Patent ID: 8264752
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: G06F,G09G,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image reading system, comprising: a document feed tray to contain original documents including either or both of a non-electronic recording medium and an electronic paper, the electronic paper including, a primary sensor comprising a second communication element to communicate with the first communication element of multiple electronic papers and a second memory to store the electronic data of the multiple electronic papers, the primary sensor configured to read the electronic data including the electronic image data and the unique identification information from the first memory of each of the multiple electronic papers included in the original documents before each of the multiple electronic papers is transferred from the document feed tray and configured to store the read electronic data including the read electronic image data and the read unique identification information in the second memory; a secondary sensor comprising a third communication element to individually communicate with the first communication element of each of the multiple electronic papers, the secondary sensor configured to individually detect the original documents and determine whether each of the original documents is the non-electronic recording medium or the electronic paper during transfer in an original order as set in the document feed tray between the document feed tray and a scanning position; a transfer unit to transfer the original documents to the scanning position disposed downstream from the document feed tray at a speed based on a determination result obtained by the secondary sensor, wherein when the secondary sensor determines that the original document is the non-electronic recording medium, the transfer unit transfers the non-electronic recording medium at a first speed, wherein when the secondary sensor determines that the original document is the electronic paper, the transfer unit transfers the electronic paper at a second speed, wherein the second speed is higher than the first speed; and an optical image reader to optically read an image formed on each non-electronic recording medium of the original documents at the scanning position to produce electronic data of the image formed on each non-electronic recording medium.