Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Angle detection device and image reading apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 角度检测装置和图像读取装置
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Application No.: US12883894Application Date: 2010-09-16
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Publication No.: US08503044B2Publication Date: 2013-08-06
- Inventor: Tomomi Wakaura
- Applicant: Tomomi Wakaura
- Applicant Address: JP Ishikawa
- Assignee: PFU Limited
- Current Assignee: PFU Limited
- Current Assignee Address: JP Ishikawa
- Agency: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP
- Priority: JP2010-063233 20100318
- Main IPC: H04N1/04
- IPC: H04N1/04

Abstract:
An angle detection device includes a rotator including a shaft supported by and inside a case in a direction parallel to a horizontal plane of the case, a center of gravity positioned differently from the shaft, and a diagonal line formed on a surface along a circumferential direction around a rotation axis of the rotator, the line intersecting with a width direction orthogonal to the circumferential direction if the surface is spread into a plane along the circumferential direction; and a sensor including a group of imaging elements arrayed in a line parallel to the shaft direction. The sensor is fixed to and inside the case opposite to the surface. The group intersects with the diagonal line if the surface is viewed from the sensor toward the shaft, and a position of the intersection changes according to rotation of the case around the axis when viewed from the shaft.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110228350A1 ANGLE DETECTION DEVICE AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2011-09-22
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