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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2009
Kiichiro Nishina, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuo Sakurai, Yokohama, JP;
Nobuaki Ono, Yokohama, JP;
Masahiro Itoh, Sagamihara, JP;
Kiichiro Nishina, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuo Sakurai, Yokohama, JP;
Nobuaki Ono, Yokohama, JP;
Masahiro Itoh, Sagamihara, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optical reader which reads image information on an original document by moving to the original document includes an illumination unit having at least one light source arranged on a substrate and illuminating the original document, a plurality of mirrors reflecting reflection light from the original document, a focusing lens focusing the reflection light from the original document reflected by the mirrors, and a photoelectric conversion element arranged in a focusing position of the focusing lens, a normal direction of an emission surface of the light source and a normal direction of a light-receiving surface of the photoelectric conversion element are the same direction, an original document reading position is set near an end portion of the optical reader in the normal direction.