Image reading apparatus and image reading method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10148851-B2
Application number	US-201715847588-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 19, 2017
Priority date	Dec 26, 2016
Publication date	Dec 4, 2018
Grant date	Dec 4, 2018

Abstract

An image reading apparatus reads an original image of an original, which is conveyed along a conveyance path, using a scanner unit and a CCD sensor unit. A separation sensor, a lead sensor, and a sheet discharge sensor, which are provided to the conveyance path, detect occurrence of a jam. A restarting method for reading processing of the original after the occurrence of the jam includes a first restarting method of re-placing all of the originals, which have been fed, on an original tray and a second restarting method of re-placing only an unread original on the original tray, and is set by a user. In a case where the second restarting method is set, the restarting method is determined from any one of the first restarting method and the second restarting method based on a discharged length of the original having been discharged to a sheet discharge tray.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image reading apparatus, comprising:
an original tray for placing an original;
a conveyance unit configured to convey the original, which is fed from the original tray, to a conveyance path;
an image reader configured to read an image of the original conveyed along the conveyance path;
a jam detector configured to detect occurrence of a jam of the original on the conveyance path;
a sheet discharge tray to which an original having been subjected to reading of an original image by the image reader is discharged; and
a controller, which is configured to stop conveyance of the original by the conveyance unit in a case where the jam is detected by the jam detector, determine, based on a discharged length of a length of an original which stops in the course of being discharged to the sheet discharge tray, a restarting method for reading processing of the original after release of the jam from any one of a first restarting method of re-placing all originals, which have been fed from the original tray, on the original tray and a second restarting method of re-placing an original not having been completely discharged to the original tray, and give a notification of the determined restarting method using a predetermined notification unit.

2. The image reading apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein, in a case where the discharge length is larger than a predetermined length, the controller determines the first restarting method as the restarting method, and
wherein, in a case where the discharge length is smaller than the predetermined length, the controller determines the second restarting method as the restarting method.

3. The image reading apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a detector configured to detect the original discharged from the conveyance path to the sheet discharge tray,
wherein the controller derives the discharge length based on a time period from detection of the original by the detector to occurrence of the jam and a conveyance speed of the original.

4. The image reading apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a storage portion configured to store a first number of an original fed from the original tray to the conveyance path, a second number of an original having been subjected to reading of an original image by the image reader, and a third number of an original delivered to the sheet discharge tray; and
an original presence detector configured to detect presence of an original placed on the original tray,
wherein, in a case where the original is not present on the original tray, and the first number, the second number, and the third number are equal to each other, the controller is prevented from giving a notification of the restarting method.

5. The image reading apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein, in a case where the reading processing for the original is restarted with the first restarting method, the controller controls the image reader so as to prevent reading of the original image up to the second number.

6. The image reading apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, in a case where the original does not reach a predetermined position even after elapse of a predetermined time period, or in a case where the original does not move from a predetermined position even after elapse of a predetermined time period, the jam detector detects the occurrence of the jam.

7. The image reading apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a setting portion configured to set in advance any one of the first restarting method and the second restarting method as the restarting method for the reading processing of the original at the time of the occurrence of the jam,
wherein, in a case where the second restarting method is set by the setting portion, the controller determines the restarting method from any one of the first restarting method and the second restarting method.

8. A method executed in an apparatus, the apparatus including:
an original tray for placing an original;
a conveyance unit configured to convey the original, which is fed from the original tray, to a conveyance path;
an image reader configured to read an image of the original conveyed along the conveyance path;
a jam detector configured to detect occurrence of a jam of the original on the conveyance path;
a sheet discharge tray to which an original having been subjected to reading of an original image by the image reader is discharged; and
a notification unit,
the method comprising:
stopping conveyance of the original by the conveyance unit when the jam is detected by the jam detector;
determining, based on a discharge length of a length of an original which stops in the course of being delivered to the sheet discharge tray, a restarting method for reading processing of the original after release of the jam from any one of a first restarting method of re-placing all originals, which have been fed form the original tray, on the original tray and a second restarting method of re-placing an original not having been completely discharged to the original tray; and
giving a notification of the determined restarting method using the notification unit.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Furukawa Masato
• Shibaki Seiji
• Oka Yushi
• Hamada Kaoru

Classifications

• H04N1/00013

  Reading apparatus · CPC title

• H04N1/00777

  Inhibiting, e.g. an operation · CPC title

• H04N1/00588

  to the scanning position (H04N1/00572, H04N1/00594 take precedence) · CPC title

• H04N2201/0081

  Image reader (H04N2201/0091 - H04N2201/0094 take precedence) · CPC title

• H04N1/00084

  Recovery or repair, e.g. self-repair · CPC title