JP6590053B1 - Document supporting device, scanner device, and scanning method - Google Patents

Abstract

An apparatus for sending a document and scanning a document in a portrait orientation effectively performs a process of receiving a large number of documents after scanning that are continuously sent out while saving space. An upper surface of a supporting device main body 31 provided below a guide member that is bent in an upright state is conveyed under a document P by being transferred by a transfer unit and fed in an upright state from a document discharge port. A document support surface 32 that contacts the edge PL, and a restriction portion 33 that is provided on the document support surface 32 and restricts the movement of the document P in the direction along the document support surface 32. The curved document P is received along the guide member, the movement of the document P in the direction along the document support surface 32 is restricted, and the curved shape is maintained. [Selection] Figure 1

Description

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

Patent Documents 1 to 3 are known as techniques related to an apparatus that performs scan processing / print processing.
The multi-function machine disclosed in Patent Document 1 includes a vertical printer unit installed in the vertical direction, and a vertical scanner unit provided integrally with the printer unit.
The scanner section has a scanner casing whose lower end is pivotally supported by a rotation axis on the printer casing and whose upper end is opened and closed with respect to the printer casing. A document is placed on the inner surface of the scanner casing. A reading platen glass reading surface is provided.

  Then, if the operator drops the document into the inside of the scanner casing via the document insertion slot, the document can be brought into close contact with the reading surface of the scanner casing by its own weight. It is possible to read the original.

The image forming apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 2 performs image forming processing on a sheet supplied in an upright state from a sheet cassette in the apparatus, and then installs the sheet outside the apparatus and at a predetermined interval in the vertical direction. It supplies to the upper guide rail and lower guide rail which are arranged.
In this image forming apparatus, when the sheet on which the image forming process has been performed is discharged outside the apparatus, the sheet is erected 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 paper can be changed horizontally from the state. As a result, the image forming apparatus can orderly stack on the desk.

A printer disclosed in Patent Document 3 is configured to hold a print medium in an upright state and feed a paper, a print unit that prints on the fed print medium, and discharges the printed print medium. In addition, a paper discharge holding unit that holds the paper upright is provided.
In this printer, it is possible to perform a printing process in the middle of conveyance from paper feeding to paper ejection while conveying the printing medium in an upright state.

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

By the way, in the multi-function machine disclosed in Patent Document 1, it is possible to bring a document that has passed through a document insertion port into close contact with the reading surface of the scanner housing by its own weight.
However, in the above-described multifunction device, it is necessary to manually remove a document that has been read from the reading surface of the scanner housing, and there is a problem that work efficiency is reduced due to troublesome work.
Further, in the above-described multifunction peripheral, depending on the document take-out situation, it is necessary to rotate the printer housing to open the upper end side, resulting in a problem that work efficiency is lowered.

Further, the image forming apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 2 can perform a printing process (or a scanning process) on a document without manually opening and closing the casing as disclosed in Patent Document 1. Efficiency can be improved.
However, in the image forming apparatus of Patent Document 2, since the originals after the printing process (or the scanning process) sent in an upright state are stacked horizontally and stacked at the paper discharge stage, the documents are stacked horizontally. This requires a separate installation space, resulting in a problem that the apparatus becomes large.

On the other hand, the printer disclosed in Patent Document 3 is a form in which a document after printing processing (or scanning processing) sent in an upright state is discharged while maintaining the upright state. It is not necessary to provide a separate space for placing the document horizontally.
However, in the printer disclosed in Patent Document 3, there is no specific measure for how to accept a large amount of documents after the printing process (or scanning process) that is continuously discharged. It was expected to improve.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances. In an apparatus for sending a document and scanning a document in a portrait orientation, the post-scan is continuously sent out while saving space. There are provided a document supporting device, a scanner device, and a scanning method capable of effectively receiving a large number of documents.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention proposes the following means.
The document support device shown in the first aspect of the present invention is a document support device provided below a guide member that bends an original document that has been transferred by a transfer means and sent out from a document discharge port in an upright state. A document supporting surface contacting the lower edge of the document, and a regulating portion provided on the document supporting surface and regulating movement of the document in a direction along the document supporting surface.

