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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2007
Applicant:
Hiroshi Morisaki, Aichi, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroshi Morisaki, Aichi, JP;
Assignee:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nogoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/04 (2006.01); H04N 1/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is provided an image reading device, which comprises an illumination unit configured to diffuse light from light sources in a predetermined scanning direction to illuminate an object with diffused light, a reading unit having photoreceptors aligned in the predetermined scanning direction to receive light reflected from the object, a detection unit configured to detect lighting status of the light sources; and a controller that obtains an image of the object by using a normal one of the light sources as a main light source if at least one of the light sources is in an abnormal state.