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Image reading apparatus

US6359705B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 29, 1997
Grant dateMar 19, 2002
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Expiry dateDec 29, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/193
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides an image reading apparatus comprising a transparent plate, a convey means for conveying an original onto the transparent plate, a light source for illuminating the original, a light receiving element for reading an image of the original illuminated by the light source through the transparent plate, the light receiving element being shifted in a first mode in which the original stopped on the transparent plate is read and being kept stationary in a second mode in which the original being shifted by the convey means is read, and a control means for controlling a light amount of the light source in accordance with the first mode or the second mode.

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