Patent ID: 7577392

Claim:
An image reading apparatus comprising: an original placing portion on which an original is placed; a feed portion for feeding the original placed on said original placing portion to convey the original from one end side of an original plate onto said original plate; a conveying rotary member for conveying the original on said original plate; a reversing and conveying portion for reversing a front side and a back side of the original conveyed to the other end side of said original plate by said conveying rotary member and conveying the reversed original from the other end side onto said original plate; an image reading unit for reading an image of the original stopped on said original plate while being moved; and a control portion for controlling a driving of said conveying rotary member and a movement of said image reading unit, wherein said control portion controls said conveying rotary member so as to stop the original conveyed from the one end side by said feed portion at a first image reading position set on the one end side of said original plate, and stop the original conveyed from the other end side by said reversing and conveying portion at a second image reading position set on the other end side of said original plate differing from said first image reading position, wherein said control portion controls the movement of said image reading unit so that said image reading unit stops at a first standby position while said feed portion feeds the original to said first image reading position, and after said image reading unit reads the original stopped at said first image reading position, said control portion controls the movement of said image reading unit so that said image reading unit moves to a second standby position differing from the first standby position, and while said image reading unit is stopped at the second standby position, said reversing and conveying portion conveys the original to said second image reading position, and wherein said first image reading position is a position at which an edge of the original stopped at said first image reading position aligns with a first reference position provided on the one end side of said original plate, and said second image reading position is a position at which the edge of the original stopped at said second image reading position aligns with a second reference position provided on the other end side of said original plate.