Image reading apparatus

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PATENT NO 9854118
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15224855

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A transmission light source unit includes a first light source portion including: a first light source; and a first light guide that shapes light emitted by the first light source into a line and emits the light toward a conveyance path of a paper sheet. An image sensor unit includes: a second light source portion that emits light toward the conveyance path of the paper sheet; and an image sensor that detects the light emitted by the first light source portion and transmitted through the paper sheet and the light emitted by the second light source portion and reflected by the paper sheet. A first light diffusing surface of the first light guide is provided with at least one of concave portions and convex portions including inclined surfaces and inclined relative to a normal line of the first light emission surface.

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CANON COMPONENTS INC3461-1 SHICHIHONGI OAZA KAMISATO-MACHI KODAMA-GUN SAITAMA-KEN

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Yoshida, Hidemasa Saitama, JP 44 656

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