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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2015
Applicant:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kaoru Takahashi, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/04 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/10 (2006.01); H04N 1/193 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00795 (2013.01); H04N 1/1061 (2013.01); H04N 1/193 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0081 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes a light source that emits light that is to be applied to an original document, a light receiving portion that receives reflected light, which is reflected off the original document, and multiple light reflection members that guide the reflected light, reflected off the original document, to the light receiving portion. At least one of the multiple light reflection members is used as a light guide to guide light from the light source to the original document.