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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 25, 1998
Ayumu Oda, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Osamu Fujimoto, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Syoichiro Yoshiura, Tenri, JP;
Nobuo Manabe, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Toshio Yamanaka, Yao, JP;
Koji Katamoto, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In this digital color copier, laser beam scanner units of the same configuration are arranged in parallel with each other, and all are controlled in a unified manner by a laser control unit provided outside the units. In order to synchronously rotate the polygon mirrors in a precise manner, the speeds of rotations of their motors, fed back from tacho-generators are compared to the reference frequency generated from an oscillator so as to allow a motor control circuit to control the driving motors of the polygon mirrors. Further, the BD signals from beam detectors (BD) are fed back to the laser control unit so that all the BD signals from the laser scanner units for black and the three colors can become synchronized with each other, thus enabling control of the polygon mirrors.