Patent ID: 8345324
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image reading device comprising: an original table including a first area in which an image on a stationary original is configured to be read and a second area in which an image on a moved original is configured to be read; an operational panel disposed on a first side of the image reading device; an original placement portion; an original output portion; and an auto document feeder separately and independently provided adjacent to the operational panel, and having a U-turn path which extends from the original placement portion, by way of the second area, to the original output portion, the original output portion being provided adjacent to the auto document feeder and extending toward a second side, opposite to the first side of the image reading device, wherein each of the first area and the second area has an exposed portion, each exposed portion having a rectangular shape, wherein the longitudinal direction of each exposed portion coincides with each other, wherein the second area is provided between the first area and the operational panel, wherein the original output portion is provided above the original placement portion, and the image surface of an outputted original faces upwardly when the image surface of the original is placed downwardly on the original placement portion.