JP2020036273A - Document support device, scanner device, and scanning method - Google Patents

Abstract

To effectively receive a large number of documents that have been continuously sent after scanning while saving space in a device that sends a document and scans the document in a vertically oriented state.SOLUTION: A document support device includes a document support surface 32 that contacts the lower edge PL of a document P, and a restricting portion 33 provided on the document supporting surface 32 to regulate the movement of the document P in a direction along the document supporting surface 32, on the upper surface of a support device main body 31 provided below a guide member that bends the document P that has been transported by transport means and sent out from a document discharge port in an upright state while maintaining the upright state. The document P that is curved along the guide member is received, the movement of the document P in the direction along the surface of the document support surface 32 is regulated, and the curved shape is maintained.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a document support device, a scanner device, and a scanning method that can cope with business automation (RPA: Robotics Process Automation) by a robot and that can save office work space on a desk.

Patent Literatures 1 to 3 are known as techniques related to an apparatus that performs scan processing / print processing.
The multifunction peripheral disclosed in Patent Literature 1 has a vertical printer unit installed in a vertical direction, and a vertical scanner unit provided integrally with the printer unit.
The scanner unit has a scanner housing whose lower end is pivotally supported by a printer housing and whose upper end is opened and closed with respect to the printer housing. In this configuration, a readable platen glass reading surface is provided.

  Then, if the operator drops the original into the inside of the scanner housing via the original insertion slot, the original can be brought into close contact with the reading surface of the scanner housing by its own weight, thereby the reading surface The original can be read via the MFP.

The image forming apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 2 performs an image forming process on a sheet supplied in an upright state from a sheet cassette in the apparatus, and then places the sheet outside the apparatus at a predetermined interval in a vertical direction. It is supplied to the upper and lower guide rails provided and arranged.
In this image forming apparatus, when the sheet on which the image forming process has been performed is discharged out of the apparatus, the sheet stands upright in the vertical direction with respect to the installation surface via the upper guide rail and the lower guide rail outside the apparatus. The angle of the sheet can be changed horizontally from the state. As a result, the image forming apparatus can be neatly stacked on the desk.

The printer disclosed in Patent Document 3 holds a print medium in a standing state and feeds the print medium, a print section that prints on the fed print medium, and discharges the printed print medium. And a paper discharge holding unit that holds the paper in an upright state.
In this printer, while the print medium is transported in an upright state, the printing process can be performed during the transport from the paper supply to the paper discharge.

JP 2006-205398 A JP-A-2006-091275 JP 2001-106344 A

By the way, in the multifunction peripheral disclosed in Patent Literature 1, a document passing through a document insertion port can be brought into close contact with a reading surface of a scanner housing by its own weight.
However, in the above-described multifunction peripheral, it is necessary to manually take out the read original from the reading surface of the scanner housing, and there is a problem that work efficiency is reduced due to troublesome work.
In addition, in the above-described multifunction peripheral, an operation of rotating the printer housing to open the upper end side is required depending on the state of taking out the document, which causes a problem that the operation efficiency is reduced.

Further, the image forming apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 2 can perform printing processing (or scanning processing) on an original without performing manual operation of opening and closing the housing as described in Patent Document 1, and Efficiency can be improved.
However, in the image forming apparatus disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-157300, in the paper discharging stage, the originals after the printing process (or the scanning process) sent in an upright state are laid horizontally and stacked. However, there is a problem that the installation space is required separately, and the apparatus becomes large.

On the other hand, the printer disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Publication No. H11-157400 ejects a document sent in an upright state after a printing process (or a scanning process) while maintaining the upright state. It is not necessary to separately provide a space for lying the document horizontally.
However, the printer disclosed in Patent Document 3 does not show any specific measures for how to accept a large number of originals after a printing process (or a scanning process) that is continuously discharged. Was expected to be improved.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and in a device for sending a document in a portrait orientation and scanning a document, it is possible to reduce the space between the documents and to continuously scan the documents. The present invention provides a document supporting device, a scanner device, and a scanning method capable of effectively performing the process of receiving a large number of documents.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention proposes the following means.
In the document supporting apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention, the document supporting apparatus is provided below a guide member that bends a document that has been transported by a transport unit and sent out from a document discharge port in an upright state while bending upright. A document support surface that contacts a lower edge of the document; and a restrictor provided on the document support surface and configured to restrict movement of the document in a direction along the document support surface.

