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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2009
Noriaki Orikasa, Kanagawa, JP;
Noriaki Orikasa, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image reading device includes a light source part in which plural point light sources are arrayed in parallel to a main scanning direction, a line sensor part in which plural light quantity sensors are arrayed in parallel to the main scanning direction, a reduction optical system containing a lens and focusing a reflected light beam indicating image information of a document irradiated by a light beam from the light source part, on the line sensor part to read the image information, and a control part configured to control a quantity of irradiating light of each point light source of the light source part in accordance with an optical characteristic of the lens of the reduction optical system.