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6115165 Optical scanning apparatus  
An optical scanning apparatus for simultaneously scanning a plurality of light beams. In the apparatus, four light beams emitted from two light emitting portions are allowed to sequentially pass...
6115164 Scanning optical system  
Disclosed is a scanning optical system including a light source that emits a light beam, a deflector that deflects a light beam emitted from the light source to scan in a predetermined direction,...
6109750 Method for three-dimensional imaging representation on a large-screen projection surface using a laser projector  
For three-dimensional image representation on a large-screen projection surface by means of a multimode or, respectively, monomode laser projector, in the first case it is proposed to direct the...
6108116 High precision collimating system  
A collimating system utilizes a Rainbow® disk for holding and adjusting the position of the collimating lens. By applying a voltage to the two surfaces of the Rainbow® disk, the disk changes...
6108115 Scanning optical system  
A scanning optical system includes a light source, an optical deflector for deflecting a laser beam emitted from the light source, a first optical element for collimating the laser beam emitted...
6104524 Optical scanning device  
A polygon mirror 36 have reflecting surfaces being arrayed such that the reflecting surfaces each having coatings 38 at both ends thereof and the reflecting surfaces having no coating are...
6104523 Dual beam double pass raster output scanner  
A dual infrared beam raster scanning system has overfilled facets on the rotating polygon mirror and a double pass through a two cylindrical lens element f-theta lens group. The raster scanning...
6104522 Optical scanning apparatus with controlled sag and ghost  
An optical scanning apparatus includes a light source, a first optical system which includes a coupling lens for coupling a beam from the light source, a polygon mirror for deflecting the beam from...
6104521 Scanning optical systems  
A scanning optical system includes a light source for emitting a beam of light and a first optical system that changes a cross-sectional shape of the beam into an oblong shape along a main scanning...
6104519 Multi-beam exposure unit  
This invention has as its object to provide an image forming apparatus which can provide a color image free from any color misregistration with low cost, and a light scanning unit suitable for the...
6101020 Optical scanner  
An optical scanner is provided that reduces chromatic aberration (focus error) due to mode hopping of a semiconductor laser light source and that can give high-resolution output applicable to...
6101018 Light beam scanning optical apparatus  
A light beam scanning optical apparatus in which is capable of switching over the image density. The light beam scanning optical apparatus comprises a light source unit having at least three light...
6094287 Wobble correcting monogon scanner for a laser imaging system  
Disclosed is an optical scanner assembly for producing an image on imaging material positioned on an internal surface of a curved film platen. The scanner assembly includes a light source for...
6091533 Reflection type scanning optical system  
Disclosed is a scanning optical system, which is provided with a light source that emits a light beam, a deflector that deflects the light beam emitted by the light source to scan along a main...
6088167 Optical scanning apparatus  
In an optical scanning apparatus for causing a luminous flux from a rotary polygon mirror 4 to form an image on a surface to be scanned 6, a concave lens 5a functions not only as one constituent of...
6088146 Scanning optical system and a scanning optical apparatus  
In a scanning optical system in which a plurality of light beams emitted from a plurality of light sources are, after being formed into beams converging in a predetermined manner, deflected by a...
6084699 Multi-beam exposure unit  
This invention has as its object to provide an image forming apparatus which can provide a color image free from any color misregistration with low cost, and a light scanning unit suitable for the...
6084698 Scanning system  
Disclosed is a scanning system having a light source, a collimator lens, a scanning unit and a scanning objective. The present invention is distinguished by that for the correction of...
6084696 Laser scanning optical system  
Disclosed is a scanning optical system for emitting a scanning beam onto a surface to be scanned. The scanning optical system is provided with a laser source that emits a laser beam, a deflector...
6081364 Laser light source for emitting a plurality of laser beams, method adjusting focusing of the laser light source, and scanning optical system  
The laser light source includes a laser light emitting device for emitting a plurality of laser light beams, a condenser lens for condensing the laser light beams, an interval adjusting unit for...
6078419 Optical scanning apparatus with design flexibility  
An optical scanning apparatus includes a light source unit for emitting a light beam, an image-forming lens for imaging the light beam in a main-scanning direction, a beam deflector for reflecting...
6075637 Laser beam scanning optical system  
A laser beam scanning optical system composed of a relatively small number of lenses achieves proper correction of lateral chromatic aberration and offers superior optical characteristics. In this...
6075636 Optical scanning device  
An optical scanning device comprises a multi-faceted rotating polygon mirror for deflecting an incident beam in main scanning direction, a first light source for bringing a first beam into...
6067182 Optical scanning device  
An optical scanning device for scanning over a scanned surface in a main scanning direction with a plurality of light beam at the same time, which comprises a light source section having a...
6067127 Method and apparatus for reducing the rotation rate of mirrors in a high resolution digital projection display  
A projection display system using a laser beam reflected from a rotating mirror, where the rotation rate of the mirror is reduced. During a first rotational period the beam is reflected from the...
6064130 Motor having dynamic pressure bearing, and rotator device having the motor as driving source  
A dynamic pressure bearing having a reduced manufacturing time and cost is produced using a single dynamic pressure generating groove. A motor having a dynamic pressure bearing according to one...
