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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2020
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyuki Mokuo, Kitakyushu, JP;
Noriyuki Koyanagi, Kitakyushu, JP;
Keiichiro Fukumasu, Kitakyushu, JP;
Keisuke Miyauchi, Kitakyushu, JP;
Naoki Sakamoto, Kitakyushu, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes a separating roller that is capable of switching between a separation state in which an original document is separated and a non-separation state in which the original document is not separated, and determines whether or not the original document is fed in the separation state or the non-separation state based on the types of the original document set through a user interface for instructing a select of the types of the original document to be read and a start of reading the original document.