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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2004
Filed:
May. 26, 2000
Norihiro Imamura, Kyoto, JP;
Rohm Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A color image sensor is provided which includes a generally sector-shaped prism having a shorter edge surface facing a white light emitting surface of a white light emitting diode, a longer edge facing a read surface of the document, a front and a rear surfaces spaced from each other in the thickness direction of the prism. The front and rear surfaces are so curved as to collect white light emitted from the white light emitting diode onto the read surface of a document. The sensor further includes a semiconductor color sensor having a plurality of red light receiving elements, a plurality of blue light receiving elements and a plurality of green light receiving elements for receiving light reflected on the read surface at the respective light receiving elements for simultaneously outputting red, blue and green image signals, and a rod lens array for forming a non-magnified erect image on the light receiving elements of the, semiconductor color sensor in accordance with light reflected on the read surface.