The present invention enables image data with good S/N and high resolution
to be obtained reliably in a short reading time. A CCD 102 is formed by
arranging line sensors, in which detecting elements having a time
integration effect are arranged in a direction orthogonal to a relative
movement direction in which the CCD 102 moves relative to an original, in
a plurality of columns in the relative movement direction. A signal
processing unit 107 detects pixel components on the basis of a model for
separating first pixel values obtained in a processing unit time by the
CCD 102 into a plurality of the pixel components corresponding to
detection positions of the object being detected, and generates second
pixel values corresponding to the detection positions of the object being
detected on the basis of the detected pixel components. The present
invention is applicable to scanners.