ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,556, issued on June 10, was assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Corp. (Tokyo).
"Image reading device" was invented by Toshiyuki Sawabe (Tokyo), Kazuki Nishimura (Tokyo) and Koki Takasaki (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Lens arrays of an image reading device in which lens bodies are arranged in a main scanning direction are connected with a gap therebetween. A plurality of first slit portions and a plurality of second slit portions are provided along the main scanning direction between the lens arrays and an image sensor. The first slit portion includes first light shielding plates that separate optical paths of light passed through...