- Patent Title: Image reading device provided with reader having lens array and light receiving elements and correcting output based on evaluation of reference member readings
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Application No.: US15427181Application Date: 2017-02-08
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Publication No.: US10021273B2Publication Date: 2018-07-10
- Inventor: Takashi Matsumi
- Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya, Aichi
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya, Aichi
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, PC
- Priority: JP2016-027701 20160217
- Main IPC: H04N1/401
- IPC: H04N1/401 ; H04N1/407 ; H04N1/409 ; H04N1/193 ; H04N1/031 ; H04N1/028 ; H04N1/00

Abstract:
In an image reading device, a controller is configured to perform: calculating a ratio between first and second reference data as evaluation data; designating a target light receiving element from a plurality of light receiving elements one by one sequentially; calculating average evaluation data of the target light receiving element by averaging the evaluation data of a second number of light receiving elements located at positions apart every predetermined distance equal to a length of a first number of consecutively arranged light receiving elements; setting an evaluation range of the target light receiving element by adding/subtracting a predetermined value to/from the average evaluation data; determining whether the evaluation data falls within the evaluation range; in response to determining that the evaluation data is out of the evaluation range, revising the second reference data of the target light receiving element; and generating correction data using the second reference data after revision.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170237878A1 IMAGE READING DEVICE PROVIDED WITH READER HAVING LENS ARRAY AND LIGHT RECEIVING ELEMENTS Public/Granted day:2017-08-17
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