approaching direction side relative to the sliding portion 411. The protrusion portion 412 is positioned on a side opposite from the rotating shaft member 15 while having the sliding portion 411 therebetween.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

To determine the width of a subject in a main scanning direction even when the subject exceeds a detectable range.SOLUTION: A device includes an illumination unit that irradiates a subject with light, an imaging unit that receives light reflected by the subject and generates an image, an edge detection unit that detects the edge of the subject, and a size determination unit that determines the size of the subject according to the detection result of the edge detection unit.The size determination unit determines the width of the subject in a main scanning direction when the edge detection unit does not detect upper or lower edges of both ends of the subject in the main scanning direction of the imaging unit, and determines that the width of the subject in the main scanning direction is determined as a predetermined width when the edge detection unit detects the upper or lower edges of both ends of the subject in the main scanning direction of the imaging unit.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 18

The utility model discloses a box-type printing-down machine, and relates to the technical field of printing-down machines. The rear side end of the containing frame penetrates through the front side wall of the box body and extends to the inner side of the box body, an upper overturning plate is arranged on the inner side of the box body, a plurality of lamp tubes are arranged at the lower end of the upper overturning plate, the lamp tubes are located above the containing frame, a limiting pressing mechanism is arranged on the inner side of the containing frame, and the limiting pressing mechanism comprises a supporting plate and a lower overturning plate. The lower overturning plate is provided with an irradiation window, and a glass plate is arranged between the lower overturning plate and the supporting plate. During clamping, the abutting springs are always in a compressed state, and enough supporting force can be provided for the supporting plate under the action of the abutting springs, so that tight attachment of a pattern and the photosensitive plate is ensured; according to the device, a mechanical pressure pattern is tightly attached to the photosensitive plate, a vacuum system is not needed, the equipment complexity and maintenance cost are reduced, the vacuumizing time is shortened, and the printing-down speed is increased.

To provide an image processing device and an image processing method that can maintain productivity in a size-mixed loading.SOLUTION: An image processing device connectable with a double-side document reading device that can read image data on a front surface and a back surface of a document at the same time, comprises: data transmission means that can read and write the two pieces of image data for the front surface and the back surface of a double-side document read by the double-side document reading device at the same time at a certain timing; reading mode determination means for determining whether or not the double-side document reading device is in a mode of reading a document of a different size; timing determination means for, when the double-side document reading device is in the mode of reading a document of a different size, determining a reading start timing for the next document in accordance with an image size of the document currently being read by the double-side document reading device; and control means for changing address regions for the reading of the double-side document reading device, and the reading and writing to / from a storage device, and the reading and wiring timing of the storage device in accordance with the result of determination of the reading start timing for the next document.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3A

The utility model relates to the technical field of screen printing plate equipment, in particular to a screen printing plate burning device. Comprising a machine body and a machine cover, an ultraviolet lamp tube is arranged in an inner cavity of the machine body, a light-transmitting plate is arranged above the ultraviolet lamp tube, through holes are horizontally formed in the left side and the right side of the upper portion of the machine body, inserting grooves are longitudinally formed in the left side and the right side of the upper portion of the machine body, and filtering plates are inserted into the inserting grooves; and an air inlet hole is formed in the flexible rubber pressing plate, an air collecting cover is fixedly arranged on the side, away from the flexible rubber pressing plate, of the machine cover, and an air draft pump is arranged on the air collecting cover. Static electricity on the light-transmitting plate is eliminated through ultraviolet lamps emitted by the ultraviolet lamp tubes, air in the inner cavity of the collecting body is extracted in cooperation with the air draft pump, and impurities such as dust are extracted to the outside.

The card scanner has a first light source positioned such that a first bright area created by the reflection of light from the first light source lies within a first position on the first surface of the card. The second light source is positioned such that a second bright area created by the reflection of light from the second light source lies within a second position on the first surface of the card. Here, the first and second positions do not overlap. The image processor combines the first image of the first surface of the card with the second image of the first surface of the card to generate a first composite image. The first and second bright areas are filtered from the first composite image by the image processor.

