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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 1988
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kouhei Saitoh, Tokyo, JP;
Hisashi Aoki, Tokyo, JP;
Kenzo Endo, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Mawatari, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D / ; G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
346160 ; 355 / ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus has a light source, and one or more liquid crystal units for forming a latent image on the photosensitive drum by controlling the passage of the light from the light source between the light source and the drum. The liquid crystal units have a plurality of shutter arrays arranged with a plurality of microshutters. The microshutter has a miniature region for controlling the passage of the light, and the regions are different at every microshutter for forming the individual shutter arrays.