JP6587021B1 - Scanner device and scanning method - Google Patents

Abstract

An apparatus for sending a document and scanning a document in a portrait orientation effectively performs a process of receiving a large number of documents after scanning that are continuously sent out while saving space. SOLUTION: A transfer means 3 for transferring a document P inserted from the outside in an upright state along an internal passage 1 of a housing 10 and a document transferred backward along the internal passage 1 by the transfer means 3. A reading means 4 for reading P, and a guide member 6 provided at the document discharge port 5 at the rear of the housing 10 and for changing the transfer direction of the document P discharged from the internal passage 1 to the outside by the transfer means 3 to the front side. The guide member 6 has a curved surface 7 which is curved with a predetermined radius of curvature, and moves the document P discharged from the document discharge port 5 of the housing 10 along the curved surface 7. Thus, the document P is formed in a curved shape. [Selection] Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a scanner apparatus and a scanning method that can cope with robotic process automation (RPA) and can save office work space on a table.

Patent Documents 1 to 3 are known as techniques related to an apparatus that performs scan processing / print processing.
The multi-function machine disclosed in Patent Document 1 includes a vertical printer unit installed in the vertical direction, and a vertical scanner unit provided integrally with the printer unit.
The scanner section has a scanner casing whose lower end is pivotally supported by a rotation axis on the printer casing and whose upper end is opened and closed with respect to the printer casing. A document is placed on the inner surface of the scanner casing. A reading platen glass reading surface is provided.

  Then, if the operator drops the document into the inside of the scanner housing via the document insertion port, the document can be brought into close contact with the reading surface of the scanner housing by its own weight. It is possible to read the original.

The image forming apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 2 performs image forming processing on a sheet supplied in an upright state from a sheet cassette in the apparatus, and then installs the sheet outside the apparatus and at a predetermined interval in the vertical direction. It supplies to the upper guide rail and lower guide rail which are arranged.
In this image forming apparatus, when the sheet on which the image forming process has been performed is discharged outside the apparatus, the sheet is erected in the vertical direction with respect to the installation surface via the upper guide rail and the lower guide rail outside the apparatus. The angle of the paper can be changed horizontally from the state. As a result, the image forming apparatus can orderly stack on the desk.

A printer disclosed in Patent Document 3 is configured to hold a print medium in an upright state and feed a paper, a print unit that prints on the fed print medium, and discharges the printed print medium. In addition, a paper discharge holding unit that holds the paper upright is provided.
In this printer, it is possible to perform a printing process in the middle of conveyance from paper feeding to paper ejection while conveying the printing medium in an upright state.

JP 2006-205398 A JP 2006-091275 A JP 2001-106344 A

By the way, in the multi-function machine disclosed in Patent Document 1, it is possible to bring a document that has passed through a document insertion port into close contact with the reading surface of the scanner housing by its own weight.
However, in the above-described multifunction device, it is necessary to manually remove a document that has been read from the reading surface of the scanner housing, and there is a problem that work efficiency is reduced due to troublesome work.
Further, in the above-described multifunction peripheral, depending on the document take-out situation, it is necessary to rotate the printer housing to open the upper end side, resulting in a problem that work efficiency is lowered.

Further, the image forming apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 2 can perform a printing process (or a scanning process) on a document without manually opening and closing the casing as disclosed in Patent Document 1. Efficiency can be improved.
However, in the image forming apparatus of Patent Document 2, since the originals after the printing process (or the scanning process) sent in an upright state are stacked horizontally and stacked at the paper discharge stage, the documents are stacked horizontally. This requires a separate installation space, resulting in a problem that the apparatus becomes large.

On the other hand, the printer disclosed in Patent Document 3 is a form in which a document after printing processing (or scanning processing) sent in an upright state is discharged while maintaining the upright state. It is not necessary to provide a separate space for placing the document horizontally.
However, in the printer disclosed in Patent Document 3, there is no specific measure for how to accept a large amount of documents after the printing process (or scanning process) that is continuously discharged. It was expected to improve.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances. In an apparatus for sending a document and scanning a document in a portrait orientation, the post-scan is continuously sent out while saving space. Provided is a scanner device and a scanning method capable of effectively performing a large number of original receiving processes.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention proposes the following means.
In the scanner device shown in the first aspect of the present invention, the scanner apparatus has an internal passage arranged along the vertical and front-rear directions in the casing, and the document inserted from the outside in an upright state along the internal passage is rearward A reading means for reading a document transferred rearward along the internal passage by the transfer means, and a document discharge port provided at a rear portion of the housing, and is moved from the internal passage to the outside by the transfer means. A guide member that changes the transport direction of the discharged document to the front side, and the guide member has a curved surface that curves to one side of the housing, and follows the curved surface, The document is formed in a curved shape by moving the document discharged from the document discharge port of the housing.

