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Image reading apparatus capable of detecting glossiness of image surface

US6560351B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJul 15, 1999
Grant dateMay 6, 2003
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Expiry dateJul 15, 2019

Classification

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

Abstract

In an image reading apparatus, an overall control portion can detect the glossiness of the image surface of an original using a sensor unit in producing image data. The user can set a condition to form an image in an operation panel. Overall control portion does not detect the glossiness of the image surface of an original with sensor unit in producing image data when a prescribed condition is set in operation panel.

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