Image sensor

• Main Authors: Ota, Akira, Fujiuchi, Akiko
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 10.09.2008
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

An image sensor includes a light source (2a) ; a bar-shaped light-guiding element (2) having a first light-emitting section (3a), which propagates light from the light source (2a) and irradiates an document (1) from an oblique direction, and a second light-emitting section (4a) emitting light in a carrying direction of the document (1) ; a lens (6) converging the light reflected from the document (1); a sensor (7) receiving the light passed through the lens (6); a reflector (23) disposed on the opposite side of the light-guiding element (2), by reflecting the light from the second light-emitting section (4a) such that an optical path of the light emitted from the second light-emitting section (4a) is located between the lens (6) and the document (1), and irradiating the document (1) from an oblique direction; and first and second light-scattering layers formed in areas opposed to the first and the second light-emitting sections (3a,4a), respectively, in the light-guiding element (23).