USO0RE42742E

(19) United States (12) Reissued Patent

(10) Patent Number:

Sakakibara et a]. (54)

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(45) Date of Reissued Patent:

IMAGE INPUTTINGAPPARATUS AND

5,894,356 A *

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING

5,973,802 A * 10/1999 Hirota et a1.

FOUR-LINE CCD SENSOR

(75) Inventors: Jun Sakakibara, Tokyo (JP); Koji Tanimoto, KanagaWa-ken (JP)

4/1999 Yoo ............................. .. 358/515

6,804,033 B1*

10/2004

6,958,835 B2 7,046,402 B2

10/2005 Sakakibara et a1. 5/2006 Watanabe

7,345,795 B2 7,489,426 B2 2003/0053157 A1

3/2003 Sakakibara et a1.

(Continued)

Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo

(JP)

FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS JP

(21) Appl.No.: 11/976,452

10-56577

2/1998

(Continued)

Oct. 24, 2007 OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Related US. Patent Documents

U.S. Appl. No. 11/187,826, ?led Jul. 25, 2005, Sakakibara et a1.

Reissue of:

(64) Patent No.:

(51)

358/521

Hara ........................... .. 358/522

3/200g Ando 2/2009 HashiZume

(73) Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo (JP);

(22) Filed:

Sep. 27, 2011

6,958,835

Issued:

Oct. 25, 2005

Appl. No.: Filed:

09/955,090 Sep. 19, 2001

(Continued) Primary Examiner * Cheukfan Lee

(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm * Foley & Lardner LLP

Int. Cl.

H04N1/46

(57)

(2006.01)

(52)

US. Cl. ...... .. 358/514; 358/512; 358/515; 358/483;

(58)

Field of Classi?cation Search ................ .. 358/505,

358/446; 358/497; 358/474; 358/486

358/5l2i5l4, 516, 520, 515, 446, 445, 483, 358/482, 48, 497, 474; 250/234i236, 208.1; 382/312, 318, 319, 274 See application ?le for complete search history. (56)

A

*

5,721,628 A * 5,805,314 A *

12/1996 2/1998

outputs of the line sensors R, G, B are selectively provided, and in a case in Which a monochrome document is read,

Yamada ...................... .. 358/529 Terada

putted from the line sensor BK at a time of reading a mono to one another. In a case in Which a color document is read,

U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 5,719,689

color ?lter is disposed. Amplitudes of signals Which are out putted from the line sensors R, G, B at a time of reading a color document, and an amplitude of a signal Which is out chrome document are adjusted so as to be substantially equal

References Cited

5,583,667 A *

ABSTRACT

A four-line CCD sensor is structured by line sensors R, G, B in Which color ?lters are respectively disposed on surfaces of light receiving elements, and a line sensor BK at Which no

. .... ... .

. . . . ..

output of the line sensor BK is selectively provided.

358/529

2/1998 Takaragi et a1. .... .. 358/518 9/1998 Abe et a1. .................... .. 358/518

22 Claims, 20 Drawing Sheets

Cover for ?xing document 11

Reading position P | l] White reference

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Light some 122*» First mirror 13

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5/2003 Watanabe 10/2004 Tanimoto et a1. 11/2004 Tanimoto et a1.

NOS/0018267 A1 1/2005 Ando FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS JP JP JP

10436151 A 11027452 A 2000587036

5/1998 1/1999 10/2000

JP

2003-198807 A

7/2003

JP

2003-270731 A

9/2003

JP

2004-088318 A

3/2004

JP JP

2004-266736 A 2005033807 A

9/2004 20005

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Jun Sakakibara,U.S. PTO Of?ceActi0n,U.S.Appl.N0. 11/187,826, dated Oct 27, 2010, 11 PageS~ Jun Sakakibara, U.S. PTO Of?ce Action, U.S. Appl. No. 11/187,826, dated Jul. 7, 2009,20 pages. Jun Sakakibara, U.S. PTO Final Of?ce Action, U.S. Appl. No. 11/187,826, dated Jan. 20, 2010, 20 pages. * cited by examiner

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