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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 09, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Atsushi Ohyama, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 ; H04N 1/40 ; G03B 2/752 ; G03B 2/754 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 ; H04N 1/40 ; G03B 2/752 ; G03B 2/754 ;
Abstract
An image input apparatus for picking up an image of an object includes an original table (,) having an object placing surface, a camera head (,), a post (,) which supports the camera head (,) to be located above the original table (,) and can be raised/lowered and is arranged at the corner of the original table (,), illumination devices (,) for illuminating an object (,) which are folded and stored in side surface portions (4,) of the original table (,), and a transmission illumination device (,) which is illuminated by the illumination devices (,).