Patent ID: 8953231
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A document reading apparatus, comprising: a conveyance section configured to convey a document with a tab and a document without the tab; an image reading section configured to read, at a reading position, an image of the document conveyed by the conveyance section; a designation section configured to designate a tab mode indicating that a document bundle including the document with the tab is to be read; a document detection section configured to detect the document conveyed by the conveyance section; a first roller pair, separably arranged on an upstream side of the reading position, configured to nip the document conveyed by the conveyance section; and a separation control section configured to start separation of the first roller pair when a predetermined time period elapses after a trailing edge of the document is detected by the document detection section, and configured to set, when the tab mode is designated, the predetermined time period to be longer than the predetermined time period when the tab mode is not designated.