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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:
Jul. 27, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yoshinori Hayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoru Itoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/435 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/435 ;
Abstract
An optical scanning device includes a plurality of scanning optical systems arranged in a main scanning direction. Each of the scanning optical systems includes a plurality of light sources emitting light beams, a light source driving circuit modulating the emitted light beams separately, and a deflector causing the light beams to perform scanning. At least one of the scanning optical systems includes a light source selection part selecting one of the light sources of the one of the scanning optical systems.