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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 1994
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1990
Yoshihiko Hirota, Osaka, JP;
Kunihiko Omura, Osaka, JP;
Shigeru Moriya, Osaka, JP;
Hiroya Sugawa, Osaka, JP;
Katsuaki Tajima, Osaka, JP;
Kaoru Tada, Osaka, JP;
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes an original placing platen formed of a rectangular transparent member on which an original is placed; a photoelectrical conversion device for reading an image of the original-placed on the transparent member; an original pressing plate having an original pressing surface for pressing the overall surface of the original placing platen, the original pressing surface having a first area formed at a portion opposing a first side of the transparent member and a second area formed at a portion opposing a second side crossing at a right angle to the first side of the transparent member. The first and second areas are determined as a predetermined color by the photoelectrical conversion device. The apparatus further includes a size detecting device for reading by the photoelectrical conversion device the original sandwiched between the first and second areas of the original pressing surface and the transparent member so as to detect the size of the original based on the result of reading.