IP Library Granted Patent US 11,196,889
Granted Patent B2
US 11,196,889 · App. 17/148,577 · Granted Dec 7, 2021

Reading apparatus

Inventor: Hiroshi Sawada (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
H04N1/02895G02B3/0037G02B6/001
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Patent No.
US 11,196,889
App. No.
17/148,577
Granted
Dec 7, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A reading apparatus includes: a light-shielding member having a thickness T in which plural through-holes having a diameter D through which light reflected from a document passes are formed at an interval P; an optical member that includes a surface separated from and facing the light-shielding member and including lenses formed at positions facing the through-holes, in which a light-shielding film is formed on at least the surface other than a lens surface of the lens, and a distance L from the light-shielding member in an optical axis direction of the lens satisfies 0<L≤T (P/D−1); and a substrate that includes an element that receives light passing through the optical member.

Claims (44)

1. A reading apparatus comprising:

a light-shielding member having a thickness T in which a plurality of through-holes having a diameter D through which light reflected from a document passes are formed at an interval P;

an optical member that includes a surface separated from and facing the light-shielding member and including lenses formed at positions facing the through-holes, in which a light-shielding film is formed on at least the surface other than a lens surface of the lens, and a distance L from the light-shielding member in an optical axis direction of the lens satisfies 0<L≤T (P/D−1); and

a substrate that includes an element that receives light passing through the optical member.

2. The reading apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein a diameter of an exposed portion, at which the light-shielding film is not formed, on the lens surface of the lens is smaller than a diameter of the through-hole.

3. The reading apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein two optical members are provided,

from the document side, the light-shielding member, one optical member, the other optical member, and the substrate are arranged in this order in the optical axis direction, and

a plurality of other lenses corresponding to the lenses are formed on another surface of the other optical member facing a side opposite to the surface of the one optical member, and a light-shielding film is formed on at least the other surface other than a lens surface of the other lens.

4. The reading apparatus according to claim 3 ,

wherein the optical members and the other optical member are symmetrical in the optical axis direction.

5. The reading apparatus according to claim 4 , further comprising:

a housing to which the optical member is attached,

wherein the light-shielding member includes a base portion extending in one direction and overhanging portions overhang from both sides of the base portion in a width direction intersecting the one direction,

the optical member includes a side surface extending in the one direction and facing the width direction, and a protrusion portion is provided on the side surface,

a pair of sandwiching surfaces which sandwich the optical member from the width direction are formed in the housing, and a recess portion which allows the protrusion portion to escape is formed on the sandwiching surface, and

the overhanging portion covers at least a part of the recess portion, as viewed from the optical axis direction.

6. The reading apparatus according to claim 5 ,

wherein the overhanging portion covers the entire recess portion, as viewed from the optical axis direction.

7. The reading apparatus according to claim 3 , further comprising:

a housing to which the optical member is attached,

wherein the light-shielding member includes a base portion extending in one direction and overhanging portions overhang from both sides of the base portion in a width direction intersecting the one direction,

the optical member includes a side surface extending in the one direction and facing the width direction, and a protrusion portion is provided on the side surface,

a pair of sandwiching surfaces which sandwich the optical member from the width direction are formed in the housing, and a recess portion which allows the protrusion portion to escape is formed on the sandwiching surface, and

the overhanging portion covers at least a part of the recess portion, as viewed from the optical axis direction.

8. The reading apparatus according to claim 7 ,

wherein the overhanging portion covers the entire recess portion, as viewed from the optical axis direction.

9. The reading apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a housing to which the optical member is attached,

wherein the light-shielding member includes a base portion extending in one direction and overhanging portions overhang from both sides of the base portion in a width direction intersecting the one direction,

the optical member includes a side surface extending in the one direction and facing the width direction, and a protrusion portion is provided on the side surface,

a pair of sandwiching surfaces which sandwich the optical member from the width direction are formed in the housing, and a recess portion which allows the protrusion portion to escape is formed on the sandwiching surface, and

the overhanging portion covers at least a part of the recess portion, as viewed from the optical axis direction.

10. The reading apparatus according to claim 9 ,

wherein the overhanging portion covers the entire recess portion, as viewed from the optical axis direction.

11. The reading apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a housing to which the optical member is attached,

wherein the light-shielding member includes a base portion extending in one direction and overhanging portions overhang from both sides of the base portion in a width direction intersecting the one direction,

the optical member includes a side surface extending in the one direction and facing the width direction, and a protrusion portion is provided on the side surface,

a pair of sandwiching surfaces which sandwich the optical member from the width direction are formed in the housing, and a recess portion which allows the protrusion portion to escape is formed on the sandwiching surface, and

the overhanging portion covers at least a part of the recess portion, as viewed from the optical axis direction.

12. The reading apparatus according to claim 11 ,

wherein the overhanging portion covers the entire recess portion, as viewed from the optical axis direction.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 14, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056237/0144 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 22, 2021
From: SAWADA, HIROSHI
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054991/0978 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-043482 · Mar 12, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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