JPH01155478A - Image reader - Google Patents

Image reader

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JPH01155478A
JPH01155478A JP62312213A JP31221387A JPH01155478A JP H01155478 A JPH01155478 A JP H01155478A JP 62312213 A JP62312213 A JP 62312213A JP 31221387 A JP31221387 A JP 31221387A JP H01155478 A JPH01155478 A JP H01155478A
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signal
image
circuit
paper
lamp
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Takeshi Arakawa
武 荒川
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NEC Corp
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NEC Corp
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Abstract

PURPOSE:To perform periodical correction work and correction in a real time for the secular change of an illumination lamp by providing a reflecting plate for reference in a part of a scanning area, and correcting an image signal by obtaining a signal proportional to the luminous strength of the illumination lamp. CONSTITUTION:A sheet of paper 12 on which a character 11, etc., is stored is scanned in a direction of arrow head 13 and a direction of arrow head 14 sequentially, and the reflecting plate 16 for reference is scanned similarly. The sheet of paper 12 and the reflecting plate 16 are illuminated by the lamp 17, and its reflected light is image-formed on a line sensor 21 via a mirror 19 and a lens 20, and an obtained image is converted to an image electrical signal 23 including a reference signal 22. The signal 23 is sent to an A/D conversion circuit 24 on one side and to a sample-and-hold circuit 25 on the other side, and the signal 22 inputted to the circuit 25 is sampled by a sampling signal 26, then, the level of the signal 22 is maintained. The circuit 24 performs the A/D conversion of the signal 23 setting a hold signal 28 from the circuit 25 as the reference signal. Thus, a digital signal 30 corrected by the signal 28 proportional to the luminous strength of the lamp 17 can be obtained.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】 〔産業上の利用分野〕 本発明は紙葉などに記録された画像を読み取る画像読取
装置に関し、特に照明系の経時変化を実時間で補正する
ことができる画像読取装置に関する。
[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an image reading device that reads images recorded on paper sheets, etc., and particularly to an image reading device that can correct temporal changes in an illumination system in real time. Regarding.

〔従来の技術〕[Conventional technology]

従来、紙葉上の画像を読み取る手段としては、紙葉を照
明するランプと紙葉に記録された画像を光電変換する、
例えば電荷結合形素子によるライセンサを備えたものが
広く用いられている。この場合、照明ランプの発光強度
は、使用時間が増加すると減少するのが一般的であり、
従ってラインセンサからの出力画像信号も経時的に変化
するのが普通であった。
Conventionally, methods for reading images on paper sheets include a lamp that illuminates the paper sheet and photoelectric conversion of the image recorded on the paper sheet.
For example, devices equipped with a licensor using a charge-coupled device are widely used. In this case, the luminous intensity of the illumination lamp generally decreases as the usage time increases,
Therefore, it is common for the output image signal from the line sensor to change over time.

〔発明が解決しようとする問題点〕[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

しかしながら、このような画像信号の経時変化を補正す
る努力は余り積極的にはなされておらず、せいぜい画像
信号の増幅器の利得を定期的に手動で調整する程度であ
った。その上、照明用ランプ、特にファクシミリなどに
広く利用されている蛍光灯は、点灯後照度が安定するま
でに数分から士数分かかるのが普通で、その間装置を使
用できないという問題もあらだ。
However, efforts to correct such temporal changes in image signals have not been made very actively, and at most the gain of the image signal amplifier has been manually adjusted periodically. Furthermore, lighting lamps, especially fluorescent lamps widely used in facsimiles, etc., usually take several minutes to several minutes to stabilize after being turned on, and the problem is that the equipment cannot be used during that time.

そこで本発明の目的は、照明系の照明強度の経時変化を
実時間で補正できる画像読取装置を提供することにある
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide an image reading device that can correct changes over time in the illumination intensity of an illumination system in real time.

〔問題点を解決するための手段〕[Means for solving problems]

本発明の画像読取装置は、文字等の画像情報を含み、走
査される紙葉を照明する照明用光源と、この紙葉と同様
に走査され、上記照明用光源により照明される参照用反
射板と、この参照用反射板および上記紙葉からの反射光
を導く光学系と、この光学系に導かれた上記反射光を光
電変換し、画像電気信号を出力する。センサと、この画
像電気信号のうち上記参照用反射板からの反射光に相当
する参照信号をサンプルし、保持するサンプルホールド
回路と、この参照信号により、上記画像電気信号を除算
しディジタル信号に変換するAD変換器とを具備してい
る。
The image reading device of the present invention includes an illumination light source that illuminates a sheet of paper that includes image information such as characters and is scanned, and a reference reflector that is scanned in the same way as the sheet of paper and that is illuminated by the illumination light source. and an optical system that guides the reflected light from the reference reflector and the paper sheet, and the reflected light guided to this optical system is photoelectrically converted and an image electrical signal is output. A sensor, a sample hold circuit that samples and holds a reference signal corresponding to the reflected light from the reference reflector out of the image electric signal, and divides the image electric signal by this reference signal and converts it into a digital signal. It is equipped with an AD converter.

