Image reading device and image forming apparatus
US9225869B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 15, 2013 |
| Grant date | Dec 29, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 15, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N1/193
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image reading device includes: a feeding unit; a carriage for holding and moving a reading unit; a motor-side transmission gear for transmitting a power from a motor; a feeding unit-side transmission gear for transmitting the power to the feeding unit; a carriage-side transmission gear for transmitting the power to the carriage; a switching gear switched between a carriage-side position where the motor-side and the carriage-side transmission gears are coupled and a feeding unit-side position where the motor-side and the feeding unit-side transmission gears are coupled; and a control unit for performing: a prediction process of predicting whether a carriage read mode will be executed before receiving a reading start instruction; and a switching process of switching the switching gear to the carriage-side position in a case where the carriage read mode is predicted to be executed.
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