Patent ID: 8498028
Filing Date: 2013-07-30
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. An image scanning apparatus comprising: a plurality of image scanning units that read image information pieces of different colors at positions shifted from each other in a fast scanning direction or a slow scanning direction; a selection unit, connected to a color image generation unit and a black-and-white image generation unit, that selects color image information generated by the color image generation unit or black-and-white image information generated by the black-and-white image generation unit as the image information to be employed, based on the read image information; wherein the color image generation unit generates color image information by assigning a plurality of the image information pieces read by the image scanning units, arranged to read different positions of an object in the slow scanning direction, to the same position; wherein the black-and-white image generation unit generates black-and-white image information by assigning the plurality of image information pieces read by the image scanning units to positions different from each other.