Image pick-up device and POS system including the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9509958-B2
Application number	US-201414170692-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 3, 2014
Priority date	Feb 12, 2013
Publication date	Nov 29, 2016
Grant date	Nov 29, 2016

Abstract

An image pick-up device which photographs an object to generate an image signal representing the object, including: a housing including an opening; a transparent plate which covers the opening; an image detector arranged in the housing; an optical lens forming an image of the object on the image detector through the transparent plate; a lighting device arranged in the housing and placed both in an inner area in which an imaging area outside the housing is folded into the housing with reference to one surface of the transparent plate, and in an outer area of the imaging area; and an optical-path modifying element which causes an optical path of the light to be refracted such that the light is emitted from a virtual image of the lighting device, the virtual image being placed outside the inner area.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image pick-up device which photographs an object to generate an image signal representing the object, comprising:
a housing including an opening to pass light therethrough;
a transparent plate which covers the opening and has a first surface facing the object and a second surface opposite to the first surface;
an image detector arranged in the housing to generate the image signal;
an optical lens forming an image of the object on the image detector…

Assignees

• Toshiba Tec Kk

Inventors

• Shiraishi Takashi
• Yajima Shinsuke
• Naito Hidehiro
• Kakino Tomonari

Classifications

• G06K7/10831

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06K2007/10485

  Physics · mapped topic

• G02B27/0025

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04N7/18 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic