Image reading device using fiber optic bundles configured differently at each end

摘要

An image reading device applies to a photoelectric transducer optical image data which are produced by scanning a document and samples the image data on a pixel basis to read images on the document. The device includes a fiber optic bundle comprising a plurality of optical fibers which are bound together such that their light inlet ends and light outlet ends are configured differently from each other. Optical image data from the document are propagated through the fiber optic bundle to the photoelectric transducer.