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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2008
Applicants:
Yusuke Ozaki, Tokyo, JP;
Eiji Nemoto, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Ohkubo, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Matsuda, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Yusuke Ozaki, Tokyo, JP;
Eiji Nemoto, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Ohkubo, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Matsuda, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In an image forming apparatus, an energy converting unit receives light from an optical source and converts the light into electric power, and an electrical storage unit stores therein the electric power. The energy converting unit is arranged in such a manner that a relative position of the energy converting unit to the optical source is always constant when a reading unit is reading an image.