Patent ID: 8072655

Claim:
An image processing apparatus, comprising: a document glass to support a document; an image reading sensor, provided under the document glass, to perform an image reading operation; a cover to selectively cover the document glass; an automatic document feeder (ADF) to feed a document along an image reading path; a document discharging plate to support a document discharged from the ADF; a first guide member; and a transparent guide film attached to the first guide member to guide a document along the image reading path, through the ADF, wherein the guide film includes a first guide film portion configured to establish planar contact with the document glass, guide the document along the image reading path and expose the document to the image reading sensor through the first guide film portion and the document glass, wherein the guide film further includes a second guide film portion disposed at an inclined angle with respect to the first guide film portion, a portion of the document moving along the first guide film portion and guided at an upward inclined angle by the second guide film portion toward the document discharging plate.