Patent ID: 8186863
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A linear light source having a light guide with tapered saw tooth structures, applied to a Charge Coupling Device Module (CCDM), the CCDM including a CCD image sensor and a pickup lens, said linear light source comprising a light guide, a reflective cartridge and two Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) for emitting a light onto a object; wherein said light guide is made of optical material including two incident surfaces, a reflective surface, two refractive surfaces and an ejective surface; said ejective surface is facing toward the object side, said reflective surface is disposed correspondingly to said ejective surface; said two refractive surfaces are disposed on two sides of the reflective surface; said two refractive surfaces and said reflective surface are covered by said reflective cartridge; wherein, the reflective surface of the light guide has the tapered saw tooth structures protruding therefrom, wherein every two of the tapered saw tooth structures are disposed and connected at a concave apex along the main scanning direction, each of the tapered saw tooth structures including a chamfer surface on each side along the main scanning direction with a triangle cross-section shape in the sub-scanning direction that is disposed near the refractive surfaces and has an acute angle with the reflective surface projected on the main scanning direction; the ejective surface has a convex optical surface in the main scanning direction facing toward the object side; wherein, the two LEDs are disposed on said two incident surfaces at two ends of the light guide individually; thus, the light emitted from the LED entering into the light guide from said incident surfaces, reflecting by the reflective surface, refracting by the refractive surface and ejecting from the ejective surface is projected onto the object; such that the ejecting light from the ejective surface forms a linearly converged illumination distribution in the main scanning direction and a U-shaped illumination distribution in the sub scanning direction.