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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2022
Pfu Limited, Kahoku, JP;
Tomohiro Murakami, Kahoku, JP;
Hiroyuki Kitano, Kahoku, JP;
PFU LIMITED, Kahoku, JP;
Abstract
The image reading apparatus includes a separation roller, an imaging device to generate an input image, a conveyance roller to convey the medium separated by the separation roller to the imaging device, a first medium sensor located between the separation roller and the conveyance roller, a second medium sensor located between the conveyance roller and the imaging device, a processor to start imaging by the imaging device in response to detection of the medium by the first medium sensor and generate a cutout image from the input image in response to detection of the medium by the second medium sensor, and an output device to output the cutout image. The processor generates the cutout image based on a position imaged by a predetermined amount before a position imaged at a timing when the second medium sensor detects the medium, in the input image.