Patent ID: 8564853
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a movement control unit configured to control movement of an image sensor of a scanner for reading an image on a document; a detecting unit configured to detect a predetermined pattern for specifying a position of the image sensor by obtaining an image read by the image sensor; and a control unit configured to control the movement control unit and the detecting unit depending on a state of the scanner in a case where a power is supplied to the scanner such that, if the state is a first state, the movement control unit cause the image sensor to move in a direction toward the predetermined pattern from a home position of the image sensor and the detecting unit performs detecting of the predetermined pattern for checking a present position of the image sensor, and if the state is a second state, the movement control unit and the detecting unit omit processing for checking the present position of the image sensor.