Patent ID: 9019517
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image reading apparatus that uses an image formed by an image forming apparatus including an image forming section that forms an image on a medium and a medium transporting section that transports the medium relative to the image forming section in a predetermined forming and transporting direction comprising: a reading section that reads a document; a document transporting section that transports the document relative to the reading section in a predetermined reading and transporting direction; a read correction pattern forming section that forms a read correction pattern that extends in a scanning direction that intersects the reading and transporting direction; and a correction control section that, with a medium on which the read correction pattern is formed, causes the document transporting section to transport the medium with the read correction pattern extending along the forming and transporting direction and causes the reading section to read the medium, and sets read correction information for use in correcting a reading condition regarding image read processing of at least one of the reading section and the document transporting section on the basis of a result of the reading.