Patent ID: 6201618
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An image reading device comprising:an optical sensor that reads an image recorded in a film, a single frame of said film having a first part and a second part; anda scan control processor that intermittently moves at least one of said optical sensor and said film along a path with a predetermined reading pitch so that said optical sensor scans said image, said scan control processor being operable in a first reading mode in which said image recorded in said first part is read with a first reading pitch which is finer than a second reading pitch with which said image recorded in said second part is read, reading with said first reading pitch and said second reading pitch taking place while said one of said optical sensor and said film is moved in a single direction along said path;wherein said first part corresponds to a center portion of said image, and said second part corresponds to a peripheral portion of said image.