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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2005
Taketo Ochiai, Hanno, JP;
Kiyoyuki Kakinuma, Chichibu, JP;
Kazuo Otani, Kodaira, JP;
Canon Denshi Kabushiki Kaisha, Chichibu-shi, JP;
Abstract
A scanner is provided with an image memory for storing therein image data read from an original by an image sensor, an image processing portion for effecting image processing on the image data, and a sending portion for sending the image data to an external equipment. The image processing portion is disposed in a route along which the image data is forwarded from the image memory to the sending portion, and the contents of the image processing by the image processing portion is made changeable over. The external equipment is provided with an image analyzing portion for obtaining first image data image-processed in a first image mode from the scanner and analyzing it, and detecting the state of the original (such as whether the original is a white sheet) from which the first image data has been read. On the basis of the result of the detection by the image analyzing portion, second image data image-processed in a second image mode is obtained from the scanner.