  In the scanner device shown in the second aspect of the present invention, a reading unit that reads an image from a document, and a document on which an image is read by the reading unit is moved upright in a plane direction and sent out from a document discharge port in an upright state. The document set in a curved state is supported by the document supporting device shown in the first aspect by a transfer unit and a guide member that curves the document sent out by the transfer unit in an upright state.

  In the scanning method shown in the third aspect of the present invention, the feeding step of guiding the document inserted from the front part of the casing along the internal passage arranged along the vertical and longitudinal directions, and the capture A transfer step of transferring the document captured in the step to the rear of 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 for discharging the document upright from the document discharge port located at the rear of the housing, and moving the document forward while sliding the document discharged from the document discharge port in an upright state on the curved surface of the guide member A forming step for forming a curved shape on the original, and a guide step for guiding a member in a predetermined direction by bringing a member into contact with the lower edge of the original during or after the forming step. And

  According to the present invention, it is possible to accumulate a large number of documents after scanning that are continuously sent out on a desk in a self-standing and upright state while saving space.

It is a schematic block diagram which shows the original document supporting apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a schematic block diagram of the scanner apparatus provided with the original document supporting apparatus of FIG. 1 is an external view of a scanner apparatus provided with a document support apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and shows a scanner apparatus installed on a desk. It is the perspective view which looked at the scanner apparatus using the original document supporting apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment from the front side. It is the perspective view which looked at the scanner device provided with the manuscript supporting device concerning a 1st embodiment from the back side. 1 is a perspective view illustrating an internal configuration of a scanner device including a document support device according to a first embodiment. FIG. 6 is a perspective view illustrating a paper discharge operation 1 of the scanner device including the document support device according to the first embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the paper discharge operation | movement 2 of the scanner apparatus provided with the original document support apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the paper discharge operation | movement 3 of the scanner apparatus provided with the original document support apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the paper discharge operation | movement 4 of the scanner apparatus provided with the original document support apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating an initial stage in which a scanner device using the document support device according to the first embodiment discharges a document. It is an enlarged view of the lower part of FIG. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which the document is further discharged from the initial stage by the scanner device using the document support device according to the first embodiment. It is an enlarged view of the lower part of FIG. It is a top view which shows the modification of an original document supporting apparatus.

  A document support device 30 according to an embodiment of the minimum configuration of the present invention will be described with reference to the perspective view of FIG.

The reference numeral 31 in FIG. 1 denotes a support device main body, which is provided below the guide member 6 that bends the document P, which is transported by the transporting means and is fed upright from the document discharge port in an upright state. Yes.
On the upper surface of the support device main body 31, a document support surface 32 that contacts the lower edge PL of the document P and the document support surface 32 are provided, and the document P is moved in a direction along the document support surface 32. A restricting portion 33 for restricting 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 due to gravity and comes into contact with the support surface 32 of the document support device 30. The lower edge portion of the document P enters the restriction portion 33.
Here, since the restricting portion 33 has a curved shape corresponding to the planar shape of the guide member 6, the restricting portion 33 receives the document P curved along the guide member 6 and receives the document support surface 32 of the document P. The curved shape can be maintained by guiding the movement in the direction along the surface in the advancing direction of the document P (the direction along the curve of the guide member 6) and restricting the movement in the other direction.

A 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, and is positioned along the vertical direction (direction perpendicular to the paper surface) and the front-rear direction (arrow b1-b2 direction) in the casing 10 arranged vertically. ing.
Note that the front-rear direction (arrows b1-b2) refers to a horizontal direction with the direction away from the operator as the rear when the scanner device 100 is installed on a desk.
In the front part (arrow b1 side) of the internal passage 1, there is provided a take-in port 2 for taking the original P from the outside one by one in an upright state. Further, the internal passage 1 is provided with a transfer means 3 and a reading means 4.
The transfer means 3 is constituted by a transfer roller or the like that transfers the document P guided to the internal passage 1 one by one in the upright state in the direction indicated by the 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 original P that is transferred backward by the transfer unit 3.

