Patent ID: 6870646

Claim:
An image reading system, comprising: an image reading device that reads an image recorded in a read object; a plurality of different interface adaptors, a single interface adaptor being selected from said plurality of different interface adaptors for selective attachment to said image reading device in accordance with a predetermined connectable device attached to said image reading device, said selected single interface adaptor being detachably attached to said image reading device and functioning to transfer image data from said image reading device to the predetermined connectable device, and for transferring data from the predetermined connectable device to said image reading device; a sensing terminal that senses a type of said selected single interface adaptor attached to said image reading device; a control terminal that controls said selected single interface adaptor in accordance with a sensing result from said sensing terminal, said image reading device including a system controller that controls an operation of the predetermined connectable device in response to an operation mode changing device of said selected single interface adaptor, wherein said connectable device comprises a recording medium, and said selected single interface adaptor is provided with a recording medium attaching unit to which said recording medium is attached, and wherein said operation mode changing device comprises an operation switch that sets a recording operation in which said image data is recorded to said recording medium, said operation switch being provided only on said selected single interface adaptor.