Image reading device and image reading method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8792144
APP PUB NO 20130148171A1
SERIAL NO

13709547

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An image reading device includes an arbitrating unit configured to obtain read data on a main-scan-line-by-main-scan-line basis from a first image sensor that reads one side of a document and read data on a main-scan-line-by-main-scan-line basis from a second image sensor that reads the other side of the document. The arbitrating unit transfers a piece of read data obtained from the first image sensor and the second image sensor alternately. The device also includes a reducing unit configured to perform reduction in image data including the read data in a sub-scanning direction in a way that thins on the transferred pieces of read data corresponding respectively to main scan lines; an image processing unit configured to perform image processing on the read data having undergone the thinning; and a transfer unit configured to transfer the read data having undergone the image processing to another unit.

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RICOH COMPANY LIMITED3-6 NAKAMAGOME 1-CHOME OHTA-KU TOKYO 143-8555

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Shinya, Mitsuo Kanagawa, JP 3 6

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