JP2020036284A - Scanner device and scanning method - Google Patents

Abstract

To facilitate reception of a large number of documents that have been continuously sent after scanning while saving space and taking of the documents after scanning in a device that sends a document and scans the document in a vertically oriented state.SOLUTION: A scanner device includes transfer means 3 for transferring a document P inserted from the outside in an upright state along an internal passage 1 of a housing 10 to the rear side, reading means 4 for reading the document P transported to the rear side along the internal passage 1, and a guide member 6 provided at a document discharge port 5 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, and the guide member 6 has a curved surface 7 curved at a predetermined radius of curvature, and moves the document P discharged from the document discharge port 5 of the housing 10 along the curved surface 7 to form the document P into a curved shape, and the inner diameter of the curved surface 7 is set so as to gradually increase from the lower portion to the upper portion.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a scanner device and a scanning method that can cope with business automation (RPA: Robotics Process Automation) by a robot and that can save space of office work 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 scanner device and a scanning method that can effectively perform the process of receiving a large number of documents and that can easily receive the documents after scanning.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention proposes the following means.
The scanner device according to the first aspect of the present invention has an internal passage arranged vertically and in the front-rear direction within the housing, and a document inserted from the outside in an upright state along the internal passage is rearward. Transport means for transporting the document to the printer, reading means for reading a document transported rearward along the internal passage by the transport means, and a document discharge port provided at a rear portion of the housing to move the document from the internal path to the outside by the transport means. A guide member that changes the transport direction of the ejected document forward, and the guide member has a curved surface that curves to one side of the housing, so as to be along the curved surface. By moving the document discharged from the document discharge port of the housing, the document is formed into a curved shape, and the inner diameter of the curved surface is set to gradually increase from a lower portion to an upper portion. It is characterized by.

  In the scanning method according to the second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a paper feeding step of guiding a document inserted from a front portion of a housing along an internal passage arranged vertically and in a front-rear 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 discharge 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. Forming a curved shape on the document, and gradually increasing the inner diameter of the curved surface of the guide member from the lower portion to the upper portion, thereby moving the document obliquely upward in the guide member. , Characterized by having a.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, while saving the space, the continuously scanned originals can be stacked in a vertical orientation, and the originals can be easily received after scanning.

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a scanner device according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the scanner device according to the first embodiment as viewed from the front side. FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating an internal configuration of the scanner device according to the first embodiment. FIG. 4 is a perspective view illustrating a paper ejection operation 1 of the scanner device according to the first embodiment. FIG. 5 is a perspective view illustrating a paper ejection operation 2 of the scanner device according to the first embodiment. It is a perspective view showing a scanner device concerning a 2nd embodiment. It is a top view which shows the modification of FIG.

  A scanner device 100 according to an embodiment having a minimum configuration of the present invention will be described with reference to a plan view of FIG.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an internal passage of the scanner device 100, which extends in a vertically arranged (arrow a 1 -a 2) direction and a front-rear (arrow b 1 -b 2) direction in a vertically arranged housing 10. It is located in.
Note that the front-back (arrow b1-b2) direction refers to a horizontal direction in which the direction away from the operator is rearward 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 for changing 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 the upright state is provided at the document discharge port 5 at the rear part of the housing 10. Is provided.
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.
Further, the guide member 6 is provided so that the inner diameter of the curved surface 7 is gradually increased from the lower part toward the upper part (that is, in the direction of the arrow a1).
Then, the inner diameter of the curved surface 7 is sequentially increased from the lower part to the upper part by the guide member 6, so as to be along the curved surface 7 in the guide member 6 in the horizontal direction indicated by the symbol M 2 and the symbol M 3. The document can be moved in the upward direction as shown in FIG. As a result, the document P discharged from the document discharge port 5 moves diagonally upward (in the direction of the arrow W).

The document P having a curl in a curved shape by the curved surface 7 of the guide member 6 is supported by the guide member 6 and held in a vertically oriented state.
In FIG. 1, the originals P (P1, P2) inserted one by one into the housing 10 are scanned and sequentially ejected from the original outlet 5 of the housing 10, and then the curved surface 7 of the guide member 6 is scanned. Examples are shown which are supported and integrated together.

