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公开(公告)号:US06989915B2
公开(公告)日:2006-01-24
申请号:US09951379
申请日:2001-09-14
申请人: Takashi Honjo , Tomio Nagai , Toshiyasu Omata , Hideharu Ito
发明人: Takashi Honjo , Tomio Nagai , Toshiyasu Omata , Hideharu Ito
CPC分类号: H04N1/00909 , H04N1/12 , H04N1/193 , H04N2201/044
摘要: An image reading apparatus comprises a correcting mechanism for correcting an output signal from a reading unit in accordance with a reference level. The correcting mechanism includes a reference element for setting the reference level and a drive mechanism for rocking the reference element between a first position in which the reference element is advanced to a reading position and a second position in which the reference element is retreated from the reading position. The drive mechanism includes a rotating member that is continuously rotated in one direction. As the rotating member rotates, the reference element rocks between the first and second positions, thereby executing correction of the output signal before image information recorded on a recording medium is read.