Patent ID: 8687250
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image reading apparatus, comprising: a first reading unit configured to read an image on a first side of a document conveyed through a document conveyance path; a second reading unit configured to read an image on a second side which is different from the first side on the document conveyed through the document conveyance path; a control unit configured to control the second reading unit to read, from the second side of the document, an image in a first region on the first side of the document and control the first reading unit to read an image in a second region on the first side, wherein the second region of the first side is different from the first region of the first side; and a determination unit configured to determine whether a color image is included in the image on the first side according to the image in the first region on the first side read by the second reading unit from the second side of the document and the image in the second region on the first side read by the first reading unit.