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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Katsuhiko Okitsu, Saitama, JP;
Hiroshi Komuro, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Denshi Kabushiki Kaisha, Chichibu, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/522 ; G06K 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/522 ; G06K 9/00 ;
Abstract
This invention has as its object to provide a highly reliable image reading apparatus in which both an image reading unit and photographing unit can obtain optimal images. To achieve this object, the apparatus has a light-emitting element array which illuminates a document to be read by a read sensor, and an illumination lamp which illuminates the document to be recorded by the photographing unit.