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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2008
Applicants:
Kenji Hiromatsu, Chiba, JP;
Noriaki Matsui, Ibaraki, JP;
Inventors:
Kenji Hiromatsu, Chiba, JP;
Noriaki Matsui, Ibaraki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed is an image reading apparatus including: an original transporting device for transporting an original; an image reader for reading an image of the original in a first reading region or a second reading region while transporting the original by the original transporting device; and a correcting device for correcting image data read in the second reading region by the image reader so as to give the image data the same white level as image data read in the first reading region based on the ratio of the white level of the second reading region to that of the first reading region.