According to the scanner device 100 configured as described above, the external device stands upright in the internal passage 1 along the vertical direction (arrows a1-a2) and the front-back (arrows b1-b2) in the housing 10. The image of the document P is read by the reading unit 4 while the document P inserted from the document P 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 document P is moved by the curved surface 7 of the guide member 6. Can have a curved shape.
At this time, the guide member 6 is formed so that the inner diameter of the curved surface 7 is gradually increased from the lower portion to the upper portion (that is, in the direction of the arrow a1). The document P discharged from the discharge port 5 can be moved in the horizontal direction (arrow M2 direction) and upward (arrow M3 direction). As a result, the document P discharged from the document discharge port 5 is moved diagonally upward (in the direction of the arrow W).

As described above, the document P sent to the front of the housing 10 via the guide member 6 is held in the vertical orientation via the curved surface 7 of the guide member 6, and further the document P (P1, P2 Even if a plurality of (..) are successively sent one by one, the originals P can be stacked in a vertical orientation by overlapping the originals P with each other.
That is, in the scanner device 100, the guide member 6 having the curved surface 7 is provided at the rear part of the housing 10 and at the outside of the document discharge port 5 with a simple configuration. A large number of documents P after scanning can be stacked vertically.

At this time, the document P discharged from the document discharge port 5 is moved obliquely upward (in the direction of arrow W) along the curved surface 7 in the guide member 6 whose inner diameter gradually increases from the lower part to the upper part. Accordingly, the operator can easily hold the document P from above, and the operability when receiving the document after scanning can be improved.
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, a document inserted from the front of the housing 10 along the internal passage 1 arranged along the up-down (arrow a1-a2) direction and the front-back (arrow b1-b2) direction. A paper feeding step for guiding the document P, a transporting step of transporting the document P captured in the capturing step to the rear of the internal passage 1, a reading step of reading an image of the document P transported backward by the transporting step. A document discharging step of discharging the document P after the image is read in the reading step from the document discharging port 5 located at the rear portion of the housing 10 to the outside in an upright state; The discharged document P is moved forward while sliding on the curved surface 7 of the guide member 6, thereby forming a curved shape on the document P and the inner diameter of the curved surface 7 of the guide member 6 from the lower part to the upper part. By sequentially expanding And forming an integrated step of moving the document P diagonally upward by the guide member within 6, scanning method with is employed.

(1st Embodiment)
A scanner device 101 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, and is disposed vertically on the placement surface 200 on the desk.

  Reference numeral 11 in FIG. 3 denotes an internal passage of the scanner device 101, which extends vertically (arrow a1-a2) and front-rear (arrow b1-b2) inside a vertically arranged housing 20. It is located in.

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. 3, the transfer unit 13 includes a plurality of sets of transport rollers 13A that transport 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-back (arrow b1-b2) direction 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.

Further, the guide member 16 is formed of a cone-shaped member, and is erected so that the center axis 16a thereof is oriented in the vertical direction (arrows a1-a2), and is directed upward from the lower part (that is, in the direction of the arrow a1). ) The inner surface of the curved surface 17 is provided so as to gradually increase.
That is, the guide member 16 is erected at the rear position of the housing 20 so that the large-diameter opening is located at the upper part.

  The guide member 16 sequentially increases the inner diameter of the curved surface 17 from the lower portion to the upper portion, so that the document P discharged from the document discharge port 15 along the inner curved surface 17 can be moved in the horizontal direction (arrow M2). Direction) and upward (in the direction of arrow M3). As a result, the document P discharged from the document discharge port 15 is moved obliquely upward (in the direction of arrow W) along the curved surface 17 of the guide member 16.

  On the other hand, the document P having a curl in a curved shape by the curved surface 17 of the guide member 16 is supported by the guide member 16 and maintained in an upright state. 2 shows an example in which the guide member 16 is provided in a part of the document discharge port 15, and FIG. 3 shows an example in which the guide member 16 is provided in the whole part of the document discharge port 15. Either form may be used.

The operation of the scanner device 101 configured as described above will be described in order.
(1) The operator inserts the document P from the upper opening of the guide surface of the guide plate 12A of the inlet 12 (see FIG. 2). 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 FIGS. 2 and 3), the worker slides the document P placed on the receiving table 12C of the intake port 12 on the receiving table 12C. The document P can be guided into the internal passage 11 by being pushed backward.
At this time, when the document detection sensor (not shown) detects the feeding of the document P, the transport roller 13A shown in FIG. 3 is driven to rotate, thereby forcing the document P into 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 in the horizontal direction (the direction of the arrow M2) along the curved surface 17 of the guide member 16 as shown by the arrow M2 in FIG. During the movement, 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.
At this time, the document P (P1) is held in a vertical posture while maintaining the curved shape by the curved surface 17 of the guide member 16.

