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US 4,783,700 AGranted
Image sensor unit and image reading apparatus having the unit
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHiromichi Nagane
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Abstract
There is disclosed an image ssensor unit comprising: illumination unit for illuminating light on an original; an image sensor for reading out image information on the original by reflection light of said illuminated light; holding for holding the illumination unit; and a mounting unit for causing the holding unit to hold the illumination unit so that the relative displacement between the illumination unit and said holding unit in a direction along a surface of the holding unit on which the illumination unit is held by the holding unit.
Claims15
An image sensor unit comprising:
- illumination means for illuminating light on an original;
- an image sensor for reading out image information on the original by reflection light of said illuminated light;
- holding means for holding said illumination means;
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- a mounting means for causing said holding means to hold said illumination means so that the relative displacement between said illumination means and said holding means is held constant in a direction along a surface of said holding means on which said illumination means is held by said holding means.
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A sensor unit comprising:
- a sensor substrate having a light receiving element array having a plurality of light receiving elements;
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- a circuit substrate and supporting plate for said light receiving elements,
- said sensor substrate being supported on said supporting plate by said circuit substrate through a connection member having an elastic characteristic and used for performing electrical connection between said sensor substrate and said circuit substrate.
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An image sensor unit comprising:
- a sensor substrate having a light receiving elements array having a plurality of light receiving elements;
- an optical system unit for guiding an image information received in said light receiving elements;
- a supporting plate attached on said optical system unit;
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- a circuit substrate for said light receiving elements, said sensor substrate being supported on said supporting plate by said circuit substrate through a connection member having an elastic characteristic and used for performing electrical connection between said sensor substrate and said circuit substrate, and said circuit substrate and said supporting plate being bonded each other by a engaging portion and fixing portion arranged on at least three areas.
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An image sensor unit ccmprising:
- a sensor substrate having a light receiving element array;
- an electrically insulating protection plate having a hole corresponding to a pattern electrode on said sensor substrate;
- a circuit substrate for said light receiving element array;
- a connection member having an elastic characteristics for performing the electrical connection between said sensor substrate and said circuit substrate;
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- a supporting plate for supporting said circuit substrate and said sensor substrate, said protection plate and said connection member being inserted between said sensor substrate and said circuit substrate such that said connection member is arranged so as to correspond to the hole of said protection plate, and said sensor substrate and said circuit substrate being supported by said supporting plate.
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An image sensor unit comprising:
- illumination means for illuminating an image information surface of an original;
- imaging means for imaging the reflection light of from the original by said illumination means at real size;
- a light receiving element provided on the imaging plane of said reflection light, for photoelectric converting the reflection light to read out image information;
- a structure for integrally holding said illumination means and said imaging means;
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- means for integrally bonding said light receiving element and a driving circuit for said light receiving element, said illumination means and said imaging means being separated from said light receiving element, said unit having a structure divided with respect to a surface perpendicular to an optical axis of said imaging means, the position of light receiving line of said light receiving element being adjustable on a surface perpendicular to said optical axis, and said illumination means, said imaging means, and said light receiving element being binded one another thereby to form an unit structure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.