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Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2004

Filed:

Aug. 29, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:

Mohammad H. Rahnavard, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);

Mehrdad Zomorrodi, West Hills, CA (US);

Assignee:

Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/47 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/47 ;
Abstract

A method for banding suppression due to vibration in an image forming and/or image receiving apparatus with laser driver utilizes governing equations which relate the on/off time and intensity to velocity and frequency of vibration are disclosed. Using derived formulas, an amplitude and frequency modulation (AM/FM) combination is used to suppress the banding due to vibration. The equation which governs the on/off time (FM) is t +e sin(2&pgr;ft )/v =t . This transcendental equation can be solved for the required on-time t in terms of the nominal on-time t , e (vibration amplitude), v (nominal velocity) and f (vibration frequency). The equation which governs the intensity is H (t)=v(t)/v . H (t) controls the level of irradiance. This method is further extended to multi-temporal vibration frequency and may correct banding due to irradiance modulation.


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