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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2016
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Takashi Hasebe, Sagamihara, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06K 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00785 (2013.01); H04N 1/0057 (2013.01); H04N 1/00689 (2013.01); H04N 1/00708 (2013.01); H04N 1/00795 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0082 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image reading apparatus which includes an image reading section and a document conveyance section, the image reading apparatus including: a document size detector which detects a document size of the document; and a processor configured to detect whether or not a Z-fold exists in the document for which the document size is detected by the document size detector; unfold a Z-folded part of a Z-folded document for which a Z-fold is detected; and assign image data of the image to a page memory on the basis of the document size detected by the document size detector and whether or not a Z-fold is detected.