Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Light guide, illumination device, and image reading apparatus
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Application No.: US13612996Application Date: 2012-09-13
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Publication No.: US08817342B2Publication Date: 2014-08-26
- Inventor: Ikutaro Mitsutake , Takeyoshi Saiga
- Applicant: Ikutaro Mitsutake , Takeyoshi Saiga
- Applicant Address: JP
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP
- Agency: Rossi, Kimms & McDowell LLP
- Priority: JP2011-214417 20110929
- Main IPC: H04N1/04
- IPC: H04N1/04

Abstract:
Provided is a light guide, in which: at least one of a reflecting part or a light exit part has a light condensing action in a direction intersecting a predetermined direction; the at least one of the reflecting part or the light exit part includes diffusing parts arranged in the predetermined direction; the diffusing parts include: a first curved surface having a first degree of diffusion in the predetermined direction for a sparse region of light sources; and a second curved surface having a second degree of diffusion, which is lower than the first degree of diffusion, in the predetermined direction for a dense region of the light sources; and each of the first curved surface and the second curved surface has a shape corresponding to a part of a cylinder extending in a direction orthogonal to the predetermined direction in which the light sources are arrayed.
Public/Granted literature
- US08867109B2 Light guide, illumination device, and image reading apparatus Public/Granted day:2014-10-21
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