6061162 Multi-beam exposure unit  
This invention has as its object to provide an image forming apparatus which can provide a color image free from any color misregistration with low cost, and a light scanning unit suitable for the...
6057964 Process for imaging image points of a video picture and associated apparatus  
In a process for imaging image points of a video picture by means of a light bundle which is controlled in intensity with respect to the brightness of the image points and which is deflected and...
6057953 Dual beam double pass raster output scanner  
A dual infrared beam raster scanning system has overfilled facets on the rotating polygon mirror and a double pass through a two cylindrical lens element f-theta lens group. The raster scanning...
6055084 Multi-beam exposure unit  
This invention has as its object to provide an image forming apparatus which can provide a color image free from any color misregistration with low cost, and a light scanning unit suitable for the...
6055083 Optical scanning unit module and optical scanning system adopting the same  
An optical scanning system for a printer including a shaft rotated by a driving unit, a plurality of rotary polygon mirrors installed on the shaft and spaced apart by a predetermined distance, a...
6055010 Method and apparatus for controlling operation of a printer  
A printer for use in exposing a photosensitive material and method of operation thereof. The printer includes a rotatable polygon mirror having a plurality of adjacent facets. The mirror includes a...
6052212 Method and apparatus for correcting coma in a high resolution scanner  
A method of correcting a scanning device's reflective face's pyramid error as well as coma in the cross scan direction of an optical scanning system comprising the steps of: focusing a beam of...
6049409 Optical scanning device and an image forming apparatus with the same  
A laser beam that is emitted from a light source is reflected by a first mirror, and then incident on each facet of a polygon mirror. The laser beam is moved for scanning in the fast scan direction...
6049408 Optical scanning apparatus  
An optical scanning apparatus for simultaneously scanning a plurality of light beams. In the apparatus, four light beams emitted from two light emitting portions are allowed to sequentially pass...
6049406 Scanner  
A scanner for the acquisition of optical information, in particular bar codes, is proposed, which has a laser device (3), a receiving device (23), which detects laser light (25) reflected from the...
6046835 Scanning optical apparatus  
In a scanning optical apparatus, a light beam emitted by a light source is caused to be obliquely incident on a deflection surface of an optical deflector in a sub scanning section through an...
6038053 Color image forming apparatus  
A color image forming apparatus includes a light source, a light deflector for deflecting a light beam emitted by the light source, an image carrier, an optical system for guiding the light beam...
6038051 Light scanning device, optical device, and scanning method of optical device  
A light scanning device deflects a plurality of light beams by a deflecting means performs divided scanning on a single scanning line on a photoconductor with the plurality of deflected light...
6034806 Light source device and light beam scanning optical apparatus  
A light beam scanning optical apparatus is provided which simultaneously converges a plurality of light beams on different locations in a scanning surface and thereby simultaneously writes a...
6031651 Scanning optical apparatus  
A scanning optical apparatus has a stationary shaft and a rotary sleeve rotatably fitting to each other. The apparatus is arranged to deflection-scan a light beam by rotating a rotary polygon...
6031650 Light deflecting apparatus and deflection scanning apparatus using the same  
In a light deflecting apparatus, a sleeve formed of ceramic material is relatively rotatably fitted onto the periphery of an axis of ceramic material, a rotary polygonal mirror is mounted to a...
6028688 Scanning optical system  
A scanning optical system includes a light source for emitting a beam of light and a first optical system that changes a cross-sectional shape of the beam into an oblong shape along a main scanning...
6023059 Dual format pre-objective scanner  
A dual format pre-objective scanner optionally, usable as a laser printer, having an incident beam from input optics incident on a polygon tower which is comprised of a first polygon and a second...
6008925 Light beam scanning apparatus and method  
A light beam scanning apparatus employs a movable reflector (32) having a large number of flat reflective sides (44) and a deflector (16) which shifts the light beam (10) at high speed across a...
6005703 Optical system for light beam scanning  
An optical system for light scanning devices in which a beam of light travels from an origin to an object along a light path and has along that path a scan direction and a cross-scan direction. The...
6002506 Optical deflector and beam scanner using the same  
An optical deflector of the present invention comprises: a mirror 20 for reflecting light; a yoke 24 for rotatably holding the mirror 20 via a plate spring 21; a coil 27 and a magnet 27 for...
5999302 Polygon scanner having a fluid film bearing and active correction of cross-scan and in-scan errors  
A polygon scanner utilizing a fluid film bearing and method for its use in a flat field imaging device having a relatively large format size, a very high scan rate and high resolution. The polygon...
5999301 Optical scanning device  
A laser bar code scanner employing a retroreflector in combination with a rotating polygon reflector to increase scan width and reduce curvature in the scanning beam.
5995269 Optical unit for optically scanning an information surface, and optical scanning arrangement including the optical unit  
An optical unit for optically scanning a surface, particularly an information surface of a recording medium. The unit may include a frame, a radiation source unit, a rotatable mirror unit, and an...