Multi-beam scanning device
    1.
    发明授权
    Multi-beam scanning device 失效
    多光束扫描装置

    公开(公告)号:US06844892B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-01-18

    申请号:US10459432

    申请日:2003-06-12

    IPC分类号: B41J2/47 G02B26/08 G02B26/10

    CPC分类号: B41J2/473

    摘要: A multi-beam scanning device includes a light source for emitting a plurality of laser beams, a polygon mirror for deflecting the laser beams so that the laser beams scan across an object surface in a main scanning direction, an fθ lens disposed between the polygon mirror and the object surface, and a cylindrical lens that converges each laser beam in a vicinity of the polygon mirror in the auxiliary direction. A mirror is disposed between the light source and the cylindrical lens which deflects the laser beams in the auxiliary scanning direction. The mirror is rotatably supported by a mirror holder such that the traveling direction of the laser beams deflected by the mirror can be adjusted.

    摘要翻译: 多光束扫描装置包括用于发射多个激光束的光源,用于使激光束偏转的多面镜,使得激光束沿主扫描方向扫描物体表面,设置在多面体镜之间的焦距透镜 和物体表面,以及在辅助方向上将多个反射镜附近的每个激光束会聚的柱面透镜。 在光源和沿辅助扫描方向偏转激光束的柱面透镜之间设置一个反射镜。 反射镜由反射镜保持器可旋转地支撑,使得可以调节由反射镜偏转的激光束的行进方向。

    Scanning optical device
    2.
    发明授权
    Scanning optical device 失效
    扫描光学设备

    公开(公告)号:US6064504A

    公开(公告)日:2000-05-16

    申请号:US791977

    申请日:1997-01-31

    IPC分类号: B41J2/47 G02B26/12 G02B26/08

    摘要: A scanning optical device includes a light source that emits a light beam; a deflector for deflecting and scanning the light beam from the light source; a scanning lens for converging the deflected light beam onto an image surface; and a mechanism for adjusting the relative position of at least one lens element of the scanning lens with respect to other lens elements of the scanning lens in an auxiliary scanning direction. Preferably, the adjustable lens element of the scanning lens be provided with an anamorphic surface having relatively larger power in the auxiliary scanning direction than in the main scanning direction. Alternatively, the above-mentioned at least one lens element may have the largest absolute value of refractive power of the lenses in the scanning lens. Further alternatively, the above-mentioned at least one lens element may be provided with a surface having the smallest absolute value of radius of curvature of all surfaces in the scanning lens.

    摘要翻译: 扫描光学装置包括发射光束的光源; 偏转器,用于偏转和扫描来自光源的光束; 用于将偏转的光束会聚到图像表面上的扫描透镜; 以及用于调整扫描透镜的至少一个透镜元件相对于扫描透镜的其它透镜元件在辅助扫描方向上的相对位置的机构。 优选地,扫描透镜的可调节透镜元件设置有在辅助扫描方向上比在主扫描方向上具有相对较大功率的变形表面。 或者,上述至少一个透镜元件可以具有扫描透镜中的透镜的屈光力的绝对值的最大值。 此外,上述至少一个透镜元件可以设置有扫描透镜中所有表面的曲率半径绝对值最小的表面。

    Multi-beam scanning optical device
    3.
    发明授权
    Multi-beam scanning optical device 失效
    多光束扫描光学装置

    公开(公告)号:US5841566A

    公开(公告)日:1998-11-24

    申请号:US791985

    申请日:1997-01-31

    摘要: A multi-beam scanning optical device. The multi-beam scanning optical device has a plurality of light emitting elements, a deflector that deflects a plurality of light fluxes emitted form the light emitting elements, and a scanning lens system that converges the light fluxes deflected by the deflector to form a plurality of light spots on a surface to be scanned. The light emitting elements are selected to satisfy a condition: .vertline..DELTA..lambda..vertline.

