Patent ID: 7639408
Filing Date: 2009-12-29
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image forming device, comprising: photoelectric converting means for reading an image from a document as line-like reflected light traveling in a main scanning direction; scanning means for relatively moving the photoelectric converting means and the image from the document; first setting means for setting a reading scale factor for the image from the document; second setting means for setting the size of an image formed medium; determining means for determining to which of a plurality of divided ranges the reading scale factor set by the first setting means belongs; moving means for moving the scanning means at a specified moving speed corresponding to the range determined by the determining means, the specified moving speed varying with the ranges; calculating means for calculating a distance the scanning means moves on the basis of the reading scale factor set by the first setting means and the size of the image formed medium set by the second setting means; storing means for storing the image read by the photoelectric converting means while the moving means is moving the scanning means at the moving speed corresponding to the reading scale factor over the moving distance calculated by the calculating means, in a storage area based on the moving distance and moving speed of the scanning means, processing means for changing a scale factor of the image data stored in the storage area to one corresponding to a difference between the reading scale factor set by the first setting means and a reading scale factor corresponding to the moving speed of the scanning means, and image forming means for forming an image on the image formed medium on the basis of the image data having its scale factor changed by the processing means.