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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2009
Shingo Fujiwara, Aichi, JP;
Shingo Fujiwara, Aichi, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
An image scanner has a scanning unit which captures an image of an original placed on a platen, a scanning unit moving mechanism which moves the scanning unit in an auxiliary scanning direction, and an image processing unit which processes the image of the original scanned by the scanning unit. The image processing unit includes a sheet size candidate determining unit which determines sheet size candidates based on a width of the original, and a scan/non-scan section determining unit which determines a non-scan section and a scan section based on the sheet size candidate. The scanning unit moving mechanism moves the scanning unit at a first speed in the scan section and at a second speed which is faster than the first speed, and the scanning unit scans the image of the original in the scan section and does not scan the image in the non-scan section.