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Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus equipped therewith

US7126725B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 15, 2002
Grant dateOct 24, 2006
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Expiry dateOct 29, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/401
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a document reading apparatus having a scanning exposure reading system by which a document placed on a platen is scanning exposed by an optical system and a document image is read out, or a document reading system by which a moving document is read out by an optical system, at the first collection position and the second collection position which are different in the sub-scanning direction of the scanning expose on a reference density plate, the first shading correction data and the second shading correction data are respectively read in the main scanning direction, and the shading position is corrected on the basis of the read first and second shading correction data.

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