  In the scanner device according to the second aspect of the present invention, a reading unit that reads an image from a document, and the document whose image has been read by the reading unit is moved in an upright state in a surface direction and sent out from the document discharge port in an upright state. The original document that has been curved by the transport unit and a guide member that bends the original document sent out by the transport unit while standing upright is supported by the original document supporting device according to the first aspect.

  In the scanning method according to the third aspect of the present invention, a paper feeding step of guiding a document inserted from the front of the housing along an internal passage arranged vertically and in the front-back direction; A transfer step of transferring the document captured in the step behind the internal passage, a reading step of reading an image of the document transferred backward by the transfer step, and a document after the image is read in the reading step. A paper discharging stage in which the document discharged in an upright state from the document discharge port located at the rear portion of the housing to the outside, and the document discharged in an upright state outside from the document discharge port is moved forward while sliding on the curved surface of the guide member. A forming step of forming a curved shape on the document, and a guiding step of bringing a member into contact with a lower edge of the document and guiding the member in a predetermined direction during or after the forming step. And

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, it is possible to accumulate a large number of continuously scanned originals on a desk in an independent and upright state while saving space.

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram illustrating a document supporting device according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a scanner device including the document supporting device of FIG. 1. 1 is an external view of a scanner device including a document support device according to a first embodiment of the present invention, showing a scanner device installed on a desk. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a scanner device using the document supporting device according to the first embodiment as viewed from the front side. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the scanner device including the document supporting device according to the first embodiment as viewed from the rear side. FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating an internal configuration of a scanner device including the document support device according to the first embodiment. FIG. 5 is a perspective view illustrating a sheet discharging operation 1 of the scanner device including the document supporting device according to the first embodiment. FIG. 5 is a perspective view illustrating a paper ejection operation 2 of the scanner device including the document supporting device according to the first embodiment. FIG. 5 is a perspective view illustrating a paper ejection operation 3 of the scanner device including the document supporting device according to the first embodiment. FIG. 5 is a perspective view illustrating a sheet discharging operation 4 of the scanner device including the document supporting device according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating an initial stage in which a scanner device using the document supporting device according to the first embodiment discharges a document. It is an enlarged view of the lower part of FIG. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a state in which the scanner device using the document supporting device according to the first embodiment further discharges a document from an initial stage. It is an enlarged view of the lower part of FIG. FIG. 9 is a plan view showing a modification of the document supporting device.

  A document supporting apparatus 30 according to the embodiment having the minimum configuration of the present invention will be described with reference to the perspective view of FIG.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 31 denotes a supporting device main body, which is provided below a guide member 6 which bends a document P transferred by a transfer means and sent out from a document discharge port in an upright state while maintaining the upright state. I have.
A document support surface 32 that contacts the lower edge PL of the document P, and a movement of the document P in a direction along the document support surface 32 is provided on the upper surface of the support device main body 31. A regulating part 33 for regulating is formed.

In the document support device 30 of FIG. 1, the document P curved in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 1 along the guide member 6 moves downward by gravity and contacts the support surface 32 of the document support device 30. The lower edge of the document P enters the regulating section 33.
Here, since the regulating portion 33 has a curved shape corresponding to the shape of the guide member 6 in a plan view, the regulating portion 33 receives the document P curved along the guide member 6, and receives the document P on the document supporting surface 32 of the document P. By guiding the movement in the direction along the surface in the traveling direction of the document P (the direction along the curvature of the guide member 6) and restricting the movement in the other direction, the curved shape can be maintained.

