Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Reading module and image reading device and image forming apparatus therewith
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Application No.: US15825997Application Date: 2017-11-29
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Publication No.: US10237438B2Publication Date: 2019-03-19
- Inventor: Takaaki Murase , Kei Ouchi
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
- Current Assignee: KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Stein IP, LLC
- Priority: JP2016-232312 20161130; JP2017-143699 20170725
- Main IPC: H04N1/04
- IPC: H04N1/04 ; H04N1/028 ; G02B17/00 ; G02B17/06 ; H04N1/113 ; H04N1/03

Abstract:
A reading module has a light source, an optical system, and a sensor. The optical system images, as image light, reflected light of light radiated from the light source to a document. In the sensor, the image light imaged by the optical system is converted into an electrical signal. The optical system has a mirror array and an aperture stop portion. In the mirror array, reflection mirrors are coupled together in an array in the main scanning direction. The aperture stop portion has a first aperture adjusting the amount of the image light reflected from a reflection mirror and a second aperture shielding stray light entering the first aperture from an adjacent reflection mirror. Between the first and second apertures, a reflection reduction mechanism is provided that reduces reflection, toward the first aperture, of light other than the image light traveling from the second to first aperture.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180152581A1 READING MODULE AND IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THEREWITH Public/Granted day:2018-05-31
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