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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2010
Applicants:
Nozomu Inoue, Matsumoto, JP;
Yoshio Arai, Shiojiri, JP;
Kiyoshi Tsujino, Matsumoto, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An exposure head includes a light emitting segment that emits light; an electrical load that is electrically connected to a circuit in which a current to be supplied to the light emitting segment flows; and a current supply controller that supplies a first current to the light emitting segment to cause the light emitting segment to emit light and supplies a second current to the electrical load during the time when the current supply controller blocks the supply of the first current to the light emitting segment.