Patent ID: 8064109
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image reader comprising: a stationary document scanning device which is configured to scan a stationary document; a moving document scanning device which is configured to scan a moving document; a scan window which is configured to support the stationary document; a document cover which is configured to be displaced with respect to the scan window and to cover the scan window, the document cover comprising an opening located at a position facing the scan window when the document cover covers the scan window; a document feeding mechanism which is disposed at the document cover and is configured to feed the moving document through the opening in the document cover and onto the scan window when the moving document is to be scanned by the moving document scanning device; an image pickup device which is disposed on an opposite side of the scan window from the document cover and is configured to read an image from the stationary document or the moving document; and a controller which is configured to: