Reading apparatus and reading method
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorToshie Imai
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Abstract
Provided is a reading apparatus that includes a light source that emits a light to a source material and a plurality of image pickup elements that each receive the light reflected by the source material, to thereby read the source material. The plurality of image pickup elements are each located at different positions and each mounted at different angles with respect to a surface to be read of the source material. The reading apparatus compares read values acquired from the image pickup elements, so as to decide the property of the image expressed on the source material.
Claims8
A reading apparatus comprising:
- a light source that emits a light to an object to be read;
- a plurality of image pickup elements that each receive the light reflected by the object to be read, to thereby read the object to be read;
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- a decision unit that compares read values obtained by the plurality of image pickup elements to thereby decide a property of an image expressed on the object to be read with respect to each of partial regions of the image,
- wherein the plurality of image pickup elements are each located at different positions and each mounted at different angles with respect to a surface to be read of the object to be read.
A reading method to be performed by a reading apparatus that includes a light source that emits a light to an object to be read and an image pickup element that receives the light reflected by the object to be read to thereby read the object to be read,
- the method comprising employing a plurality of image pickup elements each located at different positions and each mounted at different angles with respect to a surface to be read of the object to be read, reading the object to be read;
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- comparing read values obtained by the plurality of image pickup elements to thereby decide A property of an image expressed on the object to be read with respect to each of partial regions of the image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.