The scanner device 100 including the document support device 30 of FIG. 1 will be described with reference to a plan view of FIG.
Reference numeral 1 denotes an internal passage of the scanner device 100, which is located in a vertically arranged casing 10 along a vertical direction (a direction perpendicular to the paper surface) and a front-back direction (arrows b1-b2). ing.
Note that the front-back direction (arrows b1-b2) refers to a horizontal direction in which the direction away from the operator is backward when the scanner device 100 is installed on a desk.
At the front of the internal passage 1 (arrow b1 side), there is provided an inlet 2 for taking in the originals P one by one from outside from the outside. Further, a transfer unit 3 and a reading unit 4 are provided in the internal passage 1.
The transport unit 3 is configured by a transport roller or the like that transports the originals P guided to the internal passage 1 rearward one by one in a direction indicated by an arrow M1.
The reading unit 4 includes an image sensor or the like that is provided in the internal passage 1 and reads an image of the document P that is transported backward by the transporting unit 3.

A guide member 6 is provided in the document discharge port 5 at the rear of the housing 10 to change the transfer direction of the document P discharged from the internal passage 1 to the outside by the transfer means 3 to the front side (arrow b1 side) in an upright state. Have been.
The guide member 6 has a curved surface 7 that curves to one side of the housing 10 (there is a left side or a right side of the housing 10, but the left side is employed in this example). The document P discharged from the document discharge port 5 of the housing 10 is moved while sliding in the direction of the arrow M2 along the arrow, thereby giving the document P a curved curl.

The document P, which has a curl in a curved shape by the curved surface 7 of the guide member 6, stands on a desk, and is supported by the guide member 6 and the regulating portion 33 to be held upright.
The document P is supported in a state where the lower edge thereof is in contact with the support surface 32 of the document support device 30, and is maintained in a curved state by entering the regulating portion 33.
In FIG. 1, the originals P inserted into the housing 10 one by one are scanned and sequentially discharged from the original outlet 5 of the housing 10. Are held in the curved surface 7 of the guide member 6 (and in the regulating portion 33) in a state where one sheet or a plurality of sheets are accumulated.

According to the scanner device 100 configured as described above, the scanner device 100 is in the upright state in the internal passage 1 along the up-down direction (the direction perpendicular to the paper surface) and the front-rear direction (the direction of the arrow b1-b2) in the housing 10. The reading means 4 reads the image of the document P while the document P inserted from the outside is transported backward. Thereafter, the document P from which the image has been read by the reading means 4 is discharged from the document discharge port 5 to the outside in an upright state.
Further, in the scanner device 100, the guide member 6 having the curved surface 7 that is curved with a predetermined radius of curvature is provided at the document discharge port 5 at the rear of the housing 10. As a result, the document P discharged from the document discharge port 5 to the outside in an upright state moves forward along the curved surface 7 of the guide member 6, and during this movement, the curved surface 7 of the guide member 6 and the regulating portion 33, the document P can be formed into a curved shape.
As a result, the document P sent to the front of the housing 10 via the guide member 6 can stand upright on a desk via the curved surface 7 of the guide member 6. In this way, even when a plurality of originals P are continuously fed one by one, each original P can stand alone, and can be stacked on a desk in an upright state.
That is, in the above-described scanner device 100, the guide member 6 having the curved surface 7 and the restricting portion 33 are provided at the rear portion of the housing 10 and at the outside of the document discharge port 5 with a simple configuration, thereby saving space. In addition, a large number of originals P after scanning that are continuously sent can be stacked on a desk in a self-standing and upright state.

  The start end 6A of the guide member 6 connected to the rear part of the housing 10 may be disposed on an extension of the internal passage 1, but is not limited to this, and is located on the opposite side to the bending direction of the guide member 6. It may be installed at a slightly shifted position (a position shift range is indicated by reference numeral N). The position shift range N is a contact position of the trailing edge portion of the document P when the document P is supported on the curved surface 7 of the guide member 6, and a plurality of documents can be stacked through this contact position. Is also good.

