Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Shigeyuki Sugiyama

Atsushi Saito

Yasuhiko Ikeda

Keizo Sasai

Yasushi Ishida

Yukio Nohata

Takayuki Nishinohara

Katsumi Obana

Masahiro Suzuki

Akio Okubo

Hiroshi Ogushi

Hiroyuki Noguchi

Noriyuki Aoki

Shinichiro Kohri

Takeshi Kohno

Yoshiaki Suzuki

Haruyuki Yanagi

Masakatsu Yamada

Tetsuhiro Nitta

Takuma Suzuki

Kazuyuki Morinaga

Tetsuya Saito

Toshiyuki Takano

Masaaki Ishibashi

Takeji Niikura

Daigo Nakagawa

Mitsuo Morita

Takashi Imai

Seiya Fujinaga

Toshiaki Saito

Nobuyuki Bannai

Kenichi Nishimura

Makoto Satake

Fumihiko Nakamura

Takeshi Kono

Naomi Nakamura

Shinichiro Koori

Makoto Kobayashi

Haruo Ishizuka

Naofumi Sekine

Takuma Iida

Yasuyuki Shinada

Mamoru Aoki

Junji Iguchi

Sakiko Takizawa

Yuichiro Takemoto

Manabu Nakakita

Kazushige Kakutani

Yuji Shimahara

Daijirou Nagasaki

Yukio Shikatani

The battery system is a combined system of a first battery and a second battery. The discharging curve (discharging characteristic) () of the first battery has a stable region (B). The discharging curve (discharging characteristic) () of the second battery has a stable region (B) in the range of voltage lower than the voltage in the stable region (B) of the first battery and also has an unstable region (A) in the range of voltage overlapping the voltage in the stable region (B) of the first battery. The first battery and the second battery are connected in parallel so that, in a discharging process, the discharging state of the entire battery shifts from the stable region (B) of the first battery to the stable region (B) of the second battery.

Battery apparatus

A printing apparatus has a conveyance path configured to convey a printing medium toward a print position, a feeder for feeding the print media into the conveyance path and a control unit for controlling the printing apparatus selectively in a first mode and a second mode. In a first mode, the control unit controls the printing apparatus such that a printing medium fed from the feeder is firstly conveyed up to a position where a rear end of the printing medium gets out of the feeder, after the first conveyance, the printing medium is conveyed reversely in the conveyance path, and after that, after the reverse conveyance, the printing medium is conveyed to the print position and then the printing medium is printed by the printing unit. In the second mode, the control unit controls the printing apparatus such that the printing medium fed from the feeder is printed by the printing unit without being conveyed reversely.

Printing apparatus

An apparatus includes a printing unit which is disposed in a housing and configured to form an image on a sheet, an lid attached to the housing by a hinge mechanism, and a camera which is attached to the lid and configured to read an image on a document while the lid is open, wherein the sheet having the image formed by the printing unit is discharged on the lid, and when the lid is opened, the camera can read the document which is placed at a reading position below the camera.

Image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus includes a printing section, a flatbed scanner section configured to read an original on a reading surface, and a moving mechanism configured to change the angle of the reading surface relative to an installation plane on which the apparatus is installed. The scanner section is capable of performing reading in each of a first mode where the angle of the reading surface is a first angle (vertical) and a second mode where the angle of the reading surface is a second angle (horizontal) different from the first angle.

A display unit includes a slide mechanism slidable in a lateral or vertical direction to a housing. A maintenance opening formed in the housing can be covered and uncovered. When the opening is uncovered, a user can access at least apart of a print section in the housing from the opening and perform maintenance.

Printer

An image reading device includes a memory unit for storing positional information of a sensor for moving by a drive unit to read an image of a document and a control unit for controlling the drive unit to move the sensor based on the positional information stored in the memory unit. The control unit drives the drive unit by an amount of driving sufficient for an image reading unit to move in a predetermined direction to abut the stop members, controls the drive unit to move the sensor so as to detect the position mark, and updates the positional information of the memory unit to a predetermined initial value based on the detection of the position mark by the sensor. The image reading device can store data of a reference position promptly even if a photo-interrupter is not provided when the data of the reference position is not stored in a memory unit.

