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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2006
Applicant:
Nobuaki Asai, Hashima-gun, JP;
Inventor:
Nobuaki Asai, Hashima-gun, JP;
Assignee:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 5/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical scanner is disclosed which includes: a reflective surface from which incoming light is reflected; a scanning mechanism altering a reflective-surface angle of the reflective surface, relative to an entry direction in which the incoming light enters the reflective surface, to thereby scan reflected light from the reflective surface; and a controller controlling an intensity of the incoming light, depending on the reflective-surface angle.