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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2022
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yoshihiro Esumi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00 (2006.01); B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 11/42 (2006.01); H04N 1/23 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00726 (2013.01); B41J 11/0005 (2013.01); B41J 11/42 (2013.01); H04N 1/00602 (2013.01); H04N 1/00644 (2013.01); H04N 1/00647 (2013.01); H04N 1/00708 (2013.01); H04N 1/00737 (2013.01); H04N 1/00748 (2013.01); H04N 1/00763 (2013.01); H04N 1/00795 (2013.01); H04N 1/2323 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image reading apparatus including: a conveyor that conveys a sheet on which an image is formed by an image forming apparatus; a reader that reads the sheet conveyed by the conveyor, by using a contact image sensor; and a first hardware processor that extracts an edge of the sheet by analyzing a read image by the reader, calculates a blur amount of the edge based on the extracted edge, and calculates a curl amount of the sheet based on the calculated blur amount.