Image reading device, method of controlling the same, control program, storage medium and image forming apparatus provided with the image reading device

In an image reading apparatus which can read a transparent original and reflection original, a white background is formed like a sheet. The image reading apparatus is arranged to be movable by a pair of rollers which rotate using, e.g., the driving source of an original feeder. To read a transparent original, the white sheet is moved by the pair of rollers to a position where a transparent original reading illumination unit is exposed. This makes it possible to eliminate trouble in detaching the white background mounted on the back of an original platen in accordance with the type of an original to be read.

Image reading apparatus and image printing apparatus using the same

Images obtained by prescanning a transparent original by an image reading apparatus are output from a printing apparatus as a navigation sheet on which the images are laid out together with additional information fields. The navigation sheet containing additional information is read, and the additional information is recognized. The transparent original which is left after prescanning is scanned, and printing is performed on the basis of the recognized additional information. This makes it possible to print out a desired image under desired conditions from the transparent original, in which a plurality of images are recorded, by operating a single apparatus without any external device such as a host computer.

Image reading apparatus

In an image reading apparatus that is capable of reading a transparent original and a reflective original, a navigation sheet () on which the content of transparent-original read processing has been entered and a film guide () holding a transparent original are placed on an original table (), and the navigation sheet () is read first to recognize the content thereof. Next, a scanner carriage unit () is moved so that the transparent original being held by the film guide () is read in based upon the result of recognition of the navigation sheet (). Since a method of reading the transparent original can be designated using the navigation sheet, it is easier to perform the reading of a transparent original using a stand-alone image reading apparatus.

Image reading apparatus and method of controlling same

In an image reading apparatus that can read a reflection original and transparent original, a film holder for holding the transparent original is provided to be pivotal to the left or right about a shaft as the center. After the transparent original is set such that its image can be seen correctly, when the film holder is brought down to the right, the film can be set correctly concerning its upper and lower sides. At this time, as the film holder is held by the reading apparatus, its positional shift can also be prevented.

Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus using the same

The present invention relates to a recording apparatus comprising a carriage provided reciprocally movably with a recording head unit placed thereon, a switchable cover for covering an opening portion for taking out the recording head unit from the apparatus at the time the carriage is stopped at a second stopping position different from a first stopping position provided at one end of the reciprocal movement range, and a release lever provided movably to a position for fixing the recording head unit on the carriage or releasing the same therefrom. The release lever is moved to a position for fixing the recording head unit on the carriage in the case the carriage is moved with the release lever disposed at a position for releasing the recording head unit from the carriage.

Recording apparatus

In an image output apparatus which can perform entire-surface printing and both-sided printing, if an instruction to print additional information together with an image is issued or printing of the additional information together with the image is set, it is determined whether to perform entire-surface printing or normal printing. In the case of entire-surface printing, the additional information is printed on the back surface while in the case of normal printing, the additional information is printed outside an image printing area. This makes it possible to print the additional information of an image to be printed and output at a position which does not overlap the image.

Image output apparatus and control method therefor

An image feeding apparatus for feeding sheets by separating sheets one by one by a separating device has a pickup arm and a stopper. The uppermost document of stacking documents to be copied contacts and downwardly press down the pickup arm, and then the pickup arm and the uppermost document downwardly press down the stopper so as to make a passage of the uppermost document. After the uppermost document passes through, the stopper ascents by gravity in response to elevation of the pickup arm. The stopper can be reliably operated by a simple and low-cost construction.

Sheet feeding apparatus, image scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus provided with the image reading apparatus

Ink jet recording apparatus and ink detection method in pertinent apparatus

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Shigeyuki Sugiyama