A document discharge port 5 at the rear of the housing 10 is provided with a guide member 6 that changes 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. It has been.
The guide member 6 has a curved surface 7 that curves to one side of the housing 10 (the left side or the right side of the housing 10 is used, but the left side is adopted in this example). The document P discharged from the document discharge port 5 of the housing 10 is slid and moved in the direction of the arrow M2 along the arrow M2, so that a curved curl is attached to the document P.

The original P, which is curled in a curved shape by the curved surface 7 of the guide member 6, is self-supporting on the desk and is also supported by the guide member 6 and the restricting portion 33 to be kept upright.
Further, the document P is supported in a state where the lower edge is in contact with the support surface 32 of the document support device 30, and is maintained in a curved state by entering the restricting portion 33.
In FIG. 1, the documents P inserted into the housing 10 one by one are scanned and sequentially discharged from the document discharge port 5 of the housing 10, but the documents P that are curled by the guide member 6. Is held in a state where one sheet or a plurality of sheets are accumulated in the curved surface 7 of the guide member 6 (and in the restricting portion 33).

According to the scanner device 100 configured as described above, the internal passage 1 along the vertical direction (direction perpendicular to the paper surface) and the front-rear direction (arrow b1-b2 direction) in the housing 10 stands upright. Then, the image of the original P is read by the reading means 4 while the original P inserted from the outside is transferred backward. Thereafter, the document P after the image is read by the reading unit 4 is discharged from the document discharge port 5 to the outside in an upright state.
In the scanner device 100, a guide member 6 having a curved surface 7 that is curved with a predetermined radius of curvature is provided in 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 in an upright state is moved forward along the curved surface 7 of the guide member 6, and the curved surface 7 of the guide member 6 and the restricting portion are moved during the movement. Thus, the document P can be curved.
As a result, the document P sent to the front of the housing 10 through the guide member 6 can stand upright on the desk through the curved surface 7 of the guide member 6. As a result, even when a plurality of documents P are sent one by one in succession, each document P can stand up, and the documents P can be stacked upright on the desk.
In other words, the scanner device 100 can save space with a simple configuration in which the guide member 6 having the curved surface 7 and the regulating portion 33 are provided at the rear portion of the housing 10 and in the external document discharge port 5. Thus, it is possible to accumulate a large number of scanned originals P that are continuously sent out on the desk in a self-supporting and upright state.

  The starting end 6A of the guide member 6 connected to the rear portion of the housing 10 may be disposed on the extension line of the internal passage 1, but is not limited to this, and the guide member 6 is on the side opposite to the bending direction of the guide member 6. You may install in the position which shifted | deviated a little (the position shift range is shown with the code | symbol N). The misalignment range N is a contact position of the document trailing edge when the document P is supported on the curved surface 7 of the guide member 6, and a plurality of documents can be stacked via the contact position. Also good.

  Further, in the scanner device 100, the scanner device 100 is inserted from the front portion of the housing 10 along the internal passage 1 arranged along the vertical direction (direction perpendicular to the paper surface) and the front-rear direction (arrow b1-b2 direction). A paper feed stage for guiding the original P, a transfer stage for transferring the original P taken in the take-in stage to the rear of the internal passage 1, and a reading for reading an image of the original P transferred rearward by the transfer stage. A document discharge stage for discharging the document P after the image is read in the reading stage and the document discharge port 5 positioned at the rear of the housing 10 in an upright state; The original P discharged in the state is moved forward while sliding on the curved surface 7 of the guide member 6, and a forming step for forming a curved shape on the original P, and during or after the forming step, the forming step. The member touches the bottom edge of the document Not scan method and a guide step of guiding a predetermined direction is adopted.

(First embodiment)
A scanner device 101 provided with a document support device 30 according to a first embodiment embodying the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
The scanner apparatus 101 according to the present embodiment is arranged on a desk together with a personal computer PC (personal computer) in FIG. Further, 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 placement surface 200 on the desk.

