Laser scanning system
US4753503A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 16, 1984 |
| Grant date | Jun 28, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 16, 2004 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N1/12
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system for reproducing a raster scanned line of an image on a photoconductive surface of a drum comprising a monochromatic light source, a rotating holographic disk containing a plurality of diffraction gratings therein, and means for reflecting said monochromatic light beam so as to direct the monochromatic light beam to and along a selected straight line on the photoconductive surface of the drum. The means for reflecting the monochromatic light beam comprises an elliptic reflecting surface, a first mirror for reflecting the monochromatic light beam passed through the scanning disk to said elliptic reflecting surface, and a second mirror for receiving the monochromatic light beam reflected from the elliptical reflecting surface and for directing the reflected light beam onto a selected straight line on the photoconductive surface of the drum. The elliptic reflecting surface can, with little loss in accuracy, be replaced by a cylindrical surface.
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