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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2013
Masashi Suzuki, Saitama, JP;
Katsuhiko Maeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshio Kanzaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiko Oikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhiro Abe, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Nishina, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuki Honda, Kanagawa, JP;
Masashi Suzuki, Saitama, JP;
Katsuhiko Maeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshio Kanzaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiko Oikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhiro Abe, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Nishina, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuki Honda, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention is concerning the writing controlling apparatus that includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire a plurality of light amounts of a light source driven while changing an input current in non-effective scanning periods during which an image carrier is not irradiated with light from the light source, as a plurality of output results; a detecting unit configured to detect characteristics of the light source using the output results thus acquired; and a correcting unit configured to correct a current to be applied to the light source based on the characteristics thus detected.