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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 28, 1998
Yosuke Monji, Fukuoka, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image input device includes an image reader capable of realizing conversion of image resolution. The image input device includes a scanner driving unit provided with a resettable resolution arithmetic unit, a resolution interpolating process change-over unit and a resolution interpolating unit. The presettable resolution arithmetic unit sets at a scanner unit a resolution designated by a user unless the designated resolution exceeds a maximum presettable resolution of the scanner. If the user designated resolution exceeds the maximum presettable resolution, the presettable resolution arithmetic unit sets at the scanner a predetermined resolution which does not exceed the maximum presettable resolution. The resolution interpolating processing unit interpolates the image data outputted from the scanner unit for generating the image data of the resolution designated by the user. The resolution interpolating processing can be performed either in a primary scanning direction or in a secondary scanning direction or in both directions.