IMAGE INPUT SYSTEM HAVING AN AUTO-FEEDER INCLUDING LOADING MAGAZINE AND DISCHARGE MAGAZINE ARRANGED SIDE BY SIDE AND METHOD
Patent №
US 5,589,953
Granted
1996-12-31
Filed 1995
Owner
NIKON CORPORATION
Lab
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AI components
1
vision
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
08427230
An image input system includes an image input device for reading image information from a source document and a feeder for automatically inserting the source documents into the image input device. The feeder includes a loading magazine storing source documents and an adjacent discharge magazine storing source documents discharged from the image input device. The source documents travel along a transport surface within the feeder. A dividing board controls the position of the source documents within the feeder. Detectors are provided to monitor the loading operation. A method of reading image information using the image input system is also disclosed.
AI classification
Ownership
NIKON CORPORATION
assignment · 75470881
Assignors
TAZAWA, MASASHI, FUJINAWA, NOBUHIRO, MATSUI, KUMIKO, SUZUKI, MAKI
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.