Patent · US Active

Image reading apparatus, control method thereof, image forming apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium

US9467584B2 · kind B2 · utility

3Cited by
8References
24Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateJun 12, 2015
Grant dateOct 11, 2016
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 12, 2035

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/0094
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image reading apparatus comprising a reading unit, a detection unit, and a control unit, when the detection unit detects a closed state of the reading unit after the reading unit is opened in a reading operation by the reading unit, if the reading operation is able to be restarted from a state of suspension in which a conveyance of the document by the reading unit is suspended, the control unit controls the reading unit to restart the reading operation from the state of suspension.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.