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Imaging using collectively controlled multiple beams

US4796265A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 6, 1987
Grant dateJan 3, 1989
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Expiry dateApr 6, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01S5/4025
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An imaging system includes a plurality of semiconductor lasers for emitting a plurality of laser beams for use in forming an image on a photosensitive member. A laser driver circuit is provided for each of the plurality of lasers, and a plurality of photodectors are also provided, each detecting the light intensity of the corresponding one of the laser beams emitted from the lasers. A light intensity stabilizing control circuit is provided to stabilize the light intensity of each of the plurality of laser beams using one of the detected light intensities as a reference and adjusting the light intensity of each of the other beams such that a difference between the reference and the light intensity of each of the other beams is within a predetermined range.

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