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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2025
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Aoyagi, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An exposure apparatus includes a chip with light-emitting elements arranged along an axial direction of a photosensitive member; a generation unit that generates a first synchronization signal synchronized with a second synchronization signal corresponding to a rotation speed of the photosensitive member; and a transmission unit that transmits a data signal to the chip during a line cycle. The second synchronization signal indicates a first or second cycle depending on the rotation speed. The second cycle is N times the first cycle. The first synchronization signal indicates the first cycle regardless of the rotation speed. When the photosensitive member rotates at a slower second rotation speed, the data signal of one line is transmitted to the chip during one of N line cycles; and a non-light-emission signal is transmitted during the remaining cycle(s) of the N line cycles.