Patent ID: 8274711
Filing Date: 2012-09-25
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A document reading apparatus, comprising: an automatic document feeder for automatically conveying at least one document; a first document table for holding the at least one document to be delivered to the automatic document feeder; a first document detector for detecting the at least one document on the first document table; a second document table on which another document is set so as to be read; a second document detector for detecting the another document set on the second document table; a first image reader for reading the at least one and the another documents; and a second image reader arranged inside a document feed path of the automatic document feeder for reading an underside of the at least one document being conveyed by the automatic document feeder, wherein when existence of the at least one and the another documents on the first and second document tables is detected from both the first and second document detectors, the at least one and the another documents set on the first and second document tables are permitted to be read.