Title:
SHEET DETERMINATION APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3693993
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sheet determination apparatus having high reliability and capable of correctly determining the number and kinds of sheets even when sheets having a fold, breakage, tear or the like are transported in an unfavorable state of double transports, skew transport or the like.
SOLUTION: This sheet determination apparatus is provided with a thickness sensor with a plurality of thickness detection elements arranged over an entire width of an identification transport passage along a widthwise direction of transport of the transport passage, on which sheets are to be transported, profile data of sheets are extracted from thickness data detected every thickness detection element, and the extracted profile data and profile basic data of sheets which are stored in a storage unit to constitute standards, are compared with each other and judged to determine the number of sheets.
Inventors:
Hiroshi Kumamoto
Hideyuki Yasuki
Hideyuki Yasuki
Application Number:
JP2002334488A
Publication Date:
September 14, 2005
Filing Date:
November 19, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Hitachi-Omron Terminal Solutions Co., Ltd.
International Classes:
B65H7/02; B65H7/06; G07D7/00; G07D7/04; G07D7/12; G07D7/16; G07D9/04; G07D3/00; (IPC1-7): G07D7/00; B65H7/06; G07D3/00; G07D7/04; G07D7/12; G07D7/16; G07D9/04
Domestic Patent References:
| JP9319920A | ||||
| JP2001266105A | ||||
| JP7141547A | ||||
| JP60037090A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yoshiaki Nagata