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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
May. 20, 2011
Norikazu Sakai, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazunori Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Norikazu Sakai, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazunori Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes an apparatus body; a transport device that is openable and closable; an image reading unit disposed in one of the apparatus body and the transport device and reading an image of the document transported by the transport device; a member to be read that is disposed in the other of the apparatus body and the transport device at a position opposite the image reading unit when the transport device is closed, the member to be read being read by the image reading unit; and a control unit that causes the image reading unit to read the member to be read at a predetermined time, and if the transport device is open at the predetermined time, causes the image reading unit to read the member to be read when the document is transported by the transport device.