  Further, in the scanner device 100, the scanner device 100 is inserted from the front of the housing 10 along the internal passage 1 arranged along the up-down direction (the direction perpendicular to the paper surface) and the front-back direction (the direction of the arrow b1-b2). Paper feeding stage for guiding the original P, a transport stage for transporting the original P captured in the capture stage to the rear of the internal passage 1, and a reading for reading an image of the original P transported rearward in the transport stage. And an ejection stage in which the original P after the image has been read in the scanning stage is ejected upright from the original ejection opening 5 located at the rear portion of the housing 10 to the outside, and The document P discharged in this state is moved forward while sliding on the curved surface 7 of the guide member 6 to form a curved shape on the document P, and during the forming step or after the forming step. Contact the lower edge of the document Not scan method and a guide step of guiding a predetermined direction is adopted.

(1st Embodiment)
A scanner device 101 provided with a document support device 30 according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
The scanner device 101 according to the present embodiment is arranged on a desk together with a personal computer (PC) in FIG. The scanner device 101 is formed in a box shape as a whole as shown in FIGS. 3 to 6, and is arranged vertically on the placing surface 200 on the desk.

  In FIG. 6, reference numeral 11 denotes an internal passage of the scanner device 101, which extends in the vertically arranged housing 20 along the vertical (arrow a1-a2) and front-back (arrow b1-b2) directions. positioned.

At the front of the internal passage 11 (arrow b1 side), there is provided an inlet 12 for taking in the originals P one by one from the outside in an upright state.
The intake 12 has a pair of guide plates 12A. The upper side of these guide plates 12A is arranged such that a gap 12B gradually widens upward, and guides the document P to the internal passage 11 by dropping the document P from above into the gap 12B.
In addition, a receiving stand 12C is provided below the intake port 12. The receiving table 12C is provided at the same height as the bottom surface (not shown) of the internal passage 11, receives the document P dropped into the gap 12B of the guide plate 12A, and guides the original P to the internal passage 11.

Further, a transfer unit 13 and a reading unit 14 are provided in the internal passage 11.
As shown in FIG. 6, the transporting means 13 includes a plurality of sets of transport rollers 13A for transporting the document P guided to the internal passage 11 backward (in the direction of the arrow M1). These transport rollers 13A are arranged at intervals in the front-rear direction (the direction of the arrow b1-b2) along the internal passage 11.
Each set of transport rollers 13A is composed of a friction roller arranged with the rotation axis directed in the vertical direction (the direction of the arrow a1-a2). Each of the transport rollers 13A has a roller contact point in the internal passage 11, and sandwiches the original P sent via the intake port 12 in an upright state, and rearwards the internal passage 11 (in the direction of the arrow M1). ).

  The reading unit 14 is provided on one side of the internal passage 11, and is configured by an image sensor or the like that reads an image of the document P transported backward by the transport unit 13. The document P scanned by the reading means 14 is discharged to the outside in an upright state from a document discharge port 15 provided in a vertical direction (arrows a1 to a2) at a rear position of the housing 20.

A guide member 16 is provided in the document discharge port 15 at the rear of the housing 20 to change the transfer direction of the document P discharged from the internal passage 11 to the outside by the transfer means 13 to the front side in an upright state.
The guide member 16 is formed entirely of a plate-like body, has a curved surface 17 that curves to the left of the housing 20, and discharges the document of the housing 20 in the direction of arrow M <b> 2 along the inner surface of the curved surface 17. The original P discharged from the outlet 15 is moved while sliding, thereby giving the original P a curl.

The document P, which has a curl in a curved shape by the curved surface 17 of the guide member 16, stands on the desk and is supported by the guide member 16 to maintain its upright state.
In FIG. 2, the documents P (P1, P2) inserted one by one into the housing 20 are scanned and sequentially discharged from the document discharge port 15 of the housing 20, and then the curved surface 17 of the guide member 16 is scanned. Are supported together.

  3 to 5 show an example in which the guide member 16 is provided in a part of the document discharge port 15, and FIG. 5 shows an example in which the guide member 16 is provided in the entire document discharge port 15. However, any form may be used.