従って、本発明による画像読取装置を用いると、紙葉と
共に走査領域の一部に設けられた参照用反射板により、
照明用光源の照明強度に比例した参照信号を得ることが
できる。この参照信号をサンプルホールド回路で一旦保
持した後、AD変換回路で、紙葉からの画像電気信号を
このサンプルホールド回路に保持した参照信号で除算し
、ディジクル信号に変えることにより、照明用光源の経
時変化を補正した紙葉からの画像信号を得ることができ
る。
Therefore, when the image reading device according to the present invention is used, the reference reflection plate provided in a part of the scanning area together with the paper sheet allows
A reference signal proportional to the illumination intensity of the illumination light source can be obtained. After this reference signal is temporarily held in the sample and hold circuit, the image electrical signal from the paper sheet is divided by the reference signal held in this sample and hold circuit in the AD conversion circuit, and converted into a digital signal. It is possible to obtain an image signal from a paper sheet whose changes over time have been corrected.

〔実施例〕〔Example〕

以下実施例につき本発明の詳細な説明する。 The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to Examples.

第1図は本実施例の画像読取装置のブロック図を示した
ものである。
FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of the image reading device of this embodiment.

文字等11が記憶された紙葉12が、矢印13の方向に
走査され、またこれと直角の矢印14の方向に順次走査
される。参照用反射板16も同様に走査される。これら
の紙葉12および参照用反射板16は照明用光源として
のランプ17により照明され、その反射光がミラー19
によりレンズ20に導かれる。更に、反射光はこのレン
ズ20によりラインセンサ21に結像され、ここで光電
変換され、参照信号22を含む画像電気信号23に変換
される。この画像電気信号23は、一方でAD変換回路
24に、他方でサンプルホールド回路25に送出される
。サンプルホールド回路25に人力された画像電気信号
22は、サンプル信号26によりサンプルされ、参照反
射板16からの参照信号22のレベルが保持される。A
D変換回路24は、このサンプルホールド回路25から
のホールド信号28を参照信号として画像電気信号23
をAD変換する。
A paper sheet 12 on which characters 11 are stored is scanned in the direction of an arrow 13 and sequentially in the direction of an arrow 14 perpendicular thereto. The reference reflector 16 is also scanned in the same manner. These paper sheets 12 and the reference reflector 16 are illuminated by a lamp 17 as an illumination light source, and the reflected light is reflected by a mirror 19.
is guided to the lens 20 by. Further, the reflected light is imaged by this lens 20 onto a line sensor 21, where it is photoelectrically converted into an image electrical signal 23 including a reference signal 22. This image electric signal 23 is sent to an AD conversion circuit 24 on one side and to a sample hold circuit 25 on the other side. The image electric signal 22 input to the sample and hold circuit 25 is sampled by a sample signal 26, and the level of the reference signal 22 from the reference reflector 16 is held. A
The D conversion circuit 24 converts the image electrical signal 23 using the hold signal 28 from the sample hold circuit 25 as a reference signal.
Convert to AD.

このAD変換は、画像電気信号23をホールド信号28
で除算することに相当する。例えば、画像電気信号23
が2ボルトで、ホールド信号28も2ボルトとすると、
255本のディジタル信号30が得られ、画像電気信号
が2ボルトで、ホールド信号28が4ボルトとすると、
128本のディジタル信号30が得られることになる。
This AD conversion converts the image electrical signal 23 into a hold signal 28.
This corresponds to dividing by . For example, the image electrical signal 23
is 2 volts, and the hold signal 28 is also 2 volts,
Assuming that 255 digital signals 30 are obtained, the image electrical signal is 2 volts, and the hold signal 28 is 4 volts,
128 digital signals 30 will be obtained.

このようにして、照明用ランプ17の照明強度に比例し
たホールド信号28に補正されたディジタル信号30が
得られる。
In this way, a digital signal 30 corrected to a hold signal 28 proportional to the illumination intensity of the illumination lamp 17 is obtained.

第2図は、本実施例で得られた画像電気信号23と参照
信号22、サンプル信号26、ホールド信号28のタイ
ミング関係を示すタイミング図である。上記のようにサ
ンプルホールド回路25に入力された画像電気信号23
は、サンプル信号26でサンプルされ、参照反射板16
からの参照信号22のレベルが保持され、ホールド信号
28を与える。このホールド信号28がA’D変換回路
24に送出されるわけである。
FIG. 2 is a timing chart showing the timing relationship between the image electrical signal 23, the reference signal 22, the sample signal 26, and the hold signal 28 obtained in this example. The image electrical signal 23 input to the sample hold circuit 25 as described above
is sampled with sample signal 26 and reference reflector 16
The level of the reference signal 22 from is held and provides a hold signal 28. This hold signal 28 is sent to the A'D conversion circuit 24.

