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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2009
Applicants:
Hirokazu Ichikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Shin Takeuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Eisuke Osakabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A reading device comprises: an irradiating unit that irradiates light onto a medium; an image forming unit that forms an image from irradiated light reflected from the medium; and an adjusting unit that causes an optical axis of irradiated light to be adjusted, under influence of weight of the irradiating unit, with respect to an optical axis of reflected light that occurs when the image forming unit forms an image of the reflected light.