摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a detector that efficiently and optically determines presence/absence of an object in a scan region. SOLUTION: The detector includes a paper feed path, a reference pattern (34) facing the feed path, and an optical sensor (28) configured to view the reference pattern (34) through the feed path. Absence of the reference pattern (34) from the view of the optical sensor (28) indicates presence of the object (14) in the feed path. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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