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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
May. 21, 2014
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Yasuyuki Yabuuchi, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image reading device () includes an image reading unit () for reading a document, a document feeder unit () for feeding document sheets, a setting input unit () for accepting a mixed setting mode, a size determination unit () for determining a main scanning direction size, a blank sheet detection unit () configured to repeat detection whether or not a blank sheet detection area (F) in image data is blank since before one page reading is completed, and when reading in the mixed setting mode, to perform the blank sheet detection process in main scanning widths of a plurality of the blank sheet detection areas (F), so as to detect whether or not the document sheet is blank in the main scanning width corresponding to the determined main scanning direction size, and a blank sheet deletion unit () for deleting document image data of the detected blank sheet.