JPS63107360A - Picture reader - Google Patents

Picture reader

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Publication number
JPS63107360A
JPS63107360A JP61253979A JP25397986A JPS63107360A JP S63107360 A JPS63107360 A JP S63107360A JP 61253979 A JP61253979 A JP 61253979A JP 25397986 A JP25397986 A JP 25397986A JP S63107360 A JPS63107360 A JP S63107360A
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Prior art keywords
original
light
image
reference white
white
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Inventor
Kenichi Shiraishi
賢一 白石
Masafumi Matsumoto
雅史 松本
Ryoichi Kawamoto
河本 良一
Hiroshi Shirakoshi
白越 洋
Masafumi Yamanoue
雅文 山之上
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Sharp Corp
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Sharp Corp
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  • Holders For Sensitive Materials And Originals (AREA)
  • Optical Systems Of Projection Type Copiers (AREA)
  • Control Of Exposure In Printing And Copying (AREA)
  • Facsimile Scanning Arrangements (AREA)
  • Facsimile Image Signal Circuits (AREA)

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain picture reading with proper gradation division by placing a reference white board to a part within an original read range. CONSTITUTION:The reference white board is provided by utilizing a part within an original read range of a CCD image sensor 5 and a reference white level data is assigned to a part of the read picture signal. That is, a light radiated from a fluorescent light 2 is reflected in an original 1 and deflected to a mirror 3. The deflected light is collected by a lens 4 and detected by the CCD image sensor 5. In this case, the light from the fluorescent light 2 is radiated also to the reference white board 8 and read by the CCD image sensor 5 together with a picture data.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】 〈産業上の利用分野〉 本発明はファクシミIJ装置等の光学的に画像を読み取
る画像読取装置に関し、特に濃淡を有する写真などの画
像読取可能な画像読取装置に関する。
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Industrial Application Field> The present invention relates to an image reading device that optically reads images, such as a facsimile IJ device, and particularly to an image reading device that can read images such as photographs having shading.

〈従来技術及び問題点〉 濃淡を有する写真などの画像を読み取る一般的な方法と
しては、蛍光灯を光源としてCCDイメージセンサによ
り原稿からの反射光を検出し、その検出レベルの大小に
より原稿の濃淡に対応した何段階かの階調に分割し画像
信号を送出するものが提案されている。
<Prior art and problems> A general method for reading images such as photographs that have shading is to use a fluorescent lamp as a light source and detect the reflected light from the original using a CCD image sensor, and then detect the shading of the original based on the detection level. A method has been proposed in which the image signal is divided into several gradations corresponding to the gradation and sent.

しかしながら上記方式においては光源手段が蛍光灯であ
るため周囲温度の変化、及び蛍光灯の劣化による光量の
変動が著しく、同一原稿を再度読み取らせてもその時の
蛍光灯の状態により読み取られる原稿の階調が相違する
という問題が発生している。その為この問題を解決する
ために原稿背面に設けられた背面板を白色にし読み取り
の白色基準として階調分割を行なうものが提案されてい
るが、この場合最大原稿読み取り範囲内における白色背
面板の幅よりも読み取られる原稿の幅の方が狭い場合に
は該白色背面板を白色基準にできるが、原稿の幅が白色
背面板の幅と同一、又はそれ以上の場合には該白色背面
板を読み取ることが不可能であり白色基準が得られない
と共に、原稿通過に共なう白色背面板の汚れが問題とな
っていた。
However, in the above method, since the light source means is a fluorescent lamp, the amount of light fluctuates significantly due to changes in ambient temperature and deterioration of the fluorescent lamp. There is a problem that the keys are different. Therefore, in order to solve this problem, it has been proposed to make the back plate installed on the back of the document white and perform gradation division as a white reference for reading, but in this case, the white back plate within the maximum document reading range If the width of the document to be read is narrower than the width, the white back plate can be used as the white reference, but if the width of the document is the same as or greater than the width of the white back plate, the white back plate can be used as the white reference. It was impossible to read the document, making it impossible to obtain a white reference, and the problem was that the white back plate became dirty as the document passed through the document.

本発明は以上の様な問題点を解決すると共に、画像読取
動作中の蛍光灯の光量変化にも追従した階調分割を行な
う濃淡画像読み取り可能な画像読取装置を提供すること
を目的とするものである。
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to solve the above-mentioned problems and to provide an image reading device capable of reading grayscale images, which performs gradation division that follows changes in the amount of light from a fluorescent lamp during image reading operation. It is.

