An apparatus has an optical scanner generating image signals, and a processor electrically connected to the optical scanner. The processor converts the electrical signals into image data. Also, a printing engine is electrically connected to the processor, and a light guide is positioned between the printing engine and the optical scanner. The optical scanner generates operating condition signals when optically scanning the light guide. The optical scanner transmits the operating condition signals to the processor, and the processor adjusts operations of the printing engine based on the operating condition signals.

A fraud confirmation assisting apparatus includes a light source, a reading sensor, and processing circuitry. The light source irradiates an object to be read with light in at least an invisible wavelength range. The reading sensor has sensitivity at least in the invisible wavelength range. The processing circuitry performs a reading operation on the object to be read by a combination of the light source and the reading sensor, and outputs a plurality of pieces of fraud confirmation information based on read information output from the reading sensor by the reading operation.

A solid-state imaging element includes a pixel section including a plurality of pixels that are arranged in a matrix and to perform photoelectric conversion, and circuitry to perform reading control on pixels in the pixel section, such that reading control is not performed on at least one pixel included in the pixel section.

A display device includes a first substrate, a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, a blue sub-pixel, a plurality of photosensitive devices, and a second substrate. The red sub-pixel, the green sub-pixel, and the blue sub-pixel are located on a first side of the first substrate. The photosensitive devices are located on the first side of the first substrate. Each of the photosensitive devices overlaps at least one of the red sub-pixel, the green sub-pixel, and the blue sub-pixel. Each of the photosensitive devices includes an active element and a photosensitive element. The active element is located on the first substrate. The photosensitive element is electrically connected to the active element. The second substrate overlaps the first substrate.

Provided is an image sensor lighting unit including at least one light guide extending in a main scanning direction; a first light source group facing a first end surface of at least two end surfaces of the at least one light guide in the main scanning direction; and a second light source group facing a second end surface of the at least two end surfaces. The first light source group includes a first light source that emits light having a predetermined wavelength band. The second light source group includes a second light source that emits light having the wavelength band. An X-coordinate of the first light source in a corresponding XY-coordinate system is equal in absolute value to an X-coordinate of the second light source in a corresponding XY-coordinate system, with the at least one light guide viewed from the first end surface side in the main scanning direction.

An image scanner including a two-dimensional matrix sensor, a scanning plane defined by the axes, an optical system, an optical axis perpendicular to the scanning plane and coinciding with an axis, a lighting system including at least four light sources that have its own main axis and are positioned so that each light source is adjacent to one side of the scanning plane and illuminates it from a different direction. Each light source is arranged with its own main axis in a plane parallel to a facing mirror-reflecting surface above said facing mirror-reflecting surface and is oriented so as to radiate the scanning plane by specularly reflecting its light beams on the respective mirror-reflecting surface situated on the opposite side of the scanning plane with respect to the light source.

A solid-state imaging element includes a pixel section including a plurality of pixels that are arranged in a matrix and to perform photoelectric conversion, and circuitry to perform reading control on pixels in the pixel section, such that reading control is not performed on at least one pixel included in the pixel section.

The present invention relates to an imaging device (1) for a medical imaging system (100), comprising: at least one first photosensitive imaging member (10), at least one second photosensitive imaging member (20), and an optical element (30),

wherein the optical element (30) is configured to route an incoming image to the first photosensitive imaging member (10) and/or the second photosensitive imaging member (20).

A photoelectric conversion device includes: a photoelectric conversion block including two-dimensionally arranged photoelectric converters, each photoelectric converter including a color filter and a photoelectric conversion element configured to perform photoelectric conversion in response to incident light; a signal processing block configured to process data output from the photoelectric conversion block; and a plurality of electrode pads disposed in the signal processing block. The electrode pads are configured to supply power to the photoelectric conversion block and the signal processing block.

There is provide a photoelectric conversion device. In a first mode, a control unit performs control such that a signal output from each of a plurality of pixels is held in a corresponding holding unit. In a second mode, the control unit performs control of outputting a signal from the holding unit corresponding to a pixel in a first column and control of holding a signal based on a pixel in the first column in the holding unit corresponding to a pixel in a second column in parallel in the same period.