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Document reading device and image forming apparatus

US12388936B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 7, 2022
Grant dateAug 12, 2025
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Expiry dateMay 14, 2043

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/0436
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A document reading device includes: an image capturing member that captures an image of a document; a placement portion that is disposed below the image capturing member and that has a boundary line between multiple surfaces at a position at which the boundary line is covered by the document when the document has a maximum size that the image capturing member is capable of imaging and the document is placed on the placement portion; and a document reading member that reads the document that is placed on the placement portion.

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