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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoaki Osada, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuki Maruyama, Abiko, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes: a feeding unit that feeds a document sheet of a document; a reading unit that reads the document sheet fed by the feeding unit; a detection unit that detects that the document sheet fed by the feeding unit is bound to another document sheet; a controller that interrupts feeding of the document sheet by the feeding unit in accordance with detection by the detection unit that the document sheet fed by the feeding unit is bound to another document sheet; and a display unit that displays a screen that provides a notification of an action to be taken to read the document whose feeding has been interrupted in accordance with the detection by the detection unit.