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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2020
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichi Murahashi, Fukuoka, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control unit of an image reading apparatus determines, based on results of detection of an original document by a plurality of second detecting units, whether the original document will pass a position at which the original document is to be detected by a first detecting unit that is located downstream of the second detecting units and upstream of a reading unit. When it is determined that the original document will not pass a position at which the original document is to be detected by the first detecting unit, the control unit determines a timing for reading the original document by using the reading unit, relative to a time point at which the original document is detected by the second detecting units. The control unit causes the reading unit to read the original document at the determined reading timing.