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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 1995
Filed:
Feb. 24, 1993
Hiroyasu Sumida, Ichikawa, JP;
Akihisa Itabashi, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Fukano, Matsudo, JP;
Hiroyasu Shijo, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroshi Takashima, Yono, JP;
Takeshi Ogiwara, Ohmiya, JP;
Fumio Kishi, Yokohama, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus having a device capable of identifying an image orientation to allow adequate processing to be executed and a device capable of binding sheets by determining a binding position. When an image orientation cannot be identified on the basis of a predetermined reference object, it is identified on the basis of another object. When the image orientation of a reference image and the image orientations of the other images are not coincident, an adequate procedure is executed to avoid an undesirable result. An orientation of a document image matching a predetermined adequate binding position is surely and accurately determined.