Patent ID: 8941892
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image reader comprising: a housing; a sheet support surface disposed at the housing and configured to support a sheet placed thereon; a conveyor comprising a roller, the conveyor configured to convey in a first direction the sheet placed on the sheet support surface; a drive unit configured to generate a driving force for driving the conveyor; an image sensor unit configured to read an image on the sheet being conveyed by the conveyor; a cover configured to rotate between an open position to expose the roller and a closed position to cover the roller, around a rotational axis extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and a detector configured to output a first signal when the cover is in the closed position and output a second signal different from the first signal when the cover is in the open position, the detector disposed on a same side as the drive unit with respect to the sheet support surface in the second direction.