Patent ID: 11902474
Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An image reading apparatus comprising:
a reader that reads an image formed on a print medium, the reader including:
an image sensor, and
a colorimeter; and

a backing member that is disposed at a position facing the reader and is configured to move such that a color of a portion of the backing member to be a background of the print medium upon reading by the reader is changeable to a plurality of colors according to a type of the print medium and/or a color read from the print medium;
wherein
a conveyance path that conveys the print medium is bent in the image reading apparatus in a vertical direction, and
the image sensor and the colorimeter are positioned at different positions in the vertical direction with respect to the conveyance path and positioned to overlap each other at least partially in the vertical direction.