Patent ID: 8573591
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: B65H,H04N

Abstract:
1. An optical reader, comprising: a transport section capable of transporting a medium which is a reading target in forward and backward directions along a transport path; an optical reading section installed in the transporting path, the optical reading section that optically reads the medium that is transported by the transport section; and a control section that (a) sets a transport direction of the medium to a first transport direction at a time of reading of the medium on the basis of (1) a position of the medium before or when the reading of the medium is started and (2) a reading position of the optical reading section, such that a first transport distance of the medium until the reading of the medium is completed is shortened relative to a second transport distance until the reading of the medium is completed corresponding to a second transport direction different than the first transport direction, and (b) controls the transport section and the optical reading section.