Patent ID: 8054511
Filing Date: 2011-11-08
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image reading device to read an image carried on an original document being fed through a document conveyance route, comprising: an image reading section to read an image carried on an original document; a polygonal member, mounted to face the image reading section and spaced from the image reading section at a predetermined distance, including a light source section to emit light rays onto the image carried on the original document, and onto the polygonal member when the original document is not fed; a control section to control an amount of the light rays emitted from the light source section; and a driving section to rotate the polygonal member, wherein the control section corrects the amount of the light rays concerning the white color, based on the amount of the light rays read by the image reading section, in which the light rays are reflected by the white flat surface, after the light rays have been emitted from the light source section, wherein the control section corrects an amount of the light rays concerning the black color, based on the amount of the light rays read by the image reading section, in which the light rays are reflected by the black flat surface, after the light rays have been emitted from the light source section, and wherein the original document feeding flat surface is adjacent to the white flat surface and the black flat surface.