The operation of the scanner device 101 configured as described above will be described in the order of operation of the device.
(1) The operator inserts the document P from the upper opening between the guide surfaces of the guide plate 12A of the intake port 12. At this time, since the guide plate 12A of the intake port 12 has such a shape that the interval gradually decreases from the upper part (arrow a1 side) to the lower part (arrow a2 side), the document is inserted into the gap 12B between the guide surfaces of the guide plate 12A. By simply dropping the document P, the document P is placed on the lower receiving table 12C.

(2) Thereafter, as shown by an arrow M1 (see FIG. 6), the operator slides the document P placed on the receiving table 12C of the intake port 12 and pushes the document P rearward. Thus, the document P can be guided into the internal passage 11.
At this time, when the document detection sensor (not shown) detects the feeding of the document P, the conveyance roller 13A shown in FIG. 6 is driven to rotate, thereby forcing the document P into the inside of the internal passage 11. .

(3) The reading unit 14 located in the internal passage 11 reads the image data of the document P moving in the direction of the arrow M1 along the internal passage 11.

(4) The document P from which the image data has been read is discharged from the document discharge port 15 to the outside in an upright state, and then guided to the curved surface 17 of the guide member 16 as shown by the arrow M2.
At this time, the document P discharged in an upright state from the document discharge port 15 moves forward along the curved surface 17 of the guide member 16 as shown by an arrow M2 in FIG. The curving surface 17 of the guide member 16 can form a curl in which the document P (this document is referred to as P1) is curved. Note that the curl is not limited to a state in which the document P is permanently deformed into a curved shape, but is a state in which the document P is elastically deformed along the guide member 16 or a state in which the lower edge contacts the upper surface of the desk. This includes a state in which the sheet is supported in a curved state by receiving frictional resistance.
Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 8, when the document P (P1) is separated from the transport roller 13A of the transport means 13, the transport force of the transport means 13 is lost, and the document P (P1) is placed on the installation surface by gravity as indicated by an arrow M3. It falls on the desk which becomes 200.
At this time, the original P (P1) can stand on a desk while maintaining the curved shape due to the curl of the curved shape provided by the curved surface 17 of the guide member 16. In addition, even if the curl does not occur, the document P can stand on its side as long as the document P bends along the curved surface 17.

(5) Thereafter, when the next document P (this document is referred to as P2) is continuously fed, as shown in FIG. 9, the guide member is overlapped with the preceding document P (P1). It moves in the direction of arrow M2 along the curved surface 17 of 16.
Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 10, when the document P (P2) is separated from the transport roller 13A of the transport unit 13, the transport force of the transport unit 13 is lost, and the original P (P2) falls on a desk serving as the mounting surface 200 due to gravity. I do.
At this time, the original P (P2) is placed on the placing surface 200 on the desk while maintaining the curved shape so as to overlap the original P (P1) due to the curl of the curved shape provided by the curved surface 17 of the guide member 16. Can be independent.

In the scanner device 101 of the first embodiment described in detail above, the guide member 16 having the curved surface 17 that is curved with a predetermined radius of curvature is provided at the document discharge port 15 at the rear of the housing 20. As a result, the document P discharged from the document discharge port 15 to the outside in an upright state moves forward along the curved surface 17 of the guide member 16, and during this movement, the document P is moved by the curved surface 17 of the guide member 16. Can have a curved shape.
As a result, the document P sent to the front of the housing 20 via the guide member 16 can stand upright on a desk via the curved surface 17 of the guide member 16. Accordingly, even when a plurality of originals P (P1, P2,...) Are continuously sent one by one, each original P becomes independent and can be stacked on a desk in an upright state. it can.
That is, in the scanner device 101, the guide member 16 having the curved surface 17 is provided at the rear of the housing 20 and at the outside of the document discharge port 15 with a simple configuration. A large number of originals P (P1, P2,...) After scanning can be stacked on a desk in an independent and upright state.

