Patent ID: 9185258
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image reader comprising: a document-sheet platen that has a mounting surface of a document sheet on a first surface; a detection unit that detects a document sheet mounted on the mounting surface from a second surface side opposite to the first surface of the document-sheet platen; a reading unit that reads a document sheet mounted on the mounting surface from the second surface side of the document-sheet platen; a reading carriage on which the reading unit is mounted and which moves along the document-sheet platen; a first pulley and a second pulley that are aligned in a moving direction of the reading carriage; and an annular belt that draws the reading carriage in the moving direction, is disposed on the second surface side opposite the first surface of the document-sheet platen, and is looped over the first pulley and the second pulley, wherein the detection unit is arranged to overlap a region formed inside the annular belt.