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US 2006/0215238 A1Published application
Image-input device
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorsFumio Nakaya, Hirokazu Ichikawa
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Abstract
A device includes: a first lighting unit that illuminates an object at a first incident angle; a second lighting unit that illuminates an object at a second incident angle, the second incident angle being larger than the first incident angle; an image-input unit that receives light and generates image signals in accordance with the received light; and a guiding unit that guides light diffusely reflected from the object illuminated by either the first lighting unit or the second lighting unit to the image-input unit.
Claims14
A device comprising:
- a first lighting unit that illuminates an object at a first incident angle;
- a second lighting unit that illuminates an object at a second incident angle, the second incident angle being larger than the first incident angle;
- an image-input unit that receives light and generates image signals in accordance with the received light;
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- a guiding unit that guides light diffusely reflected from the object illuminated by either the first lighting unit or the second lighting unit to the image-input unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.