To suppress the occurrence of interference fringes without using special parts.SOLUTION: The downstream side guide members 22 are arranged along a region further downstream of a downstream adjacent region adjacent to the downstream side of the reading region 16b on the first surface of the transparent plate member 16. The upstream adhesive layer 25a is formed in an upstream adjacent area 162 adjacent to the upstream side of the reading area 16b. The downstream side adhesive layers 25b and 25c are formed on the downstream side adjacent regions and the surfaces of the downstream side guide members 22. The transparent sheet 24 is bonded to the first face of the transparent plate member 16 and the surfaces of the downstream side guide members 22 by the upstream side adhesive layer 25a and the downstream side adhesive layers 25b, 25c. The upstream side adhesive layer 25a and the downstream side adhesive layers 25b, 25c form a gap between the reading area 16b of the transparent plate member 16 and the transparent sheet 24.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

A digital camera including a printer includes a transport roller pair that transports an instant film, an exposure unit that exposes an image onto the instant film, a spreading roller pair that spreads a developer into a gap of the instant film by crushing a developer pod of the exposed instant film, a spreading control member that is positioned between the transport roller pair and the spreading roller pair, extends in a width direction of the instant film, and controls the developer spread into the gap, and a mechanical switch that is positioned near the spreading control member.

Provided are an electronic apparatus and a method of manufacturing an electronic apparatus, which are capable of improving the visibility of a display unit even in a case in which a light-emitting unit emits light. An electronic apparatus includes: an exterior body having, on a front surface, a display unit that shows at least one of a character, a symbol, or a figure; and a light-emitting unit that is provided inside the exterior body at a position facing the display unit and that is configured to emit light to an outside through the exterior body, in which a difference in transmittance of the light emitted from the light-emitting unit is generated between a region corresponding to the display unit and a region on a periphery in the exterior body.

An apparatus, system, and method for providing a flat plate element aligner. An embodiment includes: an aligner body; two opposing carriages disposed along at least first axes parallel to each other, each carriage terminating at a side guide at a distal end away from a center point of the aligner body, and each carriage sliding along a chute in an upper portion of the aligner body; two opposing correctors disposed at least along a second axis parallel to each other and perpendicular to the two opposing slides, each corrector terminating in a roller at a distal end away from a center point of the aligner body, and each corrector sliding along a chute in an upper portion of the aligner body; and at least one drive device located within the aligner body and below the upper portion, the drive device synchronously and symmetrically moving the at least two opposing slides to approach and away from each other and synchronously and symmetrically moving the at least two opposing correctors to approach and away from each other, the opposing side guides and the opposing rollers are enabled to align with the flat plate element.

To provide an electronic apparatus, a control method, and a program, which are capable of making a visual recognition state of light transmitted through an exterior body close to a state intended in advance.SOLUTION: An electronic apparatus includes: an exterior body; a light-emitting unit that is provided inside the exterior body and that is configured to emit light to an outside while being transmitted through the exterior body; and a processor, in which the processor acquires exterior body information that is information on a state of the exterior body, and executes control of adjusting a light emission aspect of the light-emitting unit based on the acquired exterior body information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 10

To stack media having a plurality of lengths on an ejection stacker in a well-aligned manner.SOLUTION: An image reading device can continuously read images of media having different lengths in a conveyance direction, and comprises: a conveying unit that conveys the media at a first speed with a driving unit; a reading unit that reads the images of the media conveyed at the first speed; an ejection unit that ejects the media onto the ejection stacker with the driving unit; a medium detection unit that detects the presence or absence of the media; and a control unit that controls the driving unit. When continuously conveying the media with the conveying unit, the control unit determines the lengths of the media in the conveyance direction based on a result of detection performed by the medium detection unit, when the length of a preceding medium is determined to be equal to or more than a threshold, and then the length of a subsequent medium is determined to be equal to or more than the threshold, performs weak deceleration control of decelerating the ejection speed of ejecting the media from the first speed to a second speed less than the first speed, and when the length of the preceding medium is determined to be equal to or more than the threshold, and then the length of the subsequent medium is determined to be less than the threshold, decelerates the ejection speed from the first speed to a third speed slower than the second speed.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8

