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Image reading apparatus improving the joining state of a plurality of image data obtained by dividing and reading out an original image

US5721624A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 14, 1994
Grant dateFeb 24, 1998
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Expiry dateOct 14, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/0414
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In reading out an original image divided into a plurality of regions, a scanner reads out image data having each divided region partially repeated for each adjacent divided region. The read out image data of each divided region is stored in a memory in correspondence with the original image and stored in a memory. A controller identifies an overlapping region of the stored image data, and joins each image data according to the identified result to generate an image data corresponding to the original image.

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