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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2014
Applicant:
Pfu Limited, Kahoku-shi, Ishikawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
PFU Limited, Ishikawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/04 (2006.01); H04N 1/028 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/02885 (2013.01); H04N 1/02895 (2013.01); H04N 1/00249 (2013.01); H04N 1/00538 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0093 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes a casing that blocks ambient light and has an opening portion in a bottom surface, an image capturing unit that captures an image of a medium exposed to an internal portion of the casing in the opening portion, and a plurality of light sources that are arranged on the internal portion of the casing and irradiate light toward the opening portion. The plurality of light sources irradiate light to different areas on a plane in the opening portion.