Image reading apparatus comprising a processor configured to extract an edge in an area corresponding to a holding member as an edge of an image corresponding to the document

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PATENT NO 12003684
APP PUB NO 20230179729A1
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18060788

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An image reading apparatus includes a transparent member having a placement surface on which a document is to be placed, a reading unit configured to read an image of the document placed on the transparent member via the transparent member, and a reading mode in which an image of a document, placed in a holding member with a transparent portion, is read. The document to be read is placed in the holding member so as to be visible via the transparent portion and the holding member is placed on the placement surface with the transparent portion of the holding member in contact with the placement surface. A processor detects an edge in an image acquired by the reading unit in the reading mode, and to extract an image surrounded by an edge detected in an area surrounded by an edge corresponding to the holding member in the reading mode.

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CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAJAPAN

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Hamada, Kaoru Chiba, JP 46 271

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