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| 20090086293 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided a technique to make, in a case where a monochrome image is generated based on a color image, a chromatic image region on the color image distinguishable on the monochrome image. There are included a first image reading unit to acquire monochrome image data by reading an image in monochrome from an original document, a second image reading unit to acquire color image data by reading an image in color from an original document, an extraction image generation unit to generate image data by extracting a chromatic image region in the color image data read by the second image reading unit, and a luminance correction unit to make a correction to increase, based on the image data generated by the extraction image generation unit, luminance of a monochrome signal which is included in the monochrome image data read by the first image reading unit and corresponds to the chromatic image region extracted by the extraction image generation unit. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090086294 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE READING METHOD - There is provide a technique which can contribute to reduction of data capacity of image data read from an original document in an image reading apparatus, and can contribute to realization of a flexible image processing to meet user's requests. There are included a first image reading unit to read an image in monochrome from an original document at a first resolution, a second image reading unit to read an image in color from an original document at a second resolution lower than the first resolution, a position information acquisition unit to acquire position information indicating, in respective image data read by the first and the second image reading units from the same original document, corresponding positions of respective pixels on the original document, a color information acquisition unit to acquire color information indicating colors of the respective pixels in the respective image data, and a storage unit to associate the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit with the color information acquired by the color information acquisition unit with respect to the pixel corresponding to the position information and to store them in a specified storage area. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090103149 | APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE READING, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - It is made possible to determine image characteristics in a reading image while the image of an original is being read. A first line sensor ( | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090168123 | 4-LINE CCD SENSOR AND IMAGE INPUT APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A 4-line CCD sensor according to one embodiment of the present invention has a monochromic reading line sensor section and a color reading line sensor section. This 4-line CCD sensor is characterized in that amplification factors for amplifiers | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090323095 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A method and apparatus of forming an image includes reading an original with a first resolution. An original is read with a second resolution which is different from said first resolution. The image information read with the first resolution and the second resolution is converted into image information of a third resolution for image forming. An image is formed with the third resolution based on the image information converted by the conversion. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100202004 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - When a monochromatic copy mode is to be executed, a control section sets a read mode in a scanner section so as to enable the scanner section to read an image at high speed by means of only a line sensor K, sets in an image processing section an image process that can print monochromatic image information, which is sent from the scanner section, with a single black color in the printer section, and sets in the printer section a monochromatic print mode that can print a black image at high speed, thereby controlling a monochromatic copy operation. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20110286053 | IMAGE SCANNING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an image scanning apparatus includes: a document table on which an original document is stacked; a substrate; plural first light emitting elements located on one surface of the substrate, the first light emitting elements each emitting light for irradiating the original document on the document table; and plural second light emitting elements located on the other surface of the substrate, the second light emitting elements each emitting light for irradiating the original document on the document table. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110286054 | READING HEAD - According to one embodiment, a reading head includes: a carriage configured to move in a sub-scanning direction with respect to a document table glass; a first light source provided to be movable integrally with the carriage and configured to illuminate a reading target position on the document table glass from an angle tilting to one side in the sub-scanning direction with respect to a reading optical axis extending in a normal direction in the reading target position on the document table glass; and a second light source provided to be movable integrally with the carriage and configured to illuminate the reading target position from a tilting angle larger than the angle of the first light source to the other side in the sub-scanning direction with respect to the reading optical axis and from a position further apart from the reading target position than the first light source. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110286055 | READING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE READING CONTROL METHOD - An image forming apparatus is provided which can form an image of excellent picture quality in which a streak does not appear at a specified position in a main scanning direction. A reading control apparatus includes an illuminator to irradiate an illumination light to a document of a reading object, a CCD sensor that includes a plurality of light-receiving elements arranged in one line to receive the illumination light reflected by the document, and sequentially outputs electric signals stored in the light-receiving elements, a read control part that acquires, with respect to the electric signals of each line generated by the CCD sensor, electric signals by reading the electric signals starting from an electric signal corresponding to a position outside one end, in a main scanning direction, which is one of both ends of the document of the reading target in the main scanning direction and is the end where an electric signal is outputted from the CCD sensor at an earlier timing, a pre-processing part to perform a specified pre-process on the electric signals acquired by the read control part, and an image output control part that removes, with respect to the electric signals of each line, electric signals corresponding to a range outside the one end from the electric signals processed by the pre-processing part, acquires electric signals starting from the electric signal corresponding to the one end, and outputs only the acquired electric signals to outside. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110286057 | IMAGE SCANNING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an image scanning apparatus includes a document glass, a substrate, a first semiconductor light emitting element, a second semiconductor light emitting element, a light guiding section, and a light receiving section. The substrate is provided below and obliquely opposed to the document glass. The first semiconductor light emitting element is mounted on a first surface of the substrate opposed to the document glass and emits light to an original document via the document glass. The second semiconductor light emitting element is mounted on a second surface on the opposite side of the first surface and emits light. The light guiding section receives incidence of the light emitted from the second semiconductor light emitting element and emits the light to the original document from a position where a normal of the document glass is present between the light guide section and the first semiconductor light emitting element. | 11-24-2011 |
