Image reading system, image reading device, and image reading method

An image reading device comprising:

• a transport section configured to transport a document in a predetermined transport direction;
• a reading section configured to read the document transported by the transport section;
• and
• a control section configured to output image data generated by reading by the reading section to a designated output destination, wherein
• the transport section includes a first transport section and a second transport section at different positions in an intersecting direction intersecting the transport direction,
• the image reading device includes a storage section configured to store a correspondence relationship between each of a plurality of divided regions, which are different regions of the image data and which include a first region corresponding to the first transport section side in the intersecting direction and a second region corresponding to the second transport section side in the intersecting direction, and output settings applied to the image data during a process for output, and
• the control section
• extracts a document region corresponding to the document from the image data,
• determines which of the divided regions includes the document region,
• when the control section determines that the document region is included in the first region, applies a first output setting associated with the first region among the output settings stored in the storage section to the document region to execute the output for the document region,
• when the control section determines that the document region is included in the second region, applies a second output setting associated with the second region among the output settings stored in the storage section to the document region to execute the output for the document region,
• when the document region includes specific information indicating that the document is a setting sheet for changing the output setting, the control section does not determine which of the divided regions includes the document region, acquires the first output setting after change and the second output setting after change from the document region, updates the first output setting stored in the storage section with the first output setting after the change, and updates the second output setting stored in the storage section with the second output setting after the change.

An image reading method comprising:

• a transporting step of transporting a document in a predetermined transport direction by a transport section;
• a reading step of reading the document transported in the transporting step;
• and
• an outputting step of outputting image data generated in the reading step to a specified output destination, wherein
• the transport section includes a first transport section and a second transport section at different positions in an intersecting direction intersecting the transport direction and
• in the outputting step,
• extracting a document region corresponding to the document from the image data,
• determining in which of a plurality of divided regions the document region is included, the plurality of divided regions being different regions of the image data and including a first region corresponding to the first transport section side in the intersecting direction and a second region corresponding to the second transport section side in the intersecting direction, referring to a storage section that stores a correspondence relationship between each of the plurality of divided regions and an output setting to be applied to the image data during a process for the output,
• when determining that the document region is included in the first region, applying a first output setting, which is among the output settings and is associated with the first region, to the document region to execute the output for the document region, and referring to the storage section,
• when determining that the document region is included in the second region, applying a second output setting, which is among the output settings and is associated with the second region, to the document region to execute the output for the document region, and
• when the document region includes specific information indicating that the document is a setting sheet for changing the output setting, a control section does not determine which of the divided regions includes the document region, acquires the first output setting after change and the second output setting after change from the document region, updates the first output setting stored in the storage section with the first output setting after the change, and updates the second output setting stored in the storage section with the second output setting after the change.