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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2001
Tomoyuki Araki, Shizuoka, JP;
Yasuyoshi Hayakawa, Shizuoka, JP;
Tsuyoshi Waragai, Shizuoka, JP;
Atsushi Ogata, Shizuoka, JP;
Masayoshi Fukatsu, Shizuoka, JP;
Junichi Sekiyama, Shizuoka, JP;
Tomoyuki Araki, Shizuoka, JP;
Yasuyoshi Hayakawa, Shizuoka, JP;
Tsuyoshi Waragai, Shizuoka, JP;
Atsushi Ogata, Shizuoka, JP;
Masayoshi Fukatsu, Shizuoka, JP;
Junichi Sekiyama, Shizuoka, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide an image reading apparatus that has first reading device for reading a first surface of an original, and second reading device for reading a second surface opposite to the first surface of the original, the first reading device and the second reading device being provided on the first surface side and the second surface side, respectively, with the original as a boundary, the second reading device including a light source and a reading member for reading image light from the original irradiated by the light source, the reading member being provided separately from a vertical line passing through the light source.