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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
May. 03, 2012
Applicant:
Shinji Yamakawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Shinji Yamakawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/409 (2006.01); H04N 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a reflection member configured to reflect scanning light; a scanner unit configured to scan a document to generate image data and scan the reflection member with the scanning light to generate detection-reference image data; and a detecting unit configured to detect image noise in the generated detection-reference image data in a detection range of a desired number of contiguous pixels in a sub-scanning direction so that the image noise extending in the sub-scanning direction of the generated detection-reference image is detected.