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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 15, 1996
Takashi Yamashita, Sakurai, JP;
Yasuhiro Yoshida, Nara, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An information reading device which has no need for mechanically moving a document or its reading portion and which is reliable to read information by using its two-dimensional reading system. A sensor panel is formed of first-layer striped electrodes made of material having high transmissivity and formed on a transparent substrate, a striped amorphous silicone layer laid with stripes disposed orthogonal to the first striped electrodes on the transparent substrate and second-layer striped electrodes made of material having a low transmissivity and formed over the striped amorphous-silicone layer. Photoelectric cells are formed one at each intersection of the first layer electrodes and the second layer electrodes. A thin flat type light source is placed on the bottom surface of the sensor panel and tightly fixed thereto. A plurality of photoelectric cells is two-dimensionally scanned by a first scanning portion and a second scanning portion and obtained current signals are converted into voltage signals by a current-to-voltage converting portion. The voltage signals are amplified by an amplifier portion and reproduced into an original image information by the signal processing portion.