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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2007
Keiichi Matsunaga, Seto, JP;
Keiichi Matsunaga, Seto, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes: a reading device for reading an image of a document; a moving mechanism; an operable portion capable of being inputted a specific command; a read-controlling portion for conducting a reading operation so as to obtain sections of the image data of the document in a reading order; a display device configured for displaying a display image of the document; a display-controlling portion for controlling the display device so as to display the display image based on the sections of the image data; a command detecting portion for detecting the specific command; an output-range determining portion for determining an output range which is determined based on the sections of the image data corresponding to the display image displayed when the specific command is detected; and an image-data outputting portion for outputting the output image data based on the output range.