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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 15, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Soh Hirota, Toyokawa, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 ;
Abstract
In an image reading apparatus, an overall control portion can detect the glossiness of the image surface of an original using a sensor unit in producing image data. The user can set a condition to form an image in an operation panel. Overall control portion does not detect the glossiness of the image surface of an original with sensor unit in producing image data when a prescribed condition is set in operation panel.