Patent ID: 8953232
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image reader comprising: a moving portion that is configured to move in a first scanning direction; a transparent plate that has a facing surface and an opposite surface that is a surface on an opposite side to the facing surface and of which at least a part is a manuscript contact surface, the manuscript contact surface being a surface that comes into contact with a manuscript that is a reading target; a reference member that is provided in at least one of a detecting portion that faces the facing surface and that includes, in the second scanning direction, a plurality of detecting elements that is configured to detect reflected light of light irradiated from a light source, the detecting portion being supported by the moving portion and being configured to move in the first scanning direction, and a height position of the detecting portion when the reference member is on the side in the first direction being further to the side in the first direction than a height position of the detecting portion when the manuscript contact surface is on the side in the first direction.