Patent ID: 8314977

Claim:
An image reading device comprising: a light source including a cold cathode fluorescent lamp that emits a light to an original to expose the original; a turning-on unit that turns on the light source by applying any one of a rated voltage of the light source and an initial voltage that is higher than the rated voltage; an image sensor that receives light reflected from the original and converts received light into an analog signal; an analog signal processing unit that converts the analog signal received from the image sensor into digital data; a turning-on control unit that causes the turning-on unit to apply to the light source the initial voltage when turning on the light source and to apply the rated voltage after the light source has been turned on; and an image-signal control unit that controls analog signals to be input to the analog signal processing unit from a turn-on time point that is a time point at which the light source is turned on until a stabilization time point that is a time point at which output of the light source is stabilized, wherein the image-signal control unit includes: a voltage divider circuit that performs voltage division between the image sensor and the analog signal processing unit; and a voltage-divider-circuit control unit that enables the voltage divider circuit from the turn-on time point until the stabilization time point, and that disables the voltage divider circuit after the stabilization time point, wherein the voltage divider circuit includes a series circuit including: a first resistor that is serially arranged on a signal path of the analog signal from the image sensor to the analog signal processing unit; and a second resistor and a switching element that is connected between an output point of the first resistor and a ground.