Document imager, document stillness detection method, and computer program product
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1. A document imager comprising:
- a document bed plate on which an original document is mounted and which has a specific pattern formed on a surface thereof;
an imaging section that images the original document mounted on the document bed plate;
a first stillness judging section which judges stillness of the original document mounted on the document bed plate from at least one of a discontinuity of the pattern of an outer peripheral portion in an document bed plate image and a change in an image of the outer peripheral portion obtained by the imaging section; and
an output section which outputs the image of the document bed plate judged to be the stillness by the first stillness judging section.
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Abstract
A computer program product executed by a computer connected with a document imager that uses an imaging section to image an original document mounted on a document bed plate on which the original document is mounted and which has a specific pattern formed on a surface thereof and outputs an image of the original document allows a CPU to execute a judging step of judging stillness of the original document mounted on the document bed plate from at least one of a discontinuity of the pattern at an outer peripheral portion in a document bed plate image obtained by the imaging section and a change in the document bed plate image.
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12 Claims
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1. A document imager comprising:
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a document bed plate on which an original document is mounted and which has a specific pattern formed on a surface thereof; an imaging section that images the original document mounted on the document bed plate; a first stillness judging section which judges stillness of the original document mounted on the document bed plate from at least one of a discontinuity of the pattern of an outer peripheral portion in an document bed plate image and a change in an image of the outer peripheral portion obtained by the imaging section; and an output section which outputs the image of the document bed plate judged to be the stillness by the first stillness judging section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A document stillness detection method for a document imager that images an original document mounted on a document bed plate having a specific pattern formed on a surface thereof by an imaging section and outputs an image of the original document, the method comprising:
a judging step of judging stillness of the original document mounted on the document bed plate from at least one of a discontinuity of the pattern of an outer peripheral portion in a document bed plate image obtained by the imaging section and a change in the document bed plate image.
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12. A computer program product executed by a computer included in or connected with a document imager which uses an imaging section to image an original document mounted on a document bed plate having the original document mounted thereon and a specific pattern formed on a surface thereof and outputs an image of the original document,
wherein the computer is allowed to execute a judging step of judging stillness of the original document mounted on the document bed plate from at least one of a discontinuity of the pattern of an outer peripheral portion in a document bed plate image obtained by the imaging section and a change in the document bed plate image.
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