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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 1992
Filed:
Apr. 06, 1990
Melvin E Swanberg, Claremont, CA (US);
Yee-Ming Chung, South Pasadena, CA (US);
Raymond Eskenazi, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Robert T Cunningham, Canyon Country, CA (US);
S&R Tech Development, Inc., Monrovia, CA (US);
Abstract
A scanner system includes a light source and scanning components for moving a spot of light across a surface along a scan line of predetermined length. An electronic control system is included for controlling the light beam in order to produce a plurality of pixels on the surface along the scan line. It is configured to control the position and exposure of each of the pixels in order to compensate for pixel position distortion and pixel exposure distortion caused by variations in spot velocity. Preferably, the control system produces a digital scan clock signal or other control signal that defines a pixel interval and an exposure interval for each of a plurality of desired pixel positions along the scan line according to stored pixel interval and exposure interval data.