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US 2018/0324315 A1Published application
Image reading apparatus and image reading method
AssigneePfu Limited
InventorsMasaya TAKAMORI, Yuki KASAHARA
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Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes a platen, a copyholder configured to rotate around a rotary axis, and a reader configured to read a reading surface pressed against the copyholder, of a document placed on the platen. The reader is supported by the copyholder to be able to move in a direction not parallel to the rotary axis.
Claims6
An image reading apparatus comprising:
- a platen;
- a copyholder configured to rotate around a rotary axis;
- and
- a reader configured to read a reading surface pressed against the copyholder, of a document placed on the platen, wherein
- the reader is supported by the copyholder to be able to move in a direction not parallel to the rotary axis.
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An image reading method executed by using an image reading apparatus including
- a platen,
- a copyholder configured to rotate around a rotary axis,
- a reader configured to read a reading surface pressed against the copyholder, of a document placed on the platen,
- a driver configured to move the reader with respect to the copyholder, and
- a sensor configured to determine whether the reader is arranged at a home position,
- the method comprising:
- determining whether the reader is arranged at a home position by using the sensor;
- and
- arranging the reader at the home position by causing the reader to approach the rotary axis by using the driver, when the reader is not arranged at the home position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.