    摘要翻译: 多光束扫描光学装置。 多光束扫描光学器件具有多个发光元件,偏转器,其偏转从发光元件发射的多个光束;以及扫描透镜系统,其收敛由偏转器偏转的光束,以形成多个 要扫描的表面上的光斑。 选择发光元件以满足条件:| DELTAλ| <7.6×103 /(α×D),其中ΔTA是从参考波长的多个发光元件中的每一个的波长误差(单位:nm),D是扫描光学器件的分辨率(单位: 每英寸点数(dpi)),而alpha是在扫描范围的边缘处每1nm波长变化的横向色差(单位:λm)的比率,其中扫描范围限定图像 形成了。

    Holder for optical fibers in a scanning optical device
    5.
    发明授权
    Holder for optical fibers in a scanning optical device 失效
    用于扫描光学装置中的光纤的支架

    公开(公告)号:US5812727A

    公开(公告)日:1998-09-22

    申请号:US791963

    申请日:1997-01-31

    摘要: A multi-beam scanning optical device uses optical fibers to transmit the laser fluxes from the semiconductor lasers. The optical fibers are arranged such that point light sources formed at respective exit ends of the optical fibers are linearly aligned. The exit light fluxes from the optical fibers are deflected by a polygon mirror and converged on an image surface to form a line of beam spots, which forms plurality of scanning lines per scan. In order to adjust the angle of the line of beam spots, the exit end portions of the optical fibers is fixed to a fiber alignment block such that the exit end surfaces of said optical fiber are linearly aligned on an alignment line. Further, the fiber alignment block is fixed to a cylindrical member which is rotatably supported by a supporting member. Accordingly, the angle of the line of beam spots can be easily adjusted by rotating the cylindrical member.

    摘要翻译: 多光束扫描光学器件使用光纤从半导体激光器传输激光束。 光纤布置成使得形成在光纤的各出口端处的点光源线性对准。 来自光纤的出射光束由多面镜偏转并会聚在图像表面上以形成一束光斑,每行扫描形成多条扫描线。 为了调整光束线的角度,将光纤的出射端部固定在光纤取向块上,使得光纤的出射端面在对准线上线性排列。 此外,光纤对准块被固定到由支撑构件可旋转地支撑的圆柱形构件。 因此,可以通过旋转圆柱形构件容易地调节束斑线的角度。

    Scanning optical device
    7.
    发明授权
    Scanning optical device 失效
    扫描光学设备

    公开(公告)号:US5844707A

    公开(公告)日:1998-12-01

    申请号:US791978

    申请日:1997-01-31

    IPC分类号: B41J2/47 G02B26/12 G02B26/08

    摘要: A scanning optical device that includes a laser source that emits a laser beam; a deflector for deflecting a laser beam to form a scanning beam spot on an image surface; a beam splitter, between the laser source and the deflector, and a sensor positioned in a predetermined position relative to the beam splitter. In particular, the beam splitter includes a reflective area in which the laser beam from the laser source is reflected and a transmitting area that is distinct from the reflective area through which the laser beam is transmitted. One of the reflected laser beam or transmitted laser beam is a main beam to be deflected by the deflector and the other is a monitor beam to be detected by the sensor.

    摘要翻译: 一种扫描光学装置,包括发射激光束的激光源; 偏转器,用于偏转激光束以在图像表面上形成扫描光束点; 在激光源和偏转器之间的分束器和位于相对于分束器的预定位置的传感器。 具体地,分束器包括反射区域,激光源的激光束被反射,并且与透射激光束的反射区域不同的透射区域。 反射的激光束或透射的激光束中的一个是由偏转器偏转的主光束,另一个是由传感器检测的监视光束。

    Scanning optical device
    8.
    发明授权
    Scanning optical device 失效
    扫描光学设备

    公开(公告)号:US5760944A

    公开(公告)日:1998-06-02

    申请号:US791983

    申请日:1997-01-31

    IPC分类号: B41J2/47 G02B26/12 G02B26/08

    摘要: A scanning optical device that includes a light source that emits a light flux; a polygon mirror for deflecting the light flux; a scanning lens for converging the light flux deflected by the polygon mirror to form a beam spot on an image surface; a dynamic prism that is rotatably disposed between the light source and the polygon mirror to affect the direction of the light flux; a driving mechanism for rotating the dynamic prism to change the deviation angle of the dynamic prism; and a controller for controlling the driving mechanism to change the position of the beam spot during scanning. In particular, the controller rotates the dynamic prism to compensate for errors that affect the position of the beam spot on the image surface, such as errors that vary with time and errors that occur randomly during the scanning process.

