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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yutaka Hattori, Kuwana, JP;
Assignee:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ; H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382312 ; 358494 ;
Abstract
An optical scanner that obtains precise and clear image information independent of a position for scanning an object. A plurality of light receiving parts are each composed of a photodiode, for detecting the image information of reflected light, and a detecting lens structured so that the beam diameter of the reflected light at the paired photodiode is larger than a beam diameter w.sub.0 expressed by: