Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
359212200 | Rotating reflective element | 19 |
20090231657 | Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus - In an optical scanning device, a rotational axis of a first rotary polygon mirror and a rotational axis of a second rotary polygon mirror are inclined toward the same side with respect to a direction perpendicular to a reference plane inclusive of each of center axes of a first member to be scanned and a second member to be scanned, as viewed in directions of the center axes of the first member to be scanned and the second member to be scanned. As a consequence, a width in an arrangement direction of a plurality of rotary polygon mirrors can be reduced, thus achieving miniaturization without degrading a quality of an image in an image forming apparatus. | 09-17-2009 |
20100118368 | LIGHT SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A light scanning device includes a light source outputting a laser beam, a light deflecting unit having a light reflecting unit, the light deflecting unit being adapted to be rotatable about a predetermined axis and scanning an object with the laser beam reflected by the light reflecting unit, a drive controlling unit controlling a deflection angle variation in a vertical direction of the light deflecting unit per unit time so that an interval between scanning lines in the vertical direction by the light deflecting unit is constant, and a driving unit rotationally driving the light deflecting unit in accordance with an rotational angle determined by the driving controlling unit. | 05-13-2010 |
20100259808 | OPTICAL BEAM SCANNING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical beam scanning device includes a polygon mirror | 10-14-2010 |
20110051212 | Dynamically focused optical instrument - An optical system includes a dynamically focused lens that variably changes focal length to focus light on a material under evaluation at discrete axial depths, and a scanning element that laterally scans the material to focus light on the material at points that are laterally adjacent the axial depth. | 03-03-2011 |
20110205611 | LIGHT SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A light scanning device includes a light source outputting a laser beam, a light deflecting unit having a light reflecting unit, the light deflecting unit being adapted to be rotatable about a predetermined axis and scanning an object with the laser beam reflected by the light reflecting unit, a drive controlling unit controlling a deflection angle variation in a vertical direction of the light deflecting unit per unit time so that an interval between scanning lines in the vertical direction by the light deflecting unit is constant, and a driving unit rotationally driving the light deflecting unit in accordance with an rotational angle determined by the driving controlling unit. | 08-25-2011 |
20110261428 | MICROMECHANICAL COMPONENT AND A METHOD FOR OPERATING A MICROMECHANICAL COMPONENT - A micromechanical component has a light window; a mirror element adjustable with respect to the light window from a first position into at least one second position about at least one axis of rotation, an optical sensor having a detection surface designed to ascertain a light intensity on the detection surface and to provide a corresponding sensor signal. The light window, the mirror element in the first position and the detection surface are situated in relation to one another in such a way that a portion of a light beam reflected on the light window strikes the detection surface at least partially; and an evaluation unit designed to define, on the basis of the sensor signal, information regarding an instantaneous position of the mirror element and/or an instantaneous intensity of the deflected light beam. | 10-27-2011 |
20110310456 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE - An optical scanning device for scanning a photoreceptor surface with a beam, said optical scanning device having: a light source for emitting the beam; an optical system for causing the beam emitted from the light source to converge; and a deflector that includes a polygon mirror with a plurality of reflecting surfaces and that deflects the beam that has passed through the optical system by rotations of the polygon mirror. Between the deflector and the photoreceptor surface, no optical system for causing the beam to converge or diverge is disposed. The optical system for causing the beam emitted from the light source to converge generates spherical aberration depending on which part of the optical system in a main-scanning direction the beam passes through. The beam enters into three or more adjacent reflecting surfaces of the polygon mirror at a time. | 12-22-2011 |
20120170095 | SINGLE MIRROR OPTICAL SCANNER - A device includes an optical scanner that comprises a mirror, a first actuator that rotates the mirror around a first axis of rotation, a first angular position sensor that senses an angular position of the mirror around the first axis of rotation, a second actuator that rotates the mirror around a second axis of rotation, a second angular position sensor that senses an angular position of the mirror around the second axis of rotation, and a controller coupled to the first and second drivers to drive the respective first and second actuators to rotate the mirror into respective angles around the first and second axes of rotation. | 07-05-2012 |
