Patent ID: 6317194
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An image reading apparatus comprising:a conveying device for conveying a photographic photosensitive material on which an image is recorded so that the image passes sequentially through a first reading position and a second reading position;a first photometric system which reads the image at the first reading position and outputs the image as image data;a second photometric system which reads the image at the second reading position under photometric conditions determined on a basis of image data outputted from said first photometric system, and outputs the image as image data;a loop region provided on a conveying path along which the photographic photosensitive material is conveyed by said conveying device and between said first photometric system and said second photometric system, the loop region being provided to form a loop in the photographic photosensitive material; anda control device which effects control such that said first photometric system and said second photometric system operate independently in a state in which a length of the loop of the photographic photosensitive material in the loop region is within a predetermined range.