An image reading device includes a reading unit that reads an image formed on a first surface of a medium; a support unit that supports the medium from a second surface opposite to the first surface; and a pressing unit that blows air from a first surface side so as to press a portion of the medium to be read by the reading unit against the support unit.

An example image scanning apparatus includes a lighting unit to irradiate light onto a manuscript using an LED light source, a scan unit to generate a scan image by scanning image information of manuscript using light reflected by the manuscript, and a processor to control the lighting unit to irradiate light on each unit pixel by a predetermined duty during a movement process of the manuscript in a sub-scan direction.

An image reading device includes a reading unit that reads an image formed on a first surface of a medium; a support unit that supports the medium from a second surface opposite to the first surface; and a pressing unit that blows air from a first surface side so as to press a portion of the medium to be read by the reading unit against the support unit.

An illuminating device capable of stably illuminating an irradiated object such as a document while suppressing light loss with a simply structure is provided. An LED array and a reflective plate are disposed sandwiching a slit (St) through which light reflected by a document MS passes and a light-guiding member is disposed on the side of the LED array. The light-guiding member includes a direct emission unit disposed between an illumination range y centered on a document reading position and the LED array and an indirect emission unit disposed between the reflective plate and the LED array, a light incidence face of the direct emission unit and a light incidence face of the indirect emission unit are disposed at mutually different position around the LED array, and the LED array is disposed on a side of an interior angle formed by the light incidence faces.

An image recording device includes a recorder, a reader and a hardware processor. The recorder records an image on a recording medium. The reader reads, with an imaging element, a surface of the recording medium and a surface of a predetermined reference member. The hardware processor calibrates the reader for a value to be detected by the imaging element, based on a reading result of the reading of the surface of the reference member. Further, the hardware processor performs the calibration in at least one of: a case where a type of the image to be recorded on the recording medium satisfies a predetermined image type condition; and a case where a predetermined reading influence factor which affects a reading result of the reading of the surface of the recording medium satisfies a predetermined reading influence factor condition.

A lens mirror array includes a plurality of optical elements connected to each other and aligned along one direction. Each of the optical elements comprises a first lens surface on which light is incident, a first reflection surface on which the incident light is reflected within the optical element, a second reflection surface on which the reflected light is further reflected within the optical element, a second lens surface through which the light reflected by the second reflection surface is emitted outside the optical element, and a protruding portion having a plurality of surfaces and connected to the first lens surface and the second reflection surface. One of the surfaces of the protruding portion inclined with respect to a direction of light incident on the protruding portion has a prism structure.

An optical line sensor 1 includes an illumination unit 2, a light receiving unit 3, and a pair of holding members 4 separably attached to the light receiving unit 3 at both ends in a main scanning direction. The illumination unit 2 includes fitting portions (protrusions 25) at both ends in the main scanning direction. Each of the holding members 4 includes a fitted portion (hole 41). In a state where the fitting portion and the fitted portion are fitted, the illumination unit 2 is positioned so that the irradiation optical axis of light emitted from the illumination unit 2 overlaps the light receiving optical axis at a position substantially coinciding with a reading line of the light receiving unit 3 and is integrally held with the light receiving unit 3.

A method and device for the optical scanning of a chromatographic sample (3), where a sample plate (2) holding the sample (3) is illuminated with light from a first illumination device (13) and the light emitted by the sample plate (2) is detected by an optical detector device (15) which detects in cell form or area form, a second illumination device (14) is preferably firstly activated in a preparation step. The sample plate (2) is displaced in a first displacement direction relative to the detector device (15), illuminated by the first illumination device (13) and a first measurement image is recorded. The sample plate (2) is displaced in a second displacement direction relative to the detector device (15), illuminated by the second illumination device (14), and a second measurement image is recorded.

A micro light-emitting diode (LED) display assembly includes a backplane, a passivation layer on the backplane, a micro LED on the passivation layer, and a non-transparent metal housing on the passivation layer, wherein the housing includes a base portion on the passivation layer, a sidewall portion upwardly extending from the base portion, a cap portion connected at a top of the sidewall portion, an orifice in the cap portion, and a notch in the cap portion and adjacent to the orifice. The assembly also includes a translucent filter positioned in the notch and covering the orifice, and a pocket defined by an enclosed area in between the sidewall portion, the cap portion, the filter, and the passivation layer, wherein the micro LED is encased within the pocket such that light transmitted from the micro LED directly hits and passes through the filter.

An image sensor unit includes: a linear light source that illuminates a document with a light; a first erecting equal-magnification lens array and a second erecting equal-magnification lens array arranged in the stated order away from the document so as to receive a light reflected from the document and form an erecting equal-magnification image; a slit provided on an intermediate imaging plane between the first erecting equal-magnification lens array and the second erecting equal-magnification lens array; a diffraction grating that disperses a light output from the second erecting equal-magnification lens array; and a linear image sensor that receives a light dispersed by the diffraction grating.