Patent ID: 9247095
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. An image sensor unit comprising: a sensor substrate including a plurality of sensor chips arranged in a main-scan direction, each of the plurality of sensor chips configured to convert light from an object to be read to electric signals; and an imaging element array including a plurality of imaging elements arranged in the main-scan direction, each of the plurality of imaging elements configured to focus the light from the object to be read on a sensor chip, wherein a plurality of the sensor substrates are connected together in the main-scan direction, a plurality of the imaging element arrays are connected together in the main-scan direction such that an imaginary line extending parallel to the main-scan direction intersects at least two imaging element arrays of the plurality of the imaging element arrays, and connection positions between the plurality of sensor substrates are arranged at positions not overlapping with connection positions between the plurality of imaging element arrays in the main-scan direction.