The utility model provides an automatic focusing device of a high-precision projection exposure machine. The automatic focusing device comprises a projection module, a light splitting module, an electric displacement platform, an image detector and a main control module, the light splitting module divides a focusing projection image emitted by the projection module into a first image and a second image with the same definition; the image detector is located on a propagation path of the first image, the to-be-projected target surface is located on a propagation path of the second image, and the image acquisition port is used for receiving the first image acquired by the image detector; when the definition of the first image does not meet the preset definition requirement, the distance control port controls the electric displacement platform to drive the projection module to move in the first direction until the precision of the first image meets the preset definition requirement; according to the technical scheme, the focal length is adjusted by focusing the definition of the projected image, the adjusting precision is improved while the adjusting system is simplified, and meanwhile, the light splitting module is utilized to separate one path of the projected image for research, so that the operation is more convenient.

The invention provides an electronic apparatus, a control method, and a computer program product, which can make the visual recognition state of light transmitted through an exterior body close to an expected state. An electronic device is provided with: an exterior body; a light-emitting unit which is provided inside the exterior body and which is capable of emitting light to the outside by transmitting the light through the exterior body; and a processor that performs the following processes: acquiring exterior body information, which is information relating to the state of the exterior body; and performing control for adjusting the light emitting mode of the light emitting unit on the basis of the acquired exterior body information.

Imaging devices, imaging apparatus, and methods are provided to improve the development of image recording media. The imaging devices comprise at least a pressing member and at least a first deformable pressure-receiving member. The pressing member is provided with a step feature which is pressed against the first deformable pressure-receiving member. As an image recording medium moves through between the pressing member with the step feature and the deformable pressure- receiving member, a corresponding step difference is formed on the medium where a distinct shear mechanism was experienced. The efficiency of image development is significantly improved as evident by the significant increase in the fresh optical density observed immediately after development even with a reduced applied force.

To provide an image reading device that includes a photographing unit that photographs a placed subject from above and that reads the image of the subject photographed by the photographing unit, and read the image of the photographed subject even when a display unit exists between a placing unit on which the subject is placed and the photographing unit.SOLUTION: An image reading device 20 includes a placing unit 24 on which a subject is placed, a photographing unit 40 that is present above the placing unit 24 and photographs the subject, an irradiation unit 42 that is present above a mounting unit 24 and that irradiates the subject with light, and a display unit 30 located between the mounting unit 24 and the photographing unit 40 and the irradiation unit 42 and outside the imaging range E1 of the photographing unit 40 and the irradiation range E2 of the irradiation unit 42.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

An image reading device that can improve the operability of a document feed tray and a discharge tray of a document transport device, and an image forming apparatus equipped with the same are provided. [Solution] The image reading device includes an image reading unit having a reading module capable of reading images, and a document transport device that transports sheet-like documents to an automatic reading position of the image reading unit. The document transport device includes a document feed tray on which documents are placed, a document discharge tray that is disposed below the document feed tray at a distance and to which the documents are discharged, a support unit that supports the document feed tray and the document discharge tray so that they can move horizontally along the document transport direction, and a connecting unit that connects the document feed tray and the document discharge tray. While connected by the connecting unit, the document feed tray and the document discharge tray can move back and forth along the support unit in a first direction toward the outside of the document transport device and a second direction toward the inside of the document transport device.

To provide an image formation apparatus that reads an image formed on a medium while transporting the medium and improves the detection accuracy of the open / closed state of a cover member that forms a transport path for the medium.SOLUTION: An image reading apparatus comprises: a medium transport mechanism that transports a medium; a transport guide plate that forms a transport path provided in the medium transport mechanism and is openable and closable with respect to the medium transport mechanism; a plurality of image sensors that optically read an image; background white plates that respectively face the plurality of image sensors; and determination means that compares a reading value from each of the plurality of image sensors with a predetermined threshold value and determines the open / closed state of the transport guide plate. The determination means, before the medium is transported through the transport path, compares the reading values corresponding to the background white plates facing each of the image sensors with the threshold value, and determines the open / closed state of the transport guide plate.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4