Claims
- 1. An image detector comprising:a recording-side photoconductive layer which generates latent-image charges and exhibits conductivity when said recording-side photoconductive layer is exposed to first electromagnetic radiation for recording an image; a reading-side photoconductive layer which generates charges and exhibits conductivity when said reading-side photoconductive layer is exposed to second electromagnetic radiation for reading an image; a charge storage region which is formed between said recording-side photoconductive layer and said reading-side photoconductive layer, and stores said latent-image charges; a pair of electrode layers which are arranged to sandwich said recording-side photoconductive layer and said reading-side photoconductive layer, and apply an electric field to said recording-side photoconductive layer and said reading-side photoconductive layer, where one of said pair of electrode layers located near to said reading-side photoconductive layer comprises, a plurality of first linear electrodes which are transparent to said second electromagnetic radiation, and arranged parallel to each other, and a plurality of second linear electrodes each of which corresponds to at least one of said plurality of first linear electrodes, is arranged parallel to said at least one of said plurality of first linear electrodes, and outputs an electric signal corresponding to an amount of said latent-image charges when said at least one of said plurality of first linear electrodes is scanned with said second electromagnetic radiation; and means for making a first strength of irradiation of each of said plurality of second linear electrodes with said second electromagnetic radiation smaller than a second strength of irradiation of at least one of said plurality of first linear electrodes corresponding to said each of said plurality of second linear electrodes with said second electromagnetic radiation.
- 2. An image detector according to claim 1, wherein said means is realized by a plurality of shading films arranged to shade said plurality of second linear electrodes from said second electromagnetic radiation.
- 3. An image detector according to claim 2, wherein each of said plurality of second linear electrodes has a width Wc, each of said shading films has a width Wd, a gap Wbc exists between each of said plurality of second linear electrodes and each of at least one of said plurality of first linear electrodes corresponding to said each of said plurality of second linear electrodes, and said width Wc, said width Wd, and said gap Wbc satisfy a relationship,Wc≦Wd≦(Wc+2×Wbc).
- 4. An image detector according to claim 2, wherein each of said plurality of second linear electrodes has a width Wc, each of said shading films has a width Wd, a gap Wbc exists between each of said plurality of second linear electrodes and each of at least one of said plurality of first linear electrodes corresponding to said each of said plurality of second linear electrodes, and said width Wc, said width Wd, and said gap Wbc satisfy a relationship,(Wc+Wbc/2)≦Wd≦(Wc+Wbc).
- 5. An image detector according to claim 1, wherein said first strength and said second strength satisfy a relationship, Ub/Uc≧5, where Ub represents said first strength, and Uc represents said second strength.
- 6. An image detector according to claim 1, wherein each of said plurality of first linear electrodes has a width Wb and a transmittance Pb for said second electromagnetic radiation, each of said plurality of second linear electrodes has a width Wc and a transmittance Pc for said second electromagnetic radiation, and said width Wb, said width Wc, said transmittance Pb, and said transmittance Pc satisfy a relationship, (Wb×Pb)/(Wc+Pc)≦5.
Priority Claims (1)
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The subject matters disclosed in this specification are related to the subject matters disclosed in the following copending, commonly-assigned U.S. patent applications:
(1) U.S. Ser. No. 09/404,371 filed by Shinji Imai on Sep. 24, 1999 and entitled “READ-OUT APPARATUS FOR AN IMAGE DETECTOR,” corresponding to Japanese patent application Nos. 10(1998)-271374 and 11(1999)-242876, the latter of which is disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2000-162726; now U.S. Pat. No. 6,376,857 issued Apr. 23, 2002.
(2) U.S. Ser. No. 09/539,412 filed by Masaharu Ogawa (the inventor of the present application), Shinji Imai, and Toshitaka Agano on Mar. 30, 2000 and entitled “RADIATION SOLID-STATE DETECTORS, AND RADIATION IMAGE RECORD-READING METHOD AND DEVICE USING THE SAME,” corresponding to Japanese patent application No. 11(1999)-87922, which is disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2000-284056;
(3) U.S. Ser. No. 09/538,479 filed by Shinji Imai on Sep. 24, 1999 and entitled “SOLID-STATE RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE DETECTORS,” corresponding to Japanese patent application No.11(1999)-89553, which is disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2000-284057; and
(4) U.S. Ser. No. 09/620,707 filed by Masaharu Ogawa (the inventor of the present application) on Jul. 20, 2000 and entitled “SOLID-STATE RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE DETECTOR,” corresponding to Japanese patent applications Nos. 11(1999)-207283 and 2000-209529.
The contents of the above copending, commonly-assigned U.S. patent applications (1) to (4) and the corresponding Japanese patent applications are incorporated in this specification by reference.
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