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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 10, 1997
Katsunari Suzuki, Kawasaki, JP;
Ryosuke Miyamoto, Urayasu, JP;
Hideaki Shimizu, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyoshi Yoshida, Fujisawa, JP;
Masao Watanabe, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroyuki Yaguchi, Inagi, JP;
Yasuhiro Takiyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Tadashi Takahashi, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An original document reading apparatus includes a first control portion for performing a first control wherein documents are transported at a first document interval in the event that a detected occupying capacity is less than a detected unused capacity. The first control portion also performs a second control wherein documents are transported at a second document interval which is greater than the first document interval in the event that the detected occupying capacity exceeds the detected unused capacity. A second control portion continuously activates an exposure portion under the first control, and intermittently activates the exposure portion under the second control.