1. An image processing apparatus, comprising:
an image reading part configured to read an image of a document; and
an image storage part configured to store image data read by the image reading part;
wherein the image reading part includes a part configured to read a range of a part of the image of the document;
the image processing apparatus further includes:
a first calculating part configured to calculate image data of a one surface of the document based on a size of the image data of the range read by the image reading part; and
a second calculating part configured to calculate the number of pages of image data of the document which can be stored by the image storage part based on the result of calculation by the first calculating part.
2. The image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1,
wherein the image reading part reads the range as a range from the head end of the document in the reading direction.
3. The image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 2, further comprising:
a range setting part configured to set the range.
4. The image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 1,
wherein the image reading part reads the range as a range defined by a reading starting position and a reading ending position from the head end of the document in the reading direction.
5. The image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 4, further comprising:
a range setting part configured to set the range.
6. The image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 5,
wherein the range setting part can set a plurality of the ranges;
the image reading part reads the plural ranges in a case where the plural ranges are set by the range setting part; and
the first calculating part calculates, in a case where image data of the plural ranges are read by the image reading part, an image data size of the one surface of the document, based on sizes of the image data of the plural ranges.
7. The image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 5,
wherein the image reading part reads one of a plurality of the ranges which ranges are set by the range setting part; and
the image reading part reads a further different range in a case where a size of image data of the read range is not within a designated data size.
8. The image processing apparatus as claimed in claim 7, further comprising:
a data size setting part configured to set the designated data size.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method of stabilizing a sensor having a plurality of electrodes, the method comprising:
(a) applying a first voltage to one of the plurality of electrodes for a first timeframe;
(b) applying a second voltage to said one of the plurality of electrodes for a second timeframe;
(c) measuring an electrical characteristic of the sensor; and
(d) based on the electrical characteristic measurement, determining whether the sensor is stabilized.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein, in step (d), the sensor is determined to be stabilized if the electrical characteristic measurement meets set measurement criteria.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein said measurement criteria is met when the electrical characteristic measurement exceeds a threshold value.
4. The method of claim 1, further including terminating application of said first and second voltages if the sensor is determined to be stabilized.
5. The method of claim 1, further including repeating steps (a)-(d) if the sensor is determined not to be stabilized.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein the duration of at least one of said first timeframe and said second timeframe is modified for said repetition of steps (a)-(d).
7. The method of claim 5, wherein the magnitude of at least one of said first voltage and said second voltage is modified for said repetition of steps (a)-(d).
8. The method of claim 1, wherein, if the sensor is determined not to be stabilized, the method further includes repeating steps (a) and (b) for a plurality of iterations prior to proceeding to steps (c) and (d).
9. The method of claim 1, wherein the electrical characteristic is a resistance.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein the electrical characteristic is one of a voltage and a current.
11. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of said first and second voltages is a voltage waveform selected from the group consisting of a ramp waveform, a sinusoidal waveform, a stepped waveform, and a squarewave waveform.
12. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of said first and second voltages includes a plurality of voltage pulses.
13. The method of claim 12, further including modifying the number of said plurality of voltage pulses and repeating steps (a)-(d) if the sensor is determined not to be stabilized.
14. A program code storage device, comprising:
a computer-readable storage medium; and
a computer-readable program code, the computer-readable program code being stored on the computer-readable storage medium and having instructions, which when executed cause a controller to:
(a) transmit a first signal to a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) that is coupled to an electrode of a sensor, the first signal being representative of a stabilization sequence of voltages that the DAC is to output to said electrode, wherein the stabilization sequence of voltages includes a first voltage applied for a first timeframe and a second voltage applied for a second timeframe;
(b) transmit a measurement signal to initiate measurement of an electrical characteristic of the sensor; and
(c) receive a second signal indicating whether the sensor is stabilized based on said electrical characteristic measurement.
15. The program code storage device of claim 14, the sensor is determined to be stabilized if the electrical characteristic measurement meets set measurement criteria.
16. The program code storage device of claim 15, wherein said measurement criteria is met when the electrical characteristic measurement exceeds a threshold value.
17. The program code storage device of claim 14, wherein the electrical characteristic is a resistance.
18. The program code storage device of claim 14, wherein the electrical characteristic is one of a voltage and a current.
19. The program code storage device of claim 14, the computer-readable program code including instructions which, when executed, cause the controller to repeat steps (a)-(c) if the sensor is determined not to be stabilized.
20. The program code storage device of claim 19, the computer-readable program code including instructions which, when executed, cause the controller to modify the duration of at least one of said first timeframe and said second timeframe for said repetition of steps (a)-(c).
21. The program code storage device of claim 19, the computer-readable program code including instructions which, when executed, cause the controller to modify the magnitude of at least one of said first voltage and said second voltage for said repetition of steps (a)-(c).
22. The program code storage device of claim 14, the computer-readable program code including instructions which, when executed, cause the controller to repeat step (a) for a plurality of iterations before proceeding to steps (b) and (c) when the sensor has been determined not to be stabilized.
23. The program code storage device of claim 14, the computer-readable program code including instructions which, when executed, cause the controller to terminate the transmission of the first signal if the sensor is determined to be stabilized.
24. The program code storage device of claim 14, wherein at least one of said first and second voltages is a voltage waveform selected from the group consisting of a ramp waveform, a sinusoidal waveform, a stepped waveform, and a squarewave waveform.
25. The program code storage device of claim 14, wherein at least one of said first and second voltages includes a plurality of voltage pulses.
26. The program code storage device of claim 25, the computer-readable program code including instructions which, when executed, cause the controller to modify the number of said plurality of voltage pulses and repeat steps (a)-(c) if the sensor is determined not to be stabilized.