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US 5,317,146 AGranted
Read head incorporating an image pick-up function
AssigneeOki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorMinoru Isobe
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Abstract
A read head incorporating an image pick-up function includes a photoelectric conversion type light receiving arrays arranged on a substrate, for reading a medium, a convergent rod lens array arranged adjacent the light emitting element arrays, and a solid light emitting element of a surface emission type arranged in the vicinity of the convergent rod lens array.
Claims12
A read head comprising:
- a plurality of photoelectric conversion type light receiving element arrays arranged in a longitudinal direction on a substrate, for reading a medium;
- a convergent rod lens array arranged adjacent to said plurality of light receiving element arrays, and having a script side end face;
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- a solid light emitting element of a surface emission type arranged adjacent to the script side end face of said convergent rod lens array, said solid light emitting element continuously covering the convergent rod lens array along the longitudinal direction.
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A read head comprising:
- photoelectric conversion type light receiving element arrays arranged on a substrate for reading a medium, the substrate being supported by surrounding support members;
- a convergent rod lens array arranged adjacent to said light receiving element arrays and having a script side end face, the convergent rod lens array being supported by lens array supporting members projecting from the surrounding support members;
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- a solid light emitting element of a surface emission type arranged in the vicinity of the script side end face of said convergent rod lens array;
- said light receiving element arrays being surrounded by and sealed by the substrate, the surrounding support members, the convergent rod lens array, and the lens array supporting members.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.