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Title:
An image reader and an image forming device
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP5910045
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce light quantity unevenness and color sensitivity unevenness when a plurality of light emitting elements different in luminous colors are lighted and a color image is read as a monochromatic image.SOLUTION: An image reader includes: lighting means which includes a plurality of light emitting elements LED-R, LED-G and LED-B having different luminous colors and irradiates a subject with light radiated from the light emitting elements; photoelectric conversion means which converts a subject image in response to reflection light from the subject into a charge image; lighting time setting means which sets arbitrary lighting time on the plurality of light emitting elements; and lighting control means which controls a light emitting state of the plurality of light emitting elements in accordance with the lighting time which is set by the lighting time setting means. The lighting control means controls time when the plurality of light emitting elements do not simultaneously emit light to become shorter upon reading at a monochromatic mode.

Inventors:
Obara Mitsuru
Shigeki Uchitaka
Masahiro Mitsuzaki
Nakano
Application Number:
JP2011265753A
Publication Date:
April 27, 2016
Filing Date:
December 05, 2011
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
Konica Minolta Co., Ltd.
International Classes:
H04N1/04; G03B27/50; G03B27/54; G06T1/00
Domestic Patent References:
JP2003338904A
JP2009182411A
JP2003215730A
JP2006211175A
JP10023219A
JP2003331631A
JP2003075617A1
Foreign References:
WO2010125693A1
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Ken Takada
Patent business corporation Profic patent office
Takeichi Morishita
Tani Kazuhiro