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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2013
Applicant:
Pfu Limited, Kahoku, JP;
Inventors:
Takayuki Umi, Kahoku, JP;
Masanobu Hongo, Kahoku, JP;
Assignee:
PFU Limited, Kahoku-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 7/02 (2006.01); B65H 5/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 5/00 (2013.01); B65H 7/02 (2013.01); H04N 1/00477 (2013.01); H04N 1/00488 (2013.01); H04N 1/00628 (2013.01); H04N 1/00771 (2013.01); H04N 1/3263 (2013.01); H04N 1/32657 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes a separator, an image reader for reading an image from a paper, a conveying module for conveying a paper separated by the separator to the image reader, a side wall provided at a side of a conveyance path of the paper, a sound signal generator, provided with a sound detector between the separator and the conveying module and near the side wall, for generating a sound signal corresponding to a sound generated by the paper during conveyance, and a control module for determining whether a jam has occurred based on the sound signal.