Image scanning apparatus with two-sided scanning, control method therefor, and multifunction apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10200559-B2
Application number	US-201715422243-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 1, 2017
Priority date	Feb 15, 2016
Publication date	Feb 5, 2019
Grant date	Feb 5, 2019

Abstract

An image scanning apparatus comprises: a first image scanning unit that performs image scanning of a first surface of an original; a second image scanning unit that performs image scanning of a second surface of the original; and a control unit that controls output channels for outputting analog signals from the first image scanning unit, wherein the control unit changes, between a case of single-sided scanning and a case of both-sided scanning, the output channels of the analog signals output from a part of scanning region in a plurality of scanning regions of the first image scanning unit, and changes, between a case of single-sided scanning and a case of both-sided scanning, the number of output channels for outputting the analog signals from the first image scanning unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image scanning apparatus which can execute scanning processes of both sides of an original in parallel, comprising:
a first scanner for performing image scanning of a first surface of the original by receiving reflected light from the first surface and outputting analog signals, wherein the first scanner has a plurality of output channels;
a second scanner for performing image scanning of a second surface of the original by receiving reflected light from the second surface and outputting analog signals, wherein the second scanner has a plurality of output channels;
a control circuit for controlling output channels for outputting the analog signals of each of the first scanner and the second scanner; and
a conversion circuit for converting, into digital signals, the analog signals output from at least one of the first scanner and the second scanner,
wherein the control circuit changes, between a case of single-sided scanning and a case of both-sided scanning, the output channels of the analog signals output from a part of scanning region in a plurality of scanning regions of the first scanner, and changes the number of output channels for outputting the analog signals of each of the first scanner and the second scanner.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the control circuit controls the number of output channels for outputting the analog signals of the first scanner so that the number for single-sided scanning is larger than the number for both-sided scanning.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the first scanner includes a first scanning region and a second scanning region, and
the control circuit performs control so that output channels of analog signals output from the first scanning region are the same for single-sided scanning and both-sided scanning, and output channels of analog signals output from the second scanning region are different for single-sided scanning and both-sided scanning.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the control circuit performs control so that for both-sided scanning, the output channels of the analog signals output from the second scanning region are the same as the output channels of the analog signals output from the first scanning region.

5. The apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein
the image scanning apparatus controls to input, in case of both-sided scanning, the analog signals from the first scanner to an input channel of the conversion circuit to which the analog signals are input from the second scanner, and
to output no signals from the output channels of the second scanner.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the number of output channels of the first scanner in case of single-sided scanning is twice the number of output channels of the first scanner in case of both-sided scanning.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the conversion circuit includes a first conversion circuit and a second conversion circuit,
the first conversion circuit receives the output from the first scanner in case of single-sided scanning and the time of both-sided scanning, and
the second conversion circuit receives the output from the second scanner in case of both-sided scanning, and receives the output from the first scanner at the time single-sided scanning.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the first conversion circuit and the second conversion circuit have the same number of input channels.

9. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the number of input channels of the conversion circuit is given by a sum of a maximum number of output channels from which the first scanner can output the analog signals in parallel and the number of output channels from which the second scanner outputs the analog signals in case of both-sided scanning, and
the conversion circuit changes, in accordance with one of single-sided scanning and both-sided scanning, input channels for inputting the analog signals of the first scanner.

10. The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an image processing circuit for performing image processing using the digital signals converted by the conversion circuit,
wherein the image processing circuit performs the image processing by sorting, in an order corresponding to a scanning position of the original, the digital signals converted by the conversion circuit.

11. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the number of outputtable channels of the first scanner is larger than the number of outputtable channels of the second scanner.

12. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein single-sided scanning is performed using the first scanner, and both-sided scanning is performed using the first scanner and the second scanner.

13. A multifunction apparatus including an image scanning apparatus which can execute scanning processes of both sides of an original in parallel, and a printing apparatus,
the image scanning apparatus comprising
a first scanner for performing image scanning of a first surface of the original by receiving reflected light from the first surface and outputting analog signals, wherein the first scanner has a plurality of output channels,
a second scanner for performing image scanning of a second surface of the original by receiving reflected light from the second surface and outputting analog signals, wherein the second scanner has a plurality of output channels,
a control circuit for controlling output channels for outputting the analog signals of each of the first scanner and the second scanner, and
a conversion circuit for converting, into digital signals, the analog signals output from at least one of the first scanner and the second scanner,
wherein the control circuit changes, between a case of single-sided scanning and a case of both-sided scanning, the output channels of the analog signals output from a part of scanning region in a plurality of scanning regions of the first scanner, and changes the number of output channels for outputting the analog signals of each of the first scanner and the second scanner.

14. An image scanning apparatus which can execute scanning processes of both sides of an original in parallel, comprising:
a first scanner for performing image scanning of a first surface of the original by receiving reflected light from the first surface and outputting analog signals, wherein the first scanner has a plurality of output channels;
a second scanner for performing image scanning of a second surface of the original by receiving reflected light from the second surface and outputting analog signals, wherein the second scanner has a plurality of output channels;
a control circuit for controlling output channels for outputting the analog signals of each of the first scanner and the second scanner; and
a conversion circuit for converting, into digital signals, the analog signals output from at least one of the first scanner and the second scanner,
wherein the control circuit changes, between a case of single-sided scanning and a case of both-sided scanning, the output channels of the analog signals output from a part of scanning region in a plurality of scanning regions of the first scanner.

15. An image scanning apparatus which can execute scanning processes of both sides of an original in parallel, comprising:
a first scanner for performing image scanning of a first surface of the original by receiving reflected light from the first surface and outputting analog signals, wherein the first scanner has a plurality of output channels;
a second scanner for performing image scanning of a second su

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Watanabe Eiji

Classifications

• H04N2201/0094

  Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception · CPC title

• H04N1/2034 Primary

  at identical corresponding positions, i.e. without time delay between the two image signals · CPC title

• H04N1/00822

  Selecting or setting a particular reading mode, e.g. from amongst a plurality of modes, simplex or duplex, or high or low resolution · CPC title

• H04N1/203

  Simultaneous scanning of two or more separate pictures {, e.g. two sides of the same sheet (refeeding a sheet for double-sided scanning H04N1/00572)} · CPC title

• H04N1/2032

  of two pictures corresponding to two sides of a single medium (refeeding a sheet for double-sided scanning H04N1/00572) · CPC title