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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2009
Applicant:
Nobuhiko Suzuki, Aichi, JP;
Inventor:
Nobuhiko Suzuki, Aichi, JP;
Assignee:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, Aichi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image scanner includes a scanning unit configured to scan images on document sheets, an image processing unit configured to perform image processing for the images scanned by the scanning unit under a predetermined condition, an identifying unit configured to identify one or more damaged sheets among the document sheets to be scanned, and a condition setting unit configured to set a specific condition under which the image processing is to be performed for images scanned from the damaged sheets identified by the identifying unit.