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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2015
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Ayako Hirose, Kawasaki, JP;
Isao Migishima, Moriya, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/203 (2006.01); H04N 1/03 (2006.01); H04N 1/21 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/2034 (2013.01); H04N 1/03 (2013.01); H04N 1/203 (2013.01); H04N 1/2032 (2013.01); H04N 1/21 (2013.01); H04N 1/2104 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes a front surface reading sensor configured to read a front surface of a document, a rear surface reading sensor configured to read a rear surface of the document, a storage control unit configured to store image data of the front surface of the document read by the front surface reading sensor and image data of the rear surface of the document read by the rear surface reading sensor, and an encoding unit configured to encode image data of the paired front and rear surface images based on the image data of the front surface and the image data of the rear surface.