Image Reading Control for Automated Document Sorting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image reading apparatuses require users to manually set the destination for each document sheet, which is time-consuming and inefficient, especially when multiple discharge procedures are needed based on the content of the images.
Innovation Solution
An image reading control method and apparatus that detects target images satisfying predetermined sorting conditions and selectively executes discharge procedures, allowing the conveying device to automatically direct document sheets to appropriate discharge trays based on the image content.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If manual destination setting is used for each document sheet, then discharge accuracy is improved, but operation time increases and productivity decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-service by automatically analyzing image content and determining discharge destinations without requiring manual user input for each document sheet. The image reading portion reads the document, the control portion analyzes the read data against sorting conditions, and automatically determines the appropriate discharge tray, enabling the system to serve itself rather than requiring continuous user intervention.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-defining multiple discharge procedures with sorting conditions in advance. When a document is read, the control portion compares the read data against these pre-established conditions to automatically determine the discharge destination, eliminating the need for real-time manual decision-making while maintaining accurate discharge routing.
2Productivity
If automated image-based discharge control is implemented, then productivity is improved and user intervention is reduced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The control portion serves multiple functions: it reads image data, analyzes the read data against sorting conditions, determines discharge destinations, and controls the conveying device. By consolidating these functions into a single control unit, the system achieves automated discharge control without proportionally increasing overall device complexity, as the control portion leverages existing image reading capabilities and adds intelligent decision-making on top of the conveying mechanism.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple discharge procedures are executed based on image content, then adaptability is improved, but control complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The control portion segments the discharge control into multiple independent discharge procedures, each with its own sorting conditions and destination. Instead of one complex monolithic control system, the control logic is divided into separate procedural paths that can be independently evaluated and executed based on which sorting conditions the read document satisfies, simplifying the overall control architecture while maintaining high adaptability.
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AI summary
A conveying device can selectively execute discharge processes of a plurality of discharge procedures each having a different mode of discharge to a discharge tray. An image reading portion reads images on document sheets conveyed along a conveyance path and outputs data about read images. An image reading control method includes detecting a target image that satisfies a predetermined sorting condition associated with any one of the plurality of discharge procedures from the read images. The image reading control method further includes, in a case where the target image is detected, executing a discharge control that causes the conveying device to execute the discharge process of the discharge procedure corresponding to the target image.