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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2020
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Ryo Hasegawa, Hachioji, JP;
Takahiro Matsuo, Toyokawa, JP;
Hajime Taniguchi, Toyokawa, JP;
Atsushi Nagaoka, Okazaki, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optical writing device includes: an image carrier; an exposer that exposes a curved surface of the image carrier; and a control circuit that controls the exposer, wherein the exposer includes a plurality of light-emitting element groups having different positional relationships from one another with the image carrier, and has a configuration that is adjusted in accordance with at least one of an angle at which light reaching the curved surface of the image carrier from each light-emitting element group enters the image carrier, and a distance of each light-emitting element group from the image carrier.