IP Library Granted Patent US 11,323,582
Granted Patent B2
US 11,323,582 · App. 16/181,359 · Granted May 3, 2022

Image reading apparatus capable of reading and displaying image of document placed on platen

Inventors: Eriko Ikeda (Kanagawa, JP); Xiaojing Zhang (Kanagawa, JP); Hiroo Seki (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
H04N1/00824H04N1/387
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Patent No.
US 11,323,582
App. No.
16/181,359
Granted
May 3, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image reading apparatus includes: a reading unit that reads an image of a document placed on a platen for placing documents; and a display unit that displays part of the image of the document read by the reading unit in a range adjacent to a range, in which the document is placed, of the platen.

Claims (14)

1. An image reading apparatus comprising:

a reading unit that reads an image of a document placed on a platen for placing documents; and

a display unit that displays the image of the document read by the reading unit to overlap the document by displaying the image of the document in a first area which overlaps with a second area on which the document has been placed or is placed on the platen and is displaced from the document within a range; and

a processor coupled to the reading unit and the display unit and configured to control the display unit to display the image of the document after the document has been detected to have been placed or is placed on the platen wherein the display unit displays an additional image to be added to the image, on the document placed on the platen to indicate that the image of the document has been read by the reading unit.

2. The image reading apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein in response to an operation to the image of the document read by the reading unit, the display unit displays an image, which is obtained by processing the image of the document, on the platen.

3. The image reading apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the display unit displays the image of the document read by the reading unit by radiating light from a side, on which the document has been placed, of the platen to the platen.

4. The image reading apparatus according to claim 3 ,

wherein in response to an operation to remove the document from the platen, the display unit displays the image of the document read by the reading unit, on the platen.

5. The image reading apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the display unit displays the image of the document read by the reading unit by radiating light from the platen to a side, on which the document is placed, of the platen.

6. The image reading apparatus according to claim 5 ,

wherein the display unit displays an image having an effect recognizable from above the document in the range, in which the document is placed, of the platen to indicate that the image of the document has been read by the reading unit.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 20, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056295/0227 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 7, 2018
From: IKEDA, ERIKO; ZHANG, XIAOJING; SEKI, HIROO
To: FUJI XEROX CO.,LTD.
Reel/Frame 047428/0095 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-219917 · Nov 15, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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