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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2023
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Tomoyuki Higuchi, Shiojiri, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); G06K 15/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00384 (2013.01); H04N 1/0049 (2013.01); H04N 1/00411 (2013.01); H04N 1/00496 (2013.01); H04N 1/00551 (2013.01); H04N 1/00633 (2013.01); H04N 1/00888 (2013.01); G06K 15/102 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0094 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus reads a document mounted on a document positioning section by using an image reading section, and forms an image of the document on a sheet by using an image forming section. The sheet subjected to the image formation processing is mounted on a discharge tray via a discharge section. The image forming apparatus includes an operation unit that has a touch panel and that protrudes from a front portion of the image reading section, and a power button that is a hardware button provided on a back side of the operation unit and on a front portion of the image reading section.