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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 26, 1999
Katsuki Tamamura, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image scanning unit for correcting a variation in magnification caused by an inclination of optical visual-line between a manuscript and a photoelectric conversion element when a full-speed scan reciprocating bed and a half-speed scan reciprocating bed are scanned in the sub-scan direction. The image scanning unit has: an optical system that leads light reflected on the manuscript to the photoelectric conversion element; a marking that is disposed on the optical visual-line of the full-speed scan reciprocating bed; a light source that supplies light to the marking; and a control circuit for accumulating marking information that is input through the optical system to the photoelectric conversion element and detecting an inclination of optical visual-line by comparing the accumulated marking information and regular marking information at regular optical visual-line, and for canceling the variation in magnification in the sub-scan direction caused by the detected inclination of optical visual-line.