Patent ID: 8233168
Filing Date: 2012-07-31
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a carriage that includes an optical source that outputs light for reading an original document, a reflector that is disposed on a side opposite to an outgoing direction of light from the optical source toward the original document, and an energy converting unit that is arranged on a reflecting surface of the reflector, and that receives light from the optical source and converts the received light into electric power for electricity storage; a reading unit that movably houses the carriage, and that reads an image on the original document by irradiating light from the optical source on the original document while moving the carriage in a predetermined direction, when the reading unit is reading an image; and an electrical storage unit that stores therein the electric power, wherein the energy converting unit is arranged in such a manner that a relative position of the energy converting unit to the optical source is always constant when the reading unit is reading an image and while moving the carriage in the predetermined direction.