IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

• US 20170374217A1
• Filed: 06/14/2017
• Published: 12/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Inc.
• Original Assignee: Konica Minolta Inc.
• Inventors: ISHIDA, Takeshi, EGUCHI, Tatsuya, WATANABE, Isao, TAKATSU, Hiroaki, KIMURA, Taku, NAKASHIMA, Atomu
• Granted Patent: US 10,027,835 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00018 Scanning arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00095 Systems or arrangements for the transmission of the picture signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00885 Power supply means, e.g. arrangements for the control of power supply to the apparatus or components thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00901 Using different supplies or connection to an external supply H04N1/00893, H04N1/00896 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00904 Arrangements for supplying power to different circuits or for supplying power at different levels H04N1/00896 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00907 Details of supply connection, e.g. arrangement of power cables H04N1/00901 and H04N1/00904 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/02815 Means for illuminating the original, not specific to a particular type of pick-up head
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/04 Scanning arrangements , i.e. arrangements for the displacement of active reading or reproducing elements relative to the original or reproducing medium, or vice versaH04N1/387 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/1026 using a belt or cable
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/103 by engaging a rail

Abstract

An image reading apparatus includes: a movable body configured to illuminate a document with light; and an apparatus body configured to wirelessly transmit power to the movable body, wherein the movable body includes receiver coils, and a feed circuit in which the receiver coils uses receiving power to supply power to a load, the apparatus body includes transmitter coils placed along a track of the receiver coils, the transmitter coils and the receiver coils are placed such that power supply efficiency of any receiver coil with the transmitter coil placed along the track of the receiver coil fluctuates, and power supply efficiency related to one receiver coil increases at a position where power supply efficiency related to the other receiver coil drops, and the feed circuit supplies power sequentially using the receiving power of the receiver coil whose power supply efficiency is increased to highest among the receiver coils.

Claims

1. An image reading apparatus comprising:

a movable body configured to illuminate a document with light while traveling; and

an apparatus body configured to wirelessly transmit power to the movable body, wherein

the movable body includes

a plurality of receiver coils, and

a feed circuit in which the plurality of receiver coils uses receiving power to supply power to a load in the movable body,

the apparatus body includes a plurality of transmitter coils placed along a track of the receiver coils following the travel of the movable body,

the transmitter coils and the receiver coils are placed such that power supply efficiency of any receiver coil with the transmitter coil placed along the track of the receiver coil fluctuates as the movable body travels, and power supply efficiency related to one receiver coil increases at a position where power supply efficiency related to the other receiver coil drops during the travel of the movable body, and

the feed circuit supplies power sequentially using the receiving power of the receiver coil whose power supply efficiency is increased to highest among the plurality of receiver coils during the travel of the movable body.

2. The image reading apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of receiver coils is lined up along a travel direction of the movable body.

3. The image reading apparatus according to claim 2, wherein

the plurality of transmitter coils is lined up at regular intervals P such that center positions of the transmitter coils are along the travel direction of the movable body, and

the plurality of receiver coils is lined up such that an interval between center positions of the receiver coils is P×

(N+1)/N or P×

(N−

1)/N where N is the number of the receiver coils.

7. The image reading apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a first oscillation unit configured to oscillate the receiver coil about a rock shaft orthogonal to a direction of the travel in plan view and orthogonal to a coil axis of the receiver coil; and

a second oscillation unit configured to oscillate the transmitter coil about a rock shaft orthogonal to the travel direction in plan view and orthogonal to a coil axis of the transmitter coil, wherein

the first oscillation unit oscillates the receiver coil such that the coil axis of the receiver coil is oriented toward the transmitter coil closest in the travel direction to the receiver coil as the movable body travels, and

the second oscillation unit oscillates the transmitter coil such that the coil axis of the transmitter coil closest in the travel direction to the receiver coil is oriented toward the receiver coil as the movable body travels.

8. The image reading apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising

a reciprocating unit configured to reciprocate the receiver coil in a direction of the travel with respect to the movable body as the movable body travels, wherein

the reciprocating unit

causes the receiver coil to travel in the travel direction with respect to the movable body after a coil axis of the receiver coil passes a midpoint between the transmitter coils adjacent in the travel direction, and

causes the receiver coil to travel in a direction opposite to the travel direction with respect to the movable body after the coil axis of the receiver coil passes a coil axis of the transmitter coil closest in the travel direction to the receiver coil.

9. The image reading apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising

a reciprocating unit configured to reciprocate the transmitter coil in a direction of the travel as the movable body travels, wherein

the reciprocating unit

causes the transmitter coil to travel in a direction opposite to a direction of the travel after a coil axis of the receiver coil passes a midpoint between the transmitter coils adjacent in the travel direction, and

causes the transmitter coil to travel in the travel direction of the movable body after the coil axis of the receiver coil passes a coil axis of the transmitter coil closest in the travel direction to the receiver coil,

10. The image reading apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising

an interval adjustment unit configured to adjust an interval between the transmitter coils in a direction of the travel in proportion to a size in the travel direction of a document to be read.

11. The image reading apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a position detection unit configured to detect a position of each of the plurality of receiver coils in a direction of the travel; and

a power supply control unit configured to control feeding voltages according to the plurality of transmitter coils, wherein

the power supply control unit applies a feeding voltage only to the transmitter coil whose coupling coefficient is increased to highest for each of the plurality of receiver coils during the travel of the movable body.

12. The image reading apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising

a voltage detection unit configured to detect receiving voltages according to the plurality of receiver coils during the travel of the movable body, wherein

the power supply control unit controls the feeding voltage according to the receiving voltage detected by the voltage detection unit upon pre-scanning or previous document reading.

4. The image reading apparatus according to claim. I, wherein

the plurality of receiver coils is placed such that the tracks thereof following the travel of the movable body do not overlap with each other,

the plurality of transmitter coils forms a plurality of transmitter coil rows in a state of lying along the tracks of the plurality of receiver coils,

each of the plurality of transmitter coil rows includes the transmitter coils lined up at regular intervals, and

the interval is the same in any transmitter coil row.

5. The image reading apparatus according to claim 4, wherein

the plurality of receiver coils is lined up in a state of being arranged in a line in a direction orthogonal to a direction of the travel, and

the N-th transmitter coils from the beginning of the plurality of transmitter coil rows are not arranged in the direction orthogonal to the travel direction, and are placed at positions displaced from each other in the travel direction.

6. The image reading apparatus according to claim 4, wherein

the N-th transmitter coils from the beginning of the plurality of transmitter coil rows are placed in a state of being arranged in a line in a direction orthogonal to a direction of the travel, and

the plurality of receiver coils is not arranged in a line in the direction orthogonal to the travel direction, and is placed at positions displaced from each other the travel direction.