SHEET CONVEYANCE DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, SHEET CONVEYANCE METHOD

• Main Authors: INOUE YASUSHI, ONO MASARU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 06.06.2023
• Subjects: CONVEYING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS,CABLES; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; STORING; TRANSPORTING

To provide a sheet conveyance device capable of performing sheet conveyance processing which a user intends in reading an image of a thick sheet, to provide an image processing device and to provide a sheet conveyance method.SOLUTION: An image forming device 100 includes: a determination processing part 52 for determining whether or not thickness of a document passing a predetermined detection position P1 in a conveyance passage for conveying the document is equal to or greater than a threshold value; a conveyance control part 53 for conveying the document along one of a first conveyance path leading to a first discharge part 29 from a document placement part 21 via a first conveyance passage 22A, and a second conveyance path leading to a second discharge part 33 different from the first discharge part 29 via a second conveyance passage 22D containing a curve part 22C which is branched from the first conveyance passage 22A and curves; and a notification processing part 54 for notifying of predetermined information for allowing a user to select a conveyance method of the document when the thickness of the document is determined to be equal to or greater than the threshold value in the case that the conveyance path of the document is set to be the second conveyance path..SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3 【課題】厚みのあるシートの画像を読み取る際にユーザーの意図したシートの搬送処理を行うことが可能なシート搬送装置、画像処理装置、及びシート搬送方法を提供すること。【解決手段】画像形成装置１００は、原稿を搬送する搬送路における所定の検出位置Ｐ１を通過する原稿の厚みが閾値以上であるか否かを判定する判定処理部５２と、原稿載置部２１から第１搬送路２２Ａを経由して第１排出部２９に至る第１搬送経路と、第１搬送路２２Ａから分岐して湾曲する湾曲部２２Ｃを含む第２搬送路２２Ｄを経由して第１排出部２９とは異なる第２排出部３３に至る第２搬送経路とのいずれかに沿って原稿を搬送する搬送制御部５３と、原稿の搬送経路が前記第２搬送経路に設定されている場合において、原稿の厚みが前記閾値以上であると判定された場合に、原稿の搬送方法をユーザーに選択させる所定の情報を報知する報知処理部５４と、を備える。【選択図】図３