第3図はファクシミリ装置等に使用されている蛍光灯の
点灯後の照度の経時変化を示す図である。
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing changes over time in illuminance after lighting of a fluorescent lamp used in a facsimile machine or the like.

図かられかるように、安定化に約10分かかっている。As you can see from the figure, it took about 10 minutes to stabilize.

更に第4図は第3図と同じ蛍光灯の使用後の長時間にわ
たる照度の時間変化を示す図である。
Furthermore, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the temporal change in illuminance over a long period of time after use of the same fluorescent lamp as in FIG. 3.

使用後約200時間までは大きくゆるやかに照度が減少
し、はぼ一定になるまでに約400時間かかっている。
The illuminance decreased greatly and gradually until about 200 hours after use, and it took about 400 hours to become almost constant.

第3図の場合は点灯後安定化に時間がかかり、第4図の
場合は使用後何日間か照度の安定化に時間がかかり、使
用時に調整を要することを示している。
In the case of FIG. 3, it takes time to stabilize the illuminance after lighting, and in the case of FIG. 4, it takes time to stabilize the illuminance for several days after use, indicating that adjustment is required during use.

従って本発明による画像読取装置で照明用光源の照度を
補正することによりこの光源を常に調整なしで使用でき
る。
Therefore, by correcting the illumination intensity of the illumination light source in the image reading apparatus according to the present invention, this light source can be used without any adjustment.

〔発明の効果〕〔Effect of the invention〕

以上説明したように本発明の画像読取装置は、走査領域
の一部に参照用反射板を設けることにより、照明用ラン
プの発光強度に比例した信号を1等で画像信号を補正す
ることができ、従って、照明用ランプの経時変化に対す
る定期的補正作業、および実時間での補正が可能となり
、電源投入後装置を直ちに使用できる効果がある。
As explained above, the image reading device of the present invention is capable of correcting the image signal by using a signal proportional to the light emission intensity of the illumination lamp as a 1st grade by providing a reference reflector in a part of the scanning area. Therefore, it is possible to periodically correct the aging of the illumination lamp and to perform correction in real time, which has the advantage that the device can be used immediately after power is turned on.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief explanation of the drawing]

第1図は本発明による画像読取装置の一実施例を示すブ
ロック図、第2図は第1図の実施例における諸信号のタ
イミング関係を示す図、第3図は照明用ランプの点灯後
の照度の経時変化を示す図、第4図は第3図の照明用ラ
ンプの照度の長時間経時変化を示す図である。 12・・・・・・紙葉、 16・・・・・・参照用反射板、 17・・・・・・照明用ランプ、 19・・・・・・ミラー、 20・・・・・・レンズ、 21・・・・・・ラインセンサ、 24・・・・・・AD変換回路、 25・・・・・・サンプルホールド回路。 出  願  人 日本電気株式会社 代  理  人
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an image reading device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the timing relationship of various signals in the embodiment of FIG. 1, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a long-term change in illuminance of the illumination lamp of FIG. 3. 12...Paper leaf, 16...Reflector for reference, 17...Lamp for illumination, 19...Mirror, 20...Lens , 21... line sensor, 24... AD conversion circuit, 25... sample hold circuit. Applicant: NEC Corporation Representative

Claims (1)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] 文字等の画像情報を含み、走査される紙葉を照明する照
明光源と、この紙葉と同様に走査され、前記照明光源に
より照明される参照用反射板と、この参照用反射板およ
び前記紙葉からの反射光を導く光学系と、この光学系に
導かれた前記反射光を光電変換し、画像電気信号を出力
するセンサと、この画像電気信号のうち前記参照用反射
板からの反射光に相当する参照信号をサンプルし、保持
するサンプルホールド回路と、この参照信号により前記
画像電気信号を除算しディジタル信号に変換するAD変
換器とを具備することを特徴とする画像読取装置。
An illumination light source that includes image information such as characters and illuminates a sheet of paper to be scanned; a reference reflector that is scanned in the same way as the sheet of paper and is illuminated by the illumination light source; this reference reflector and the paper; an optical system that guides the reflected light from the leaves; a sensor that photoelectrically converts the reflected light guided by the optical system and outputs an image electrical signal; and of the image electrical signal, the reflected light from the reference reflector. An image reading device comprising: a sample and hold circuit that samples and holds a reference signal corresponding to the reference signal; and an AD converter that divides the image electrical signal by the reference signal and converts it into a digital signal.
JP62312213A 1987-12-11 1987-12-11 Image reader Pending JPH01155478A (en)

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