Document reader
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN ยท China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- SEIKO EPSON CORP
- Publication Date
- 2010-06-30
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Abstract
Description
technical field
[0001] The present invention relates to a document reading device for reading characters and images on a document. Background technique
[0002] Stationary scanners are widely used as document reading devices (also referred to as image reading devices). In a stationary scanner, scanning of a document is realized by moving either a document reading unit disposed inside the device or the document. On the other hand, there is also known a handheld scanner that reads a document by moving (scanning) a document reading device main body. In a scanner, generally, in order to perform appropriate reading, it is necessary to perform setting processing of a white reference and a black reference (for example, refer to Patent Document 1). In a stationary scanner in which the document reading unit moves, a white reference plate used as a reference in the white reference setting process is arranged outside the frame of the document table. In contrast, in a hand-held scann...