Image reading apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorSatoshi Sugimoto
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Abstract
An image reading apparatus includes a movable image-capturing printed circuit board including an image device, and a controlling printed circuit board which is fixed to the image reading apparatus and which controls the driving of the image device. Both printed circuit boards include connectors. When electric connection is established between the connectors, signal transmission and reception is performed. The connectors are connected only in a predetermined position. This can eliminate the need for using cable wires. Thus, a simplified structure can reduce emission generated by using cable wires to transmit a driving signal for the image device and a read image signal.
Claims12
An image reading apparatus for reading an original document set in position, said image reading apparatus comprising:
- an image-capturing printed circuit board with which an image device is integrated, said image-capturing printed circuit board being movable, driving said image device, and including a first connector;
- and
- a controlling printed circuit board disposed in a fixed position, said controlling printed circuit board controlling the operation of said image device, and including a second connector;
- wherein said first connector and said second connector are electrically connected to each other only in a predetermined position so that signal transmission and reception is performed between said first connector and said second connector.
An image reading apparatus for reading an original document set in position, said image reading apparatus comprising:
- an image-capturing printed circuit board with which an image device is integrated, said image-capturing printed circuit board being movable, driving said image device, and including a first connector;
- and
- a controlling printed circuit board for controlling the operation of said image device, said controlling printed circuit board including a second connector;
- wherein said first connector and said second connector are antenna portions which perform signal transmission and reception when being in proximity to each other so as to have a predetermined distance therebetween.
An image reading apparatus comprising:
- a first printed circuit board with which an image device and a first connector are integrated, said first printed circuit board being movable, and driving said image device;
- and
- a second printed circuit board, with which a second connector is integrated, disposed in a fixed position, said second printed circuit board controlling the operation of said image device;
- wherein said first connector and said second connector are electrically connected to each other in a predetermined position so that signal transmission is performed between said first connector and said second connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.