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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 1983
Filed:
Nov. 10, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Motofumi Konishi, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358294 ; 358293 ; 358102 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for reading the image of an original by focusing said image through a lens onto photosensor, in which an optical path divider is provided between the lens and the image plane for dividing the path for a light beam of a scan line, whereby the light beam passing through a divided light path is detected by first photodetector while the light beam passing through another divided light path is detected by second photodetector so that the image is divided into plural areas in which the image is converted into electrical signals by means of independent first and second photodetectors.