Patent ID: 9350888
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. An image-reading apparatus comprising: a housing having an insertion slot for inserting single medium or plural media; a medium detector that detects the single medium or plural media being inserted from any position of the insertion slot in a width direction thereof; a conveying unit that conveys the single medium or plural media detected by the medium detector to inside of the housing; an image capturing unit that captures an image of the single medium or plural media conveyed by the conveying unit; a control unit that controls at least the conveying unit and the image capturing unit; and an image processor configured to generate a captured image including single medium image or plural media image corresponding respectively to the single medium or plural media whose image has been captured by the image capturing unit, and clip a plurality of medium images that correspond respectively to media images in the plural media image off the captured image when the generated captured image includes the plural media image corresponding to the plural media in a direction along the width direction of the insertion slot, wherein the image processor outputs the plurality of medium images clipped in an order of insertion of the plural media inserted into the insertion slot.