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Patent No.:

US 11330134 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022

Filed:

Apr. 11, 2018

Image reading device having a rectangular-shaped opening on a side of a reading target, wherein long sides of the rectangular shaped opening including a first layer, a second layer and an interface between the first layer and the second layer that has an arched shape warping from a center portion of the rectangular-shaped opening

Applicant:

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Chiyoda-ku, JP;

Inventors:

Masaaki Okada, Chiyoda-ku, JP;

Toru Shiraki, Chiyoda-ku, JP;

Daisuke Ohama, Chiyoda-ku, JP;

Homare Takeda, Chiyoda-ku, JP;

Masahiko Takashina, Chiyoda-ku, JP;

Yuki Okuhigashi, Chiyoda-ku, JP;

Assignee:

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Chiyoda-ku, JP;

Attorney:

Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

Primary Examiner:

Chad Dickerson

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/024 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/028 (2006.01); G06T 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/02409 (2013.01); G02B 6/0088 (2013.01); H04N 1/00816 (2013.01); H04N 1/02895 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image-reading apparatus includes a housing having a rectangular-shaped opening on a side of a reading target, a lens portion retained or housed within the housing, and a sensor element to receive light condensed by the lens portion, the light being from the reading target. Long sides of the opening include a first layer that is flat and is disposed on the side of the reading target and a second layer that is continuous with the first layer. The long sides of the opening of the housing of the image-reading apparatus has a flat surface on the side of the reading target and an interface between the first layer and the second layer that is curved.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Okada, Masaaki. (2022). Image reading device having a rectangular-shaped opening on a side of a reading target, wherein long sides of the rectangular shaped opening including a first layer, a second layer and an interface between the first layer and the second layer that has an arched shape warping from a center portion of the rectangular-shaped opening (U.S. Patent No. 11330134). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11330134

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