| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 347255000 | Specific light modulator | 10 |
| 20090201357 | EXPOSURE HEAD, IMAGE FORMING UNIT, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An exposure head includes a light emitting substrate having a transparent substrate, a plurality of light emitting elements that is disposed on one face of the transparent substrate, and one or a plurality of light detecting units that is disposed on the transparent substrate and can detect light emitted from the plurality of light emitting elements and propagating inside the transparent substrate. The light that is emitted from the plurality of light emitting elements and is transmitted through the transparent substrate is projected on an image carrier that faces the plurality of light emitting elements with the transparent substrate interposed therebetween so as to form a predetermined pattern on the image carrier. Inside the transparent substrate, a plurality of reformation points that diffusely reflects light propagating inside the transparent substrate is formed. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090219378 | ELECTROOPTIC DEVICE - An electrooptic device having a simple structure that can efficiently increase deflection of a beam is provided. The device includes: an electrooptic crystal ( | 09-03-2009 |
| 20100141732 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE AND METHOD - An object is to repress image degradation due to sensitivity unevenness and a change of sensitivity of a recording medium. Laser light emitted from a plurality of laser light sources are combined, the combined laser light is irradiated to the recording medium including a photosensitive layer and a light-transmitting layer provided over the photosensitive layer, and wavelengths of the laser light emitted from the plurality of laser light sources are determined so as to be distributed within a predetermined wavelength range which is greater than or equal to a resonance minimum wavelength range between a first wavelength wherein light transmittance thereof through the light-transmitting layer is maximized and a second wavelength wherein the light transmittance thereof through the light-transmitting layer is minimized and a different between the first and second wavelengths is minimized. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100315478 | Semiconductor laser diode, printhead including the diode, and image forming apparatus including the diode - Provided are a semiconductor laser diode, and a printhead and an image forming apparatus including the semiconductor laser diode. The semiconductor laser diode includes a concave-convex pattern, and emits light having a Gaussian light intensity distribution. High quality images are provided by applying the semiconductor laser diode to a printhead and an image forming apparatus. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110069136 | APPARATUS FOR GENERATING SPATIALLY MODULATED LIGHT AND IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - A light from a laser light source ( | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110157296 | DUAL MODE IMAGING SYSTEM - A dual mode imaging system includes a dual wavelength ROS suitable for imaging xerographic media and erasable media. When included in an imaging system this includes media transport for selectively conveying non-erasable and erasable media to corresponding imaging positions in the dual mode imaging system. The system further includes a photoreceptor and a raster scanned light beam positioned to selectively image one of the photoreceptor and the erasable media. The media transport includes a non-erasable media transport path and an erasable media transport path, the erasable media transport path diverted from the non-erasable media transport path. An erasable medium in the diverted erasable media transport path intercepts a UV imaging raster scanned light beam, and in the absence of an erasable medium, the photoreceptor intercepts an IR raster scanned light beam. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110292157 | System For Laser-Based Digital Marking Of Objects With Images Or Digital Image Projection With The Laser Beam Shaped And Amplified To Have Uniform Irradiance Distribution Over the Beam Cross-Section - A laser marking system including a laser apparatus to supply a laser beam having a non-Gaussian irradiance distribution over a beam cross-section, the non-Gaussian irradiance distribution of the laser beam has a substantially uniform irradiance distribution over the beam cross-section, a spatial light modulator coupled to receive the laser beam, the spatial light modulator is controlled to generate an output laser beam including an optical pattern across the beam cross-section to mark a target object with the data code matrix, and an optical amplifier coupled to the spatial modulator to receive the laser beam output from the spatial light modulator and generate an amplified laser beam containing the same optical pattern as generated by the spatial light modulator, the amplified laser beam from the optical amplifier having a substantially uniform amplification across the cross-section of the beam, the amplified beam maintaining the substantially uniform irradiance distribution over its beam cross-section. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20120268548 | LASER PRINTER WITH MULTIPLE LASER-BEAM SOURCES - A laser printer arranged to print a pixellated image on laser sensitive tape includes a carriage on which are arranged two laser-beam sources delivering separately modulated laser-beams and optics for focusing the beams on the tape. The tape is mounted on a tape drive which drives the tape incrementally in one direction. The carriage is translated over the tape in a direction perpendicular to the tape-drive direction, while the modulated beams are focused. Two rows of the pixellated image are drawn across the tape in this manner. The tape is then incremented and a further two rows are drawn. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20140055550 | LASER PRINTER WITH REDUCED BANDING ARTIFACTS - A laser scanning assembly generates a laser beam and scans the laser beam through a plurality of scan lines to form desired dots. Each scan line is positioned to overlap an adjacent scan line and each dot includes a plurality of segments. The scanning assembly scans the laser beam through multiple scan lines to fully discharge each segment of each dot. The laser scanner assembly would typically be part of a laser printer. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140368599 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR FLASH PRINTING - An apparatus, system, and method to flash print an image. The apparatus includes an energy source that delivers energy. The apparatus includes an energy pulse width modulator coupled to the energy source. The energy pulse width modulator may receive energy from the energy source and modulate the energy received from the energy source. The energy pulse width modulator may be driven by a logic module. The apparatus also includes a plurality of imaging pixels modulated by the energy pulse width modulator and conveying modulated energy to a host material. The host material may be in close proximity to a receiving medium and the modulated energy may release dye from the host material into the receiving medium. | 12-18-2014 |