  In FIG. 6, reference numeral 11 denotes an internal passage of the scanner device 101, which extends along the vertical (arrow a <b> 1-a <b> 2) and front-rear (arrow b <b> 1-b <b> 2) direction in the casing 20 arranged vertically. positioned.

At the front portion (arrow b1 side) of the internal passage 11, a take-in port 12 is provided for taking the original P from the outside one by one in an upright state.
The intake 12 has a pair of guide plates 12A. The upper side of these guide plates 12A is arranged so that the gap 12B gradually widens upward, and the original P is guided into the internal passage 11 by dropping the original P into the gap 12B from above.
A cradle 12 </ b> C is provided below the intake 12. The cradle 12C is provided at the same height as the bottom surface (not shown) of the internal passage 11, receives the original P dropped into the gap 12B of the guide plate 12A, and guides it to the internal passage 11.

Further, the internal passage 11 is provided with transfer means 13 and reading means 14.
As shown in FIG. 6, the transfer unit 13 includes a plurality of sets of transfer rollers 13 </ b> A that transfer the document P guided to the internal passage 11 backward (in the direction of the arrow M <b> 1). These conveying rollers 13A are arranged at intervals in the front-rear direction (arrow b1-b2 direction) along the internal passage 11.
Each pair of transport rollers 13A is composed of a friction roller disposed with its rotation axis directed in the vertical direction (arrow a1-a2 direction). Each conveying roller 13A has a roller contact portion in the internal passage 11, sandwiches the document P sent via the intake port 12 in an upright state, and is located behind the internal passage 11 (in the direction of 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 transferred backward by the transfer unit 13. The document P scanned by the reading unit 14 is discharged to the outside in an upright state from a document discharge port 15 provided in the vertical direction (arrow a1-a2) at the rear position of the housing 20.

A document discharge port 15 at the rear of the housing 20 is provided with a guide member 16 that changes the transfer direction of the document P discharged from the internal passage 11 to the outside by the transfer means 13 in the upright state.
The guide member 16 is entirely formed of a plate-like body, and has a curved surface 17 that curves to the left side of the housing 20. The guide member 16 discharges the document of the housing 20 in the direction of the arrow M2 along the inner surface of the curved surface 17. The document P discharged from the outlet 15 is moved while being slid, thereby attaching a curl to make the document P curved.

The original P, which is curled in a curved shape by the curved surface 17 of the guide member 16, is self-supporting on the desk and is also supported by the guide member 16 to maintain its upright state.
In FIG. 2, the originals P (P 1, P 2) inserted into the housing 20 one by one are scanned and sequentially discharged from the original outlet 15 of the housing 20, and then the curved surface 17 of the guide member 16. Examples supported together are shown.

  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 apparatus 101 configured as described above will be described in the order of operation of the apparatus.
(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 a shape in which the interval gradually decreases from the upper part (arrow a1 side) to the lower part (arrow a2 side), the document is placed in the gap 12B between the guide surfaces of the guide plate 12A. By simply dropping P, the document P is placed on the lower receiving tray 12C.

(2) Thereafter, as indicated by an arrow M1 (see FIG. 6), the operator slides the document P placed on the cradle 12C of the intake port 12 backward on the cradle 12C. Thus, the document P can be guided into the internal passage 11.
At this time, when a document detection sensor (not shown) detects the feeding of the document P, the transport roller 13A shown in FIG. 6 is rotationally driven to forcibly feed the document P into the internal passage 11. .

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

(4) After the image data is read, the document P is discharged from the document discharge port 15 in an upright state, and then guided to the curved surface 17 of the guide member 16 as indicated by an arrow M2.
At this time, the document P discharged from the document discharge port 15 in an upright state moves forward along the curved surface 17 of the guide member 16 as indicated by an arrow M2 in FIG. The curved surface 17 of the guide member 16 makes it possible to attach a curl that makes the original P (this original is P1) curved. The curl referred to here is not limited to a state in which the document P is permanently deformed into a curved shape, but is in a state in which it is elastically deformed along the guide member 16, or the lower edge is in contact with the upper surface of the desk. It also includes a state of being 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 unit 13, the transport force by the transport unit 13 is lost, and the surface of the document P (P1) is placed by gravity as indicated by an arrow M3. It falls on the desk which becomes 200.
At this time, the document P (P1) can stand on the desk while maintaining the curved shape by the curved curl attached by the curved surface 17 of the guide member 16. Even when the curl is not attached, as long as the document P is bent along the curved surface 17, it can stand on the side of the casing.

