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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2015
Applicants:
Yuki Honda, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuma Nishio, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Yuki Honda, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuma Nishio, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/043 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/043 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a light source including a plurality of light emitting units to emit light corresponding to image data, and a light source controller to independently control lighting of each one of the light emitting units. The light source controller switches activation and deactivation of one or more of the light emitting units when the number of to-be-used light emitting units is smaller than the total number of the light emitting units included in the light source.