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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2013
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yasutomo Furuta, Abiko, JP;
Hiroshi Nakahata, Abiko, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/043 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/043 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus which is configured to expose a photosensitive member to light beams emitted from a plurality of light emitting elements, generates a plurality of BD signals by a plurality of laser light beams, and controls timings at which the plurality of light emitting elements emits the light beams based on a difference between timings at which the BD signals are generated.