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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8072667 | Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus An optical scanning device includes a deflecting unit that deflects a laser beam from a light source in a main-scanning direction; a scanning imaging unit that focuses the laser beam deflected by the deflecting unit on a scanning surface and scans the scanning surfa... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8031386 | Galvano motor and galvano motor system A galvano motor 10 includes a motor shaft 1, a coil 5 which rotationally drives the motor shaft 1, and an encoder scale 6 which is joined to one end of the rotating shaft, the motor shaft 1 is configured so that a mirror ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7538315 | Image forming apparatus and control method therefor This invention makes it possible to prevent any uneven density and degradation in resolution in reciprocal laser scanning using a movable mirror. An image forming apparatus forms an image on a photosensitive member by scanning the photosensitive member with a laser ... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7528364 | Optical beam steering and sampling apparatus and method In a light (optical) beam steering/sampling system, a matrix inversion control technique is used to decouple the operation of the actuators which drive the steering mirrors. The control technique uses two virtual variables, each having an associated independent feed... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7436564 | Light scanning apparatus and method to prevent damage to an oscillation mirror in an abnormal control condition via a detection signal outputted to a controller even though the source still emits light A light scanning apparatus makes a light beam scan along a main scanning direction on an effective scanning region having a predetermined width. A deflector includes an oscillation mirror which deflects the light beam and makes the light beam scan a second scanning ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7433448 | Method for the production of a corrected x-ray image data set In a method for correcting pixels of an x-ray image data set, an x-ray exposure of a subject is acquired with an x-ray device that uses a storage film having a luminescent storage material layer serving as a radiation detector. The sensitivity of the luminescent sto... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7421308 | Digital control servo system A limited rotation motor optical scanning system is disclosed that includes a limited rotation motor scanner, a digital controller servo system, a position feedback unit, a wide angle compensation unit, a digital processor, and an adjustment unit. The limited rotati... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7414239 | Optical-scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus An optical-scanning apparatus is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the optical-scanning apparatus includes a light deflector to deflect a beam from a light source; and an optical housing including a scanning-image optical system to focus the beam to scan a phot... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7392287 | Method and apparatus for sharing information using a handheld device A method and apparatus for sending information to a data processing apparatus for identifying a document to share with a recipient. A handheld device is capable of communicating with the data processing apparatus. Information is captured from the document and stored... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7385181 | Optical scanning device and image forming device Light beams emitted from a plurality of light source devices are deflected by a shared light deflector. The light beams are respectively concentrated on different scanning subjects using a first scanning lens and second scanning lenses and are used to perform a scan... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7373213 | Management system and apparatus, method therefor, and device manufacturing method A management apparatus which manages a parameter for an industrial device acquires AGA measurement results obtained by operating the industrial device with an operation job parameter value and non-operation job parameter value. An inspection apparatus acquires an ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7365764 | Scanning optical apparatus and color image forming apparatus using the same A scanning optical apparatus includes a light source capable of being modulated, a deflecting element for deflecting and scanning a beam emitted from the light source, a scanning optical element for imaging the deflected beam into a spot shape on a scanned surface, ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365765 | Apparatus for forming image and method of controlling same apparatus in self-diagnostic manner An apparatus for forming an image is disclosed which includes a scanner motor rotatably driving a polygon mirror; a laser light emitter emitting laser light; a generator detecting the laser light reflected off from the polygon mirror, thereby generating a first peri... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7359102 | Driving method for galvano scanner A galvano scanner system has a galvano scanner and a scanner driver for driving the scanner, wherein a microcomputer for generating commands in which digital data representing a drive pattern of the scanner is written is mounted in the scanner driver. The microcompu... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7351950 | Optical beam scanning device and image forming apparatus An optical beam scanning device including a plurality of optical elements that are arranged on a housing and give a plurality of scanning lines to a plurality of photoconductor drums with an interval L is provided. Optical characteristics are designed so that interv... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350711 | Ambient light shield and color filter for imaging-based bar code reader An ambient illumination shielding apparatus for an imaging-based scanner adapted to read direct part marking (DPM) bar codes. The shielding apparatus includes an illumination shield extending from a housing of the scanner and extending along at least a portion of a ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7348549 | Light scanning apparatus Provided is a light scanning apparatus, including a light source, a light source controller to control an on/off operation of the light source, a light deflector deflecting light emitted from the light source, an image formation optical system to direct light deflec... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7348548 | Image forming apparatus and image forming method A printer has a laser emitter for emitting a laser beam to irradiate a surface of a photosensitive member; a reflector, disposed at a position on a laser beam path defined by the laser emitter and the photosensitive member, for reflecting the laser beam emitted by t... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7345271 | Optoelectric sensing device with common deflection device The invention relates to an optoelectronic detection device, especially a laser scanner, comprising a transmitting device for transmitting preferably pulsed electromagnetic radiation, also comprising at least one receiving device which is associated with the transmi... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7339713 | Optical beam scanner, image forming device, and optical beam scanning method An optical beam scanner includes a driving unit rotating a rotary polygon mirror that deflects and scans an optical beam; a rotation position detection unit; a rotation control unit controlling the driving unit in accordance with a rotation reference signal and an o... