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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2016
Pfu Limited, Kahoku-shi, Ishikawa, JP;
Shingo Kanaya, Kahoku, JP;
PFU LIMITED, Kahoku-Shi, Ishikawa, JP;
Abstract
An image reading apparatus, a control method, and a control program accurately determining a position of a foreign object are provided. The image reading apparatus includes an image capturing device, provided in a first unit or a second unit, for capturing a first image and a second image, a reference member provided in the first unit or the second unit, a driving device for moving the second unit, a foreign object determining module for determining whether or not a foreign object appears in the first image, and a position determining module for determining whether the foreign object exists on the image capturing device side or on the reference member side, based on an absolute value of a difference between a gradation value in a region where the foreign object appears within the first image and a gradation value in a region corresponding to the region where the foreign object appears, within the second image when the foreign object appears in the first image, wherein the first image is an image of the reference member captured when the second unit is provided at one of the first position or the second position, and the second image is an image of the reference member captured when the second unit is provided at the other of the first position or the second position.