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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2005
Atsushi Natsuno, Suwa, JP;
Atsushi Natsuno, Suwa, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A document reading apparatus reduces processing time and affords excellent ease of use when reading a slip document to acquire both magnetically read data and image data. Transportation unitconvey slips through a transportation path. Magnetic reading unitoutput magnetically read data acquired by reading the printed magnetic ink characters from the slip as the slip passes through the transportation path, and optical reading unitoutput image data captured by optically imaging the same slip during the same pass through the transportation path. A control unitinterprets control commands and controls slip transportation, the magnetic reading process, and the optical reading process accordingly. A single-pass multiple-reading command controls executing a single-pass multiple-reading process for applying both the magnetic reading and optical reading of specified slip during a single pass through the transportation path.