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Granted Patent B2
US 12671775 · App. 18/648,257 · Granted Jun 30, 2026

Image reading apparatus

Inventors: Hironori Sasaki (Kanagawa, JP); Atsuki Nishigo (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
H04N1/32646H04N1/00029H04N1/40068
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Patent No.
US 12671775
App. No.
18/648,257
Granted
Jun 30, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image reading apparatus includes a first white memory, a second white memory, an image reading device to acquire an image data with a resolution mode, circuitry to process signals of the image data, determine whether the image data is one of first white shading data as a reference, the first white shading data or the image data acquired from an original document read by the image reading device, temporarily store the first white shading data in the first white memory, stores the first white shading data stored in the first white memory in the second white memory, converts a resolution of the first white shading data stored in the second white memory according to a resolution of the image data to create second white shading data, stores the second white shading data in the first white memory, and correct the image data by the second white shading data.

Claims (34)

1 . An image reading apparatus comprising:

a first white memory;

a second white memory including a nonvolatile memory;

an image reading device having multiple resolution modes to acquire an image data with a resolution mode of one of the multiple resolution modes;

circuitry configured to:

process signals of the image data;

determine whether the image data is one of:

first white shading data as a reference, the first white shading data having a number of resolution modes smaller than a number of the multiple resolution modes of the image reading device; or

the image data acquired from an original document read by the image reading device;

temporarily store the first white shading data in the first white memory;

store the first white shading data stored in the first white memory in the second white memory;

convert a resolution of the first white shading data stored in the second white memory according to a resolution of the image data to create second white shading data;

store the second white shading data in the first white memory; and

correct the image data by the second white shading data.

2 . The image reading apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the circuitry is further configured to store the first white shading data, having a maximum resolution mode among the multiple resolution modes, in the second white memory.

3 . The image reading apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the circuitry is further configured to store the first white shading data, having a minimum resolution mode among the multiple resolution modes, in the second white memory.

4 . The image reading apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

convert a resolution of the first white shading data in the first white memory into multiple resolutions according to the number of the multiple resolution modes of the image reading device to create third white shading data having different resolutions; and

store the third white shading data having different resolutions in the second white memory.

5 . The image reading apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a white image memory to store white image shading data acquired by the image reading device;

the circuitry is further configured to:

set the first white shading data stored in the second white memory as white reference shading data;

store the white image shading data in the white image memory;

convert a resolution of the white reference shading data into a same resolution as a resolution of the white image shading data stored in the white image memory;

compare the white reference shading data stored in the first white memory and the white image shading data stored in the white image memory; and

replace a faulty pixel of the white image shading data by the white reference shading data to generate a new white shading data.

6 . The image reading apparatus according to claim 5 ,

wherein the circuitry is further configured to:

convert a resolution of the white image shading data stored in the white image memory into another resolution; and

store the white image shading data, having a number of resolution modes smaller than the number of the multiple resolution modes of the image reading device, in the white image memory.