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Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2024

Filed:

Jun. 12, 2023
Applicant:

Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;

Inventor:

Akifumi Seto, Osaka, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/04 (2006.01); B65H 29/60 (2006.01); B65H 43/06 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00822 (2013.01); B65H 29/60 (2013.01); B65H 43/06 (2013.01); H04N 1/00612 (2013.01); H04N 1/00615 (2013.01); H04N 1/00633 (2013.01); H04N 1/0464 (2013.01); B65H 2513/42 (2013.01); B65H 2801/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image reading apparatus includes a common transport route, a first and a second transport route, a first and a second image sensor, a first and a second discharge tray, and a controller. The controller executes a first reading mode including guiding the document from the common transport route to the first transport route, reading the image on the first face of the document with the first image sensor, and discharging the document to the first discharge tray, or a second reading mode including reading the image on the second face of the document with the second image sensor, guiding the document from the common transport route to the second transport route, and discharging the document to the second discharge tray, inhibits the first reading mode, upon deciding that the first discharge tray is full, and inhibits the second reading mode, upon deciding that the second discharge tray is full.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Seto, Akifumi. (2024). Image reading apparatus that switches reading mode depending on whether document may be discharged to discharge tray, and image forming apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 11991329). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11991329

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