Patent ID: 6795160
Filing Date: 2004-09-21
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An image reading apparatus comprising:conveying means for conveying an original to a first reading position and a second reading position; first reading means for reading a first surface of the original at the first reading position while the original is conveyed with the conveying means; second reading means for reading a second surface of the original at the second reading position while the original is conveyed with the conveying means; a first reading mode for reading a single side of the original to be conveyed with the conveying means with the first reading means; a second reading mode for reading both sides of the original to be conveyed with the conveying means with the first reading means and the second reading means; setting means for setting the first reading mode or the second reading mode; and control means for controlling to read the both sides of the original for a first original in the case that the first reading mode or the second reading mode is not set with the setting means, to read the single side of the original for a second and subsequent originals in the case that an image of the first original is in the single side, and to read the both sides of the original for the second and subsequent originals in the case that the image of the first original is in the both sides.