公开(公告)号：US20090213440A1

公开(公告)日：2009-08-27

申请号：US12389222

申请日：2009-02-19

申请人： KIICHIRO NISHINA ,  Yasuo Sakurai ,  Nobuaki Ono ,  Masahiro Itoh ,  Yoshifumi Sudoh

发明人： KIICHIRO NISHINA ,  Yasuo Sakurai ,  Nobuaki Ono ,  Masahiro Itoh ,  Yoshifumi Sudoh

IPC分类号： H04N1/04

CPC分类号： H04N1/02815 ,  H04N1/02845 ,  H04N1/02865 ,  H04N1/0464 ,  H04N1/1017 ,  H04N1/1215 ,  H04N1/193 ,  H04N2201/02495

摘要： An image reader feeds a document to read document information at a still position from below a glass platen. The image reader is configured to include a document feeder unit feeding a document in a predetermined direction, a glass platen provided below the document feeder unit, an illumination unit provided on or above the glass platen and including a surface light source which is long in a direction orthogonal to the predetermined direction and illuminates the document, and a document reader unit reading document information at a still position from below the glass platen. Such an image reader can illuminate documents efficiently with less electric power and achieve thinning of the illumination unit.

摘要翻译： 图像读取器馈送文档以从玻璃压板下方的静止位置读取文档信息。 图像读取器被配置为包括沿预定方向馈送原稿的文件馈送单元，设置在文档馈送单元下方的玻璃台板，设置在玻璃台板上或上方的照明单元，其包括长度在 方向与所述预定方向正交并且照亮所述文件，以及文档读取单元，从所述玻璃压板的下方在静止位置读取文档信息。 这样的图像读取器可以以较少的电力有效地照亮文档并且实现照明单元的变薄。

公开(公告)号：US08199371B2

公开(公告)日：2012-06-12

申请号：US12389222

申请日：2009-02-19

申请人： Kiichiro Nishina ,  Yasuo Sakurai ,  Nobuaki Ono ,  Masahiro Itoh ,  Yoshifumi Sudoh

发明人： Kiichiro Nishina ,  Yasuo Sakurai ,  Nobuaki Ono ,  Masahiro Itoh ,  Yoshifumi Sudoh

IPC分类号： H04N1/04

CPC分类号： H04N1/02815 ,  H04N1/02845 ,  H04N1/02865 ,  H04N1/0464 ,  H04N1/1017 ,  H04N1/1215 ,  H04N1/193 ,  H04N2201/02495

摘要： An image reader feeds a document to read document information at a still position from below a glass platen. The image reader is configured to include a document feeder unit feeding a document in a predetermined direction, a glass platen provided below the document feeder unit, an illumination unit provided on or above the glass platen and including a surface light source which is long in a direction orthogonal to the predetermined direction and illuminates the document, and a document reader unit reading document information at a still position from below the glass platen. Such an image reader can illuminate documents efficiently with less electric power and achieve thinning of the illumination unit.

摘要翻译： 图像读取器馈送文档以从玻璃压板下方的静止位置读取文档信息。 图像读取器被配置为包括沿预定方向馈送原稿的文件馈送单元，设置在文档馈送单元下方的玻璃台板，设置在玻璃台板上或上方的照明单元，其包括长度在 方向与所述预定方向正交并且照亮所述文件，以及文档读取单元，从所述玻璃压板的下方在静止位置读取文档信息。 这样的图像读取器可以以较少的电力有效地照亮文档并且实现照明单元的变薄。

公开(公告)号：US20080218724A1

公开(公告)日：2008-09-11

申请号：US12035782

申请日：2008-02-22

申请人： Kiichiro Nishina ,  Yasuo Sakurai ,  Masahiro Itoh ,  Hibiki Tatsuno ,  Yoshifumi Sudoh

发明人： Kiichiro Nishina ,  Yasuo Sakurai ,  Masahiro Itoh ,  Hibiki Tatsuno ,  Yoshifumi Sudoh

IPC分类号： G03B27/54

CPC分类号： G03B27/54

摘要： An illumination unit for use in an image read apparatus is provided which illuminates a surface of an original document with illumination light, reads an image of the original document by a light receiving element, and adjusts an amount of specular light reflection from the surface of the original document on a light receiving plane of the light receiving element by adjusting at least one of an incident angle of the illumination light and a divergence thereof. It includes a plurality of light source units emitting the illumination light and arranged in a direction so that a direction in which intensity of light emitted from at least one of the light source units closest to a center of the arrangement thereof is to be highest makes a non-perpendicular angle with the direction of arrangement.