To summarize the above points, in the scanner device 101 according to the first embodiment, by arranging the housing 20 serving as the scanner main body vertically, the occupied area on the desk can be reduced and it does not become an obstacle.
Further, in the scanner device 101, the originals P (P1, P2,...) After the scan processing are independently accumulated on the placing surface 200 on the desk. No plate) or stopper is required, and space-saving installation can be realized.
Further, in the scanner device 101, the document P (P1, P2,...) After the scanning process is reversed by passing through the guide member 16 and returns to the front side (the direction of the arrow b1). The user can stand up and work without hand-picking the document P, always in a seated state.
Further, in the scanner device 101, since the size of the personal computer PC can be made smaller than that of the vertically placed personal computer, an effect of minimizing discomfort as an obstacle is exerted.

Next, a document supporting apparatus according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 11, the document support device 30 is provided below the housing 10 of the scanner device 101 and below the guide member 16 so as to follow the outer shape of the housing 10. That is, the supporting device main body 31 of the document supporting device 30 has an L-shaped planar shape as a whole, and is cut out corresponding to the outer shape of the housing 10.

A regulating portion 33 having a curved shape along the inner periphery of the guide member 16 is formed on the document supporting surface 32 of the supporting device main body 31. The regulating portion 33 of the first embodiment has a groove shape curved along the inner periphery of the guide member 16. As shown in an enlarged manner in FIG. 12, the groove forming the restricting portion 33 has a width W capable of accommodating a single document P or a plurality of documents P, and has a direction along the surface of the document support surface 32. In addition, the document P has a depth H that can restrict the sliding (movement) of the document P in a direction other than the direction guided by the guide member 16.
In the examples of FIGS. 11 and 12, the lower end of the guide member 16 is provided in a state of floating from the document support surface 32 of the document support device 30 (a state in which a gap is provided between the guide member 16 and the document support surface 32). .

In the document supporting apparatus according to the first embodiment, first, as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, a document P is discharged in a portrait orientation from a document discharge port on the back surface of the scanner device 101.
When the discharged document P is further pushed out, it curves along the guide member 16 as shown in FIGS. At this time, while the lower edge of the document P slides on the document support surface 32 and enters the groove-shaped regulating portion 33, the curved shape along the guide member 16 is maintained, and Movement in the away direction is restricted.
13 and 14, the restricting portion 33 is formed further forward than the range in which the guide member 16 is provided (forward in the traveling direction of the document P), so that the document P is moved further forward than the region where the guide member 16 exists. It can be guided and reliably sent out in a desired direction.

At this time, since there is a gap between the lower end of the guide member 16 and the document support surface 32, air pushed out from between the document P to be deformed along the guide member 16 and the guide member 16. Can be smoothly discharged from the gap.
Here, when a plurality of originals P are sent out one after another at intervals, if the width W of the groove constituting the regulating portion 33 is made sufficiently large, the plurality of originals P can be accommodated. . If the width W of the groove is set to be small (about slightly larger than the thickness of one document P), the document P can be stably supported. The depth H of the groove can support the document P more stably as it is deeper, but hinders the forward movement of the document P extruded from the scanner device 101 (frictional resistance). Therefore, it is desirable to set the width W and the depth H of the groove of the restricting portion 33 according to the use condition of the scanner device.

With reference to FIG. 15, a modified example of the regulating unit will be described.
FIG. 15 shows a roughened surface portion 34 provided in a region indicated by oblique lines in the document support surface 32 inside the guide member 16, and a smooth (relative to the roughened portion 34) along the guide member 16 inside the roughened portion 34. (A frictional resistance is small). In other words, by providing the roughened surface portion 34 on a part of the document supporting surface 32 which is configured to be smooth in order to slide the document P extruded from the scanner device 101, the document P relatively easily slips. The regulating portion 33A formed of a curved region may be provided instead of the groove-shaped regulating portion in FIGS.
Further, instead of the roughened portion 34, a ridge protruding from the surface of the document support surface 32 may be provided, and the ridge may form a relatively grooved region on the document support surface 32.

