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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2009
Applicant:
Hyung-soo Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Inventor:
Hyung-soo Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A light scanning unit includes: a light source unit; a polygon mirror for deflecting and scanning light emitted from the light source unit, in a main scanning direction, and having a plurality of deflection surfaces and a plurality of edges at which adjacent deflection surfaces meet one another; an image forming optical system for condensing the deflected light; and a synchronization detection optical system for detecting a portion of light that is divided and reflected at an edge of the polygon mirror. The light scanning unit may be incorporated into an image forming apparatus.