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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2018
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Keisuke Miyauchi, Kitakyushu, JP;
Noriyuki Koyanagi, Kitakyushu, JP;
Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, Kitakyushu, JP;
Shinsuke Kogi, Kitakyushu, JP;
Tomoyuki Mokuo, Kitakyushu, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A feed tray can be switched between a first posture in which the feed tray is at a first tilt angle, and a second posture in which the feed tray is at a second tilt angle that is closer to a horizontal direction than the first tilt angle or the feed tray is horizontal. An image reading apparatus executes a first feed mode that starts feed of a medium based on a reading execution operation by a user in the first posture, and executes a second feed mode that starts feed of a medium when setting of the medium on the feed tray is detected in the second posture.