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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 1990
Filed:
Jul. 27, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ; G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355 27 ; 355 32 ; 355 35 ; 430138 ;
Abstract
For an image formation apparatus having supplemental light sources in addition to an optical system for providing an image forming light beam reflected from an original to be copied, a control unit controls exposure by these supplemental light sources according to the photosensitivity characteristics of microcapsules of different kinds with which a light-receiving sheet is coated and which respond differently to individual beams from the supplemental light sources. The control unit may also be designed to take into consideration the effects of ambient humidity and the user's choice for particular coloring.