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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2024
Filed:
May. 02, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hidenori Sunada, Chiba, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A document reading apparatus includes a stacking portion on which a plurality of documents are stacked, a feeding unit configured to feed the plurality of documents in a feeding direction, a reading unit configured to read the documents, a drive source configured to drive the feeding unit, and a control unit configured to execute a mode in which the plurality of documents having different sizes are fed by the feeding unit and read by the reading unit. The control unit is configured to control the drive source in the mode such that the feeding unit feeds a first document at a first feeding speed, and the feeding unit feeds a second document following the first document at a second feeding speed higher than the first feeding speed in a case where the width of the first document is larger than a predetermined width.