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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Takeharu Etoh, Mino-shi, Osaka 562-0022, JP;
Inventor:
Takeharu Etoh, Mino-shi, Osaka 562-0022, JP;
Assignees:
Other;
Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The image sensoris provided with a chiphaving a image capturing surfaceand a packaged to which the chipis attached. The image capturing surface include a plurality of blocksto. Each of blockstohas image information read-out lines. A position adjustment mechanismis provided, which changes relative positions of the image capturing areaof the image sensorand an optical axisof an incident light from an optical systemto the image capturing area, by ½ a longitudinal and lateral length of the blocksto