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IMAGE READING APPARATUS

  • US 20180007223A1
  • Filed: 06/16/2017
  • Published: 01/04/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An image reading apparatus, comprising:

  • an image sensor configured to read an image on an original;

    an original tray on which the original is to be placed;

    a conveyor configured to convey the original placed on the original tray to a reading position in which the image sensor reads the original;

    an original sensor provided between the original tray and the reading position and configured to assume a first state when the original sensor detects the original that is being conveyed by the conveyor and assume a second state when the original sensor does not detect the original;

    a first distance detector configured to measure a first conveyance distance of the original by which the original has been conveyed from a time when the original sensor is changed from the first state to the second state;

    a second distance detector configured to measure a second conveyance distance of the original by which the original has been conveyed from a time when the original sensor is changed from the second state to the first state before the original sensor is changed from the first state to the second state; and

    a controller configured to control the conveyor so that;

    the conveyor starts a conveyance of a succeeding original in a case where the succeeding original is on the original tray when the second conveyance distance reaches a conveyance permission distance while the original sensor remains in the second state after the original sensor changes from the first state to the second state and before the first conveyance distance reaches a hole detection distance; and

    the conveyor stops the conveyance of the succeeding original in a case where the original sensor changes from the second state to the first state after the conveyance of the succeeding original is started and before the first conveyance distance reaches the hole detection distance, and thereafter starts the conveyance of the succeeding original when the first conveyance distance reaches the hole detection distance.

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