  Further, the guide member 16 connected to the document discharge port 15 is formed so that the inner diameter of the curved surface 17 is gradually increased from the lower part to the upper part (that is, in the direction of the arrow a1). The document P discharged from the document discharge port 15 along the curved surface 17 can be moved upward (in the direction of arrow M3) as well as in the horizontal direction (in the direction of arrow M2). As a result, the document P discharged from the document discharge port 15 is moved obliquely upward (in the direction of the arrow W) along the curved surface 17 of the guide member 16.

(5) Thereafter, when the next document P (this document is referred to as P2) is continuously fed, as shown in FIG. 5, the guide member is overlapped with the preceding document P (P1). It moves horizontally (in the direction of arrow M2) and upward (in the direction of arrow M3) along the curved surface 17 of 16.
In this way, when a plurality of originals P (P1, P2,...) Are continuously fed one by one, the originals P are placed on the placing surface 200 of the desk and within the curved surface 17 of the guide member 16. They can be stacked in a vertical orientation.

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 is held vertically by the curved surface 17 of the guide member 16. Thus, even when a plurality of originals P (P1, P2,...) Are continuously fed one by one, the originals P can be stacked vertically.
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 vertically.
Further, the document P discharged from the document discharge port 15 is moved obliquely upward (in the direction of the arrow W) along a curved surface 17 in the guide member 16 whose inner diameter gradually increases toward the upper side, whereby the operation is performed. The user can easily hold the document P from above from over the head of the scanner device, and the operability when receiving the document P after scanning can be improved. In addition, since the document P can be taken out from above without providing a space on both sides of the scanner device, even when the scanner device is arranged side by side with a book or the like on a desk or the like, the space on the side can be effectively used. can do.

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 scanning process are stacked vertically, so that a stacking plate (stacker plate) and a stopper formed by a general scanner are unnecessary. , 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.

(2nd Embodiment)
A scanner device 102 according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
The scanner device 102 according to the second embodiment differs from the scanner device 101 according to the first embodiment in that a cylindrical guide member 21 is provided at a rear position of the housing 20. In the second embodiment, since the guide member 21 has a columnar shape, it is hereinafter referred to as a guide rod 21.
As shown in FIG. 6, the guide rod 21 is located inside the curved surface 17 of the guide member 16 and slightly away from the curved surface 17, and moves up and down along the document discharge port 15. It consists of a columnar body arranged in the (arrow a1-a2) direction.

The guide rod 21 moves the document P discharged from the document discharge port 15 in the direction of the arrow M <b> 2 via the curved surface 17 of the guide member 16. This restricts excessive movement of the document P discharged from the document discharge port 15 from the curved surface 17 of the guide member 16 to the inside.
As a result, in the scanner device 102, the document P discharged from the document discharge port 15 to the outside in an upright state can be moved forward so as to slide along the curved surface 17 of the guide member 16 without fail.

In the second embodiment, the guide rod 21 is fixedly provided to the housing 20. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It may be provided detachably using a mechanism such as.
The guide rod 21 is preferably formed of a low-friction material in order to reduce the frictional resistance with the document P. For example, in order to minimize the fall of the pushed-out document P, the moving area of the document P The lower part may have a higher coefficient of friction.
At this time, as shown in FIG. 6, a plurality of guide rods 21 having different outer diameters, surface friction coefficients, and the like are prepared according to characteristics such as thickness, hardness, paper quality, and conveyance speed of the document P to be read. In this case, the document may be replaced according to the document P.

Note that the configurations of the scanner devices 101 and 102 shown in the above embodiment may be changed as follows.
(Modification 1)
Although the guide member 16 has the curved surface 17 formed by bending a plate-like body, the present invention is not limited to this, and the curved surface 17 may be formed by bending a plurality of striated bodies. More specifically, a plurality of linear bodies having the same curved shape as the curved surface 17 may be arranged at predetermined intervals in the vertical direction of the curved surface 17.
That is, the curved surfaces 17 of the guide member 16 may be simply configured by forming the curved surface 17 of the guide member 16 by curving a plurality of striated bodies in the scanner devices 101 and 102. Further, by forming the curved surface 17 with a plurality of striated bodies, the contact area between the curved surface 17 and the document can be reduced.

