Image-forming apparatus
    1.
    再颁专利

    公开(公告)号:USRE50141E1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-24

    申请号:US17168029

    申请日:2021-02-04

    摘要: An image-forming apparatus includes a light-irradiation unit configured to move a spot of laser light on a surface of a photosensitive member at a non-constant scanning velocity in a main scanning direction to form a latent image on the photosensitive member, an image data correcting unit configured to correct a length in the main scanning direction of image data by inserting one or more image data pieces into the image data, the number of the image data pieces increasing as the scanning velocity increases, and/or extracting one or more image data pieces from the image data, the number of the image data pieces increasing as the scanning velocity decreases, and a brightness correcting unit configured to correct a brightness of the laser light so that an emission brightness increases as the scanning velocity increases and/or the emission brightness decreases as the scanning velocity decreases.

    Laser scanning unit identification method and image forming device

    公开(公告)号:US11212413B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-28

    申请号:US16707220

    申请日:2019-12-09

    摘要: A laser scanning unit (LSU) identification method and an image forming device are provided. The image forming device includes a processor and a target LSU, where the target LSU includes a laser diode, a laser diode drive unit, a polygon mirror, and a motor. The method includes providing a signal related to a quantity of reflective surfaces of the polygon mirror to the processor by the target LSU; identifying the quantity of the reflective surfaces of the polygon mirror of the target LSU according to the signal related to the quantity of the reflective surfaces of the polygon mirror provided by the target LSU, and determining a control parameter of the target LSU according to an identified quantity of the reflective surfaces by the processor, thereby controlling the target LSU according to the control parameter; and operating according to the control parameter by the target LSU.

    IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    4.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200225601A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-16

    申请号:US16832487

    申请日:2020-03-27

    发明人: Kazumi Sato

    IPC分类号: G03G15/04 H04N1/32 H04N1/113

    摘要: An image controller of an image forming apparatus is configured to generate a light emission signal for detection for forming light emission for detection, and transmit the light emission signal for detection to a laser controller through a flexible flat cable, and the laser controller is configured to cause a semiconductor laser to emit light in accordance with the light emission signal for detection, and determine, based on a PD signal output from a PD that has received a light beam, whether improper connection has occurred in the flexible flat cable.

    Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US10682865B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-16

    申请号:US16078797

    申请日:2017-01-24

    发明人: Issei Nakano

    摘要: A first receiving recess (44d) and a second receiving recess (44e) are formed on a surface of the housing, on which a pair of image forming lenses (47) are placed, to receive a first temperature sensor (101a) and a second temperature sensor (101b), and are formed in positions, in which thermal deformation characteristics of the housing are approximately identical at one side and the other side of a first straight line K1, while interposing the first straight line K1 therebetween.

    Image forming apparatus and image forming method

    公开(公告)号:US10578992B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-03

    申请号:US15842490

    申请日:2017-12-14

    发明人: Naoki Oyama

    摘要: An image forming apparatus, including: an image signal generating portion configured to generate an image signal based on image data; a light source configured to emit a light beam based on the image signal; and a deflection device configured to deflect the light beam in a main scanning direction, wherein the image signal generating portion includes: a mode setting portion configured to set a plurality of modes including a mode in which a value of a pixel of the image data is not converted and a mode in which the value of the pixel in one or more lines is converted, to a plurality of areas into which a scanning area is divided in the main scanning direction, respectively; and a pixel value conversion portion configured to convert the value of the pixel in each mode in accordance with a position of the pixel in the main scanning direction.

    Image forming apparatus
    7.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10576753B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-03

    申请号:US16162951

    申请日:2018-10-17

    发明人: Tatsutoshi Yamada

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes: a light source that emits a laser beam; a polygon mirror that reflects the laser beam; a photoreceptor that is to be exposed to the laser beam reflected by the polygon mirror; a motor that rotates the polygon mirror; and a hardware processor capable of detecting sheet type, that is, type of a sheet conveyed in the image forming apparatus, wherein the hardware processor controls to rotate the motor at a first rotation speed until the sheet type is detected, and rotate the motor at a second rotation speed determined on the basis of the sheet type after detection of the sheet type.

    Optical scanning device
    8.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10538109B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-21

    申请号:US16073414

    申请日:2017-01-25

    发明人: Issei Nakano

    摘要: A scanning path of light includes a synchronization detection area A where a synchronization detection sensor 47 detects scanning light and an image writing area B where writing of the image data to a photosensitive drum 11 is performed by the scanning light, and a light amount change unit 100 is configured to reduce a change amount of a light amount in the synchronization detection area A as compared with the image writing area B.

    Light scanning apparatus, housing, and image forming apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US10484566B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-19

    申请号:US15891087

    申请日:2018-02-07

    摘要: A light scanning apparatus including: a rotary polygon mirror configured to deflect a laser beam emitted from a light source; optical elements configured to guide the laser beam to a photosensitive member; a housing having a bottom surface and a side wall portion standing from the bottom surface and intersecting with a longitudinal direction of the optical elements; and a plurality of wall portions provided on the bottom surface so as to intersect with the longitudinal direction between the bottom surface and a lens of the optical elements that is closest to the rotary polygon mirror, the plurality of wall portions forming an air flow path for guiding an air flow caused by rotation of the rotary polygon mirror from a first space in which the rotary polygon mirror is arranged to a second space opposite to the first space with respect to the lens.

    Light source control device and image forming apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US10462862B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-29

    申请号:US15997858

    申请日:2018-06-05

    申请人: Hayato Fujita

    发明人: Hayato Fujita

    摘要: A light source control device, includes circuitry to: apply a threshold current, a first emission current, and a first correction current to a light source to drive the light source to emit light to form a first pixel, and apply the threshold current, a second emission current, and a second correction current to the light source to drive the light source to emit light to form a second pixel, wherein the circuitry calculates a value of the second correction current by multiplying a value of the first correction current by a ratio of a value of the second emission current to a value of the first emission current, the value of the second emission current being greater than the value of the first emission current.