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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2006
Filed:
May. 03, 2002
Seiichiro Mori, Tochigi, JP;
Seiichiro Mori, Tochigi, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In the scanning optical apparatus, a light source including one or more of the plurality of light emitting points of the light source device, and a synchronism detecting device constituting the synchronism detecting device are provided on one and the same substrate, the substrate is designed to be rotatable in a plane perpendicular to the direction of an optical axis of the incidence optical device, an optical element constituting the synchronism detecting device is disposed on a light incidence side of the synchronism detecting device, and the optical element is designed to be rotated in synchronism with the substrate when the substrate is rotated.