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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2016
Hiroki Shirado, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaki Nagase, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoki Asaba, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideki Hashimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroki Shirado, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaki Nagase, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoki Asaba, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideki Hashimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image reading device includes a shooting unit, a light source unit, a shooting controller, and a combining unit. The light source unit sequentially irradiates the bound document with light from first and second irradiation positions opposing each other with respect to a first straight line orthogonal to a direction of a binding portion of the document. The shooting controller controls the shooting unit to shoot a first region positioned at the second irradiation position side on the document when the light source unit irradiates the document with light from the first irradiation position, and controls the shooting unit to shoot a second region containing a region other than the first region on the document when the light source unit irradiates the document with light from the second irradiation position. The combining unit combines a shot image of the first region and a shot image of the second region.