Patent · US Expired

Light beam deflecting apparatus, image forming apparatus utilizing the same and drive method therefor

US6937372B2 · kind B2 · utility

27Cited by
8References
27Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJul 9, 2002
Grant dateAug 30, 2005
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 9, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K15/1219
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

0 A light beam deflecting apparatus which measures the passing time of a light beam in reciprocating scans on a specified position on the scanning line, and then calculates time lag data corresponding to the time lag in the reciprocating scan of a light beam deflecting device with respect to the drive signal therefor. From a measurement of two passing times in forward and backward scans, timing data is calculated, corresponding to the modulation start or end time of the light beam within a scanning cycle period. The invention resolves the drawback, in a light beam deflecting device for displaying an image by reciprocating light beam scannings, of image variation by variations for example in amplitude, phase and offset.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.