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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2023
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Noriyuki Koyanagi, Fukuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00779 (2013.01); H04N 1/00 (2013.01); H04N 1/0057 (2013.01); H04N 1/00689 (2013.01); H04N 1/00745 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0081 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes a transport section that can transport original documents along a transport path, a reading section configured to read images of the original documents transported by the transport section, an output controller configured to output data of the original documents read by the reading section, a multi-sheet feed detection sensor configured to detect a multi-sheet feed of the original documents transported by the transport section, and an instruction section configured to issue an instruction to disable multi-sheet feed detection by the multi-sheet feed detection section.