Patent ID: 8953213
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image reading apparatus comprising: a reading unit configured to read an image of a first side of a first document and an image of a first side of a second document, and to read an image of a second side of the first document and an image of a second side of the second document after reading the image of the first side of the first document and the image of the first side of the second document, and an output unit configured to output the image of the first side of the first document read by the reading unit without storing the image of the first side of the first document in a storage unit, to store the image of the first side of the second document read by the reading unit in the storage unit, to output the image of the second side of the first document read by the reading unit without storing the image of the second side of the first document in the storage unit after outputting the image of the first side of the first document, to output the image of the first side of the second document stored in the storage unit after outputting the image of the second side of the first document read by the reading unit, and to output the image of the second side of the second document read by the reading unit without storing the image of the second side of the second document in the storage unit after outputting the image of the first side of the second document.