Image capturing device

Optical: systems and elements – Single channel simultaneously to or from plural channels – By surface composed of lenticular elements

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C359S619000, C359S621000, C359S455000, C359S719000, C348S099000, C348S107000, C369S044370

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11318001

ABSTRACT:
A scanning module for scanning a document is provided. The scanning module comprises: a chassis; a light source on the chassis for emitting a light ray onto the document; a plurality of reflectors inside the chassis; a lens inside the chassis; an image sensing device inside the chassis, an image of the document being reflected by the plurality of reflectors and formed on the image sensing device, the image sensing device including a plurality of sensing cells; and a plurality of microlenses on the plurality of sensing cells, each of the plurality of microlenses having a top surface and a bottom surface, the top surface having a plurality of notches as an input window for changing an incident angle of the light ray, the bottom surface having a plurality of round curves as an output window for further focusing the light ray.

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