公开(公告)号：EP1650949B1

公开(公告)日：2010-08-18

申请号：EP05255745.1

申请日：2005-09-15

申请人： Seiko I Infotech Inc.

发明人： Hirayama, Shinobu, c/o Seiko Instruments Inc

IPC分类号： H04N1/031

CPC分类号： H04N1/02409 ,  H04N1/0313 ,  H04N1/1933 ,  H04N1/1934 ,  H04N2201/0241 ,  H04N2201/02412 ,  H04N2201/02414 ,  H04N2201/02418 ,  H04N2201/02429 ,  H04N2201/02447 ,  H04N2201/02449

摘要： An original reading unit is provided that is superior in the performance of the adjustment of line sensors. According to the present invention, between a unit base and a transparent original support plate, multiple sensor assemblies are arranged, to form a zigzag pattern, as a first array for reading an original and a second array for reading the original following the first array. Each of the sensor assemblies includes a sensor holder, a line sensor and a focus setup unit. Each of the sensor holders, which serve as fulcrums, are rotatable at a single pivot (a rotation center), along the wall of a unit base that is parallel to the original support plate. When the sensor holders are rotated and positioned at predetermined locations, they are fixed to the wall. The line sensors 51 are held, relative to the sensor holders, in the main scanning direction and in the sub-scanning direction, and are moved in an approaching or separating direction in which the line sensors approach or are separated from the wall and the original support plate. The focus setup units, each of which includes coil springs and spacers, move the line sensors 51 in the approaching or separating direction, and position the line sensors 51 at locations whereat focuses are adjusted.