Patent ID: 9420135
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A sheet reading apparatus, comprising: a feed unit configured to feed the sheet from a document tray to a conveyance path one by one; a conveyance unit configured to convey the sheet to a reading position along the conveyance path; a delivery unit configured to convey a sheet having passed through the reading position to an output tray; a motor for driving the conveyance unit and the delivery unit; a detection unit configured to detect a sheet being conveyed along the conveyance path; a reading unit configured to read the sheet being conveyed by the conveyance unit at the reading position; and a control unit configured to control the motor based on a detection result of the detection unit, wherein the control unit is further configured to stop the motor, not waiting for the delivery of the sheet to the output tray, in a case where a rear end of the sheet being conveyed is not detected within a predetermined time after a timing at which a front end of the sheet being conveyed is detected, and wherein the control unit is further configured to set a time for driving the motor, and based on the set time, to control stopping the motor such that, in a case where a distance between a preceding sheet which is being conveyed by the delivery unit and a following sheet which is being conveyed by the conveyance unit is shorter than a predetermined distance, the preceding sheet is delivered to the output tray and the following sheet remains on the conveyance path.