Patent ID: 6462843
Filing Date: 2002-10-08
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An image processing apparatus comprising:an optical unit for scanning and exposing at least a first original and a second original disposed side by side on an original mount; a driver for causing said optical unit to scan in a first direction and a second direction; a sensor for reading a reflected image obtained by said optical unit scanning and exposing the first and second originals; a signal processing unit for converting image data read by said sensor into a digital signal; a storage medium for storing converted image data; and a processor for performing control so that a scanning start position of said optical unit is set at a division portion between the first and the second originals on the original mount, an operation of reading the first original by said sensor is performed during the scanning of said optical unit in the first direction from the scanning start position, converted image data read from the first original by said sensor is stored in said storage medium, and an operation of reading the second original by said sensor is performed during the scanning of said optical unit in the second direction from the scanning start position, said processor further for reading out converted image data read from the first original from said storage medium in a sequence reverse to a storage sequence with which the converted image data was stored in said storage medium.