Patent ID: 8659802
Filing Date: 2014-02-25
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image scanner, comprising: a transparent plate comprising a first area and a second area, wherein the transparent plate is a single transparent plate comprising the first area and the second area; a scanning device configured to scan an image of a first original placed on the first area while moving along the first area in a first direction, and to scan an image of a second original being conveyed at the second area in a conveying direction while stopping at a position directly below the second area; a conveying device configured to convey the second original in the conveying directional the second area where the image of the second original is being scanned; and a reference member disposed on the transparent plate in a position upstream of the second area in the conveying direction in which the second original is conveyed at the second area where the image of the second original is being scanned, the reference member comprising a black portion positioned on a transparent plate side of the reference member, wherein the reference member is disposed on the single transparent plate and divides the single transparent plate into the first area and the second area.