Patent ID: 6317155
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
An image input apparatus for picking up an image of an object using image pickup means, and outputting an image signal of the object, comprising:a base portion on which the object is placed;a post for supporting said image pickup means to be located above said base portion; andillumination means for illuminating the object, wherein said post can be raised/lowered from/to a surface of said base portion, on which the object is placed,said illumination means, which is provided with enclosures, each having an opening portion, can be raised/lowered from/to and are foldable to periphery portions of said base portion, andthe opening portions of each enclosure of said illumination means are covered with the periphery portions of said base portion when said image input apparatus is in a storage state having a collapsed configuration with said image pickup means resting on said base portion.