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Scanning optical system
Assignee: Pentax Corp
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Filing: 1990-09-14
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Granted: 1993-09-21
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Expires: 2010-09-14
Abstract
Abstract A scanning optical system has a drawing light source, a rotary scanning deflector, a scanning lens and a detection device for detecting a rotational position of the scanning deflector. The drawing light source is controlled by a timing control signal generated by a timing control device as a function of drawing data. The scanning optical system may have a transmission scale, a scanning light receiving portion and a diffusion plate disposed between transmission scale and scanning light receiving portion and adapted to diffuse the monitor beam made incident to the scanning light receiving portion.
Inventors
- 👤 Masatoshi Iwama
- 👤 Akira Morimoto
Bibliographic Details
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2026-11-09 18:17
CPC Classifications
B; B23; B23K; B23K26/00; B23K26/02; B23K26/06; B23K26/073; B23K26/0736; B23K26/08; B23K26/082; B23K26/0821; G; G02; G02B; G02B26/00; G02B26/08; G02B26/10; G02B26/12; G02B26/127; G02B27/00; G02B27/0025; G02B27/0031; G06; G06K; G06K7/00; G06K7/10; G06K7/10544; G06K7/10821; G06K7/10861; G06K2207/00; G06K2207/1018
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
307 words
A scanning optical system comprising: a drawing light source for generating a drawing beam; a rotary scanning deflector having a plurality of surfaces for deflecting said drawing beam generated from said drawing light source and scanning the same in a principal scanning plane; a scanning lens for focusing said drawing beam reflected by said scanning deflector onto an image surface; detection means for detecting a rotation of said scanning deflector wherein said detection means includes: (a) a monitor light source for radiating a monitor beam toward a rotational center axis of said scanning deflector and onto a surface of the scanning deflector which is different from a surface of the scanning deflector on which a drawing beam is reflected, said monitor light source being independent from said drawing light source, a mirror located between said monitor light source and said scanning deflector for deflecting a monitor beam toward said scanning deflector, wherein the monitor beam is incident on said scanning deflector at a predetermined angle in an auxiliary scanning plane; (b) a transmission scale having a pattern formed thereon which is changed in transmittance along a scanning line of a monitor beam reflected by said scanning deflector; (c) a scanning light receiving portion for detecting a light quantity of said monitor beam transmitted through said transmission scale; and (d) a pulse generating portion for generating a pulse train signal corresponding to rotation of said scanning deflector in accordance with said output signal from said scanning light receiving portion; timing control means for generating a timing control signal which controls output timing of drawing data in accordance with an output signal of said detection means; and drawing control means for controlling ON/OFF modulating of said drawing beam generated by said drawing light source based upon said timing control signal from said timing control means and said drawing data.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
307 words
A scanning optical system comprising: a drawing light source for generating a drawing beam; a rotary scanning deflector having a plurality of surfaces for deflecting said drawing beam generated from said drawing light source and scanning the same in a principal scanning plane; a scanning lens for focusing said drawing beam reflected by said scanning deflector onto an image surface; detection means for detecting a rotation of said scanning deflector wherein said detection means includes: (a) a monitor light source for radiating a monitor beam toward a rotational center axis of said scanning deflector and onto a surface of the scanning deflector which is different from a surface of the scanning deflector on which a drawing beam is reflected, said monitor light source being independent from said drawing light source, a mirror located between said monitor light source and said scanning deflector for deflecting a monitor beam toward said scanning deflector, wherein the monitor beam is incident on said scanning deflector at a predetermined angle in an auxiliary scanning plane; (b) a transmission scale having a pattern formed thereon which is changed in transmittance along a scanning line of a monitor beam reflected by said scanning deflector; (c) a scanning light receiving portion for detecting a light quantity of said monitor beam transmitted through said transmission scale; and (d) a pulse generating portion for generating a pulse train signal corresponding to rotation of said scanning deflector in accordance with said output signal from said scanning light receiving portion; timing control means for generating a timing control signal which controls output timing of drawing data in accordance with an output signal of said detection means; and drawing control means for controlling ON/OFF modulating of said drawing beam generated by said drawing light source based upon said timing control signal from said timing control means and said drawing data.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
A scanning optical system according to claim 1, wherein said drawing light source is a laser diode.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
A scanning optical system according to claim 1, wherein said scanning deflector is a polygon mirror.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
A scanning optical system according to claim 1, wherein said monitor light source includes: a light emitting element; and a condenser lens for condensing a monitor beam emitted from said light emitting element.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
33 words
A scanning optical system according to claim 1, wherein said monitor light source includes: a light emitting element; and a condenser lens for condensing a monitor beam emitted from said light emitting element.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
29 words
A scanning optical system according to claim 1, wherein said transmission scale is disposed in a position able to directly receive a monitor beam reflected by said scanning deflector.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
77 words
A scanning optical system according to claim 1, wherein said transmission scale includes a pattern of pitches, which is generally the same in result as that obtained when a monitor beam reflected by said scanning deflector scans on said scanning light receiving portion at a constant velocity, and wherein said transmission scale has a pattern of non-constant pitches where a spatial frequency is generally reduced as it goes toward a peripheral portion from a central portion thereof.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
35 words
A scanning optical system according to claim 1, wherein said detection means includes a second scanning light receiving portion for outputting one pulse signal for every scan on the image surface by the drawing beam.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
40 words
A scanning optical system according to claim 8, wherein said timing control means generates said timing control signal in accordance with a pulse signal from said second light receiving portion and a pulse train signal from said pulse generating portion.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
37 words
A scanning optical system according to claim 1, wherein said transmission scale has a pattern of non-constant pitch where a spatial frequency is gradually reduced as it goes toward a peripheral portion from a central portion thereof.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
47 words
A scanning optical system according to claim 1, wherein said first scanning light receiving portion comprises a plurality of optical fibers, end faces of said optical fibers faced toward said transmission scale being linearly arranged in the same direction as the scanning direction of said monitor beam.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
37 words
A scanning optical system according to claim 11, wherein said first scanning light receiving portion comprises light receiving elements disposed in such a manner as to correspond to other end portions of said plurality of optical fiber.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
69 words
A scanning optical system according to claim 12, wherein said first scanning light receiving portion comprises light receiving elements disposed in such a manner as to correspond to the other end portions of said plurality of optical fibers, end faces of said optical fibers faced toward said transmission scale side being linearly arranged in parallel relation in the same direction as that the scanning direction of said monitor beam.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
42 words
A scanning optical system according to claim 1, wherein said detection means includes: a diffusion plate disposed between said transmission scale and said scanning light receiving portion and adapted to diffuse said monitor beam made incident to said scanning light receiving portion.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
17 words
A scanning optical system according to claim 14, wherein said diffusion plate is a cloudy plastic plate.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
24 words
A scanning optical system according to claim 14, wherein said diffusion plate is a plastic plate or a glass plate having a rough surface.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
39 words
A scanning optical system according to claim 1, further comprising: a diffusion plate disposed between said transmission scale and said scanning light receiving portion and adapted to diffuse said monitor beam made incident to said scanning light receiving portion.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
17 words
A scanning optical system according to claim 17, wherein said diffusion plate is a cloudy plastic plate.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
24 words
A scanning optical system according to claim 17, wherein said dispersion plate is a plastic plate or a glass plate having a rough surface.
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