Image forming apparatus and emission control method for controlling pre-charge of light emitting elements of exposure units
    31.
    发明授权
    Image forming apparatus and emission control method for controlling pre-charge of light emitting elements of exposure units 有权
    用于控制曝光单元的发光元件的预充电的图像形成装置和发光控制方法

    公开(公告)号:US09535360B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-01-03

    申请号:US14637875

    申请日:2015-03-04

    IPC分类号: G09G3/30 G03G15/043

    CPC分类号: G03G15/043

    摘要: An image forming apparatus comprises: a plurality of exposure units, each of the exposure units including a plurality of light emitting elements that are arranged in a main scanning direction; a calculating unit that, with respect to each of the exposure units, calculates a pre-charge period that is a period during which a pre-charge is performed on at least any of the light emitting elements included in a corresponding exposure unit; and an emission control unit that, with respect to each of the exposure units, causes the light emitting elements included in a corresponding exposure unit to emit light such that a pre-charge period of at least any of the exposure units is shifted with respect to pre-charge periods of remaining ones of the exposure units.

    摘要翻译: 图像形成装置包括:多个曝光单元,每个曝光单元包括沿主扫描方向布置的多个发光元件; 计算单元,对于每个曝光单元,计算作为对相应的曝光单元中包括的至少任一个发光元件进行预充电的期间的预充电期间; 以及排放控制单元,相对于每个曝光单元,使包括在相应的曝光单元中的发光元件发光,使得至少任何曝光单元的预充电周期相对于 剩余的曝光单位的预充电期间。

    Optical writing control device for reducing driving power of optical writing device
    32.
    发明授权
    Optical writing control device for reducing driving power of optical writing device 有权
    用于降低光写入装置的驱动力的光写入控制装置

    公开(公告)号:US09529295B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-12-27

    申请号:US14882125

    申请日:2015-10-13

    IPC分类号: G03G15/04 G03G15/043

    摘要: An optical writing control device and method are provided, for controlling light emission of a plurality of light sources to form an electrostatic latent image on a photosensitive element, the light sources including a plurality of light emitting elements disposed in a line, including frequency converter circuitry configured to acquire image information to be formed as the electrostatic latent image; and a light source controller configured to control the plurality of light sources based on pixel information generated from the acquired image information, the light source controller being further configured to control the light emission of the plurality of light sources by classifying the light emitting elements into a plurality of groups, and shifting the timing of light emission from one group of the plurality of groups to a next group of the plurality of groups, and determine an illuminating period for each light source of the plurality of light sources based on the shifted timing of light emission among the plurality of groups.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种光学写入控制装置和方法,用于控制多个光源的光发射以在感光元件上形成静电潜像,所述光源包括设置在一行中的多个发光元件,包括频率转换器电路 被配置为获取要形成为静电潜像的图像信息; 以及光源控制器,其被配置为基于从所获取的图像信息生成的像素信息来控制所述多个光源,所述光源控制器还被配置为通过将所述发光元件分类为多个光源来控制所述多个光源的发光 将多个组中的一组的发光定时移动到多个组中的下一组,并根据移动的定时确定多个光源的每个光源的照明周期 多个组中的光发射。

    Optical writer, image forming apparatus, and method of controlling optical writer
    33.
    发明授权
    Optical writer, image forming apparatus, and method of controlling optical writer 有权
    光学写入器,图像形成装置和控制光学写入器的方法

    公开(公告)号:US08395648B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-03-12

    申请号:US13046893

    申请日:2011-03-14

    IPC分类号: B41J2/435 B41J2/47

    摘要: An optical writer includes a scanning part causing a light beam from a light source to perform scanning on a photosensitive body; an image information obtaining part obtaining image information of an image; a dithering information obtaining part obtaining dithering information of the image; a pixel clock generating part generating a pixel clock signal; and a light emission control part to control the light source based on the image information in accordance with the pixel clock signal. The pixel clock generating part modulates the clock frequency of the pixel clock signal in accordance with phase shift information for correcting a change in the speed of the scanning on main scanning lines on the photosensitive body, and determines the timing of modulating the clock frequency based on the dithering information on a main scanning line basis so that the timing of modulating the clock frequency differs between the main scanning lines.

