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Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2006

Filed:

Jul. 28, 2005
Applicants:

Yoshinori Morimoto, Kanagawa, JP;

Tadashi Masuda, Kanagawa, JP;

Tsuyoshi Tanabe, Kanagawa, JP;

Kiyoshi Kondou, Kanagawa, JP;

Kenichi Saito, Kanagawa, JP;

Yoichi Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Yoshinori Morimoto, Kanagawa, JP;

Tadashi Masuda, Kanagawa, JP;

Tsuyoshi Tanabe, Kanagawa, JP;

Kiyoshi Kondou, Kanagawa, JP;

Kenichi Saito, Kanagawa, JP;

Yoichi Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 26/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A first fθ lens is arranged to form an inclination angle αto a main scanning plane. A second fθ lens is arranged to form an inclination angle α. In order to determine the inclination angles αand α, curvature amounts of scanning lines generated on a scanned surface are measured when the fθ lenses are independently inclined one at a time at a minute angle. Change rates Kand Kare obtained from the measured curvature amounts and the minute angles. The inclination angles αand αare determined such that |KKis no more than a certain value.


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