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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2013
Takehiro Nishimori, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Fujita, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiharu Murai, Kanagawa, JP;
Ikuo Maeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuya Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Takehiro Nishimori, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Fujita, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiharu Murai, Kanagawa, JP;
Ikuo Maeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuya Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a light deflector including a light-emitting element configured to emit a light beam with a substantially elliptical cross-sectional shape, and a lens configured to condense light emitted from the light-emitting element, wherein an optical axis of the light-emitting element and an optical axis of the lens are decentered and a longitudinal axis of the light beam with the substantially elliptical cross-sectional shape is arranged in a direction orthogonal to a direction of decentering on the lens.