Patent ID: 9560227
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. An image reader comprising: a conveyor configured to perform a conveying operation of conveying a conveyed object in a conveyance direction, the conveying object being one of a document sheet and a carrier sheet with a document sheet held therein; a first detector configured to output first detection information representing whether the conveyed object is in a multi-feed condition in which the conveyed object overlaps another conveyed object; a plurality of second detectors spaced apart from each other in a direction intersecting the conveyance direction, each second detector being configured to output second detection information representing whether there is an object being conveyed; a reading unit disposed downstream relative to the first detector and the plurality of second detectors in the conveyance direction, the reading unit being configured to perform a reading operation of reading an image of the conveyed object; and a controller configured to perform a control process of controlling the conveying operation by the conveyor and the reading operation by the reading unit, the control process comprising: