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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2015
Muneaki Iwata, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaaki Ishida, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsufumi Omori, Kanagawa, JP;
Hayato Fujita, Kanagawa, JP;
Muneaki Iwata, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaaki Ishida, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsufumi Omori, Kanagawa, JP;
Hayato Fujita, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus that forms an image according to light emitted from a light source is provided. The image forming apparatus includes: a first image processor that performs image processing on image data having a first resolution and outputs the resulting image data; a resolution converter that acquires the image data having the first resolution output from the first image processor and converts the image data to image data having a second resolution that is higher than the first resolution; a modulation signal generator that modulates the image data having the second resolution according to a clock signal to thereby generate a modulation signal; a light source driver that drives the light source according to the modulation signal; and a second image processor that performs image processing on the image data having the second resolution to be modulated to the modulation signal.