Abstract:
An image reading device in which a solid-state image pick up element is mounted on a reference plane of a support member which is in turn maintained in pressure contact with a reference plane of a substrate. The solid-state image sensor is thus fixed at a determined position.
Abstract:
A image reading apparatus includes a plurality of point light sources, arranged in a straight line state, configured to output light for lighting a document situated on a contact glass from a lower side of the contact glass, a light leading member, positioned in front in a light outputting direction of the light output from the point light sources, configured to lead the light output from the point light sources so as to irradiate along a main scanning direction toward the document situated on the contact glass, and a photoelectric conversion element configured to receive reflection light from the document. The light leading member includes positioning means configured to make a gap between each of the point light sources arranged in a line state and the light leading member constant and make an arrangement direction of the point light sources be positioned along a longitudinal direction of the light leading member.
Abstract:
A position adjustment apparatus couples an imaging unit, which includes an imaging sensor and a focusing lens unit, to a base frame and is capable of adjusting a position of the imaging unit. The image sensor reads a document image and the focusing lens unit forms the document image by using the image sensor. The position adjustment apparatus may include an adjustment frame on which the focusing lens unit and the image sensor are installed, a height fixing member for coupling the adjustment frame to the base frame so as to fix a height of the adjustment frame at a fixed support position, and first and second adjustment members for coupling the adjustment frame to the base frame so as to adjust the height of the adjustment frame at first and second adjustable support positions. An image reading apparatus may include the imaging unit and the position adjustment apparatus.
Abstract:
An external drum laser imagesetter providing one or more imaging beams. The drum is rotataed in a fast scan direction and the one or more beams are modulated while the beams are moved in a slow scan direction. In one embodiment, the imaging beams are deflected in a slow scan direction to compensate for the spiral advance.
Abstract:
In an image reading apparatus (1), a plurality of reading sensors (9. 11) extend in a main scanning direction and separated from each other in the main scanning direction so as to be located in a staggered arrangement in which a part of one of the reading sensors (9. 11) in the longitudinal direction faces a part of adjacent one of the reading sensors in a subscanning direction. A first connection member (25) is provided to the part of one of the reading sensors facing the part of the adjacent one of the reading sensors. The first connection member (25) protrudes toward the adjacent one of the reading sensors. A second connection member (27) is provided to the part of the adjacent one of the reading sensors facing the part of the one of the reading sensors. The second connection member (27) protrudes toward the one of the reading sensors. The first and second connection members are brought into contact with each other by being urged by a spring (29).
Abstract:
A multibeam scanning system (100) for scanning an imaging surface (165), includes at least one radiation emitter (105, 110) configured to emit a first beam of radiation and a second beam of radiation. A spin deflector (155), rotatable about a spin axis, is provided to direct the first beam to form a first scan line and the second beam to form a second scan line on the imaging surface. At least one moving element (180), such as a translating lens, disposed upstream of said spin deflector, operates to deflect at least one of the beams with respect to the spin axis of the spin deflector.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus is described for eliminating banding, misregistration and bowing by controlling a composite light intensity profile and phase shifting of a spatial location at which the composite light intensity profile crosses a xerographic threshold in a two dimensional high addressability printer operating in an overscan mode. The contrast, pitch grating and phase shifting are dependent on at least one of a predetermined amount of overlap, an exposure profile and an intensity value of each of the plurality of laser beam spots formed on the photosensitive medium of a two dimensional high addressability printer.
Abstract:
A multibeam scanning system (100) for scanning an imaging surface (165), includes at least one radiation emitter (105, 110) configured to emit a first beam of radiation and a second beam of radiation. A spin deflector (155), rotatable about a spin axis, is provided to direct the first beam to form a first scan line and the second beam to form a second scan line on the imaging surface. At least one moving element (180), such as a translating lens, disposed upstream of said spin deflector, operates to deflect at least one of the beams with respect to the spin axis of the spin deflector.
Abstract:
A scanning system, having a fixed platen and optical imaging system and a translated reference scale, is provided for scanning of a modulated light beam (or a set of parallel, independently modulated light beams) onto an object surface. The optical system provides a combined light beam including the modulated light beam and a reference light beam. An optical imaging device moves the combined light beam along a scan line, and a translatably mounted beam splitter splits the combined light beam to direct at least some of the reference light beam onto a reference scale and a sensor. The reference scale sensor, which is rigidly attached to the beam splitter, and is responsive to reference beam position in two directions, provides a clocking signal indicative of beam position along the scan line and a vernier position signal indicative of beam position in a direction transverse to the scan line. An optical stepper controls the translation of the beam splitter such as to position precisely each of a series of scans in a direction transverse to the scan lines.
Abstract:
A scanning device comprising a scanning member provided for pathwise scanning a medium along a scanning path by means of a scanning beam, said scanning member and said medium being mutually movable with respect to each other, characterised in that said scanning member comprises a plurality of N scanning modules, each i th (1≦i≦N) scanning module being each time provided for scanning its assigned i th segment of said scanning path and an end point of a j th (1≦j≦N-1) segment corresponds with a starting point of a (j+1) th segment, and wherein each i th scanning module comprises deviation determining means provided for determining on at least one position situated along said i th segment a cross-scan deviation between a predetermined scanning path and the path scanned by the scanning beam, said deviation determining means being connected with scanning beam steering means provided for determining upon receipt of said cross-scan deviation a first correction signal in such a manner as to minimize said cross-scan deviation and for steering said scanning beam under control of said correction signal, and wherein said scanning beam steering means of a k th (1≦k≦N) scanning module being provided for starting the scanning of its assigned k th segment on an assigned time t k within a scanning period ΔT for scanning the scanning path, the scanning beam steering means of each m th scanning module (k≠m and 1≦m≦N) being provided for starting the scanning of their assigned m th segment on time t m = t k + u = k m - 1 Δ t u if m>k and t m = t k + u = m k - 1 Δ t u if m u being the time period for scanning the u th segment.