Patent ID: 8334472

Claim:
An automatic document feeder assembly, comprising: a scan-sorting unit; and an automatic document feeder electrically connected to the scan-sorting unit, the scan-sorting unit scanning, one by one, front sides of a plurality of originals fed by the automatic document feeder to obtain a plurality of original image signals and sorting, one by one, the original image signals to output a plurality of sorting signals, the automatic document feeder comprising a sheet input tray, a sheet output module and a sheet-feeding mechanism for feeding the originals from the sheet input tray to the sheet output module, wherein: the sheet output module sorts the originals into a plurality of original groups according to the sorting signals and stores the originals according to the original groups; and the scan-sorting unit sorts the original image signals into a plurality of signal groups corresponding to the original groups according to the sorting signals, and stores the original image signals according to the signal groups.