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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2007
Tasuku Kohara, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Inoue, Saitama, JP;
Hiroshi Takeda, Chiba, JP;
Kenichi Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Taisuke Omi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuo Koike, Kanagawa, JP;
Tasuku Kohara, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Inoue, Saitama, JP;
Hiroshi Takeda, Chiba, JP;
Kenichi Yamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Taisuke Omi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuo Koike, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an image forming device which acquires image information of a document and forms an image on a recording sheet, an image forming device body has a first reading unit and a processing unit, wherein the first reading unit acquires image information of a document and the processing unit forms an image on a recording sheet based on the image information. An image input device has a second reading unit which acquires image information of a document. The image input device is arranged in the image forming device body at a position lower than a position of the first reading unit.