IP Library Granted Patent US 12,344,494
Granted Patent B2
US 12,344,494 · App. 17/813,505 · Granted Jul 1, 2025

Processing system

Inventors: Hirohisa Kodaira (Shiojiri, JP); Chiaki Shimada (Okaya, JP); Kohei Ueno (Matsumoto, JP)
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
B65H3/0607B65H3/063B65H7/20B65H29/60H04N1/00602H04N1/00631H04N1/00689B65H2513/42B65H2553/30B65H2553/40
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Patent No.
US 12,344,494
App. No.
17/813,505
Granted
Jul 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A processing system includes a stacker on which at least one medium recorded with an image is stacked, a holding unit configured to hold the medium, a processing path extending from the stacker to the holding unit, a pick roller configured to transport the medium from the stacker to the processing path, a reading unit configured to read the medium transported through the processing path, and a control unit configured to store indication data indicating an index of whether to transport a medium to the holding unit, wherein, when receiving a processing instruction from a user, the control unit is configured to cause the pick roller to transport a medium from the stacker to the processing path, and determine whether to transport the medium to the holding unit, based on read data and the indication data, the read data being acquired by reading the medium by the reading unit.

Claims (31)

1. A processing system for a recording device, the processing system comprising:

a recording unit that records an image on at least one medium;

a transport unit that transports the medium recorded with the image;

a stacker on which the medium transported by the transport unit is stacked;

a holding unit configured to hold the medium, the holding unit internally contained within a housing of the recording device;

a processing path extending from the stacker to the holding unit;

a pick roller configured to transport the medium from the stacker to the processing path;

a reading unit configured to read the medium transported through the processing path; and

a control unit configured to store indication data indicating an index of whether to transport the medium to the holding unit, wherein

the control unit is configured to,

when receiving a processing instruction from a user, cause the pick roller to transport the medium from the stacker toward the processing path, and

determine whether to transport the medium to the holding unit, based on read data and the indication data, the read data being acquired by reading the medium by the reading unit, wherein

the read data is scan data of an image recorded on the medium,

the indication data is image data transmitted by a user, and

the control unit is configured to determine, based on an image matching rate between the read data and the indication data, whether to transport the medium to the holding unit.

2. The processing system according to claim 1 , comprising a branch path branching from the processing path, wherein

the branch path extends from a position between the reading unit and the holding unit in the processing path to the stacker.

3. The processing system according to claim 2 , comprising:

a switchback roller located at a position between the holding unit and a branch point at which the branch path branches from the processing path, wherein

the switchback roller is configured to perform switchback on a medium to transport the medium from the processing path to the branch path.

4. The processing system according to claim 1 , wherein

the control unit is configured to select a first mode or a second mode,

in the first mode, the control unit causes the reading unit to read the medium and determines, based on the read data and the indication data, whether to transport the medium to the holding unit, and

in the second mode, the control unit transports the medium toward the holding unit without reading the medium using the reading unit.

5. The processing system according to claim 1 , comprising

a detection sensor configured to detect the medium stacked on the stacker.

6. The processing system according to claim 1 , wherein

the pick roller contacts an uppermost medium of a plurality of media stacked on the stacker.

7. The processing system according to claim 6 , comprising a moving mechanism configured to vertically move the stacker.

8. The processing system according to claim 1 , wherein

the pick roller contacts a lowermost medium of a plurality of media stacked on the stacker.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 19, 2022
From: KODAIRA, HIROHISA; SHIMADA, CHIAKI; UENO, KOHEI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060552/0618 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-118579 · Jul 19, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230017851A1 · Jan 19, 2023
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