Patent ID: 7692823

Claim:
An image reading apparatus having an automatic original document feeding apparatus that sequentially feeds a plurality of original documents, comprising: an original document reading section that reads an original document fed by the automatic original document feeding apparatus, a selection section that, on the basis of a reading output from the original document reading section, determines whether a display of a preview image corresponding to the original document is to be enabled or disabled, an image data generation section that, when enabling the display of the preview image is determined in the selection section, on the basis of the reading output from the original document reading section, simultaneously generates, in parallel, both real image data and preview image data corresponding to the original document, a display that, on the basis of the preview image data generated by the image data generation section, displays a preview image corresponding to the original document, an editing instruction section that, for the preview image displayed by the display, gives an instruction for editing, an editing section that, on the basis of the instruction for editing by the editing instruction section, edits the real image data generated by the image data generation section, and an image data output section that outputs the real image data edited by the editing section.