Patent ID: 8599450
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: G03G,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image read device that conveys an original while performing reading of an image of the original at a read position on a transparent member by a read unit fixed, the image read device comprising: a moving unit configured to move the transparent member back and forth in an original conveying direction; a control unit configured to convey the original and move the transparent member by using the moving unit while causing the reading of the image to be performed at the read position; a plurality of original detection sensors configured to detect presence or absence of the original in a original conveying path; and a determining unit that, when an event causing interruption of original conveyance occurs, is configured to instruct the control unit to stop the transparent member and configured to determine whether the control unit should return the transparent member to a home position or not based on a stopped position of the original in the original conveying path using detection results of an upstream-side original detection sensor that is located closest to the read position among upstream-side original detection sensors in the original conveying detection from the read position and a downstream-side original detection sensor that is located closest to the read position among downstream-side original detection sensors in the original conveying direction from the read position.