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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2014
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image reading device includes: a placement stage on which document sheets bearing respective images are placed; a pair of guide members that hold the document sheets placed on the placement stage between them and guide a document sheet when it is conveyed, at least one of the pair of guide members being movable in a width direction that is perpendicular to a conveying direction of the document sheets placed on the placement stage; an interval-between-guide-members detecting unit that detects an interval between the pair of guide members; a document sheet conveying unit that conveys the document sheets placed on the placement stage sequentially one by one and thereby causes the document sheets to pass a reading position; a document reading unit as defined herein; a first inclination correction unit as defined herein; and a correction mode switching control unit as defined herein.