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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2009
Yasuhiko Ikeda, Sagamihara, JP;
Haruyuki Yanagi, Machida, JP;
Masaaki Ishibashi, Hino, JP;
Kenichi Nishimura, Tokyo, JP;
Sakiko Takizawa, Tokyo, JP;
Naofumi Sekine, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroshi Ogushi, Shiroi, JP;
Takeji Niikura, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuya Saito, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuhiro Nitta, Yokohama, JP;
Shigeyuki Sugiyama, Hiratsuka, JP;
Yasuhiko Ikeda, Sagamihara, JP;
Haruyuki Yanagi, Machida, JP;
Masaaki Ishibashi, Hino, JP;
Kenichi Nishimura, Tokyo, JP;
Sakiko Takizawa, Tokyo, JP;
Naofumi Sekine, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroshi Ogushi, Shiroi, JP;
Takeji Niikura, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuya Saito, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuhiro Nitta, Yokohama, JP;
Shigeyuki Sugiyama, Hiratsuka, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a printing section, a flatbed scanner section configured to read an original on a reading surface, and a moving mechanism configured to change the angle of the reading surface relative to an installation plane on which the apparatus is installed. The scanner section is capable of performing reading in each of a first mode where the angle of the reading surface is a first angle (vertical) and a second mode where the angle of the reading surface is a second angle (horizontal) different from the first angle.