Patent ID: 7342693

Claim:
An image reading device having a main body and a cover, said cover being opened/covered a top surface of said main body, a sheet feed path being defined inside said cover, an intermediate portion of said sheet feed path facing said top surface of said main body being exposed to said top surface thereby said top surface defines said sheet feed path at said intermediate portion, said cover having a sheet feed mechanism which feeds a sheet along said sheet feed path, feeding of the sheet being terminated in response to, at least one of moving said cover to an open position or inputting a command indicating termination of a sheet feed, said image reading device further comprising: a sheet location detection system that detects a sheet location where the feeding of the sheet is terminated; and a controller that determines whether the sheet is to be discharged from said sheet feed path in response to, at least one of moving said cover to a closed position or inputting a command indicating restart of the sheet feed, in accordance with the sheet location detected by said sheet location detection system.