Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an illuminating device without variation in light intensity distribution in which shading, especially inhomogeneity in an image read by an image read apparatus is not likely to occur by keeping a gap between a light source and an end surface of a light guide body constant.SOLUTION: An illuminating device of the present invention comprises: a light guide body including an end surface from which light enters, a diffusion reflection surface diffusely reflecting light entered from the end surface and a light emitting surface emitting the light diffusely reflected by the diffusion reflection surface toward an irradiation surface; a light source facing at least one end surface of the light guide body; and a reflector having a reflecting surface reflecting light from the light source to the one end surface of the light guide body. A flange part abutting the reflector is formed on the one end surface of the light guide body. The light source is attached to a circuit board mounting the light source. The reflector is sandwiched by the flange part of the light guide body and the circuit board to keep the light source and the light guide body located at a predetermined distance.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image reading apparatus that can read a document images with different glossiness at a reproducibility suited to use.SOLUTION: An image reading apparatus has data processing means for generating image data based on a specular reflection output value and a diffusion reflection output value obtained from photoelectric conversion means by irradiating light from a specular reflection light source and a diffusion reflection light source on a document image. The data processing means is used to obtain gloss pixel data by comparing a judgement threshold value with a correction output value that is corrected by the specular reflection output value based on a specular reflection correction value for shading-correcting the specular reflection output value, a diffusion correction value for shading-correcting the diffusion reflection output value, and the judgement threshold value for judging whether the specular reflection output value is a gloss pixel or not, thereby obtaining non-gloss pixel data from the correction output value corrected by the diffusion correction value.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an LED light source which is suitable as a light source of an image reader. SOLUTION: The light source is used for the image reader comprising: a platen on which a read document is placed; an LED light source for lighting up the read document placed on the platen; a condenser lens for converging reflected light from a main scanning line on the read document lit up by the LED light source; and a light-receiving means for receiving the reflected light from the main scanning line on the read document which has been converged by the condenser lens. The light source comprises an LED as a light-emitting source and a light guide for diffusing a lighting region of the LED lighting up the read document placed on the platen to at least a main scanning line width of the read document, and includes a plurality of reflecting surface bodies which are arrayed at predetermined intervals in the main scanning line direction while surface-confronted with the LED side in an internal surface reflection optical path of the light guide, and reflect the light of the LED to outside the light guide along the main scanning lines. A length of each reflecting surface body in a direction orthogonal to the main scanning line direction is suitably adjusted according to the quantity of light to be reflected. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lens inspection method and its device for greatly shortening inspection time of a lens used for converging reflected light from a document to a light receiving surface of a line sensor used in an image scanner. SOLUTION: The lens inspection method is used for converging light from the document to the light receiving surface of the line sensor comprising a photoelectric conversion element used in the image scanner that scans the document. The inspection method includes respective steps, that is, (a) a step of fixing a measurement line which is a line passing through the center of the optical axis of the lens and is used to measure the performance of the lens, and (b) a step of measuring various performances of the lens, such as resolution, focal depth, and chromatic aberration, adapted to the line of the line sensor with respect to the measurement line. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a wide angle lens constituted of a small number of lenses, made compact and inexpensive, realizing a very long flange back and having excellent optical performance by constituting the lens of plural lens groups, that is, a negative 1st group, a negative 2nd group, a positive 3rd group and a positive 4th group and making the lens satisfy a specified condition. SOLUTION: This wide angle lens is constituted, of four lens groups, that is, the negative 1st group, the negative 2nd group, the positive 3rd group and the positive 4th group in order from an object side. Then, the negative 1st group and the positive 3rd group are constituted of a single lens, and the negative 2nd lens group and the positive 4th lens group are respectively constituted by sticking or proximately arranging one positive lens and one negative lens. The wide angle lens satisfies the condition, that is, an expression -1.2