Optically controlled image forming apparatus and method
US6151057A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 28, 1996 |
| Grant date | Nov 21, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 28, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N2201/04767
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image forming apparatus and method that provides a laser beam oscillator that provides a laser beam corresponding to an original image, reflects/scans the laser beam, transmits a first part of said laser beam to a photoconductive element to write thereupon an image indicative of the original image, accepts a second part of the laser beam as to control and synchronize a write timing sequence of the laser beam on the image carrying element.
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