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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2017
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroshi Ibaraki, Okazaki, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/04 (2006.01); H04N 1/40 (2006.01); H04N 1/407 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/10 (2006.01); H04N 1/193 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/40056 (2013.01); H04N 1/00013 (2013.01); H04N 1/00411 (2013.01); H04N 1/00551 (2013.01); H04N 1/1061 (2013.01); H04N 1/193 (2013.01); H04N 1/4076 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0081 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image reading apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a platen glass, an image reader, and an output interface. An original is placed on the platen glass. The image reader is configured to read an image of the original on the platen glass. The image reader includes at least one sensor configured to detect a quantity of light for each of a plurality of regions on the platen glass. The output interface is configured to output information which identifies one or more regions of the plurality of regions in which the quantity of light detected therefrom exceeds a given value.