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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 10, 1996
Shinichi Shidara, Tokyo, JP;
Yutaka Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Hajime Tachibana, Tokyo, JP;
Kiyoji Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Ushio Anayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Noriyasu Ishiwata, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a document reader system for reading images of a large number of document papers while continuously feeding the document papers from an auto-feeder to a scanner so that image data read by the scanner can be supplied to a computer, which can easily meet various requirements of different users, easily satisfy a user having only a scanner and planning to purchase a microfilm camera additionally, reduce space needed for installing the whole system without providing double auto-feeders and stackers for the scanner and the microfilm camera, and which allows makers to easily provide various types of systems to meet user's requirements. The system includes a turn unit removably attached to the scanner so that the document papers passing through and ejected from the scanner can be returned to a stacker provided in the scanner. Each device portion of the system is formed as a unit so that various types of document reader systems can be obtained by combining necessary units.