摘要翻译： 提供一种用于图像读取装置的照明单元，其利用照明光照亮原稿的表面，通过光接收元件读取原始文档的图像，并且从该表面起调整镜面光反射的量 通过调节照明光的入射角和其散度中的至少一个，在光接收元件的光接收面上的原稿。 它包括多个光源单元，其发射照明光并沿着使从最靠近其布置中心的至少一个光源单元发射的光的强度最高的方向布置成使得 非垂直角度与排列方向。

公开(公告)号：US08081355B2

公开(公告)日：2011-12-20

申请号：US12035782

申请日：2008-02-22

申请人： Kiichiro Nishina ,  Yasuo Sakurai ,  Masahiro Itoh ,  Hibiki Tatsuno ,  Yoshifumi Sudoh

发明人： Kiichiro Nishina ,  Yasuo Sakurai ,  Masahiro Itoh ,  Hibiki Tatsuno ,  Yoshifumi Sudoh

IPC分类号： H04N1/04

CPC分类号： G03B27/54

摘要： An illumination unit for use in an image read apparatus is provided which illuminates a surface of an original document with illumination light, reads an image of the original document by a light receiving element, and adjusts an amount of specular light reflection from the surface of the original document on a light receiving plane of the light receiving element by adjusting at least one of an incident angle of the illumination light and a divergence thereof. It includes a plurality of light source units emitting the illumination light and arranged in a direction so that a direction in which intensity of light emitted from at least one of the light source units closest to a center of the arrangement thereof is to be highest makes a non-perpendicular angle with the direction of arrangement.

摘要翻译： 提供一种用于图像读取装置的照明单元，其利用照明光照亮原稿的表面，通过光接收元件读取原始文档的图像，并且从该表面起调整镜面光反射的量 通过调节照明光的入射角和其散度中的至少一个，在光接收元件的光接收面上的原稿。 它包括多个光源单元，其发射照明光并沿着使从最靠近其布置中心的至少一个光源单元发射的光的强度最高的方向布置成使得 非垂直角度与排列方向。

公开(公告)号：US08174738B2

公开(公告)日：2012-05-08

申请号：US12500222

申请日：2009-07-09

申请人： Nobuaki Ono ,  Yasuo Sakurai ,  Kiichiro Nishina ,  Masahiro Itoh

发明人： Nobuaki Ono ,  Yasuo Sakurai ,  Kiichiro Nishina ,  Masahiro Itoh

IPC分类号： H04N1/04 ,  H04N1/46 ,  H01L27/00 ,  H01J40/14

CPC分类号： H04N1/03 ,  H04N1/0303 ,  H04N1/0305 ,  H04N1/1017 ,  H04N1/1043 ,  H04N1/1048 ,  H04N1/1052

摘要： The image read-out device comprises an integrally formed scanning optical unit in which a light source which emits light toward a document, a plurality of reflective mirrors reflecting the light which is emitted from the light source to the document and then reflected, an image forming lens converging the light reflected by a final reflective mirror which finally reflects the light, among the plurality of mirrors, and a light receiving sensor for receiving the light converged by the image forming lens are integrally mounted on a housing, the integrally formed scanning optical unit moving in a scanning direction and reading out an image of the document, wherein an opening is provided on each of top and bottom surfaces of the housing, and wherein the area of the opening provided on the bottom surface is equal or more than that of the opening provided on the top surface.

摘要翻译： 图像读出装置包括：整体形成的扫描光学单元，其中向原稿发射光的光源，将从光源发射的光反射到原稿然后反射的多个反射镜，成像 会聚由多个反射镜中最终反射光的最终反射镜反射的光和用于接收由成像透镜会聚的光的光接收传感器一体地安装在壳体上，整体形成的扫描光学单元 在扫描方向上移动并读出文件的图像，其中在壳体的顶表面和底表面中的每一个上设置有开口，并且其中设置在底表面上的开口的面积等于或大于 开口设在顶面。

