Patent · US Active

Image reading apparatus and image processing method therefor, image formation apparatus, image processing system and printing time shortening method therefor

US7859696B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by
9References
16Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateJan 17, 2006
Grant dateDec 28, 2010
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 30, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/0081
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image reading apparatus connected, through a communication interface, with an image formation apparatus that carries out image formation of a document file in a form of a prescribed format, which includes: a reading section that reads originals, and generates image data for each original; a document file generation section that generates the document file including image data generated from one sheet of original in the reading section; and an output section that outputs the document file generated in the document file generation section to the image formation apparatus through the communication interface.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.