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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2021
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hironobu Arimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuya Makabe, Tokyo, JP;
Daisuke Fukui, Tokyo, JP;
Koki Takasaki, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an image reading device having a highly-accurate structure that enables an easy increase in depth of field, that is, improvement in the depth of the field, without need for a change in basic characteristics of lenses. An overlap preventer () disposed between a lens array () and a sensor element array () to prevent overlap of images formed by lenses () is included. A slit section () that is the overlap preventer () includes multiple slit plates () arranged in a main scanning direction and extending in a sub-scanning direction to partition off a space, and the slit plates () are fixed to fixing plates ().