Patent ID: 11956397
Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 19:
20. The image reading device according to claim 1, wherein
a length of an array of the plurality of slit units arranged in the main scanning direction between a light shielding plate at a first end portion and a light shielding plate at a second end portion is shorter than a length of the lens array in the main scanning direction, and
the image reading device further comprises light shields, each of the light shields being disposed on a surface of the lens array facing the light receiver in a corresponding one of (i) a portion between one end of the lens array and the light shielding plate at the first end portion or (ii) a portion between another end of the lens array and the light shielding plate at the second end portion.