Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Photoelectric conversion device, image reading apparatus, image forming apparatus, and method of photoelectric conversion
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Application No.: US16427946Application Date: 2019-05-31
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Publication No.: US10554849B2Publication Date: 2020-02-04
- Inventor: Hideki Hashimoto , Masamoto Nakazawa
- Applicant: Hideki Hashimoto , Masamoto Nakazawa
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2015-121471 20150616
- Main IPC: H04N1/40
- IPC: H04N1/40 ; H04N1/193 ; H04N5/361 ; H04N5/369 ; H04N5/378

Abstract:
A photoelectric conversion device includes a plurality of light receiving elements, a plurality of A/D conversion units, and an offset giving unit. The light receiving elements are arrayed in one direction and each convert a light signal into an electrical signal. The A/D conversion units perform A/D conversion on the electrical signals output from the light receiving elements. The offset giving unit gives an offset voltage of a certain level to the electrical signals output from the light receiving elements without flowing a steady current before the electrical signals are input into the A/D conversion units.
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