Patent ID: 7529517
Filing Date: 2009-05-05
Classification: G03G,H04N

Abstract:
1. An original document reading device, comprising: a sheet feeding tray being configured to feed sheets; a reading member being configured to read the sheets; an original document feeding member being configured to feed the sheets into the reading member; an original document detection member being configured to detect the placement of the sheets in the sheet feeding tray, the original document detection member being configured to perform pre-notification, pre-notification being the detecting of a first placement of the sheets in the sheet feeding tray, and a removal of the sheets from the sheet feeding tray within a first predetermined time period; and a control member being configured to determine that the pre-notification has been performed, and that causes the sheets to be fed into the reading member from the sheet feeding tray if it is determined that the original document detection member has performed the pre-notification and the original document detection member detects a second placement of the sheets within the first predetermined time period.