Patent ID: 7184091

Claim:
A method for shooting an original by an image shooting apparatus having a photoelectrically converting device and a scanning mechanism disposed from a support adapted to establish a reference position of the scanning mechanism relative to the original, said method comprising the steps of: directing one by one split images of the original including overlapping areas to the photoelectrically converting device by operations of the scanning mechanism; shooting the directed split images by the photoelectrically converting device; detecting a difference between an actual stop position of the scanning mechanism and a normal stop position when shooting a split image; converting an address of each split image to a normal address based on the detected difference for each split image; and connecting each split image in order to complete an image of the original based on the converted normal address of each split image, wherein said operations of the scanning mechanism move an image forming portion so as to change the position of the image forming portion relative to the photoelectrically converting device.