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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2009
Miyoko Maruyama, Osaka, JP;
Takeshi Nakamura, Osaka, JP;
Miyoko Maruyama, Osaka, JP;
Takeshi Nakamura, Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A document reading device is provided that may perform preview display to enable read contents to be checked if it is determined that a blank sheet exists among read document images. This document reading device includes a document reading portion, a blank-sheet determining portion that determines blank-sheet image data among document image data read by the document reading portion, and a preview displaying portion that performs preview display for image data excluding the blank-sheet image data determined by the blank-sheet determining portion, and the preview displaying portion is capable of performing re-preview display of all the image data read by the document reading portion for the image data excluding the blank-sheet image data displayed in the preview display.