Patent ID: 7980478

Claim:
A document reading apparatus, comprising: a display portion integrally including an area sensor and a wireless IC tag reader, said display portion having a screen on which images are displayed, said area sensor being located in the vicinity of said screen such that the area sensor detects light reflected from an object placed on said screen, and said wireless IC tag reader detects a wireless IC tag that is within a predetermined distance over said screen; and a control portion for receiving a detection by the area sensor of reflected light from an object placed on said screen of the display portion and receiving a detection by the wireless IC tag reader that a wireless IC tag is within the predetermined distance over the screen, wherein when the area sensor detects that the wireless IC tag is being placed on the screen and the wireless IC tag reader detects that the wireless IC tag is within the predetermined distance over the screen, the control portion switches to a wireless IC tag reading mode for reading information of the wireless IC tag by the wireless IC tag reader.