Image reading apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsTomoyuki MOKUO, Noriyuki KOYANAGI, Keiichiro FUKUMASU, Keisuke MIYAUCHI, Naoki SAKAMOTO
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Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes a separating roller that is capable of switching between a separation state in which an original document is separated and a non-separation state in which the original document is not separated, and determines whether or not the original document is fed in the separation state or the non-separation state based on the types of the original document set through a user interface for instructing a select of the types of the original document to be read and a start of reading the original document.
Claims5
An image reading apparatus comprising:
- a reading unit that reads an original document;
- an original document placing portion on which the original document is placed;
- a feeding roller that feeds the original document from the original document placing portion;
- a separating roller that is a roller nipping the original document between the feeding roller and the separating roller and is capable of switching between a separation state in which the original document is separated and a non-separation state in which the original document is not separated;
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- a controller that controls feeding of the original document,
- wherein the controller determines whether or not the original document is fed in the separation state or the non-separation state based on the types of the original document set through a user interface for instructing a select of the types of the original document to be read and a start of reading the original document.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.