Patent ID: 8014046
Filing Date: 2011-09-06
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A scanner device which scans a predetermined scan object and generates image data, the scanner device comprising: an image sensor that converts an optical image of the scan object into corresponding image data; a movement unit that moves a carriage having the image sensor in a sub-scan direction; a first control unit that controls the movement unit by a first control process; a second control unit that controls the movement unit by a second control process different from the first control process; and a selection unit that selects the first or the second control unit according to setting contents relating to a scan, wherein: the first control unit performs a control process according to a position of the carriage, the second control unit performs a control process according to the position and speed of the carriage; and the selection unit selects the first control unit when a motor included in the movement unit moves the carriage at a predetermined speed or less than the predetermined speed and selects the second control unit when the motor moves the carriage at less than the predetermined speed.