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Optical device, image reading device, and imaging forming apparatus

US11044378B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 4, 2020
Grant dateJun 22, 2021
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Expiry dateMar 4, 2040

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/00801
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An optical device includes: a lens body having multiple lenses arranged such that optical axes thereof are parallel to one another; a light-shielding wall that is disposed for the lens body and blocks, in an optical axis direction, portion of light directed to the multiple lenses; and a sheet member that covers a surface of the light-shielding wall, the surface being perpendicular to the optical axes, and allows light to pass therethrough.

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