Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image reading apparatus
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Application No.: US16828067Application Date: 2020-03-24
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Publication No.: US11122183B2Publication Date: 2021-09-14
- Inventor: Akira Anami
- Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Workman Nydegger
- Priority: JPJP2019-060196 20190327
- Main IPC: H04N1/04
- IPC: H04N1/04 ; H04N1/12 ; H04N1/00

Abstract:
A scanner includes a feeding unit, a transport unit provided downstream of the feeding unit, and a first reading unit provided downstream of the transport unit, a second reading unit provided to face the first reading unit across the transport path and configured to be displaceable in a direction of advancing and retreating with respect to the first reading unit, a second medium detection portion as detection means for detecting a specific portion provided in the sheet holder for specifying front and back sides of the sheet holder in which the booklet is sandwiched, and a control unit that determines whether or not a reading surface of the sheet holder faces the first reading unit based on the detection information of the second medium detection portion and executes a front/back side determination processing mode for performing processing based on the determination.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200314283A1 IMAGE READING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2020-10-01
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