Patent ID: 9124744
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image reading apparatus for reading the image of a document using a carriage capable of moving in a vertical scanning section, comprising: an automatic document feeding section configured to automatically feed the document to a specific automatic document reading position; an automatically fed document detection section configured to detect whether or not there is a document in the automatic document feeding section; a fixed document detection section configured to detect whether or not there is a fixed document placed on an original table glass; a drive section configured to drive the carriage in the vertical scanning section; and a carriage movement control section configured to move the carriage in advance from an initial standby position of the carriage to a movement starting end position if the automatically fed document detection section or the fixed document detection section detects a document; wherein the initial standby position is positioned between the movement starting end position and an automatically fed document reading position in the vertical scanning section, and positioned between the movement starting end position and a fixed document reading starting position in the vertical scanning section; the automatically fed document reading position is the position where an automatically fed document is read; and the fixed document reading starting position is the position where the reading of a fixed document is started.