  In the scanning method shown in the second aspect of the present invention, the feeding step of guiding the document inserted from the front of the casing along the internal passage arranged along the vertical and front-rear directions, and the capture A transfer step of transferring the document captured in the step to the rear of the internal passage, a reading step of reading an image of the document transferred backward by the transfer step, and a document after the image is read in the reading step. A paper discharge stage for discharging the document in the upright state from the document discharge port located at the rear of the housing, and moving the document forward while sliding the document discharged in the upright state from the document discharge port on the curved surface of the guide member Forming a curved shape on the document.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to accumulate a large number of documents after scanning that are continuously sent out on a desk in a self-standing and upright state while saving space.

It is a schematic block diagram which shows the scanner apparatus which concerns on this invention. 1 is an external view according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and shows a scanner device installed on a desk. FIG. It is the perspective view which looked at the scanner device concerning a 1st embodiment from the front side. It is the perspective view which looked at the scanner device concerning a 1st embodiment from the back side. It is a perspective view which shows the internal structure of the scanner apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the paper discharge operation | movement 1 of the scanner apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the paper discharge operation | movement 2 of the scanner apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the paper discharge operation | movement 3 of the scanner apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the paper discharge operation | movement 4 of the scanner apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a top view which shows the scanner apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a top view which shows the problem of the paper discharge operation | movement of a scanner apparatus. It is a top view which shows the modification of FIG. It is an external view which shows the scanner apparatus which curved the guide member to the right side. It is the perspective view which looked at the scanner apparatus concerning FIG. 13 from the back side.

  A scanner apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the minimum configuration of the present invention will be described with reference to the plan view of FIG.

1, reference numeral 1 denotes an internal passage of the scanner device 100, and the vertical direction (direction perpendicular to the paper surface) and the front-rear direction (arrow b1-b2 direction) in the longitudinally arranged casing 10 are shown. It is located along.
Note that the front-rear direction (arrows b1-b2) refers to a horizontal direction with the direction away from the operator as the rear when the scanner device 100 is installed on a desk.

In the front part (arrow b1 side) of the internal passage 1, there is provided a take-in port 2 for taking the original P from the outside one by one in an upright state. Further, the internal passage 1 is provided with a transfer means 3 and a reading means 4.
The transfer means 3 is constituted by a transfer roller or the like that transfers the document P guided to the internal passage 1 one by one in the upright state in the direction indicated by the arrow M1.
The reading unit 4 includes an image sensor or the like that is provided in the internal passage 1 and reads an image of the original P that is transferred backward by the transfer unit 3.

A guide member 6 that changes the transfer direction of the document P discharged from the internal passage 1 to the outside by the transfer means 3 to the front side (arrow b1 side) in an upright state is disposed at the document discharge port 5 at the rear of the housing 10. Is provided.
The guide member 6 has a curved surface 7 that curves to one side of the housing 10 (the left side or the right side of the housing 10 is used, but the left side is adopted in this example). The document P discharged from the document discharge port 5 of the housing 10 is slid and moved in the direction of the arrow M2 along the arrow M2, so that a curved curl is attached to the document P.

The original P, which is curled in a curved shape by the curved surface 7 of the guide member 6, is self-supporting on the desk and is also supported by the guide member 6 to be kept upright.
In FIG. 1, the originals P (P 1, P 2) inserted into the housing 10 one by one are scanned and sequentially discharged from the original discharge port 5 of the housing 10, and then the curved surface 7 of the guide member 6. Examples are shown which are supported and integrated together.

