Patent ID: 9036224
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image reading device, comprising: an apparatus body; a document setting portion configured to place a document thereon; a reading portion configured to read an image of the document placed on the document setting portion; a driving portion configured to move the reading portion along a sub-scan direction between a first position and a second position; a position detecting portion configured to detect whether the reading portion is present in the first position; a power supply portion configured to generate a power supply voltage for operating the driving portion; a cover configured to be mounted on the apparatus body to be openable and closable; an interlock portion configured to supply the power supply voltage from the power supply portion to the driving portion in the case where the cover is in a closed state, and cut off supply of the power supply voltage from the power supply portion to the driving portion in the case where the cover is in an opened state, in association with the opened/closed state of the cover; an open/close detecting portion configured to detect the opened/closed state of the cover; and a control portion configured to: execute a scan process of causing the reading portion to read the document image during movement of the reading portion from the first position to the second position in a first direction along the sub-scan direction; execute a return process of returning the reading portion to the first position by moving the reading portion in a second direction opposite to the first direction; execute a reading interruption process of stopping ongoing of the scan process when the open/close detecting portion detects that the cover is in an opened state during execution of the scan process, and executing the return process when the open/close detecting portion detects that the cover is in a closed state next time; and execute a re-scan process of executing the scan process again after completion of the reading interruption process, wherein the control portion causes the driving portion to move the reading portion by outputting an instruction signal to cause the driving portion to move the reading portion, the driving portion causes the reading portion to move in accordance with the instruction signal outputted from the control portion, and the control portion further executes the re-scan process, in the case where a moving amount by which the driving portion moves the reading portion in accordance with the instruction signal during a time from start of output of the instruction signal for the return process to detection of a presence of the reading portion in the first position by the position detecting portion is smaller than a predetermined reference value, in the case where the position detecting portion detects the presence of the reading portion in the first position in the return process.