Abstract: A controller of an image reading device performs search for an edge candidate position inward from an edge portion in a main scanning direction of analysis image data in an extraction process of extracting a document region from read image data. When the retrieved edge candidate position corresponds to a dirt position, the search is continued whereas when the retrieved edge candidate position does not correspond to the dirt position, the document region is extracted from the read image data at the retrieved edge candidate position.

Abstract: A controller of an image reading device performs search for an edge candidate position inward from an edge portion in a main scanning direction of analysis image data in an extraction process of extracting a document region from read image data. When the retrieved edge candidate position corresponds to a dirt position, the search is continued whereas when the retrieved edge candidate position does not correspond to the dirt position, the document region is extracted from the read image data at the retrieved edge candidate position.

Abstract: A control unit of an image reading apparatus acquires, at an upstream position in a medium transportation direction of an abnormality determination area set for a leading-edge area of a medium, a distance WL from a center position in a medium width direction intersecting with the medium transportation direction to one edge in the medium width direction and a distance WR from the center position to the other edge in the medium width direction, and compares a value R that is a ratio between the distance WL and the distance WR or a difference therebetween with a threshold R0 determined in advance.

Abstract: A transporting apparatus (for example, image reading apparatus) includes a transporting mechanism that transports a document along a transporting path and a processing unit that determines an inclination error of the document. The processing unit determines whether or not the inclination error has occurred in accordance with a document size and a tilt angle of the document.

Abstract: A control unit of an image reading apparatus acquires, at an upstream position in a medium transportation direction of an abnormality determination area set for a leading-edge area of a medium, a distance WL from a center position in a medium width direction intersecting with the medium transportation direction to one edge in the medium width direction and a distance WR from the center position to the other edge in the medium width direction, and compares a value R that is a ratio between the distance WL and the distance WR or a difference therebetween with a threshold R0 determined in advance.

Abstract: A medium transport apparatus includes: a feed unit feeds a medium to a transport direction; a first detection unit disposed upstream of the feed unit, and detects movement of the fed medium; a second detection unit disposed downstream of the first detection unit and detects an inclination of the medium; and a control unit detects the inclination of the medium based on a signal of the second detection unit and stop transfer of the medium when the inclination exceeds a threshold value, and the plurality of the threshold values have a relationship such that when a medium length in the transport direction is a second length being shorter than a first length, a relatively higher value is produced than in a case in which the medium length is the first length, and the control unit selects a threshold value based on a detection value of the first detection unit.

Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes: a transporting unit; a reading unit that reads the document that is transported; a detecting unit that is provided upstream of the reading unit in the transporting direction and outputs a detection value that tells a transmittance of the document; and a control unit that clips image data at a document area by comparing values of pixels constituting a read image data generated by the reading unit with a threshold value for division into the document area and a background area; wherein the control unit performs clipping by using a first threshold value if the transmittance told by the detection value is less than a predetermined value, and the control unit performs clipping by using a second threshold value that is less than the first threshold value if the transmittance told by the detection value is not less than the predetermined value.

Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes: a transporting unit; a reading unit that reads the document that is transported; a detecting unit that is provided upstream of the reading unit in the transporting direction and outputs a detection value that tells a transmittance of the document; and a control unit that clips image data at a document area by comparing values of pixels constituting a read image data generated by the reading unit with a threshold value for division into the document area and a background area; wherein the control unit performs clipping by using a first threshold value if the transmittance told by the detection value is less than a predetermined value, and the control unit performs clipping by using a second threshold value that is less than the first threshold value if the transmittance told by the detection value is not less than the predetermined value.

Abstract: A medium transport apparatus includes: a feed unit feeds a medium to a transport direction; a first detection unit disposed upstream of the feed unit, and detects movement of the fed medium; a second detection unit disposed downstream of the first detection unit and detects an inclination of the medium; and a control unit detects the inclination of the medium based on a signal of the second detection unit and stop transfer of the medium when the inclination exceeds a threshold value, and the plurality of the threshold values have a relationship such that when a medium length in the transport direction is a second length being shorter than a first length, a relatively higher value is produced than in a case in which the medium length is the first length, and the control unit selects a threshold value based on a detection value of the first detection unit.

Abstract: A transporting apparatus (for example, image reading apparatus) includes a transporting mechanism that transports a document along a transporting path and a processing unit that determines an inclination error of the document. The processing unit determines whether or not the inclination error has occurred in accordance with a document size and a tilt angle of the document.

Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes an image reading sensor reading an image from a document, a light source turned on at a time when the image is read from the document by the image reading sensor, a data acquisition unit acquiring white reference data and black reference data which are used for performing shading correction for the image read by the image reading sensor, and a white reference plate for acquiring the white reference data, wherein the image reading sensor moves relative to the white reference plate while facing the white reference plate when the white reference data and the black reference data are acquired by the data acquisition unit, wherein the light source is repeatedly turned on and turned off when the image reading sensor moves relative to the white reference plate, and wherein the data acquisition unit acquires the white reference data on the basis of a detection signal that can be acquired from the image reading sensor at a time when the light source is turned on and acquires the bla

Abstract: A mite repellant and/or miticide composition comprising at least one compound selected from the group consisting of jasmonoide, linear sesquiterpene alcohol and linear diterpene alcohol. The mite repellant and/or miticide composition according to the invention has excellent repellent effect, growth-inhibiting effect and mite repellant and/or miticide effect on mites inhabiting houses.

Abstract: This invention discloses a substance which is a betaine ester of a functional alcohol that has an amido bond in its molecule and releases the functional alcohol.

Abstract: This invention discloses a substance which is a betaine ester of a functional alcohol that has an amido bond in its molecule and releases the functional alcohol.

Abstract: A mite repellant and/or miticide composition comprising at least one compound selected from the group consisting of jasmonoide, linear sesquiterpene alcohol and linear diterpene alcohol.

Abstract: This invention discloses a substance which is a betaine ester of a functional alcohol that has an amido bond in its molecule and releases the functional alcohol.

Abstract: An acylphenylglycine derivative represented by general formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a preventive and remedy for diseases caused by an increased collagenase activity containing the same as the active ingredient, wherein R.sup.1 represents hydrogen atom, methyl, methylaminomethyl or morpholinomethyl; R.sup.2 represents hydrogen atom, hydroxy, fluorine atom, or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 linear or branched alkyl; and R.sup.3 represents C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 linear or branched alkyl. The compound (I) and the salt maintains a potent collagenase inhibitor activity in the blood for long after being administered, and are useful as a remedy for various diseases believed to be caused by an increased collagenase activity.

Abstract: A laminated material is described, comprising (A) a layer composed mainly of polyolefin, (B) a layer composed mainly of one polymer material selected from the group consisting of an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer saponified product, a polyamide resin, and a polyester resin, (C) a metal-vacuum deposited layer, and (D) a layer composed mainly of a transparent thermoplastic resin. This laminated material is superior in gas barrier properties, light-shielding properties, moisture resistance, etc. and is suitable for use in the production of, e.g., containers.