(5) Thereafter, when the next original P (this original is referred to as P2) is continuously sent, as shown in FIG. 9, the guide member overlaps the preceding original P (P1). It moves in the direction of the arrow M2 along the 16 curved surfaces 17.
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 by the transport unit 13 is lost, and the document P (P2) falls onto the desk serving as the placement surface 200 due to gravity. To do.
At this time, the document P (P2) is placed on the desk surface 200 while maintaining the curved shape so as to overlap the document P (P1) by the curled curl attached by the curved surface 17 of the guide member 16. Can be independent.

In the scanner apparatus 101 according to 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 in 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 in an upright state moves forward along the curved surface 17 of the guide member 16, and the document P is moved by the curved surface 17 of the guide member 16 during this movement. Can be curved.
As a result, the document P sent to the front of the housing 20 via the guide member 16 can stand upright on the desk via the curved surface 17 of the guide member 16. As a result, even when a plurality of documents P (P1, P2,...) Are successively fed one by one, each document P can stand up, and the documents P can be stacked upright on the desk. it can.
That is, in the scanner device 101, the guide member 16 having the curved surface 17 is provided at the rear portion of the housing 20 and at the external document discharge port 15, so that it is continuously sent out while saving space. A large number of scanned originals P (P1, P2,...) Can be accumulated on a desk in an independent and upright state.

To summarize the above points, in the scanner device 101 shown in the first embodiment, by locating the casing 20 serving as the scanner body vertically, the occupation area on the desk can be reduced and does not get in the way.
Further, in the scanner device 101, the originals P (P1, P2,...) After the scanning process are stacked independently on the table mounting surface 200, so that the stacking plate (stacker) composed of a general scanner is used. Plate) and stopper are not required, and space-saving installation can be realized.
In the scanner device 101, the document P (P1, P2,...) After the scanning process is reversed through the guide member 16 and returns to the front side (in the direction of the arrow b1). The person can stand up and work while being always seated without hand-picking the document P.
In addition, since the scanner device 101 can be made smaller than the size in which the personal computer PC is placed vertically, there is an effect that the uncomfortable feeling as an obstacle is minimized.

Next, the document support 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 at the lower part of 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 support device main body 31 of the document support device 30 has an L-shaped planar shape as a whole, and is cut out corresponding to the outer shape of the housing 10.

The document support surface 32 of the support device main body 31 is formed with a regulating portion 33 having a curved shape along the inner periphery of the guide member 16. The restricting portion 33 of the first embodiment has a groove shape that is curved along the inner periphery of the guide member 16. As shown in an enlarged view in FIG. 12, the grooves constituting the restricting portion 33 have a width W that can accommodate one or a plurality of documents P and are in a direction along the surface of the document support surface 32. The depth H is such that the slip (movement) of the document P in a direction other than the direction guided by the guide member 16 can be regulated.
11 and 12, the lower end of the guide member 16 is provided in a state of being lifted from the document support surface 32 of the document support device 30 (a state where a gap is provided between the document support surface 32). .

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

At the time of feeding, since there is a gap between the lower end of the guide member 16 and the document support surface 32, the air pushed out 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 documents P are sent one after another at intervals, a plurality of documents P can be accommodated by sufficiently increasing the width W of the grooves constituting the restricting portion 33. . If the width W of the groove is made small (slightly larger than the thickness of one document P), the document P can be supported stably. The deeper the groove depth H, the more stably the document P can be supported, while the forward movement of the document P pushed out from the scanner device 101 becomes a hindrance (friction 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 usage status of the scanner device.

