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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 1983
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Atsuyuki Tanaka, Shinshiro, JP;
Hiroaki Kojima, Toyokawa, JP;
Shozo Kaieda, Toyokawa, JP;
Tokuzi Kakiuchi, Toyokawa, JP;
Nobuaki Nishioka, Toyokawa, JP;
Yukio Tadauchi, Toyohashi, JP;
Hidekazu Nakagami, Toyohashi, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382 50 ; 382 65 ;
Abstract
An improved image reading apparatus which is so arranged that, by providing marks shaded to a predetermined density or darkness for setting a required reading area on an image reading surface, the start mark and end mark are detected by a solid state image sensor for supplying image signals within the required reading range into memory unit based on results of the on detection so as to reduce the memory capacity of the memory unit.