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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2023
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yuko Hirayama, Kitakyushu, JP;
Kenichi Murahashi, Kitakyushu, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image reading apparatus is configured to read image data generated by reading a window within a junction of a carrier sheet and then to determine whether the target object is a carrier sheet, based on a total height of a first area and a plurality of second areas arranged with the first area therebetween in a transport direction as well as a first color width. In the first area, pixels in a second color are sequentially arrayed in the transport direction; in the second areas, pixels in a first color are sequentially arrayed in the transport direction; and the first color width indicates a length of an area in which a plurality of pixels in the first color are sequentially arrayed in a width direction.
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