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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 1990
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yukio Kinoshita, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358484 ; 358471 ;
Abstract
A contact image sensor has a plurality of line sensors. Each of these line sensors is mounted adjacent to an optical block having the function of refracting or reflecting the light incident on a first surface and causing the light to exit at another surface along one of a plurality of light paths divided from the incident light path. A plurality of line sensors are provided on the other ends without being arrayed on one and the same straight line. This enables in-line data to be read out accurately, while enabling the contact image sensor to be assembled more easily than in the case of the prior-art technique.