Image detector having photoconductive layer, linear electrodes transparent to reading light, and signal-readout electrodes shaded from reading light

An image detector comprising:

• a recording-side photoconductive layer which generates latent-image charges and exhibits conductivity when said recording-side photoconductive layer is exposed to first electromagnetic radiation for recording an image;
• a reading-side photoconductive layer which generates charges and exhibits conductivity when said reading-side photoconductive layer is exposed to second electromagnetic radiation for reading an image;
• a charge storage region which is formed between said recording-side photoconductive layer and said reading-side photoconductive layer, and stores said latent-image charges;
• a pair of electrode layers which are arranged to sandwich said recording-side photoconductive layer and said reading-side photoconductive layer, and apply an electric field to said recording-side photoconductive layer and said reading-side photoconductive layer, where one of said pair of electrode layers located near to said reading-side photoconductive layer comprises,
• a plurality of first linear electrodes which are transparent to said second electromagnetic radiation, and arranged parallel to each other, and
• a plurality of second linear electrodes each of which corresponds to at least one of said plurality of first linear electrodes, is arranged parallel to said at least one of said plurality of first linear electrodes, and outputs an electric signal corresponding to an amount of said latent-image charges when said at least one of said plurality of first linear electrodes is scanned with said second electromagnetic radiation;
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• means for making a first strength of irradiation of each of said plurality of second linear electrodes with said second electromagnetic radiation smaller than a second strength of irradiation of at least one of said plurality of first linear electrodes corresponding to said each of said plurality of second linear electrodes with said second electromagnetic radiation.