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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2006
Keiji Honda, Kahoku, JP;
Shinobu Yamamoto, Kahoku, JP;
Masahiko Kobako, Kahoku, JP;
Kiyoto Kosaka, Kahoku, JP;
Keiji Honda, Kahoku, JP;
Shinobu Yamamoto, Kahoku, JP;
Masahiko Kobako, Kahoku, JP;
Kiyoto Kosaka, Kahoku, JP;
PFU Limited, Ishikawa, JP;
Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes an image reader, operable to read an image corresponding to an original and a back pad, the original being placed on the back pad so that outside of the original contains an area extending in overall width of the back pad; a first data generator, operable to generate first image data based on the image; a second data generator, operable to generate second image data based on a part of the image corresponding to the area; a first processor, operable to compare the first image data with the second image data so as to generate first edge information; and a detector, operable to detect an edge of the original based on the first edge information.