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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2010
Hiroshi Kubo, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Fujii, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuo Kosuga, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuaki Nagano, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenichiro Morita, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Akai, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Kubo, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Fujii, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuo Kosuga, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuaki Nagano, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenichiro Morita, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Akai, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image read device is provided, which conveys an original while performing reading of an image of the original at a read position on a transparent member by a read unit fixed, the image read device including: a moving unit that moves the transparent member back and forth in an original conveying direction; a control unit that conveys the original and moves the transparent member by using the moving unit while causing the reading of the image to be performed at the read position; and a determining unit that, when an event causing interruption of original conveyance occurs, stops the transparent member and determines whether a control of returning the transparent member to a home position is to be performed or not in accordance with a stopped position of the original in an original conveying path.