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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2022
Nidec Copal Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yuta Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
NIDEC COPAL CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging device with a compact design allows illumination with a light source and imaging with an image sensor. An imaging device includes a front case having a front surface including a window and a lens-holder receptacle aligned with each other in a width direction (X-direction), a lens holder including a lens and attachable inside the lens-holder receptacle in the front case, a first circuit board on which an image sensor to receive light through the lens in the lens holder is mounted, and a second circuit board on which an LED to emit light through the window in the front case is mounted. The first and second circuit boards extend entirely in the width direction. The second circuit board is located frontward from the first circuit board.