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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1997
Yoshiro Ishikawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Takashi Katsuki, Kawasaki, JP;
Michio Miura, Kawasaki, JP;
Satoshi Ueda, Kawasaki, JP;
Ippei Sawaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Fumitaka Abe, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
An image reader apparatus includes an illuminating element to illuminate a document face to be read, an optical element to form an image of the document face illuminated by the illuminating element, an image sensor to photoelectrically convert the image formed by light passing through the optical element, and a running roller rotating in contact with the document face, wherein a horizontal distance between a document contact portion of the running roller where the running roller contacts the document and a center of imaging of the optical element is shorter than or equal to 10 mm.