Patent ID: 8355182

Claim:
An image scanner, comprising: a document feeder being configured to move a sheet of a document; a first scanning section being configured to scan an image on the sheet during movement of the document; a platen configured to receive the sheet of the document thereon; a second scanning section arranged to scan an image on the document placed on the platen; a document sensor configured to detect the document placed on the platen; a static document scanning execution section configured to cause the second scanning section to scan the image on the document placed on the platen without activating the document feeder when the document sensor detects existence of the document put on the platen; a start reception section being configured to receive an instruction to start scanning the image on the document from a user; a single mode execution section being configured to execute a single mode, the single mode being configured to cause the document feeder to move the sheet of the document and cause the first scanning section to scan the image on the sheet every time the start reception section receives the start instruction; a consecutive mode execution section being configured to execute a consecutive mode, the consecutive mode being configured to cause the document feeder to move the sheet and cause the first scanning section to scan images consecutively on a plurality of documents, respectively, when the start reception section receives the start instruction; a selection reception section being configured to receive a user's choice about which of the single mode and the consecutive mode is executed, wherein after a start key is pressed, the selection reception section receives an instruction of executing either the single mode or the consecutive mode when a plurality of documents is on the document feeder to select the single mode or the consecutive mode, and wherein when the selection reception section receives the instruction of executing the single mode and the document sensor detects the document placed on the platen, the second scanning section scans the image on the document placed on the platen.