Patent ID: 8125655
Filing Date: 2012-02-28
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A reading device comprising: a transporting unit that transports, as an original, any one of electronic paper and a paper medium or both to a read position, the electronic paper including an electronic-data storage unit that stores therein electronic data and a first communication unit that communicates with an external device; a determining unit that includes a second communication unit to transmit a predetermined signal to the original, and determines whether the original is the electronic paper or the paper medium based on a response to the predetermined signal; a transport control unit that controls transport by the transporting unit based on a determination by the determining unit; a first reading unit that includes a third communication unit to communicate with the first communication unit at the read position, and reads the electronic data stored in the electronic-data storage unit; a second reading unit that optically reads an image on the paper medium at the read position to obtain electronic data of the image; and a read control unit that controls reading operation by the first reading unit and the second reading unit, wherein when the original includes both the electronic paper and the paper medium, the read control unit controls the first reading unit and the second reading unit to read the original regardless of the determination by the determining unit, and, when reading operation by both the first reading unit and the second reading unit is successful, discards an image read by the second reading unit.