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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2009
Shuichi Wakabayashi, Okaya, JP;
Norio Nakamura, Matsumoto, JP;
Shuichi Wakabayashi, Okaya, JP;
Norio Nakamura, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a light emitting unit that emits light; a light scanning unit having at least one actuator, wherein the actuator irradiating and scanning the light reflected on a light reflector onto an image forming plane by rotation of a movable plate; a drive pattern generating unit that generates a drive pattern of the light emitting unit, wherein the light emitting unit can emit the light with emission timing and emission time to suppress density of the pixels in each portion of the image to be formed on the image forming plane from becoming ununiformity; and a controlling unit that controls operation of the light emitting unit based on the drive pattern generated by the drive pattern generating unit.