Patent ID: 8002277
Filing Date: 2011-08-23
Classification: B65H,G03G,H04N

Abstract:
1. An original reading apparatus comprising: an original transport mechanism, said mechanism having a movable member that transports an original document placed on a document placement stage, and an original reading mechanism having a light source that illuminates the transported original document, an optical sensor, and an optical system that guides light reflected from the illuminated original document to the optical sensor, and that captures an image of the transported original document, wherein the moveable member transports a first original document by making contact with said first original document and delivers it to the reading mechanism by transmitting its movement to the first original document via frictional force in a manner such that upon detection, by the optical sensor, of a leading edge of another original document while the first original document is illuminated, the original reading mechanism stops the reading operation of the first original document and deletes the read image, and the reading operation of the image of the other original document by the original reading mechanism proceeds based on the other original document being positioned between the first original document and a reading portion of the original reading mechanism.