Image input apparatus
First Claim
1. An image input apparatus having a plurality of sensors each including a pixel area in which a plurality of pixels are arranged, said image input apparatus comprising:
- a first group including one or a plurality of pixel areas; and
a second group including a plurality of pixel areas arranged adjacently to each other surrounding said one or said plurality of pixel areas of said first group, as viewed along an image input direction, wherein said plurality of pixel areas of said second group are arranged so as to be nearer to an image input surface symmetrically with respect to said first group, than said one or said plurality of pixel areas of said first group.
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Abstract
An image input apparatus having a plurality of sensors each including a pixel area in which a plurality of pixels are arranged, is provided. The image input apparatus includes: a first group including one or a plurality of pixel areas; and a second group including a plurality of pixel areas arranged adjacently to each other surrounding one or the plurality of pixel areas of the first group, as viewed along an image input direction, wherein the plurality of pixel areas of the second group are arranged nearer to an image input surface than one or the plurality of pixel areas of the first group.
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17 Claims
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1. An image input apparatus having a plurality of sensors each including a pixel area in which a plurality of pixels are arranged, said image input apparatus comprising:
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a first group including one or a plurality of pixel areas; and
a second group including a plurality of pixel areas arranged adjacently to each other surrounding said one or said plurality of pixel areas of said first group, as viewed along an image input direction, wherein said plurality of pixel areas of said second group are arranged so as to be nearer to an image input surface symmetrically with respect to said first group, than said one or said plurality of pixel areas of said first group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 17)
an X-ray generating unit for radiating X-rays;
an image input apparatus defined in claim 1 or 9 for receiving an X-ray image transmitted through an object; and
a processing apparatus for processing a signal
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6. An image input apparatus having a plurality of sensors each including a pixel area in which a plurality of pixels are arranged, each sensor being contained in a sensor module including a light guide portion for guiding light to the pixel area, said image input apparatus comprising:
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a first group including one or a plurality of pixel areas; and
a second group including a plurality of pixel areas arranged adjacently to each other surrounding said one or said plurality of pixel areas of said first group, as viewed along an image input direction, wherein said plurality of pixel areas of said second group are arranged so as to be nearer to an image input surface, than said one or said plurality of pixel areas of said first group, and wherein a light incidence surface of the light guide portion for guiding light to the pixel area of said first group and a light incidence surface of the light guide portion for guiding light to the pixel area of said second group are arranged on a same two-dimensional plane. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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9. An image input apparatus having a plurality of sensors each including a pixel area in which a plurality of pixels are arranged in a square shape or a rectangle shape, said image input apparatus comprising:
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a first group including one or a plurality of pixel areas; and
a second group including a plurality of pixel areas arranged adjacent to said one or said plurality of pixel areas of said first group along four sides of said first group and along four diagonal directions, as viewed along an image input direction, wherein said plurality of pixel areas of said second group are arranged so as to be nearer to an image input surface symmetrically with respect to said first group, than said first group. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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