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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 01, 1999
Tadakuni Narabu, Kanagawa, JP;
Tadakuni Narabu, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
An image input device comprises a mirror body which is designed in a polygonal prism form and has side peripheral surfaces each formed of a mirror face, image pickup light from a subject being reflected from the mirror face, and a linear sensor for talking the image pickup light reflected from each mirror face of the mirror body to perform photoelectric conversion on the image pickup light. The mirror body is arranged so that the length direction thereof is substantially parallel to the length direction of the linear sensor, and disposed so as to be rotatable around a shaft at the center of the bottom surface which are substantially perpendicular to the length direction of the mirror body.