According to the scanner device 100 configured as described above, in the internal passage 1 along the vertical direction (direction perpendicular to the paper surface) and the front-back direction (arrow b1-b2 direction) in the housing 10, the upright state Then, the image of the original P is read by the reading means 4 while the original P inserted from the outside is transferred backward. Thereafter, the document P after the image is read by the reading unit 4 is discharged from the document discharge port 5 to the outside in an upright state.
In the scanner device 100, a guide member 6 having a curved surface 7 that is curved with a predetermined radius of curvature is provided in the document discharge port 5 at the rear of the housing 10. As a result, the document P discharged from the document discharge port 5 in an upright state moves forward along the curved surface 7 of the guide member 6, and the document P is moved by the curved surface 7 of the guide member 6 during the movement. Can be curved.
As a result, the document P sent to the front of the housing 10 via the guide member 6 can stand upright on the desk through the curved surface 7 of the guide member 6. As a result, even when a plurality of originals P are fed continuously one by one, each original P can stand up so that the originals P can be stacked upright on the desk.
That is, in the scanner device 100, the guide member 6 having the curved surface 7 is provided at the rear portion of the casing 10 and at the external document discharge port 5, so that the sheet is continuously fed out while saving space. It is possible to stack a large number of scanned originals P on a desk independently and in an upright state.

  The starting end 6A of the guide member 6 connected to the rear portion of the housing 10 may be disposed on the extension line of the internal passage 1, but is not limited to this, and the guide member 6 is on the side opposite to the bending direction of the guide member 6. You may install in the position which shifted | deviated slightly (the position shift range is shown with the code | symbol N). The misalignment range N is a contact position of the document trailing edge when the document P is supported on the curved surface 7 of the guide member 6, and a plurality of documents can be stacked via the contact position. Also good.

  Further, in the scanner device 100, the scanner device 100 is inserted from the front portion of the housing 10 along the internal passage 1 arranged along the vertical direction (direction perpendicular to the paper surface) and the front-rear direction (arrow b1-b2 direction). A paper feed stage for guiding the original P, a transfer stage for transferring the original P taken in the take-in stage to the rear of the internal passage 1, and a reading for reading an image of the original P transferred rearward by the transfer stage. A document discharge stage for discharging the document P after the image is read in the reading stage and the document discharge port 5 positioned at the rear of the housing 10 in an upright state; A scanning method is employed which includes a forming step of forming a curved shape on the original P by sliding the original P discharged in the state forward while sliding on the curved surface 7 of the guide member 6.

(First embodiment)
A scanner apparatus 101 according to a first embodiment embodying the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
The scanner device 101 according to the present embodiment is disposed on a desk together with a personal computer PC (personal computer) in FIG. The scanner device 101 is formed in a box shape as a whole as shown in FIGS. 2 to 5, and is arranged vertically on the placement surface 200 on the desk.

  5 is an internal passage of the scanner device 101, and extends in the vertical (arrow a1-a2) and front-back (arrow b1-b2) directions in the casing 20 arranged vertically. positioned.

At the front portion (arrow b1 side) of the internal passage 11, a take-in port 12 is provided for taking the original P from the outside one by one in an upright state.
The intake 12 has a pair of guide plates 12A. The upper side of these guide plates 12A is arranged so that the gap 12B gradually widens upward, and the original P is guided into the internal passage 11 by dropping the original P into the gap 12B from above.
A cradle 12 </ b> C is provided below the intake 12. The cradle 12C is provided at the same height as the bottom surface (not shown) of the internal passage 11, receives the original P dropped into the gap 12B of the guide plate 12A, and guides it to the internal passage 11.

Further, the internal passage 11 is provided with transfer means 13 and reading means 14.
As shown in FIG. 5, the transfer unit 13 includes a plurality of sets of transfer rollers 13 </ b> A that transfer the document P guided to the internal passage 11 backward (in the direction of arrow M <b> 1). These conveying rollers 13A are arranged at intervals in the front-rear direction (arrow b1-b2 direction) along the internal passage 11.
Each pair of transport rollers 13A is composed of a friction roller disposed with its rotation axis directed in the vertical direction (arrow a1-a2 direction). Each conveying roller 13A has a roller contact portion in the internal passage 11, sandwiches the document P sent via the intake port 12 in an upright state, and is located behind the internal passage 11 (in the direction of arrow M1). )

  The reading unit 14 is provided on one side of the internal passage 11 and is configured by an image sensor or the like that reads an image of the document P transferred backward by the transfer unit 13. The document P scanned by the reading unit 14 is discharged to the outside in an upright state from a document discharge port 15 provided in the vertical direction (arrow a1-a2) at the rear position of the housing 20.

