Overhead image reading apparatus
AssigneePfu Limited
InventorKeisuke Kimura
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Abstract
An overhead image reading apparatus 1 includes: an image-capturing unit 22 that captures an image of a medium S to be read from above when the medium S to be read is placed on a placement surface 2; a light source 21 that irradiates the medium S to be read with light when the image-capturing unit 22 captures the image of the medium S to be read; and a light blocking portion 25 that blocks light above an upper-end position of light emitted from the light source 21. As a result, the user 100 can be prevented from seeing light from the light source 21 with his/her eyes and from being dazzled with an unpleasant feeling by light from the light source 21 during reading on the medium S to be read.
Claims7
An overhead image reading apparatus comprising:
- an image-capturing unit configured to capture an image of a medium to be read from above when the medium to be read is placed on a placement surface;
- a light source configured to irradiate the medium with light when the image-capturing unit captures the image of the medium,
- a light blocking member configured to block light above an upper-end position of light emitted from the light source;
- a rotating mechanism configured to rotate the image-capturing unit and the light source, wherein
- the light blocking member is provided at a position which is forward in a rotating direction of the light source, and blocks the light above the upper-end position of light emitted from the light source when the image-capturing unit captures the image of the medium to be read.
An overhead image reading apparatus comprising:
- an image-capturing unit configured to capture an image of a medium to be read from above when the medium to be read is placed on a placement surface;
- a light source configured to irradiate the medium with light when the image-capturing unit captures the image of the medium;
- and
- a light blocking member configured to block light above an upper-end position of light emitted from the light source, wherein
- an upper-end position of light emitted from the light source that is lowered by the light blocking member is equal to or lower than a level of the light source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.