US Patent 7835042 Electronic rubbed copy imaging system

An electronic rubbed copy imaging system is provided and includes: a flat substrate; an imaging sheet; and a controlling portion that receives image data of the object read from the imaging sheet and applies a signal processing to the image data. The imaging sheet has: a plurality of light emitting elements that come close to an object and emit an illumination light to the object, and a plurality of light receiving elements that receives a reflected light of the illumination light from the object, and the light emitting elements and the light receiving elements are alternately aligned.