A document discharge port 15 at the rear of the housing 20 is provided with a guide member 16 that changes the transfer direction of the document P discharged from the internal passage 11 to the outside by the transfer means 13 in the upright state.
The guide member 16 is entirely formed of a plate-like body, and has a curved surface 17 that curves to the left side of the housing 20. The guide member 16 discharges the document of the housing 20 in the direction of the arrow M2 along the inner surface of the curved surface 17. The document P discharged from the outlet 15 is moved while being slid, thereby attaching a curl to make the document P curved.

The original P, which is curled in a curved shape by the curved surface 17 of the guide member 16, is self-supporting on the desk and is also supported by the guide member 16 to maintain its upright state.
In FIG. 1, the originals P (P 1, P 2) inserted into the housing 20 one by one are scanned and sequentially discharged from the original discharge port 15 of the housing 20, and then the curved surface 17 of the guide member 16. Examples supported together are shown.

  2 to 4 show an example in which the guide member 16 is provided in a part of the document discharge port 15, and FIG. 5 shows an example in which the guide member 16 is provided in the entire document discharge port 15. However, any form may be used.

The operation of the scanner apparatus 101 configured as described above will be described in the order of operation of the apparatus.
(1) The operator inserts the document P from the upper opening between the guide surfaces of the guide plate 12A of the intake port 12. At this time, since the guide plate 12A of the intake port 12 has a shape in which the interval gradually decreases from the upper part (arrow a1 side) to the lower part (arrow a2 side), the document is placed in the gap 12B between the guide surfaces of the guide plate 12A. By simply dropping P, the document P is placed on the lower receiving tray 12C.

(2) Thereafter, as shown by an arrow M1 (see FIG. 5), the operator slides the document P placed on the receiving tray 12C of the intake port 12 backward on the receiving tray 12C. Thus, the document P can be guided into the internal passage 11.
At this time, when a document detection sensor (not shown) detects the feeding of the document P, the transport roller 13A shown in FIG. 5 is rotationally driven to forcibly feed the document P into the internal passage 11. .

(3) The reading means 14 located in the internal passage 11 reads the image data of the document P moving in the arrow M1 direction along the internal passage 11.

(4) After the image data is read, the document P is discharged from the document discharge port 15 in an upright state, and then guided to the curved surface 17 of the guide member 16 as indicated by an arrow M2.
At this time, the document P discharged from the document discharge port 15 in an upright state moves forward along the curved surface 17 of the guide member 16 as indicated by an arrow M2 in FIG. The curved surface 17 of the guide member 16 makes it possible to attach a curl that makes the original P (this original is P1) curved. The curl referred to here is not limited to a state in which the document P is permanently deformed into a curved shape, but is in a state in which it is elastically deformed along the guide member 16, or the lower edge is in contact with the upper surface of the desk. It also includes a state of being supported in a curved state by receiving frictional resistance.
Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 7, when the original P (P1) is separated from the conveying roller 13A of the conveying means 13, the conveying force by the conveying means 13 is lost, and the surface of the original P (P1) is placed by gravity as indicated by an arrow M3. It falls on the desk which becomes 200.
At this time, the document P (P1) can stand on the desk while maintaining the curved shape by the curved curl attached by the curved surface 17 of the guide member 16. Even when the curl is not attached, as long as the document P is bent along the curved surface 17, it can stand on the side of the casing.

(5) After that, when the next original P (this original is referred to as P2) is continuously sent, as shown in FIG. 8, the guide member overlaps the preceding original P (P1). It moves in the direction of the arrow M2 along the 16 curved surfaces 17.
Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 9, when the document P (P2) is separated from the transport roller 13A of the transport unit 13, the transport force by the transport unit 13 is lost, and the document P (P2) falls onto the desk serving as the placement surface 200 due to gravity. To do.
At this time, the document P (P2) is placed on the desk surface 200 while holding the curved shape so that the document P (P2) overlaps the document P (P1) by the curled curl attached by the curved surface 17 of the guide member 16. Can be independent.

