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Light scanning system

US4850663A · kind A · utility

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18Claims
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Filing dateApr 7, 1987
Grant dateJul 25, 1989
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Expiry dateApr 7, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B27/0031
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A light scanning system uses a tilting angle error correcting system, applying a conjugate relation from geometrical optics. A light beam from a light source is converged to a linear image near a deflecting surface of a deflector by a first converging optical system. The deflected light beam from the deflecting surface is converged to a light spot on a scanning plane by a second converging optical system. The first converging optical system provides the light converging effect only in a plane perpendicular to the direction of scan and also has an overcorrected spherical aberration, so that the spherical aberration of the entire system can be favorably corrected, thereby making it possible to obtain a high converging performance for realizing high resolution.

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