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Granted Patent B2
US 8,879,094 · App. 12/765,440 · Granted Nov 4, 2014

Image reading apparatus which is able to transfer an image to an external device and non-transitory computer readable medium

Inventor: Masaki Nakata (Fuchu, JP)
Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
H04N1/00795H04N2201/3287H04N1/33376H04N1/333H04N1/32448H04N2201/0081H04N1/00798H04N1/32363
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Patent No.
US 8,879,094
App. No.
12/765,440
Granted
Nov 4, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is an image reading apparatus including: an image reading section to read an image; a storage section to store the image; and a control section to detect whether or not the image reading section is in a state of pausing reading of the image, to determine transfer speed of the image to an external device based on a detected result, and to transfer the image to an external device at a determined transfer speed.

Claims (47)

1. An image reading apparatus comprising:

an image reading section to read an image;

a storage section to store the image; and

a control section to detect whether or not the image reading section is in a state of pausing reading of the image, to determine a first transfer speed of the image to an external device based on a detected result, and to transfer the image to an external device at the determined first transfer speed,

wherein:

the control section acquires last transfer time at which the image was transferred to the external device;

the control section acquires time at which timeout occurred when the timeout occurred in transfer of the image;

the control section calculates a new second transfer speed based on the last transfer time and the time at which timeout occurred; and

the control section changes the first transfer speed to the calculated second transfer speed.

2. The image reading apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

the state of pausing reading of the image by the image reading section is a state where an error is occurring in the image reading section.

3. The image reading apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

the control section lowers the first transfer speed when the image reading section is in the state of pausing reading of the image compared to when the image reading section is not in the state of pausing reading of the image.

4. The image reading apparatus of claim 3 , wherein

the control section lowers the first transfer speed based on a predetermined transfer speed.

5. The image reading apparatus of claim 4 , wherein

the predetermined transfer speed is associated with a protocol to transfer the Image.

6. A non-transitory computer readable medium embodying a program to allow a computer to function as:

an image reading section to read an image;

a storage section to store the image; and

a control section to detect whether or not the image reading section is in a state of pausing reading of the image, to determine a first transfer speed of the image to an external device based on a detected result, and to transfer the image to an external device at the determined first transfer speed,

wherein:

the control section acquires last transfer time at which the image was transferred to the external device:

the control section calculates a new second transfer speed based on the last occurred in transfer of the image:

the control section calculates a new second transfer speed based on the last transfer time and the time at which timeout occurred: and

the control section changes the first transfer speed to the calculated second transfer speed.

7. The computer readable medium of claim 6 ,

wherein

the state of pausing reading of the image is a state where an error is occurring in the reading of the image.

8. The computer readable medium of claim 6 ,

wherein

the control section lowers the first transfer speed when in the state of pausing reading of the image compared to when not in the state of pausing reading of the image.

9. The computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein

the control section lowers the first transfer speed based on a predetermined transfer speed.

10. The computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the predetermined transfer speed is associated with a protocol to transfer the image.

11. An image reading apparatus comprising:

an image reading section to read an image;

a storage section to store the image; and

a control section to detect whether the image reading section is paused, to determine a first transfer speed of the image to an external device if the image reading section is paused, and to transfer the image to an external device at the determined first transfer speed,

wherein the storage section stores a lowest supported transfer speed with which transfer of the image to the external device successfully continued in the past; and

at a predetermined timing, the control section changes the first transfer speed to the lowest supported transfer speed stored in the storage section.

12. A non-transitory computer readable medium embodying a program to allow a computer to function as:

an image reading section to read an image;

a storage section to store the image; and

a control section to detect whether the image reading section is paused, to determine a first transfer speed of the image to an external device if the image reading section is paused, and to transfer the image to an external device at the determined first transfer speed,

wherein the storage section stores a lowest supported transfer speed with which transfer of the image to the external device successfully continued in the past; and

at a predetermined timing, the control section changes the first transfer speed to the lowest supported transfer speed stored in the storage section.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Mar 5, 2014
From: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 032388/0987 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 5, 2014
From: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.
To: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
Reel/Frame 032390/0651 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 22, 2010
From: NAKATA, MASAKI
To: KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 024274/0021 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-104754 · Apr 23, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
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