Document reading apparatus.

摘要

A document reading apparatus has a document placing plate and a transparent flat plate (4) which hold a document therebetween with a surface to be read of the document directed upward, a sensor unit (5) for reading image information of an image on the document surface to be read through the transparent flat plate (4), a drive mechanism (10, 11) for driving the sensor unit (5) in a direction parallel with the flat plate (4), and a position entering unit (7) for indicating an arbitrary position on the document surface to be read by a visible light through the transparent flat plate (4) and for detecting the position in association with a transparent tablet (6). Image reading and position entry can be made with a document held in the apparatus.