Illumination apparatus, sensor unit, and reading apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US10136019B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-20

    申请号:US15481740

    申请日:2017-04-07

    IPC分类号: H04N1/04 H04N1/028 H04N1/00

    摘要: An illumination apparatus includes a light source and an elongated light guide, wherein the light guide includes an emission surface that emits light from the light source and a reflection surface that reflects the light to the emission surface, the reflection surface includes a plurality of diffusion portions that diffuse the light, the diffusion portions have a shape of part of a sphere recessed from the reflection surface, a depth of the diffusion portions from the reflection surface is equal to or greater than 16.5% and equal to or smaller than 50% of a diameter of the sphere, and a width of the diffusion portions is equal to or greater than 0.1 mm and equal to or smaller than 50% of a width of the reflection surface.

    Illumination apparatus and sensor unit

    公开(公告)号:US10091382B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-02

    申请号:US15482079

    申请日:2017-04-07

    摘要: Provided is an illumination apparatus that applies light to an original, the illumination apparatus including: a light source; and a rod-shaped light guide including: an incident surface that receives the light from the light source; a reflection surface provided with a diffusion portion that diffuses the light incident on the incident surface; and an emission surface that emits, to the original, the light diffused by the diffusion portion. An area of the light guide is reduced by an inclination of the light guide from the incident surface side to a middle part in a longitudinal direction of the light guide, and the light guide is provided with the diffusion portion from the incident surface side to the middle part on the reflection surface.