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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Aoyagi, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a plurality of photoreceptors; a plurality of exposure heads provided so as to correspond to the plurality of photoreceptors, respectively, each of the plurality of exposure heads including a plurality of light emitting units configured to emit light for exposing the corresponding photoreceptor, the plurality of light emitting units being arranged along a rotation axis line of the corresponding photoreceptor; and a generation unit configured to generate a line synchronization signal for each of the plurality of exposure heads to control a light emission timing in a rotating direction of the corresponding photoreceptor, the generation unit being configured to adjust a cycle of the line synchronization signal in accordance with each of the plurality of exposure heads.