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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 1998
Filed:
May. 23, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Akihiko Hamamoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2502081 ; 25055938 ; 358486 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed an image reading apparatus having a sensor in which a plurality of photo-reception elements are arranged, a displacement mechanism for changing a relative position between the sensor and an original in an arranging direction of the photo-reception elements or a direction different from the arranging direction, a detecting unit for detecting an image interval on the original which was read by the sensor, and a control unit for controlling a relative displacement direction or displacement amount between the sensor and the original due to the displacement mechanism in accordance with the image interval detected by the detecting unit.