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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1997
Minoru Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Mikio Horie, Tokyo, JP;
Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image scanning device is provided that includes an imaging lens, a linear image sensor that outputs a line image signal, a rotatable scanning mirror that deflects light towards the image sensor through the imaging lens, a scanning system for rotating the scanning mirror to scan a two-dimensional image, a focusing system that drives the imaging lens according to a position of the scanning mirror to maintain an in-focus image, and a magnification correction system which compensates for changes of magnification of the line image due to the driving of the imaging lens, such that distortion of the two-dimensional image is reduced. In particular, based on the assumption that an object is a flat surface that is perpendicular to an optical axis of the image scanning device, the magnification correction system compensates for the changes of magnification by calculating a difference between a reference magnification and a current magnification, and replaces a corresponding number of pixels from the line image signal with compensation pixels.