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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2013
Pfu Limited, Kahoku-shi, Ishikawa, JP;
Shingo Kanaya, Kahoku, JP;
PFU Limited, Kahoku-shi, JP;
Abstract
An image reading apparatus including a first image unit fixed on one side of a conveyance path, a second image unit provided on the other side of the conveyance path and facing the first image unit, a guide at the second image unit and that contacts a medium to move the second image unit in a direction away from the conveyance path, an image sensor at one of the first image unit and the second image unit, a reference plate at the other one of the first image unit and the second image unit, and a thickness detection unit for detecting a thickness of the medium on the basis of an image signal output by the image sensor that captures an image of the reference plate with the medium inserted between the first image unit and the second image unit.