Patent Document ID: 20160057294
Application ID: 14781015
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image reading portion capable of reading image data of a document sheet placed on a document sheet placement surface; two document sheet detection portions configured to detect reflected light when light is emitted on a document sheet through the document sheet placement surface, and disposed at positions that are mutually separated in a main scanning direction on the document sheet placement surface and that are both separated from a predetermined placement reference position on the document sheet placement surface by a predetermined distance in a sub scanning direction; a document sheet cover including a document holding surface that faces the document sheet placement surface and on which first and second areas that are both shaped to be long in the main scanning direction, that are mutually separated in the sub scanning direction, and that have different reflection characteristics, and third and fourth areas that are formed at positions corresponding to irradiation positions of light from the two document sheet detection portions and that have different reflection characteristics, are formed; a first reading control portion configured to cause the image reading portion to read image data of each of the first and second areas, when the document sheet cover is closed with respect to the document sheet placement surface; a first document sheet width detection portion configured to detect, as a width of the document sheet in the main scanning direction, a width that is larger between a width, specified based on the image data read from the first area by the first reading control portion, of the document sheet in the main scanning direction, and a width, specified based on the image data read from the second area by the first reading control portion, of the document sheet in the main scanning direction; and a first size detection portion capable of detecting a size of the document sheet placed on the document sheet placement surface based on detection results from the first document sheet width detection portion and the two document sheet detection portions.