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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2007
Applicant:
Takashi Hatano, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Inventor:
Takashi Hatano, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/04 (2006.01); H04N 1/40 (2006.01); H04N 1/393 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image reading device includes an image reader, which reads an original into image data by scanning the original in the main scanning direction at an image reading width while the original is being fed in a sub scanning direction; and a controller, which inputs reading settings information and set the image reading width to a maximum reading width of the image reader when the reading settings information includes a user instruction for setting the image reading width to the maximum reading width.