Image reading device

An image reading device that reads an image of an object, the image reading device comprising:

• a glass plate on which the object is placed;
• a sensor module, the sensor module including:
• a light source that illuminates the object on the glass plate;
• and
• a plurality of sensors that reads light reflected from the object to acquire image signals;
• a data generator that generates correction data to be used for shading correction;
• a corrector that performs, by using the correction data, the shading correction on the image signals acquired by the plurality of sensors;
• and
• a white reference plate having a white area,
• wherein the plurality of sensors is arranged in a predetermined main scanning direction and is configured such that outputs of the plurality of sensors constitute a single line, extending in the main scanning direction, of the image signals,
• the data generator acquires first black data based on outputs of the plurality of sensors with the light source turned off, acquires second black data by causing the plurality of sensors to acquire an image signal of a black reference member placed on the glass plate when the light source is illuminating the black reference member, and generates black correction data as a black reference for the shading correction based on the first black data and the second black data,
• the data generator acquires white data by causing the plurality of sensors to acquire an image signal of the white reference plate illuminated by the light source, and generates white correction data as a white reference for the shading correction based on the white data,
• the corrector performs the shading correction by using the black correction data and the white correction data, and
• when images of a plurality of the object are sequentially read, the data generator acquires the second black data at least once before start of a series of readings of the images of the plurality of the object, and acquires the first black data and the white data at every reading of each of the images of the plurality of the object.