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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:
Feb. 20, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroshi Goto, Itami, JP;
Tateki Oka, Atsugi, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
347252 ; 258296 ; 347247 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus comprising: a laser beam irradiating device for irradiating a laser beam onto a record support member; a storage device for storing image data composed of a plurality of dots; a detection device which reads out the image data from the storage device so as to detect whether or not dots to be subjected to light emission by the laser beam are arranged continuously; and a control device for controlling an irradiation period of the laser beam irradiating device to a smaller value when the detection device has detected that the dots to be subjected to light emission are arranged continuously.