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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2016
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kazuhiro Akiba, Moriya, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus comprises a first control unit and a second control unit. The second control unit is connected to the first control unit and controls a light source according to a video signal received from the first control unit. The first control unit generates a video signal according and commands, stores the commands, and sends commands according to an order of earliest to latest execution timing. The second control unit receives the video signal and the commands, generates a drive signal according to the video signal and the commands and drives the light source.