In the first embodiment, the single regulating portions 33 and 33A are provided inside the guide member 16, but the radius of curvature, height, and length of the guide member 16 are determined by the thickness of the document P, the strength of the stiffness, and the like. A plurality of restricting portions 33 and 33A having different radii of curvature may be provided in advance in accordance with a change in the radius of curvature of the guide member, in addition to a configuration that can be replaced according to the characteristics.
The range in which the regulating portion 33 is provided may be the same as the range in which the guide member 16 exists, or may be extended to a region after the range in which the guide member 16 exists. Alternatively, the regulating portion 33 in a region where the guide member 16 does not exist may have a curved shape, and the regulating portion 33 may maintain the curved shape of the document P to assist the erecting.

  In the first embodiment, the support device main body 31 is provided as a separately attached component to the housing 10 of the scanner device 101. However, the support device main body 31 may be integrated with the housing 10 of the scanner device 101. In addition, a groove is formed in a part of the upper surface of a desk or the like on which the scanner device 101 is installed, or a restricting portion is formed by performing a roughening process, or a restricting portion is formed on a surface of a sheet-like member. May be used as a document supporting device, and the scanner device 101 may be installed on or near this sheet.

  As described above, the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to the embodiments, and includes design changes and the like without departing from the gist of the present invention.

  The present invention relates to a scanner device and a scanning method that can save space in office work.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Internal passage 2 Intake port 3 Transfer means 4 Reading means 5 Document discharge port 6 Guide member 7 Curved surface 10 Case 11 Internal passage 12 Intake port 12A Guide plate (guide surface)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 13 Transport means 14 Reading means 15 Document discharge port 16 Guide member 17 Curved surface 20 Case 30 Document support device 31 Support device main body 32 Document support surface 33 Restriction part 33A Restriction part 34 Rough surface processing part 100 Scanner device 101 Scanner device P Document PL lower edge

Claims (10)

A document support device provided below a guide member that bends a document that has been transported by a transport unit and sent out from a document discharge port in an upright state while bending upright,
A document supporting surface that contacts a lower edge of the document,
A regulating portion provided on the document supporting surface, for regulating movement of the document in a direction along the document supporting surface along a guide direction of the guide member;
A document supporting device having the same. The regulating portion is a groove-shaped recess formed on the document support surface,
The document support device according to claim 1. The regulating portion is formed on a portion of the document support surface, is a different surface portion having a different friction coefficient from other portions, and has a larger friction coefficient in a direction intersecting a direction along the guide direction. ,
The document supporting device according to claim 1. The regulating portion has a curved shape corresponding to the curvature of the guide member,
The document support device according to claim 1.   5. The document supporting device according to claim 1, wherein the regulating unit is provided in an area where the guide member guides the document.   The document support device according to claim 1, wherein the restricting portion is provided at a position shifted forward in a moving direction of the document from a region where the guide member guides the document.   The document supporting device according to claim 1, wherein the restricting portion is formed on an upper surface of a supporting device main body.   The document supporting device according to claim 1, wherein the restricting portion is formed on a surface on which a scanner device that reads the document is installed. A document support device according to any one of claims 1 to 8,
Reading means for reading an image from a document,
A transfer means for moving the document, the image of which has been read by the reading means, in the surface direction in an upright state, and sending the document in an upright state from a document discharge port,
A guide member for curving the original sent out by the transfer means in an upright state,
A scanner device having the same. A paper feeding step of guiding a document inserted from the front of the housing so as to follow an internal passage arranged along the up-down and front-back directions;
A transfer step of transferring the document captured in the capturing step to the rear of the internal passage;
A reading step of reading an image of a document transferred backward by the transfer step,
A document discharging step of discharging the document after the image is read in the reading step from the document discharging port located at the rear part of the housing to the outside in an upright state;
A forming step of forming a curved shape on the document by moving the document discharged in an upright state from the document discharge port to the outside while sliding forward on the curved surface of the guide member;
A guiding step in which a member is brought into contact with a lower edge of the document and guided in a predetermined direction during or after the forming step;
Scanning method having

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