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Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2025

Filed:

Jan. 12, 2024
Applicant:

Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, JP;

Inventor:

Kenji Onogi, Sakai, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00822 (2013.01); H04N 1/00814 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image processing apparatus includes: a document conveyor that conveys a document; an image reader that reads an image of the conveyed document; at least one main memory; a data transfer circuit; and one or more controllers, whereas the controllers determine whether to read an image of each page in a first reading mode or a second reading mode, the first reading mode being a mode in which conveyance of the next document is started before reading of an image of a previous page is completed, the second reading mode being a mode in which conveyance of the next document starts after reading of the document of a previous page is completed, and when there is a possibility that preparation regarding image data transfer of the next page is not completed during reading in the first reading mode, the first reading mode is switched to the second reading mode.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Onogi, Kenji. (2025). Image processing apparatus and image processing method (U.S. Patent No. 12238252). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12238252

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