Image reading apparatus, image-reading processing apparatus, image reading method, and computer program product

An image-reading processing apparatus comprising a storage unit and a control unit, connected to an image reading apparatus comprising a flatbed image reading unit and an ADF image reading unit, wherein,

• the image-reading processing apparatus includes:
• a flatbed image-reading control unit that controls the flatbed image reading unit to read an image of a read-condition setting sheet, and stores the image of the read-condition setting sheet in the storage unit;
• a read-condition determining unit that determines a read condition from the image of the read-condition setting sheet read by the flatbed image-reading control unit;
• a read-condition setting unit that sets a read condition for a document to be read by the ADF image reading unit according to the read condition determined by the read-condition determining unit;
• and
• an ADF image-reading control unit that controls the ADF image reading unit to read an image of the document according to the read condition set by the read-condition setting unit, and stores the image of the document in the storage unit.

An image reading method executed by an image reading apparatus comprising a flatbed image reading unit, an ADF image reading unit, a storage unit, and a control unit, wherein

• the method comprises:
• a flatbed image-reading control step of controlling the flatbed image reading unit to read an image of a read-condition setting sheet, and storing the image of the read-condition setting sheet in the storage unit;
• a read-condition determining step of determining a read condition from the image of the read-condition setting sheet read at the flatbed image-reading control step;
• a read-condition setting step of setting a read condition for a document to be read by the ADF image reading unit according to the read condition determined at the read-condition determining step;
• and
• an ADF image-reading control step of controlling the ADF image reading unit to read an image of the document according to the read condition set at the read-condition setting step, and storing the image of the document in the storage unit.

A computer program product having a computer readable medium including programmed instructions for executing an image reading method by an image reading apparatus comprising a flatbed image reading unit, an ADF image reading unit, a storage unit, and a control unit, wherein the instructions, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform:

• a flatbed image-reading control step of controlling the flatbed image reading unit to read an image of a read-condition setting sheet, and storing the image of the read-condition setting sheet in the storage unit;
• a read-condition determining step of determining a read condition from the image of the read-condition setting sheet read at the flatbed image-reading control step;
• a read-condition setting step of setting a read condition for a document to be read by the ADF image reading unit according to the read condition determined at the read-condition determining step;
• and
• an ADF image-reading control step of controlling the ADF image reading unit to read an image of the document according to the read condition set at the read-condition setting step, and storing the image of the document in the storage unit.