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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2018
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroshi Isokawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/028 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/02895 (2013.01); H04N 1/0066 (2013.01); H04N 1/00737 (2013.01); H04N 1/00779 (2013.01); H04N 1/00909 (2013.01); H04N 1/00952 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes a reader, a transmitter, an opposing part that is placed opposite to the transmitter, and a hardware processor that controls a position of the opposing part such that a gap between the transmitter and the opposing part becomes a first gap when images are read by the reader, and a gap between the transmitter and the opposing part becomes a second gap, which is wider than the first gap, when no image is read by the reader.