MUMBAI, India, Sept. 5 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202044032326 A) filed by Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, on July 28, 2020, for 'image reading apparatus and control method thereof.'
Inventor(s) include Makoto Odani.
The application for the patent was published on Sept. 5, under issue no. 36/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "An image reading apparatus includes a scanner, a sensor, and a controller. The sensor is configured to detect an original at a predetermined position. The controller is configured to determine whether or not an immediate execution mode in which no user operation is needed to cause the scanner to start scanning is set, and in case the immediate execution mode is determined to be set, determine whether or not a scan start condition is satisfied. The scan start condition includes the sensor detecting the original at the predetermined position. The controller is configured to control the scanner to start scanning, upon a standby time of a predetermined amount being passed since the scan start condition is satisfied."
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