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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2012
Kunihiro Komai, Osaka, JP;
Masayuki Hayashi, Osaka, JP;
Hiroaki Ikeda, Osaka, JP;
Takeshi Shikama, Osaka, JP;
Akinori Yamaguchi, Osaka, JP;
Tatsuya Miyadera, Osaka, JP;
Motohiro Kawanabe, Osaka, JP;
Yoshinori Shirasaki, Osaka, JP;
Takuhei Yokoyama, Osaka, JP;
Kunihiro Komai, Osaka, JP;
Masayuki Hayashi, Osaka, JP;
Hiroaki Ikeda, Osaka, JP;
Takeshi Shikama, Osaka, JP;
Akinori Yamaguchi, Osaka, JP;
Tatsuya Miyadera, Osaka, JP;
Motohiro Kawanabe, Osaka, JP;
Yoshinori Shirasaki, Osaka, JP;
Takuhei Yokoyama, Osaka, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A light source control apparatus which controls, based on image data input, light emission of a light source which forms an electrostatic latent image on an image bearing body in an electrophotographic image forming apparatus is disclosed, including a pattern generating unit which generates an internal pattern for position aligning and concentration correcting according to the image data; and a mirroring processing unit which performs a process of mirroring the image data and the internal pattern at a later stage of the pattern generating unit.