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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2009
Masahiko Kobako, Kahoku, JP;
Masahiko Kobako, Kahoku, JP;
PFU Limited, Kahoku-shi, JP;
Abstract
An image reading deviceincludes an output acquiring unitacquiring outputs from a plurality of light receiving elementsarranged to form an image reading surface for reading an image of an original, a difference detecting unitdetecting edges in the original or an end portion of the original on the basis of the outputs from at least some of the light receiving elementsin the outputs acquired by the output acquiring unit, and an image information generating unitgenerating the image information of the original by use of the outputs from the plurality of light receiving elementswhen the difference detecting unitdetects the edges or the end portion of the original.