In the scanner apparatus 101 according to the first embodiment described in detail above, the guide member 16 having the curved surface 17 that is curved with a predetermined radius of curvature is provided in the document discharge port 15 at the rear of the housing 20. As a result, the document P discharged from the document discharge port 15 in an upright state moves forward along the curved surface 17 of the guide member 16, and the document P is moved by the curved surface 17 of the guide member 16 during this movement. Can be curved.
As a result, the document P sent to the front of the housing 20 via the guide member 16 can stand upright on the desk via the curved surface 17 of the guide member 16. As a result, even when a plurality of documents P (P1, P2,...) Are successively fed one by one, each document P can stand up, and the documents P can be stacked upright on the desk. it can.
That is, in the scanner device 101, the guide member 16 having the curved surface 17 is provided at the rear portion of the housing 20 and at the external document discharge port 15, so that it is continuously sent out while saving space. A large number of scanned originals P (P1, P2,...) Can be accumulated on a desk in an independent and upright state.

To summarize the above points, in the scanner device 101 shown in the first embodiment, by locating the casing 20 serving as the scanner body vertically, the occupation area on the desk can be reduced and does not get in the way.
Further, in the scanner device 101, the originals P (P1, P2,...) After the scanning process are stacked independently on the table mounting surface 200, so that the stacking plate (stacker) composed of a general scanner is used. Plate) and stopper are not required, and space-saving installation can be realized.
In the scanner device 101, the document P (P1, P2,...) After the scanning process is reversed through the guide member 16 and returns to the front side (in the direction of the arrow b1). The person can stand up and work while being always seated without hand-picking the document P.
In addition, since the scanner device 101 can be made smaller than the size in which the personal computer PC is placed vertically, there is an effect that the uncomfortable feeling as an obstacle is minimized.

(Second Embodiment)
A scanner device 102 according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
The scanner device 102 shown in the second embodiment differs from the scanner device 101 shown in the first embodiment in that a cylindrical guide member 21 is installed at the rear position of the housing 20. In the second embodiment, since the guide member 21 has a cylindrical shape, it is hereinafter referred to as a guide rod 21.
As shown in FIG. 10, the guide bar 21 is located inside the curved surface 17 of the guide member 16 and slightly spaced from the curved surface 17, and is vertically moved along the document discharge port 15. It consists of a cylindrical body arranged in a direction (a direction perpendicular to the paper surface).

In such a guide rod 21, the document P discharged from the document discharge port 15 in the direction of arrow M <b> 2 is moved via the curved surface 17 of the guide member 16. As a result, the document P discharged from the document discharge port 15 is restricted from excessively moving inward from the curved surface 17 of the guide member 16 as shown in FIG.
As a result, in the scanner apparatus 102, the document P discharged from the document discharge port 15 in an upright state is surely slid along the curved surface 17 of the guide member 16 as indicated by the arrow M2. It can be moved forward.

In the second embodiment, the guide rod 21 is fixedly provided with respect to the housing 20, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the fitting of an uneven portion between the guide member 16 or the housing 20 is possible. It may be provided so as to be detachable using a mechanism such as.
The guide bar 21 is preferably formed of a low friction material in order to reduce the frictional resistance with the document P. For example, in order to minimize the fall of the extruded document P, the moving region of the document P You may enlarge the friction coefficient of the lower part.
At this time, as shown in FIG. 12, a plurality of guide rods 21 having different outer diameters, surface friction coefficients, and the like according to characteristics such as the thickness, hardness, paper quality, and conveyance speed of the document P to be read are prepared. In addition, it may be replaced according to the document P.

The configuration of the scanner devices 101 and 102 shown in the above embodiment may be changed as follows.
(Modification 1)
The guide member 16 has the curved surface 17 formed by bending the plate-like body, but is not limited thereto, and the curved surface 17 may be formed by bending a plurality of linear bodies. More specifically, a plurality of linear bodies having the same curved shape as the curved surface 17 may be arranged in the vertical direction of the curved surface 17 at a predetermined interval.
That is, the curved surface 17 of the guide member 16 may be simply configured by bending a plurality of linear bodies in the scanner devices 101 and 102 to form the curved surface 17 of the guide member 16. In addition, by forming the curved surface 17 with a plurality of filaments, the contact area between the curved surface 17 and the document can be reduced.

