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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 1977
Filed:
Feb. 23, 1976
Howard M Stark, Webster, NY (US);
William Streifer, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
Half-tone imaging is achieved in a flying spot scanning system wherein a highly collimated light beam is modulated with imaging information, reflected from a multifaceted rotating polygon and directed to a scanned medium through a light attenuating member. The latter member is supported proximate the imaging focal plane and orthogonal to the collimated, reflected light beam. The light attenuating member has an optical light transmission characteristic that varies in a continuous and cyclic pattern with a cycle period at least about ten times the maximum lateral extent of the collimated light beam, thereby serving to alter the system imaging from contrasting black and white patterns to half tones and gray colorations.