Patent ID: 8947690
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image reading apparatus comprising: a document table; a document holding cover that detains a source document placed on the document table; a position detector configured to detect an operation of opening or closing the document holding cover; an automatic document feeder (ADF) including a document feed tray and a document setting detection unit configured to detect an operation of setting the source document on the document feed tray; a reading unit including a carriage configured to reciprocate in a sub scanning direction, and emit reading light onto a source document placed on the document table and receive reflected light of the reading light; a carriage detector located between a home position and a document size reading position of the carriage, and configured to (i) output a detection signal of the carriage when the carriage is at the home position and (ii) output a non-detection signal of the carriage when the carriage is located closer to the document size reading position than a predetermined position between the home position and the document size reading position; a reception unit configured to receive an instruction to read the source document; and a control unit configured to control a position of the carriage, the control unit being configured to (i) move the carriage to the home position when the image reading apparatus enters a sleep mode, (ii) keep the carriage detained when initialization is to be performed after the sleep mode is cancelled, (iii) enter a standby state in a normal mode after completing the initialization, (iv) confirm, after the initialization is completed, a signal outputted from the carriage detector in the case where the reception unit receives the reading instruction in the normal mode, in the case where the position detector detects the operation of opening or closing the document holding cover in the normal mode, or in the case where the document setting detection unit detects the operation of setting the source document on the document feed tray of the ADF in the normal mode, (v) move the carriage toward the document size reading position in the case where the carriage detector outputs the detection signal of the carriage, and (vi) identify a position of the carriage at a time point where the signal from the carriage detector is switched to the non-detection signal from the detection signal.