Patent ID: 8953216
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An original reader comprising: a conveying unit configured to convey an original; an original detection unit disposed in a conveying path for conveying the original and configured to detect the conveyed original; a reading unit configured to read the conveyed original; a decision unit configured to decide a size of the original conveyed by said conveying unit based on a result of detection by said original detection unit; a storage unit configured to store image data output from said reading unit; and a communication unit configured to transmit the size decided by said decision unit, and transmit the image data stored in said storage unit according to an image request signal, wherein if said decision unit cannot decide the size of the original at a predetermined timing, said communication unit transmits the maximum one of a plurality of original sizes, which are candidates of the size of the original to be decided based on a result of detection by said original detection unit, as a provisional original size, and wherein after said decision unit has decided the size of the original, if the size of the original decided by said decision unit is different from the provisional original size, said communication unit retransmits the size of the original decided by said decision unit.