Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensor
- Patent Title (中): 图像传感器
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Application No.: US11845328Application Date: 2007-08-27
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Publication No.: US08259364B2Publication Date: 2012-09-04
- Inventor: Naoyuki Tokida , Takafumi Endo
- Applicant: Naoyuki Tokida , Takafumi Endo
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2007-045476 20070226
- Main IPC: H04N1/00
- IPC: H04N1/00 ; H04N1/40 ; H04N1/387

Abstract:
An image sensor includes: a light transmissive member extending in a direction orthogonal to a direction of conveying the document; a reference portion provided outside the conveying region where a document is conveyed with respect to the orthogonal direction and having a transmittance lower than a transmittance of in the conveying region of the light transmissive member; and a light source unit. The image sensor further includes: a lens unit converging the light transmitting through the document and the reference portion; a light receiving unit that receives the light transmitted through the lens unit and outputs an electric signal; an amplifying unit that amplifies the electric signal of the document corresponding to the conveying region and outputs an image signal of the document; and a controlling unit configured to control an amplification factor of the amplifying unit based on the electric signal corresponding to the reference portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080204824A1 IMAGE SENSOR Public/Granted day:2008-08-28
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