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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
May. 23, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hayato Koyama, Kashiwa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes a reading unit line sensors to read an image of a target object, and a detector to detect foreign matter at a reading position. The line sensors receive light of a first color and light of a second color different from the first color. The detector includes an abnormal pixel detector to detect a first abnormal pixel for the first color based on first pixel data and second pixel data, and to detect a second abnormal pixel for the second color based on third pixel data and fourth pixel data. A combining unit generates combined abnormal pixel information. A determination unit determines one of a presence and an absence of foreign matter based on the combined abnormal pixel information.