Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Taisuke Tokiwa

Yasushi Sato

Kazuhiro Hirayama

Takashi Nakano

Takashi Kitamura

Katsumi Masaki

Asao Watanabe

Hisashi Nakatsui

Kazuo Kawakubo

Fujio Iwatate

An overlay recording device for recording first information and second information in a superimposed mode on a recording medium by reading out the first information from storage in a first memory and the second information from storage in a second memory, thereafter converting the respective first and second information so read out into first and second dot signals, modulating a beam with logic outputs of the first and second dot signals to thereby form a beam modulated by the first information and the second information, and scanning the recording medium with the modulated beam.

Overlay recording device for recording a plurality of information in

An image information device of a construction wherein there are provided a laser oscillator; a modulator capable of modulating a laser beam oscillated from the laser oscillator by an external signal; a photosensitive body consisting essentially of an insulating layer, a photoconductive layer, and an electrically conductive substrate; a principal scanning means such as a polygonal revolving mirror, galvano-mirror, etc. to cause the modulated laser beam to scan the photosensitive body in the principal scanning direction; an optical system to cause the laser beam to focus on the photosensitive body; a position detection means to establish a commencing position of the scanning laser beam on the photosensitive body; means to input an image signal into the modulator in synchronism with the principal scanning means by an output from the position detection means; means to electrically charge the photosensitive body; corona discharge means to impress on the photosensitive body an A.C. corona discharge or a D.C. corona discharge having an opposite polarity to the above-mentioned electric charge simultaneously with, or immediately before, or immediately after, the scanning of the photosensitive body with the laser beam; means to effect overall exposure of the photosensitive body; means to develop an electrostatic latent image formed by the abovementioned means; means to transfer the latent image onto an image transfer material; and means to clean the photosensitive body.

Image information electrostatic recording device

A recording position defining apparatus includes a beam generator for generating a modulated beam in accordance with a signal to be recorded; a beam deflector; a beam detector fixed at a predetermined position; a clock signal generator for generating clock signals of a predetermined frequency; and a record signal applicator for applying a record signal to the beam generator upon detection of a predetermined number of clock signals after the beam is detected by the beam detector.

Recording position adjuster

A device for handling output information from an electronic computer or the like at high speed utilizing a light beam, said device including a modulator for modulating a light beam in accordance with an image information signal such as a character, design or other output from a computer or the like, a medium for receiving the modulated light beam, means such as a galvanometer mirror for causing the modulated beam to scan the medium and optical means between the modulator and the scanning means for directing the modulated beam along any one of a plurality of light paths extending to the medium, the optical means being effective to vary the image forming characteristics such as image magnification of the beam incident on the medium.

Image information handling device

This specification discloses a method and apparatus for imaging light on a medium to form a plurality of information elements which in turn form a particular character or other image information. A plurality of light beams are formed and are modulated by information signals and then the light beams are deflected by scanning means to scan a medium, the beams being modulated in such a manner that the same modulation is applied to a predetermined number of the light beams in accordance with a desired size of the information elements formed on the medium, and wherein the size of the information elements, defined by adjacent rows of identical light spots, is changed by varying the number of light beams receiving the same modulation.

Image information handling method and device

A laser recording method including: deflecting a plurality of laser beams, respectively and dividing the respective beams into multiple beams which are at substantially regular intervals; linearly arranging respective beams of the multiple beams in a line at substantially regular intervals and in a direction perpendicular to a direction of scanning action of the beams on the recording medium; modulating each beam and focusing the beam on the recording medium; and scanning the recording medium with the divided beams.

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Yokohama, Japan

Taisuke Tokiwa