Image reading apparatus and image data generation method
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorMotoki YOSHIZAWA
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes a first sensor, a second sensor, a third sensor, a first processor that generates a first merge image based on first image data acquired by reading by the first sensor and second image data acquired by reading by the second sensor, and a second processor that generates a second merge image based on the second image data and third image data acquired by reading by the third sensor, and generates an output image by performing a linking process on the first merge image and the second merge image.
Claims9
An image reading apparatus comprising:
- a first sensor that reads a first area of an image of a reading target;
- a second sensor that reads a second area partially overlapping with the first area in the image;
- a third sensor that reads a third area partially overlapping with the second area in the image;
- a first processor that performs a first merge process of generating a first merge image including the first area and the second area based on first image data acquired by reading by the first sensor and second image data acquired by reading by the second sensor;
- and
- a second processor that performs a second merge process of generating a second merge image including the second area and the third area based on the second image data and third image data acquired by reading by the third sensor,
- wherein an output image is generated by performing a linking process on the first merge image and the second merge image.
An image data generation method using an image reading apparatus including a first sensor that reads a first area of an image of a reading target, a second sensor that reads a second area partially overlapping with the first area in the image, and a third sensor that reads a third area partially overlapping with the second area in the image, the method comprising:
- generating a first merge image including the first area and the second area based on first image data acquired by reading by the first sensor and second image data acquired by reading by the second sensor;
- generating a second merge image including the second area and the third area based on the second image data and third image data acquired by reading by the third sensor;
- and
- generating image data of an output image by performing a linking process on the first merge image and the second merge image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.