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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2004
Takao Araki, Kasuga, JP;
Junichi Suematsu, Fukuoka, JP;
Takao Araki, Kasuga, JP;
Junichi Suematsu, Fukuoka, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image reader includes a document table () having a platen plate () placed on an upper surface of the document table (); a document table cover () supported at an upper end of the document table () in a pivotable manner; a first image sensor () which is provided in the document table () and is actuated in parallel with the platen plate () by means of a sensor drive mechanism (); a document moving mechanism for causing the document to move along a document transport path () formed in the document table cover (); and a second image sensor () fixed to the document table cover () so as to be situated at a position above the document transport path (). A track of the document, which moves through the document transport path (), passes through a focal point (scan point) of the first image sensor () achieved when the first image sensor () is situated at a standby position.