〈問題点を解決するための手段〉 本発明は、原稿に光を照射するための光源と、前記原稿
前面に設けられた画像読取窓と、前記原稿からの反射光
を受けて光電変換を行なうための光電変換素子と、前記
光電変換素子からの出力信号に基づいて前記原稿の濃淡
に対応する画像信号を出力するための画像処理回路とを
備える画像処理装置において、前記画像読取窓の原稿読
取範囲内、且つ原稿搬送路側に基準白色板を設けたこと
を特徴とする画像読取装置である。
<Means for Solving the Problems> The present invention includes a light source for irradiating light onto a document, an image reading window provided on the front surface of the document, and photoelectric conversion upon receiving reflected light from the document. An image processing apparatus comprising: a photoelectric conversion element for reading the original; and an image processing circuit for outputting an image signal corresponding to the density of the original based on an output signal from the photoelectric conversion element; This image reading device is characterized in that a reference white plate is provided within the range and on the document transport path side.

〈作用〉 本発明に従えば、最大原稿読取範囲と同一、又はそれ以
上の原稿の場合においても白色基準が得られると共に、
原稿通過に共なう背面板の汚れには無関係に確実な白色
基準が得られるもので、更には、画像読取動作中の蛍光
灯の光景変化にも追従した階調分割が行なえるものであ
る。
<Operation> According to the present invention, a white reference can be obtained even in the case of an original that is the same as or larger than the maximum original reading range, and
It is possible to obtain a reliable white standard regardless of the dirt on the back plate that occurs when the document passes through, and furthermore, it is possible to perform gradation division that follows changes in the scene of fluorescent lighting during image reading operation. .

〈実施例〉 第1図は本発明の一実施例を示した画像読取装置の概略
を示す斜視図である。1は原稿、2は原稿1に光を照射
する蛍光灯、3は原稿1から反射される光を偏向する鏡
、4は前記偏光された光を集光するレンズ、5は前記集
光された光を検出し光電変換するCCDイメージセンサ
、6は原稿1の背面に設けられた背面板、7は原稿前面
に設けられた画像読取窓である。8は本発明による基準
白色板でCCDイメージセンサ5の原稿読取範囲内の一
部分を利用して設けられており、読み取られる画像信号
の一部分に基準白色データとして割当てられる。即ち蛍
光灯2より照射された光は原稿1に反射された後鏡3に
偏向される。偏向された光はレンズ4により集光されC
CDイメージセンサ5により検出される。この時基準白
色板8も蛍光灯2の光が照射され画像データと共にCC
Dイメージセンサ5に読み取られる。第2図は本発明に
よる画像読取装置のブロック図である。9は蛍光灯2を
、駆動するための蛍光灯駆動回路、10はCCDイメー
ジセンサ5により読み取られるVD変換された画像信号
を読み取るだめの画像読取回路、11は原稿送りローラ
(図示せず)に連結された駆動モータ12を制御するた
めの原稿送り制御回路である。13は画像読取回路10
にて読み込まれた画像データを、そのレベルの大小に応
じて原稿の濃淡に対応する何段階かの階調に分割し、所
定の画像信号を送出する画像処理回路で、本発明におい
ては基準白色板8の検出レベルを基準白色とみなし、そ
のレベルを基準にして他の検出レベルを階調分割するも
のである。14はこれら一連の画像読取動作を制御する
主制御回路である。
<Embodiment> FIG. 1 is a perspective view schematically showing an image reading device according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is an original, 2 is a fluorescent lamp that irradiates light onto the original 1, 3 is a mirror that deflects the light reflected from the original 1, 4 is a lens that focuses the polarized light, and 5 is the focused light. A CCD image sensor detects light and converts it photoelectrically, 6 is a back plate provided on the back side of the original 1, and 7 is an image reading window provided on the front side of the original. Reference numeral 8 denotes a reference white plate according to the present invention, which is provided using a part of the document reading range of the CCD image sensor 5, and is assigned as reference white data to a part of the image signal to be read. That is, the light emitted from the fluorescent lamp 2 is reflected by the original 1 and then deflected to the mirror 3. The deflected light is focused by lens 4 and C
It is detected by the CD image sensor 5. At this time, the reference white plate 8 is also irradiated with the light of the fluorescent lamp 2, and the CC is applied together with the image data.
It is read by the D image sensor 5. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an image reading device according to the present invention. 9 is a fluorescent lamp drive circuit for driving the fluorescent lamp 2; 10 is an image reading circuit for reading the VD converted image signal read by the CCD image sensor 5; 11 is a document feed roller (not shown). This is a document feed control circuit for controlling the connected drive motor 12. 13 is an image reading circuit 10
An image processing circuit that divides the image data read in into several gradations corresponding to the shading of the original depending on the level, and sends out a predetermined image signal. The detection level of the plate 8 is regarded as a reference white color, and other detection levels are divided into gradations based on that level. 14 is a main control circuit that controls a series of these image reading operations.

