Patent ID: 8503041
Filing Date: 2013-08-06
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image reading apparatus, comprising: a transparent plate defining a surface on which to place a document; a scanning unit configured to scan the document placed on the transparent plate; a first sensor disposed in a first document zone; a second sensor disposed in a second document zone; and a controller is configured to receive detection signals generated by the first and/or, second sensors and outputting a print medium corresponding to the detected signal, wherein the first document zone is associated with a portion of a first surface area of the transparent plate in which a first document type is to be positioned based on a first alignment reference point on the transparent plate, the second document zone being associated with a portion of a second surface area of the transparent plate in which a second document type having a size different from that of the first document type is to be positioned based on a second alignment reference point on the transparent plate different from the first alignment reference point on the transparent plate, the first document zone and the second document zone not overlapping each other.