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Patent No.:

US 8488217 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013

Filed:

Mar. 22, 2010
Applicants:

Kaoru Takahashi, Ebina, JP;

Shusaku Yokota, Ebina, JP;

Inventors:

Kaoru Takahashi, Ebina, JP;

Shusaku Yokota, Ebina, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
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Abstract

An image reading device including: plural point light sources, each point light source being disposed at a placement interval F in a first direction; a light guiding body having an exit surface, incident light from the plural light sources exiting from the exit surface to a surface to be read, and a width S of the exit surface, in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, being smaller than the placement interval F; a light diffusing portion which diffuses light exiting from the exit surface, at an angle that is greater in the first direction than in the second direction; and a reading portion which receives light reflected at the surface to be read, and reads an image at the surface to be read, is provided.


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Takahashi, Kaoru. (2013). Image reading device and image forming device (U.S. Patent No. 8488217). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8488217

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