A modification of the restricting portion will be described with reference to FIG.
In FIG. 15, a rough surface processing portion 34 is provided in a region indicated by hatching in the document support surface 32 inside the guide member 16, and a smooth surface (relative to the rough surface processing portion 34 along the guide member 16 is provided inside thereof. In this case, the restriction portion 33 is formed. That is, by providing the rough surface processing portion 34 on a part of the document support surface 32 which is configured to be smooth to slide the document P pushed out from the scanner device 101, the document P becomes relatively easy to slide. A restricting portion 33A composed of a curved region may be provided instead of the groove-like restricting portion shown in FIGS.
Further, instead of the rough surface processing portion 34, a protrusion protruding from the surface of the document support surface 32 may be provided, and a region that becomes a relatively groove on the document support surface 32 may be formed by the protrusion.

In the first embodiment, the single restricting portions 33 and 33A are provided on the inner side of the guide member 16. However, the curvature radius, height, and length of the guide member 16 are the thickness of the original P, the strength of the strain, and the like. A plurality of restricting portions 33 and 33A having different curvature radii may be provided in advance according to changes in the radius of curvature of the guide member, in addition to a configuration that can be replaced according to characteristics.
Further, the range in which the restricting 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. Further, the restriction portion 33 in the region where the guide member 16 does not exist may be curved, and the restriction portion 33 may maintain the curved shape of the document P to help upright.

  In the first embodiment, the support device main body 31 is provided as a separate retrofit component from 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. Also, a groove is formed on a part of the upper surface of a desk or the like on which the scanner device 101 is installed, or a roughening process is performed to form a restriction part, or a restriction part is formed on the 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 the sheet.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was explained in full detail with reference to drawings, the concrete structure is not restricted to this embodiment, The design change etc. of the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention are included.

  The present invention relates to a scanner device and a scanning method that can save space for 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 Transfer means 14 Reading means 15 Document discharge port 16 Guide member 17 Curved surface 20 Case 30 Document support apparatus 31 Support apparatus main body 32 Document support surface 33 Restriction part 33A Restriction part 34 Rough surface processing part 100 Scanner apparatus 101 Scanner apparatus P Document PL lower edge

Claims (10)

A document support device provided below a guide member that is bent by a transfer unit and is bent in an upright state from a document discharge port.
A document support surface in contact with the lower edge of the document;
A restricting portion that is provided on the document support surface and restricts movement of the document in a direction along the document support surface along a guide direction of the guide member;
A document supporting apparatus having The restricting portion is a groove-like recess formed in the document support surface.
The document support apparatus according to claim 1. The restricting portion is a different surface portion formed on a part of the document support surface and having a different friction coefficient from the other parts, and the friction coefficient in a direction intersecting the direction along the guide direction is increased. ,
The document support device according to claim 1. The restricting portion has a curved shape corresponding to the curvature of the guide member;
The document support device according to claim 1.   5. The document support device according to claim 1, wherein the restricting portion is provided in a region where the guide member guides the document. 6.   6. The document support device according to claim 1, wherein the restricting portion is provided at a position shifted forward from a region in which the guide member guides the document in a moving direction of the document. 7.   The document support device according to claim 1, wherein the restriction portion is formed on an upper surface of the support device body.   The document support device according to claim 1, wherein the restriction portion is formed on a surface on which a scanner device that reads the document is installed. The document support device according to any one of claims 1 to 8,
Reading means for reading an image from a document;
Transfer means for moving the document whose image has been read by the reading means in an upright state in the surface direction, and sending out the document in an upright state from the document discharge port;
A guide member that bends the original document sent out by the transfer means in an upright state;
A scanner apparatus. A paper feeding stage for guiding a document inserted from the front of the housing along an internal passage arranged along the vertical and longitudinal directions;
A transfer step of transferring the original document taken into the internal passage in the paper feeding step to the rear of the internal passage;
A reading step of reading an image of a document transported backward by the transporting step;
A paper discharge stage for discharging the original after the image has been read in the reading stage in an upright state from a document discharge port located at the rear of the housing;
A forming step of forming a curved shape on the document by moving the document discharged from the document discharge port in an upright state outward while sliding on the curved surface of the guide member;
A guide stage in which a member is brought into contact with the lower edge of the document and guided in a predetermined direction during or after the molding stage;
A scanning method.

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