公开(公告)号：US07920304B2

公开(公告)日：2011-04-05

申请号：US12358001

申请日：2009-01-22

申请人： Hibiki Tatsuno ,  Yasuo Sakurai ,  Kiichiro Nishina ,  Nobuaki Ono ,  Masahiro Itoh

发明人： Hibiki Tatsuno ,  Yasuo Sakurai ,  Kiichiro Nishina ,  Nobuaki Ono ,  Masahiro Itoh

IPC分类号： H04N1/04

CPC分类号： G03B27/54 ,  H04N1/02815 ,  H04N1/0284 ,  H04N1/0285 ,  H04N1/0286 ,  H04N1/02865

摘要： An image reading apparatus includes a plurality of light sources to illuminate a document; an illumination optical system to guide light to a reading target area having a length and a width; a document illuminating device to illuminate the entire document; an image forming optical system to form an image from light reflected from the document; and a sensor provided in an image forming section of the image forming optical system to read the image of the document. The illumination optical system includes a concentration section to control light diffusion, and a reflection section. The reflection section includes at least two integrally configured reflection surfaces, in which a sine value of an angle of reflected light from at least one reflection surface is positive, while a sine value of an angle of reflected light from the rest of at least one reflection surface is negative.

摘要翻译： 图像读取装置包括多个照明文件的光源; 照明光学系统，用于将光引导到具有长度和宽度的读取目标区域; 用于照亮整个文件的文档照明装置; 形成光学系统，用于从文件反射的光形成图像; 以及设置在图像形成光学系统的图像形成部分中以读取文档的图像的传感器。 照明光学系统包括控制光扩散的浓度部分和反射部分。 反射部分包括至少两个整体配置的反射表面，其中来自至少一个反射表面的反射光的角度的正弦值为正，而来自其余至少一个反射的反射光的正弦值 表面为负。

公开(公告)号：US20100027079A1

公开(公告)日：2010-02-04

申请号：US12503206

申请日：2009-07-15

申请人： Kiichiro Nishina ,  Yasuo Sakurai ,  Nobuaki Ono ,  Masahiro Itoh

发明人： Kiichiro Nishina ,  Yasuo Sakurai ,  Nobuaki Ono ,  Masahiro Itoh

IPC分类号： H04N1/04

CPC分类号： H04N1/0318 ,  H04N1/0285 ,  H04N1/02865 ,  H04N2201/03112 ,  H04N2201/0312 ,  H04N2201/03137 ,  H04N2201/03141 ,  H04N2201/03145

摘要： An optical reader which reads image information on an original document by moving to the original document includes an illumination unit having at least one light source arranged on a substrate and illuminating the original document, a plurality of mirrors reflecting reflection light from the original document, a focusing lens focusing the reflection light from the original document reflected by the mirrors, and a photoelectric conversion element arranged in a focusing position of the focusing lens, a normal direction of an emission surface of the light source and a normal direction of a light-receiving surface of the photoelectric conversion element are the same direction, an original document reading position is set near an end portion of the optical reader in the normal direction.

摘要翻译： 通过移动到原始文档来读取原始文档上的图像信息的光学读取器包括具有布置在基板上的至少一个光源并照亮原稿的照明单元，反射来自原稿的反射光的多个反射镜， 聚焦透镜聚焦来自反射镜反射的原始文件的反射光，以及布置在聚焦透镜的聚焦位置的光电转换元件，光源的发射表面的法线方向和光接收的法线方向 光电转换元件的表面是相同的方向，原稿读取位置被设置在光学读取器的沿法线方向的端部附近。

公开(公告)号：US08169671B2

公开(公告)日：2012-05-01

申请号：US12485699

申请日：2009-06-16

申请人： Masahiro Itoh ,  Yasuo Sakurai ,  Kiichiro Nishina ,  Nobuaki Ono

发明人： Masahiro Itoh ,  Yasuo Sakurai ,  Kiichiro Nishina ,  Nobuaki Ono

IPC分类号： H04N1/04

CPC分类号： H04N1/02815 ,  H04N1/0285 ,  H04N1/02865 ,  H04N1/02885 ,  H04N1/1017 ,  H04N1/193

摘要： A lighting unit, includes: a light source section wherein a plurality of light-emitting sources are arranged in a direction perpendicular to a direction of each light-emitting optical axis of each light-emitting source and linearly at predetermined intervals; and a reflecting section which reflects light emitted toward a direction along a document mounting surface from the light source section arranged along the document mounting surface toward an irradiated region of the document mounting surface, the reflecting section having: a first reflecting surface disposed closer to the light source section than to the irradiated region; and a second reflecting surface disposed more distant from the light source section than from the irradiated region.

