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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2000
Hideaki Teshima, Tokoname, JP;
Ryuji Yamada, Ogaki, JP;
Yoshihiko Horibe, Nagoya, JP;
Kenji Miyata, Nagoya, JP;
Sunao Kawai, Toyoake, JP;
Kazuma Aoki, Kasugai, JP;
Norihisa Fujii, Tokoname, JP;
Hideaki Teshima, Tokoname, JP;
Ryuji Yamada, Ogaki, JP;
Yoshihiko Horibe, Nagoya, JP;
Kenji Miyata, Nagoya, JP;
Sunao Kawai, Toyoake, JP;
Kazuma Aoki, Kasugai, JP;
Norihisa Fujii, Tokoname, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A discontinuous position detecting device for detecting a discontinuous position at which date and time information indicative of date and time of recording on a recording medium is discontinuous, the discontinuous position detecting unit including, a scanning unit that scans the recording medium in a first direction and in a second direction that is different from the first direction, a first detecting unit that detects a temporary discontinuous position located in a vicinity of the actual discontinuous position while the scanning unit scans the recording medium in the first direction, a second detecting unit that detects the actual discontinuous position while the scanning unit scans the recording medium in the second direction, and a scan controller that controls the scanning unit to scan the recording medium at a first scan speed except while the second detecting unit detects the actual discontinuous position, and to scan the recording medium at a second scan speed while the second detecting unit detects the actual discontinuous position, the second scan speed being slower than the first scan speed.