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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2023
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Masaki Namiki, Kitakyushu, JP;
Assignee:
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/04 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/028 (2006.01); H04N 1/053 (2006.01); H04N 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/028 (2013.01); H04N 1/00557 (2013.01); H04N 1/053 (2013.01); H04N 1/1215 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0081 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image reading apparatus including an upper unit provided so as to be openable and closeable with respect to a lower unit, wherein the lower unit includes a two dimensional sensor that is disposed so as to face a medium fed from a medium support portion that supports the medium and detects movement of the medium in a two dimensional coordinate system, and a cover that switches a state in conjunction with opening and closing of the upper unit, exposes the two dimensional sensor in a state in which the upper unit is closed, and covers the two dimensional sensor in a state in which the upper unit is opened.