Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Light guide, illuminating device and image reading apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 导光板,照明装置和图像读取装置
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Application No.: US15001723Application Date: 2016-01-20
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Publication No.: US09591166B2Publication Date: 2017-03-07
- Inventor: Satoko Ohzawa
- Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Applicant Address: JP Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
- Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
- Agency: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
- Priority: JP2015-008543 20150120
- Main IPC: H04N1/04
- IPC: H04N1/04 ; H04N1/028 ; F21V8/00 ; G02B27/10 ; H04N1/10 ; G02B6/00

Abstract:
A light guide having: a splitting section configured to split light emitted from a light source into at least two; and at least two light guiding sections arranged side by side in a predetermined width direction and configured to cause the light entering from the splitting section to propagate in a predetermined length direction. Each of the light guiding sections includes: a reflective section provided along the length direction and configured to reflect light incident thereon; an emission surface arranged opposite the reflective section and configured to emit the light reflected by the reflective section as a linear light beam having predetermined light distribution in the length direction; and at least a part of the emission surface is located farther in a direction opposite to the length direction than a forward end of the splitting section in the length direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160212291A1 LIGHT GUIDE, ILLUMINATING DEVICE AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2016-07-21
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