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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 1994
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1992
Shinobu Arimoto, Yokohama, JP;
Hisakazu Okubo, Ichikawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image reader comprises a platen on which an original is to be placed, a read unit for reading an image of the original placed on the platen, a first standard member having even density, a second standard member having even density and provided at a position different from the first standard member, a correction unit for correcting unevenness of a video signal resulted from reading the image of the original by the read unit on the basis of a first standard signal resulted from reading the first standard member by the read unit, and a compensation unit for compensating correction operation made by the correction unit on the basis of a second standard signal resulted from reading the second standard member by the read unit. The reader may also comprise an authorization unit for authorizing the compensation operation by the compensation unit. With the reader, unevenness of the video signal is always automatically corrected with satisfactory results.