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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 19, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yasunori Miyauchi, Unoke-machi, JP;
Minoru Masuda, Tsubata-machi, JP;
Assignee:
PFU Limited, Ishikawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/40 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/40 ;
Abstract
An original reader such as an image scanner for inputting image information, provided with a optical source for illuminating an original, a lens unit ( ) capable of optically changing resolution, and a solid-state image sensor substrate placed on an image forming plane ( ) of the lens, wherein the lens unit ( ) includes a plurality of lenses that can deal with a plurality of different resolution and one lens corresponding to a specified resolution is selectively moved into a light path. The lens unit and the solid-state image sensor substrate are independently movable in the direction of optical axis for focusing.