Patent ID: 6774386
Filing Date: 2004-08-10
Classification: G01T

Abstract:
An image read-out apparatus comprising a reading light projecting means which projects reading light in a line-like pattern extending in a main scanning direction onto an image-bearing medium bearing thereon image information, an image-bearing light detecting means having a line sensor which extends along the line-like portion of the image-bearing medium exposed to the reading light to receive image-bearing light emitted from the portion exposed to the reading light and converts the amount of image-bearing light to an electric signal, and a sub-scanning means which moves one of the image-bearing light detecting means and the image-bearing medium relatively to each other in a sub-scanning direction intersecting the main scanning direction, wherein the improvement comprises thatthe image-bearing light detecting means further comprises an erecting unit optical system which is disposed along the portion of the image-bearing medium exposed to the reading and focuses the image-bearing light on the line sensor and an optical element array formed by a plurality of first and second optical elements which are alternately arranged along the erecting unit optical system and lead the image-bearing light passing through the erecting unit optical system in different directions, and said line sensor comprises a first sensor which receives light led by the first optical elements and a second sensor which receives light led by the second optical elements.