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7327507 | Optical beam scanning device having two sets of fθ mirrors where the mirror base and mirror face have differing coefficients of linear expansion An optical beam scanning device includes a rotating polygon mirror for scanning a beam from a pre-deflection optical system in a main scanning direction and two mirrors 23, 25 for imaging the beam scanned by the rotating polygon mirror 5 on an image pl... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7327379 | Pixel clock and pulse-modulation-signal generating device, optical scanner, and image forming apparatus A pixel clock and pulse-modulation-signal generating device includes a high-frequency-clock generating unit that generates a high-frequency clock; a modulation-data generating unit that generates, based on pixel control data that specifies a pixel length and image d... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324132 | Imaging three-dimensional objects Imaging systems and methods are described. In one aspect, an imaging system includes a light source that is operable to generate a beam of light directed along a beam path and an optical element that is operable to rotate about a rotational axis. The optical element... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7319515 | Rotary laser apparatus A rotary laser apparatus includes a light-projection section configured to irradiate at least two fan-shaped beams extending in a fan-shaped form in a direction orthogonal to a rotary axis. The light-projecting section includes a laser beam source for generating a l... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7312919 | Wide field of view and high speed scanning microscopy A wide field of view scanning microscope includes a light source, a light detector, optics, a scanning assembly, a translation system, and a data collection control and processing unit. The scanning assembly is constructed to provide from the light source a light be... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7312920 | Confocal microscope A confocal microscope including a first condenser optical system that condenses light from a light source onto a sample; a pinhole member having a pinhole; a second condenser optical system that condenses light from the sample into the pinhole; a polygon mirror havi... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309867 | Methods and apparatus for characterization of tissue samples The invention provides methods for determining the probability that a given region of a tissue sample contains tissue of a given category, such as CIN 1 (cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, grade 1), CIN 2/3 (cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grades 2 and/or 3), no... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7310547 | Fluorescent fiberoptic probe for tissue health discrimination A system and method for the in situ discrimination of healthy and diseased tissue. A fiberoptic based probe is employed to direct ultraviolet illumination onto a tissue specimen and to collect the fluorescent response radiation. The response radiation is observed at... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7297936 | Optical beam scanning device and image forming apparatus It is an object of the present invention to provide an optical beam scanning device and an image forming apparatus which suppress displacement of plural images formed by a different photoconductor in a sub-scanning direction by means of a simple structure even if te... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7294826 | Bio-sensing apparatus A multi-channel sensor is provided with sensor sections, each of the sensor sections reflecting or transmitting light, whose physical characteristics vary for different kinds of samples. Each of samples is supported by one of the sensor sections. A scanning mirror s... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7294824 | Light beam scanning device, image forming apparatus, and light beam scanning method A light beam scanning device is disclosed that includes a light emission source to emit a light beam, a deflection part to deflect the emitted light beam in the main scanning direction, first and second light beam detection parts to detect the deflected light beam a... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7287984 | System and method for providing a visual language for non-reading sighted persons A method and system for communicating to sighted persons who cannot read a standard alphanumeric text, the informational content of that text includes an alphanumeric text is converted to a machine-readable set of informationally corresponding data, and then scanned... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7283047 | Method and system for providing tracking services to locate an asset The present invention is directed to a method of asset location. Location data is received from a cellular transmitter associated with a selected asset, which location data includes data representative of a cellular receiver with which direct communication with the ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7282723 | Methods and apparatus for processing spectral data for use in tissue characterization The invention provides methods for processing tissue-derived spectral data for use in a tissue classification algorithm. Methods of the invention comprise application of spectral and/or image masks for automatically separating ambiguous or unclassifiable spectral da... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7277113 | Method and apparatus for image forming An image forming apparatus in which the intensity of a light beam used to form a latent image is switched in response to a change in resolution. A laser emits a light beam for forming a latent image on a photosensitive drum. A polygon mirror scans the emitted light ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7271383 | Scanning system with feedback for a MEMS oscillating scanner A scanning system for a printer or scanner that has a beam source that produces a light beam at a point of origin and has a scanning mirror that sweeps the light beam from a position “A” to a position “B.” A lens receives the light beam from the scanning mir... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7271882 | Shape measuring apparatus, shape measuring method, and aligning method A shape measuring method for measuring a shape of a surface of an object. The method includes a first measuring step for measuring the surface of the object by detecting light from the object, and a second measuring step for measuring the surface of the object by re... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7261687 | Forward scanning imaging optical fiber probe Probes, and systems and methods for optically scanning a conical volume in front of a probe, for use with an imaging modality, such as Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT). A probe includes an optical fiber having a proximal end and a distal end and defining an axis, ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7260248 | Image processing using measures of similarity The invention provides methods of relating a plurality of images based on measures of similarity. The methods of the invention are useful in the segmentation of a sequence of colposcopic images of tissue, for example. The methods may be applied in the determination ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7256896 | Method for verifying scan precision of a laser measurement machine A method for verifying scan precision of a laser measurement machine includes the steps of: preparing a transparent flat, of which the flatness of each plane is regarded as a flatness conventional true value; determining an optimum scanning mode; determining optimum... | 08/14/2007 |
