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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2016
Applicant:
Shigeaki Imai, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Shigeaki Imai, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 3/08 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G01S 17/42 (2006.01); G01S 17/93 (2006.01); G01S 7/497 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/4817 (2013.01); G01S 7/4815 (2013.01); G01S 7/4972 (2013.01); G01S 17/42 (2013.01); G01S 17/936 (2013.01);
Abstract
An object detecting device includes: a light source which includes a plurality of light emitting units arranged in a sub-scanning direction; a deflector which deflects light from the light source; and an optical detector which includes a plurality of light receiving units arranged in the sub-scanning direction so as to correspond to the plurality of light emitting units, and receives light deflected by the deflector and reflected by an object.