ところで画像処理回路13での階調分割について説明す
ると、CCDイメージセンサ5にて読み取られる画像信
号には各ラインデータ毎に該データの一部分に基準白色
データが割当てられており、その為蛍光灯2の光量が読
み取り動作中に変動しても検出データに含まれる基準白
色データのレベルもそれに応じて変動しており、この相
対的に変化する基準白色データを基に階調分割されるの
で蛍光灯2の光量に追従した適切な画像読み取りが行な
われる。
By the way, to explain the gradation division in the image processing circuit 13, in the image signal read by the CCD image sensor 5, reference white data is assigned to a part of the data for each line data. Even if the amount of light changes during the reading operation, the level of the reference white data included in the detected data will also change accordingly, and the gradation is divided based on this relatively changing reference white data, so fluorescent lighting Appropriate image reading is performed following the amount of light in step 2.

また、本発明の他の方法として白色背面板、蛍光灯、及
びCCDイメージセンサの読取幅を、使用可能な最大原
稿幅より大きくすることにより最大原稿幅からはみ出だ
白色背面板を基準白色データとして検出する方法も考え
られるが、しかしこの白色背面板のはみ出た部分を検出
する方法は装置が大型化すると共にコスト的にも高くな
るという問題が発生する。従って本発明では基準白色板
8を原稿読取範囲内の一部分に設けたものである。
In addition, as another method of the present invention, by making the reading width of the white back plate, fluorescent light, and CCD image sensor larger than the maximum usable original width, the white back plate that protrudes from the maximum original width can be used as reference white data. A detection method is also considered, but this method of detecting the protruding portion of the white back plate has the problem of increasing the size of the device and increasing the cost. Therefore, in the present invention, the reference white plate 8 is provided in a part of the document reading range.

〈効果〉 以上の様に本発明によれば基準白色板を原稿読取範囲内
の一部分に設置することにより装置が大型化することな
く原稿読取範囲幅と同一幅の原稿でも読み取り動作中の
光景変化に対応した白色基準が得られる為適切な階調分
割で画像読み取りが行なえるものである。
<Effects> As described above, according to the present invention, by installing the reference white plate in a part of the document reading range, the device does not become larger and the scene changes during the reading operation even if the document has the same width as the document reading range. Since a white reference corresponding to the image can be obtained, images can be read with appropriate gradation division.

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

第1図は本発明の一実施例の斜視図、第2図は第1図に
示した画像読取装置のブロック図である。 ■・・・原稿、2・・・蛍光灯、5・・・CCDイメー
ジセンサ、6・・・白色背面板、7・・・画像読取窓、
8・・・基準白色板、9・・・蛍光灯駆動回路、1o・
・・画像読取回路、13・・・画像処理回路、14・・
・主制御回路。 代理人 弁理士 杉 山 毅 至(他1名)第2図
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the image reading apparatus shown in FIG. ■...Original, 2...Fluorescent lamp, 5...CCD image sensor, 6...White back plate, 7...Image reading window,
8... Reference white plate, 9... Fluorescent lamp drive circuit, 1o.
...Image reading circuit, 13...Image processing circuit, 14...
・Main control circuit. Agent: Patent attorney Takeshi Sugiyama (and 1 other person) Figure 2

Claims (1)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] 1、原稿に光を照射するための光源と、前記原稿前面に
設けられた画像読取窓と、前記原稿からの反射光を受け
て光電変換をおこなうための光電変換素子と、前記光電
変換素子からの出力信号に基づいて前記原稿の濃淡に対
応する画像信号を出力するための画像処理回路とを備え
る画像処理装置において、前記画像読取窓の原稿読取範
囲内に基準白色板を設けたことを特徴とする濃淡原稿読
取可能な画像読取装置。
1. A light source for irradiating light onto the original, an image reading window provided on the front surface of the original, a photoelectric conversion element for performing photoelectric conversion upon receiving reflected light from the original, and a light source from the photoelectric conversion element. an image processing circuit for outputting an image signal corresponding to the density of the original based on an output signal of the image processing apparatus, characterized in that a reference white plate is provided within the original reading range of the image reading window. An image reading device that can read grayscale originals.
JP61253979A 1986-10-24 1986-10-24 Picture reader Pending JPS63107360A (en)

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