Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.

Yasushi Handa

Hiroshi Iwaki

Shinichi Kikkawa

Akira Inada

Kiyoshi Sakamoto

Sadaki Kodera

Akihiko Sutoh

Shuuji Watanabe

Akihiko Suto

Nobuaki Masaki

Yoshiharu Mita

Noriyoshi Nomura

Yoshihiro Murai

Tadasi Renbutsu

A data transmitting apparatus includes a sensor. When an alarm is generated from the sensor, a post-alarm recording is started, and a plurality of still image files are written to an alarm storage area of an SDRAM by a memory control circuit. The still image files within the alarm storage area are transmitted to an image accumulating server through an NIC during a period from occurrence of the alarm to becoming full of the alarm storage area. Furthermore, still image files created in a normal recording after the post-alarm recording are intermittently transmitted to the image accumulating server at an arbitrary file transmission cycle. The still image files which have not been transmitted yet out of the still image files in the alarm storage area are transmitted to the image accumulating server at intervals of the file transmission operations in the normal recording mode.

Data transmitting apparatus

An image forming apparatus is disclosed which, by using a neural network to have preliminarily learned input conditions for a number of characteristic originals and having only the coupling coefficient after the learning and the output calculating portion to make calculations when necessary for the controlling in the apparatus itself, is capable of automatically performing an optimum copying control corresponding to various conditions of each of various originals.

Neural network controlled image copying apparatus

An imaging forming apparatus includes a platen on which an original is put, and a platen cover mounted to be opened or closed with respect to the platen. A plurality of reflection type photosensors are embedded in the platen cover at predetermined positions. First, a sensor circuit including photosensors is set in a first mode. When an original is put on the platen and the platen cover is closed, photosensors detect the reflection light from the original such that the CPU can determine a size of the original based upon sensor inputs from the sensor circuit. Thereafter, in order to detect opening or closing of the platen cover, the sensor circuit is set in a second mode. In the second mode, total sensitivity of a photosensor for detecting a minimum size of the original is heightened, and light emitting diodes of all photosensors are inhibited from being driven such that the photosensors can respond to only external light. In the second mode, when the platen cover is closed, since the external light that enters the photosensors becomes approximately zero, no detection signal is outputted from even the photosensor having higher total sensitivity, and therefore, it is possible to detect that the platen cover is closed.

Image forming apparatus with photosensors for detecting original size

An apparatus for inputting image forming condition includes a combination of a tablet and an input pen. An IC card insertion portion is formed on the tablet. In the state that an IC card is loaded to the tablet, when a control condition, for example, a copy quantity and copy magnification and/or an editing condition, for example, editing function and positional data are inputted by operating the tablet by means of the input pen, the inputted image forming condition is stored into the IC card. Thereafter, by unloading the IC card from the tablet and loading the same into a copying machine, a copying image of an original is formed by the copying machine in accordance with the image forming condition read out from the IC card.

Apparatus for inputting image forming condition

An image forming apparatus includes an intermediate tray wherein a copied paper on which an image has been formed is stored. In the case of a double-face copy, the copied paper is stored in the intermediate tray in a manner that a surface on which an image has been formed is faced upward and, in the case of a multi-copy, the copied paper is stored in the intermediate tray in a manner that a surface on which an image has been formed is faced downward. The intermediate tray has two movable guide members which sandwiches the copied paper stored in the intermediate tray in a width direction thereof. The movable guide members are moved so as to go and come back once at every timing when a sheet of copied paper is stored in the intermediate tray, whereby both side ends of the copied paper are pushed by the movable guide members to be aligned. The movable guide members are returned to respective home positions at every timing when ten copied papers are stored in the intermediate tray, whereby an accumulative error of the movement of the movable guide members can be corrected. In addition, a center position between the two movable guide members can be electrically corrected by moving respective reference positions of the movable guide members in the same direction at the same amount.

Image forming apparatus having intermediate tray

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Yasushi Handa