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Document image reading device

US6515774B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 16, 2002
Grant dateFeb 4, 2003
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Expiry dateMay 16, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/04734
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A document-image reading device that can analyze a speed fluctuation state of a scanner when scanning an image in the feed direction by separately extracting speed fluctuation components by reading a change in density of reference scale lines and, on the basis of the analysis result, prevents the occurrence of an image blur that may be resulting from unstable factors of a driving mechanism. The document-image reading device for reading a document image data at a specified time-interval given by the reference clock signal, which comprises an image sensor for reading a document image by moving the image sensor or the document in the feed direction and is featured in that the document-image reading device is further provided with a chart reader for reading a reference chart portion having alternations of a high-density division and a low-density division arranged one after another at a distance-interval equal to a least pitch readable by the document-image reading device along the feed direction and a processor for processing image data read from the reference chart portion by using a comb-type filter and by integration.

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