(Modification 2)
The guide member 16 is fixed to the right side of the document discharge port 15 in the drawing and has a curved surface 17 that curves to the left side of the housing 20. However, as shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, the document discharge port 15 15 may be configured to have a curved surface 17 that is fixed to the left side in FIG. That is, the starting end of the guide member 16 may be fixed in a direction opposite to the bending direction of the curved surface 17.
And in order to implement | achieve such a structure, it is good to provide the guide member 16 so that attachment or detachment is possible in the right side position or left side position of the document discharge port 15 of the rear part of the housing | casing 20 in the figure. That is, if the guide member 16 has the same planar shape (cross-sectional shape), it can be applied to take out from the left or right side of the casing 20 by attaching the guide member 16 upside down.
In other words, the guide member 16 can be mounted on the rear surface of the apparatus housing 20 in either direction from left to right, so that the apparatus layout can be freely changed and selected according to the dominant hand of the operator and the flow of work.

(Modification 3)
The guide member 16 changes the height or the length in the front-rear direction as appropriate according to the size of the document or the relative position with the operator, or the bending angle of the curved surface 17 within the range of 180 degrees in the illustrated example. The angle may be 90 degrees or 120 degrees.
In addition to this, in the scanner device 101 or 102, a stand for preventing overturning, an auxiliary guide member extending the guide member 16 and the like may be appropriately attached to the side portion of the scanner housing 20.

(Modification 4)
In the second embodiment, the columnar guide member 21 is provided. However, the shape of the guide member 21 is not limited to the columnar shape, and the inner surface of the document P (on the opposite side to the outer surface in contact with the guide member 16). For example, it may be a plate-like member having a shape similar to that of the guide member 16 or a linear member arranged vertically.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was explained in full detail with reference to drawings, the concrete structure is not restricted to this embodiment, The design change etc. of the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention are included.

  The present invention relates to a scanner device and a scanning method that can save space for office work.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Internal passage 2 Intake port 3 Transfer means 4 Reading means 5 Document discharge port 6 Guide member 7 Curved surface 10 Case 11 Internal passage 12 Intake port 12A Guide plate (guide surface)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 13 Transfer means 14 Reading means 15 Document discharge port 16 Guide member 17 Curved surface 20 Case 21 Guide member (guide rod)
100 Scanner Device 101 Scanner Device 200 Placement Surface P Document

Claims (7)

A transfer means having an internal passage arranged along the vertical and front-rear directions in the housing, and for transferring a document inserted from the outside in an upright state along the internal passage;
Reading means for reading a document transported backward along the internal passage by the transport means;
A guide member that is provided at a document discharge port at the rear of the housing and changes the transfer direction of the document discharged to the outside from the internal passage by the transfer means, to the front side;
The guide member has a curved surface that bends to one side of the housing, and moves the document discharged from the document discharge port of the housing along the curved surface. Formed into a curved shape ,
A guide member that guides the document discharged from the document discharge port along the curved surface of the guide member is provided at the rear of the housing and inside the curved surface of the guide member.
The scanner device , wherein the guide member is arranged vertically along the document discharge port, and is detachably provided so as to be changeable according to the characteristics of the document to be read . And characterized in that to regulate the inward movement of the curved surface of the guide member of the document discharged from the document discharge port, said guide member guiding to toward the curved surface of the guide member is provided The scanner device according to claim 1. The guide member scanner device according to claim 1 or any one of 2, characterized in that the curved surface than to bending the plate-like member is formed. The guide member, by placing a curved striatum plurality of side by side, the scanner device according to any one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the curved surface is formed. The scanner device according to any one of claims 1 to 4 , wherein the guide member guides a document discharged from a document discharge port at a rear portion of the housing to the left or right side of the housing. . The scanner device according to claim 5 , wherein the guide member is detachably provided in the vicinity of a document discharge port at a rear portion of the housing. A paper feeding stage for guiding a document inserted from the front of the housing along an internal passage arranged along the vertical and longitudinal directions;
A transfer step of transferring the original document taken into the internal passage by the paper feeding step to the rear of the internal passage;
A reading step of reading an image of a document transported backward by the transporting step;
A paper discharge stage for discharging the original after the image has been read in the reading stage in an upright state from a document discharge port located at the rear of the housing;
Forming a curved shape on the document by moving the document discharged from the document discharge port in an upright state outward while sliding on the curved surface of the guide member ;
A guide member that guides the document discharged from the document discharge port along the curved surface of the guide member is provided at the rear of the housing and inside the curved surface of the guide member.
The guide member is disposed vertically along the document discharge port,
The scanning method according to claim 1, wherein the guide member is detachably provided so as to be changeable in accordance with characteristics of a document to be read .

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