Patent · US Expired

Laser beam scanning device and method including light intensity adjustment

US5859659A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 16, 1996
Grant dateJan 12, 1999
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Expiry dateJul 16, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/40037
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A laser scanning device emits a scanning laser beam which scans a predetermined surface to be scanned to form an image consisting of a plurality of pixels on the surface. The laser scanning device determines the intensity of the laser beam for each pixel of an image to be formed, and executes a feed-back control of the laser diode so that the intensity of the laser beam for each pixel accurately corresponds to the gradation level thereof.

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