(Modification 2)
The guide member 16 is fixed to the right side of the document discharge port 15 in the drawing and has a curved surface 17 that curves to the left of the housing 20. However, as shown in FIG. You may comprise so that it may be fixed to a middle left side and may have the curved surface 17 curved to the right side of the housing | casing 20. FIG. That is, the starting end of the guide member 16 may be fixed in a direction opposite to the bending direction of the curved surface 17.
In order to realize such a configuration, the guide member 16 is preferably provided detachably at the right or left position of the document discharge port 15 at the rear of the housing 20 in the drawing. That is, if the guide member 16 has the same planar shape (transverse cross-sectional shape), it can be applied to take-out from the left or right side of the housing 20 by mounting it upside down.
That is, the guide member 16 can be mounted on the rear surface of the apparatus housing 20 in any direction on the left and right, so that the apparatus layout can be freely changed and selected based on the dominant hand of the operator or the flow of work.

(Modification 3)
The guide member 16 changes the height or the length in the front-rear direction as appropriate according to the size of the document and the relative position with respect to the worker, or the bending angle of the curved surface 17 in the illustrated example within a range of 180 degrees. May be set to 90 degrees or 120 degrees.
In addition, in the scanner device 101 or 102, a stand for preventing a fall, an auxiliary guide member extending the guide member 16, and the like may be appropriately attached to the side of the scanner housing 20.

(Modification 4)
In the second embodiment, the cylindrical guide rod 21 is provided. However, the shape of the guide rod 21 is not limited to the cylindrical shape, and the inner surface of the document P (the opposite surface to the outer surface that is in contact with the guide member 16). The guide member 16 may be a plate-like member having a shape similar to the guide member 16 or a linear member arranged vertically.

  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.

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 internal passage 2 intake 3 transfer means 4 reading means 5 document discharge port 6 guide member 7 curved surface 10 housing 11 internal passage 12 intake 13 transfer means 14 reading means 15 document discharge port 16 guide member 17 curved surface 20 Housing 21 Guide member (guide rod)
REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 100 scanner device 101 scanner device 102 scanner device 200 mounting surface P original

Claims (10)

Transport means for transporting a document inserted from the outside in an upright state along the internal passage and having an internal passage arranged along the vertical and longitudinal directions in the housing,
Reading means for reading a document transferred rearward along the internal passage by the transfer means;
A guide member connected to a document discharge port at a rear portion of the housing, for changing a transfer direction of a document discharged from the internal passage to the outside by the transfer means to a front side,
The guide member has a curved surface that curves to one side of the housing, and moves the document discharged from the document discharge port of the housing along the curved surface, thereby moving the document. A scanner device having a curved shape, wherein the inner diameter of the curved surface is set to gradually increase from a lower portion to an upper portion.   2. The scanner device according to claim 1, wherein the guide member is formed in a cone shape as a whole, and is erected at a rear position of the housing so that a large-diameter opening is located at an upper part. 3.   A guide member for guiding the document discharged from the document discharge port along the curved surface of the guide member is provided at the rear portion of the housing and inside the curved surface of the guide member. The scanner device according to claim 1, wherein:   A guide member is provided, which regulates movement of the document discharged from the document discharge port into the curved surface of the guide member and guides the document toward the curved surface of the guide member. The scanner device according to claim 1.   The scanner device according to claim 3, wherein the guide member is a columnar body vertically arranged along the document discharge port.   The scanner device according to claim 1, wherein the guide member has a curved surface formed by bending a plate-shaped member.   The scanner device according to claim 1, wherein the guide member has a curved surface formed by arranging a plurality of curved linear bodies.   The scanner device according to claim 1, wherein the guide member guides a document discharged from a document discharge port at a rear portion of the housing to a left side or a right side of the housing. .   9. The scanner device according to claim 8, wherein the guide member is detachably provided near a document discharge port at a rear portion of the housing. 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,
By moving the document discharged from the document discharge port to the outside in an upright state while sliding the document against the curved surface of the guide member, a curved shape is formed on the document, and the guide member is formed from the lower part to the upper part. A forming and accumulating step of moving a document obliquely upward within the guide member by sequentially increasing the inner diameter of the curved surface of the scanning member.

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