摘要翻译： 照明单元包括：光源部，其中沿与每个发光源的每个发光光轴的方向垂直的方向布置多个发光源，并且以预定间隔线性地布置; 以及反射部，其将沿着文件安装面的方向朝向从原稿安装面配置的光源部朝向原稿安装面的照射区域反射的光反射，所述反射部具有：第一反射面， 光源部分比照射区域; 以及与照射区域相比设置得比光源部分更远的第二反射面。

公开(公告)号：US08253989B2

公开(公告)日：2012-08-28

申请号：US12503206

申请日：2009-07-15

申请人： Kiichiro Nishina ,  Yasuo Sakurai ,  Nobuaki Ono ,  Masahiro Itoh

发明人： Kiichiro Nishina ,  Yasuo Sakurai ,  Nobuaki Ono ,  Masahiro Itoh

IPC分类号： H04N1/04

CPC分类号： H04N1/0318 ,  H04N1/0285 ,  H04N1/02865 ,  H04N2201/03112 ,  H04N2201/0312 ,  H04N2201/03137 ,  H04N2201/03141 ,  H04N2201/03145

摘要： An optical reader which reads image information on an original document by moving to the original document includes an illumination unit having at least one light source arranged on a substrate and illuminating the original document, a plurality of mirrors reflecting reflection light from the original document, a focusing lens focusing the reflection light from the original document reflected by the mirrors, and a photoelectric conversion element arranged in a focusing position of the focusing lens, a normal direction of an emission surface of the light source and a normal direction of a light-receiving surface of the photoelectric conversion element are the same direction, an original document reading position is set near an end portion of the optical reader in the normal direction.

摘要翻译： 通过移动到原始文档来读取原始文档上的图像信息的光学读取器包括具有布置在基板上的至少一个光源并照亮原稿的照明单元，反射来自原稿的反射光的多个反射镜， 聚焦透镜聚焦来自反射镜反射的原始文件的反射光，以及布置在聚焦透镜的聚焦位置的光电转换元件，光源的发射表面的法线方向和光接收的法线方向 光电转换元件的表面是相同的方向，原稿读取位置被设置在光学读取器的沿法线方向的端部附近。

公开(公告)号：US20090237750A1

公开(公告)日：2009-09-24

申请号：US12358001

申请日：2009-01-22

申请人： Hibiki Tatsuno ,  Yasuo Sakurai ,  Kiichiro Nishina ,  Nobuaki Ono ,  Masahiro Itoh

发明人： Hibiki Tatsuno ,  Yasuo Sakurai ,  Kiichiro Nishina ,  Nobuaki Ono ,  Masahiro Itoh

IPC分类号： H04N1/04

CPC分类号： G03B27/54 ,  H04N1/02815 ,  H04N1/0284 ,  H04N1/0285 ,  H04N1/0286 ,  H04N1/02865

摘要： An image reading apparatus includes a plurality of light sources to illuminate a document; an illumination optical system to guide light to a reading target area having a length and a width; a document illuminating device to illuminate the entire document; an image forming optical system to form an image from light reflected from the document; and a sensor provided in an image forming section of the image forming optical system to read the image of the document. The illumination optical system includes a concentration section to control light diffusion, and a reflection section. The reflection section includes at least two integrally configured reflection surfaces, in which a sine value of an angle of reflected light from at least one reflection surface is positive, while a sine value of an angle of reflected light from the rest of at least one reflection surface is negative.

摘要翻译： 图像读取装置包括多个照明文件的光源; 照明光学系统，用于将光引导到具有长度和宽度的读取目标区域; 用于照亮整个文件的文档照明装置; 形成光学系统，用于从文件反射的光形成图像; 以及设置在图像形成光学系统的图像形成部分中以读取文档的图像的传感器。 照明光学系统包括控制光扩散的浓度部分和反射部分。 反射部分包括至少两个整体配置的反射表面，其中来自至少一个反射表面的反射光的角度的正弦值为正，而来自其余至少一个反射的反射光的正弦值 表面为负。