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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 22, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355-1 ;
Abstract
This specification discloses a lens array having a lens element body having a plurality of lens elements arranged, and an overlap limiting member provided between the lens elements of the lens element body for limiting the overlap of images by the plurality of lens elements. The specification also discusses a close contact type image sensor which uses the lens array as an optical element array for directing reflected light from an original and which has a transparent member for supporting the original, a light source for illuminating the original, and a sensor array for photoelectrically converting the image of the original.