Patent ID: 8755090

Claim:
An image reading apparatus comprising: an operation unit operated by a user for detecting a first instruction from the user; a transportation unit for transporting a read medium; a medium detector for detecting the read medium; a reader for reading an image of the read medium; an instruction detector for detecting a second instruction from the user, the instruction detector being different from the operation unit; and a controller for performing control, based on the first instruction or the second instruction from the user, wherein when the medium detector detects the read medium and the transportation unit is ready to transport the read medium, the instruction detector is configured to detect, as the second instruction from the user, an instruction to read the read medium, when the read medium is in transport, the instruction detector is configured to detect, as the second instruction from the user, an instruction to stop reading the read medium, and when the transporting of the read medium is completed, the instruction detector is configured to detect, as the second instruction from the user, an instruction to finish the reading of the read medium.