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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 23, 1998
Takayuki Nabeshima, Toyokawa, JP;
Hiroshi Murakami, Toyokawa, JP;
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image reading apparatus is provided which is capable of correctly reproducing a read image, by correcting variation in read data derived from variation in light intensity and variation in sensitivity, using reading means capable of logarithmic conversion such as an LOG CCD. As variation in read data caused by insufficient light intensity in a shade region of an original is corrected, even when there is a shade in an original image having halftone gradation, satisfactory image reproduction is possible. Since variation in read data caused by insufficient light intensity at the time of zooming is corrected, image quality is not degraded even when electrical zooming is performed. Further, variation in read data caused by fluctuation in light intensity, variation in photosensitivity and types of original is corrected, AD conversion with uniform resolution is possible even when output levels differ because of light distribution variation of a light source or variation in sensitivity of sensors.