Patent ID: 7751593

Claim:
An image reading apparatus comprising: a first optically transparent placement surface on which an original is placed; a second optically transparent placement surface on which a security information medium is placed; an image sensor that optically reads both an image of the original placed on said first placement surface and security information stored in the security information medium placed on said second placement surface; and a controller that controls processing of the image of the original read by said image sensor in accordance with the security information read by said image sensor; wherein said first placement surface is physically separated from said second placement surface, wherein said image sensor is provided as part of a reading section and the reading section includes a carriage that is reciprocally moveable in a sub-scanning direction by a motor to scan said first placement surface and said second placement surface, and wherein the carriage includes a lamp that illuminates the original when the carriage scans said first placement surface and that illuminates the security information medium when the carriage scans said second placement surface, and a mirror that directs light reflected from the original and light reflected from the security information medium to said image sensor.