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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 17, 1997
Takao Furukawa, Tokyo, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a microfilm scanner which easily eliminate a search mark provided to each frame of a strip-shaped microfilm to precisely read only a range (image photographed range) including the frame. The microfilm scanner comprising: a film-edge detector for a width edge of the microfilm in each main scanning line in response to an output of a line sensor; and reading-range setter for setting an image reading range in each main scanning line by referring the detected edge of the microfilm. In a case that a width of the film is known in advance, start and end points of the image reading range may be determined from the first edge detected along a main scanning direction of the film-edge detector. A control method for the microfilm scanner is also provided.