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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2017
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, Aichi, JP;
Hidekazu Okada, Hashima, JP;
Takahiro Ikeno, Seto, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
An image scanning apparatus, comprising: a scanning device; a reference member; a correction unit; a controller; and a storage device, the scanning device comprising light receiving elements and a lens array, wherein the controller executes: a preparation process and an executive process, the preparation process comprising: a white reference data obtaining process to obtain white reference data by scanning a white reference original; and a white storing process to obtain white basic data by averaging the white reference data of a particular number of adjoining light receiving elements, wherein the executive process comprises: a reference member data obtaining process to obtain reference member data by scanning the reference member; a lens fluctuation calculation process to calculate fluctuation data of the correction data based on the reference member data; and a correction data generation process to generate the correction data by adding the fluctuation data to the white basic data.
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