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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2009
Yasuhiro Ogasawara, Kanagawa, JP;
Shin Takeuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Eisuke Osakabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Eigo Nakagawa, Ebina, JP;
Hirokazu Ichikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazushige Ooi, Ebina, JP;
Hidenobu Takahira, Ebina, JP;
Yasuhiro Ogasawara, Kanagawa, JP;
Shin Takeuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Eisuke Osakabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Eigo Nakagawa, Ebina, JP;
Hirokazu Ichikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazushige Ooi, Ebina, JP;
Hidenobu Takahira, Ebina, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes: a light source that irradiates light; a switching unit that switches a direction of the light irradiated by the light source to one of a plurality of predetermined directions; a light guiding unit that guides the light whose direction is switched by the switching unit and that travels in one of the plurality of directions to a position predetermined for each of the directions; and a light sensor that, in a case where an object is in the predetermined position, measures light reflect by the object out of the light guided to the position by the light guiding unit.