Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus and optical scanning apparatus for scanning photosensitive member with light spot
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Application No.: US15040448Application Date: 2016-02-10
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Publication No.: US09658562B2Publication Date: 2017-05-23
- Inventor: Shuhei Watanabe , Hidenori Kanazawa , Takashi Kawana , Junya Kobayashi , Hiroyuki Fukuhara
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2015-031055 20150219; JP2015-031056 20150219
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G15/043 ; G03G15/04

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes: a scanning unit configured to form a latent image on a photosensitive member, wherein a scanning speed changes within a scan line; a control unit configured to perform correction control of a luminance and a light-emitting time of a light source; a holding unit configured to hold profile information indicating a change of the light spot due to an environment or due to a position of the pixel. The holding unit is further configured to hold scanning information indicating the light-emitting time of the light source or the luminance of the light source with respect to a pixel, for correcting a change in the scanning time of the pixel, and the control unit is further configured to perform the correction control based on the scanning information and the profile information.
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