    摘要翻译: 光学写入器包括使来自光源的光束在感光体上进行扫描的扫描部分; 获取图像的图像信息的图像信息获取部分; 抖动信息获取部分获得图像的抖动信息; 产生像素时钟信号的像素时钟产生部分; 以及发光控制部,其根据像素时钟信号基于图像信息来控制光源。 像素时钟生成部根据用于校正感光体上的主扫描线上的扫描速度的变化的相移信息来调制像素时钟信号的时钟频率,并且基于 在主扫描线基础上的抖动信息,使得调制时钟频率的定时在主扫描线之间不同。

    OPTICAL WRITER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPTICAL WRITER
    35.
    发明申请
    OPTICAL WRITER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPTICAL WRITER 有权
    光学写入,图像形成装置和控制光学写入的方法

    公开(公告)号:US20110228029A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-09-22

    申请号:US13046893

    申请日:2011-03-14

    IPC分类号: B41J2/385 B41J2/435

    摘要: An optical writer includes a scanning part causing a light beam from a light source to perform scanning on a photosensitive body; an image information obtaining part obtaining image information of an image; a dithering information obtaining part obtaining dithering information of the image; a pixel clock generating part generating a pixel clock signal; and a light emission control part to control the light source based on the image information in accordance with the pixel clock signal. The pixel clock generating part modulates the clock frequency of the pixel clock signal in accordance with phase shift information for correcting a change in the speed of the scanning on main scanning lines on the photosensitive body, and determines the timing of modulating the clock frequency based on the dithering information on a main scanning line basis so that the timing of modulating the clock frequency differs between the main scanning lines.

    摘要翻译: 光学写入器包括使来自光源的光束在感光体上进行扫描的扫描部分; 获取图像的图像信息的图像信息获取部分; 抖动信息获取部分获得图像的抖动信息; 产生像素时钟信号的像素时钟产生部分; 以及发光控制部,其根据像素时钟信号基于图像信息来控制光源。 像素时钟生成部根据用于校正感光体上的主扫描线上的扫描速度的变化的相移信息来调制像素时钟信号的时钟频率,并且基于 在主扫描线基础上的抖动信息,使得调制时钟频率的定时在主扫描线之间不同。

    Image forming apparatus and image forming method

    公开(公告)号:US10782626B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-22

    申请号:US16423509

    申请日:2019-05-28

    IPC分类号: G03G15/01 G03G15/16

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes a transfer belt, a plurality of endless rotational bodies, an image forming device, a pattern sensor, and processing circuitry. The image forming device forms correction patterns including a first pattern as a straight line pattern orthogonal to a conveyance direction of the correction patterns and a second pattern as one of a straight line pattern orthogonal to and an oblique line pattern inclined with respect to the conveyance direction. The processing circuitry causes the image forming device to form the correction patterns using a correction value such that the second pattern included in one correction pattern on the transfer belt is same in color and shape as the second pattern included in at least one correction pattern of a preceding correction pattern and a following correction pattern in the conveyance direction with respect to the one correction pattern.

    IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20190369518A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-05

    申请号:US16423509

    申请日:2019-05-28

    IPC分类号: G03G15/01 G03G15/16

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes a transfer belt, a plurality of endless rotational bodies, an image forming device, a pattern sensor, and processing circuitry. The image forming device forms correction patterns including a first pattern as a straight line pattern orthogonal to a conveyance direction of the correction patterns and a second pattern as one of a straight line pattern orthogonal to and an oblique line pattern inclined with respect to the conveyance direction. The processing circuitry causes the image forming device to form the correction patterns using a correction value such that the second pattern included in one correction pattern on the transfer belt is same in color and shape as the second pattern included in at least one correction pattern of a preceding correction pattern and a following correction pattern in the conveyance direction with respect to the one correction pattern.

    Line-head control device, image forming apparatus, and line-head control method
    40.
    发明授权
    Line-head control device, image forming apparatus, and line-head control method 有权
    线头控制装置,图像形成装置和线头控制方法

    公开(公告)号:US08817320B2

    公开(公告)日:2014-08-26

    申请号:US13300834

    申请日:2011-11-21

    IPC分类号: G06F15/00 G06K15/12 G06K15/02

    摘要: A line-head control device that controls a line head includes: a calculation unit that divides image data into a plurality of areas in sub-scanning direction and calculates a printing percentage for each of the areas; an allocation unit that allocates a total correction amount, for correcting magnification of the image data in the sub-scanning direction, to the areas according to the printing percentage for each of the areas calculated by the calculation unit; and a control unit that changes an emission period of the light emitted from the line head so as to satisfy a partial correction amount that is an allocation of the total correction amount to each of the areas, exposes the image carrier to the light emitted from the line head with the changed light emission period, thereby causing a latent image to be formed on the image carrier based on the image data.

    摘要翻译: 控制行头的行头控制装置包括:计算单元,其将图像数据分割成副扫描方向的多个区域,并计算每个区域的打印百分比; 分配单元,其分配用于将副扫描方向上的图像数据的倍率校正到根据由计算单元计算出的每个区域的打印百分比的区域的总校正量; 以及控制单元,其改变从线路头发射的光的发射周期以满足作为对每个区域的总校正量的分配的部分校正量,将图像载体暴露于从 具有改变的发光周期的线头,从而基于图像数据在图像载体上形成潜像。