    摘要翻译: 一种扫描光学装置,包括发射光束的光源; 用于偏转光束的多面镜; 用于会聚由多面镜偏转的光束以在图像表面上形成束斑的扫描透镜; 可旋转地设置在光源和多面镜之间以影响光通量的方向的动态棱镜; 用于旋转所述动态棱镜以改变所述动态棱镜的偏离角的驱动机构; 以及用于控制驱动机构以在扫描期间改变束斑的位置的控制器。 特别地,控制器旋转动态棱镜以补偿影响图像表面上的束斑的位置的误差,例如随扫描过程随机随时间变化的误差和错误。

    Apparatus and method for controlling light intensity
    9.
    发明授权
    Apparatus and method for controlling light intensity 失效
    用于控制光强度的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US06114682A

    公开(公告)日:2000-09-05

    申请号:US139573

    申请日:1998-08-25

    摘要: A light intensity control apparatus includes an optical beam splitter which splits light into monitor light and principal light; a polarization beam splitter which splits the monitor light into two polarized light components; a monitor light detector which detects the polarized light components; a polarization correction device which corrects the output of the monitor light detector so that the intensity of the output signal of the monitor light detector and the light intensity of the principal light on an object surface have a predetermined correlation, regardless of the polarization state of the light incident upon the optical beam splitter; and a humidity dependency correction device which corrects the output of the monitor light detector via the polarization correction device by detecting a variation in polarization dependency characteristics of the optical beam splitter, caused by a change in humidity, and feeding the variation back to the polarization correction device, so that the output signal intensity of the monitor light detector and the light intensity of the principal light on the object surface have a predetermined correlation, regardless of a change in the humidity. The invention is also directed to a light intensity control method.

    摘要翻译: 光强度控制装置包括将光分解成监视光和主光的光束分离器; 将监视光分成两个偏振光分量的偏振分束器; 检测偏振光分量的监视光检测器; 偏振校正装置,其校正监视光检测器的输出,使得监视光检测器的输出信号的强度和物体表面上的主光的光强度具有预定的相关性,而不管 入射到光束分离器上的光; 以及湿度依赖性校正装置,其通过检测由于湿度变化引起的光束分离器的偏振依赖特性的偏差,经由偏振校正装置来校正监视光检测器的输出,并将偏差馈送到偏振校正 装置,使得监视光检测器的输出信号强度和物体表面上的主光的光强度具有预定的相关性,而与湿度的变化无关。 本发明还涉及一种光强度控制方法。

    Scanning optical device and polygon mirror cover
    10.
    发明授权
    Scanning optical device and polygon mirror cover 失效
    扫描光学装置和多面镜罩

    公开(公告)号:US5838001A

    公开(公告)日:1998-11-17

    申请号:US791964

    申请日:1997-01-31

    IPC分类号: B41J2/47 G02B26/12 H01J3/14

    摘要: A scanning optical device that includes a light source for emitting a light flux; a polygon mirror including a plurality of reflecting surfaces for deflecting the light flux to form a scanning beam spot on an image surface; a polygon mirror cover that covers the polygon mirror; and an optical sensor. The polygon mirror is provided with a mark on the top surface thereof that is eccentric from a rotation axis of the polygon mirror. Also, the polygon mirror cover includes a cylindrical rib formed on an inner surface of the top wall projecting toward the polygon mirror in a space between the top wall and the polygon mirror. The optical sensor is provided for detecting the mark and projects toward the polygon mirror from the inner surface of the top wall, through the cylindrical rib, such that the optical sensor forms a part of the cylindrical rib.

    摘要翻译: 一种扫描光学装置,包括用于发射光束的光源; 多面镜,包括用于偏转光束以在图像表面上形成扫描光束点的多个反射表面; 覆盖多面镜的多面镜罩; 和光学传感器。 多面镜在其顶表面上设置有与多面镜的旋转轴偏心的标记。 此外,多面镜罩包括在顶壁和多面镜之间的空间中形成在顶壁的内表面上的多个反射镜的圆柱形肋。 提供光学传感器,用于检测标记并从顶壁的内表面通过圆柱形肋状物朝向多面镜投影,使得光学传感器形成圆柱形肋的一部分。