20130027761 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BALANCING MIRRORS IN LIMITED ROTATION MOTOR SYSTEMS - A method of balancing a mirror in a limited rotation motor system is disclosed. The method includes the steps of providing a mirror on a rotor shaft of the limited rotation motor system such that the mirror is initially imbalanced in that the mirror is slightly more weighted to lean to a front side of the mirror that includes a front reflective face of the mirror, and adjusting at least one threaded counterweight screw on a back side of the mirror at least to a position at which the mirror becomes balanced between the front and back sides. | 01-31-2013 |
20130070325 | LARGE AREA SURVEILLANCE SCANNING OPTICAL SYSTEM - An optical scanning system includes a frame having a central axis along which is mounted a first elevation mirror for receiving an incident light and reflecting the incident light along a first optical path, a telescope for receiving the reflected incident light and outputting an output light, a visible linear array imager for receiving the output light from the telescope, and a folding mirror positioned to receive part of the output light from the telescope and directing it to a linear array infrared imager. The optical scanning system scans large areas of sky using multiple linear sensors in order to detect, identify and track low and slow flying manned and unmanned aircraft as well as to surveil large areas of terrain. | 03-21-2013 |
20130077142 | IMAGE GATING USING AN ARRAY OF REFLECTIVE ELEMENTS - A device for image gating using an array of reflective elements is provided herein. The device includes an array of reflective elements, wherein each one of the reflective elements is movable within a range of a plurality of tilt positions, wherein the array is located at an image plane of the device, wherein the array is perpendicular to an optical axis of the device. The device further includes a control unit configured to control the reflective elements such that in at least some of the tilt positions, the reflective elements reflect the radiant flux at said image plane, to one or more projection planes. A gradual rotation of the reflective elements along the plurality of tilt positions result in a gradual increase or decrease in the intensity of the image reflected from the array of reflective elements while maintaining the image integrity. | 03-28-2013 |
20130215487 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An optical scanning device includes a rotationally-moving minor on which a reflection plane is provided in a rotationally-movable manner, and a sealing unit over which a light-transmissive cover is provided, a first plane of the light-transmissive cover, a second plane of the light-transmissive cover, and the reflection plane of the rotationally-moving mirror within a rotationally-moving range being non-parallel to each other, the first plane being on the opposite side to the side of the rotationally-moving minor, the second plane being on the side of the rotationally-moving minor. | 08-22-2013 |
20130250387 | Diffraction-based sensing of mirror position - Scanning apparatus includes a transmitter, which is configured to emit a beam comprising pulses of light, and a scanning mirror, which is configured to scan the beam over a scene. A receiver is configured to receive the light reflected from the scene and to generate an output indicative of the pulses returned from the scene. A grating is formed on an optical surface in the apparatus and is configured to diffract a portion of the beam at a predetermined angle, so as to cause the diffracted portion to be returned from the scanning mirror to the receiver. A controller is coupled to process the output of the receiver so as to detect the diffracted portion and to monitor a scan of the mirror responsively thereto. | 09-26-2013 |
20130308172 | FIXING STRUCTURE FOR FIXING OPTICAL ELEMENT, LASER SCANNING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR FIXING OPTICAL ELEMENT - A fixing structure for fixing an optical element at a predetermined position in an optical device, the fixing structure has a plurality of first pressing members to fix the optical element at at least two positions on a surface of the optical element orthogonal to an optical axis of the optical element and a second pressing member to fix the optical element at a predetermined position on a surface of the optical element to the optical axis. A depth of pressing of the surface of the optical element by a tip of the second pressing member is larger than the depth of pressing of the surface of the optical element by the tips of the first pressing members. | 11-21-2013 |
20130314757 | WAVELENGTH-CHANGEABLE LASER APPARATUS AND TUNING METHOD USING THE SAME - A wavelength-changeable laser apparatus including a laser light source, a collimating lens, a diffraction grating, and a mirror is shown. The laser light source provides a laser light. The collimating lens collects the laser light provided from the laser light source and providing a light that is substantially parallel. The diffraction grating diffracts the light provided from the collimating lens. The mirror reflects the light provided from the diffraction grating back to the diffraction grating, a rotation axis rotatable within a predetermined range of a tuning angle being set therein so that a wavelength of the laser light is changed in a mode hopping form, the minor rotating based on the rotation axis serving as a pivot point. Therefore, a wavelength change speed may be increased and a stability of wavelength change may be improved. | 11-28-2013 |
20140198366 | MIRROR MICROMECHANICAL STRUCTURE AND RELATED MANUFACTURING PROCESS - A mirror micromechanical structure has a mobile mass carrying a mirror element. The mass is drivable in rotation for reflecting an incident light beam with a desired angular range. The mobile mass is suspended above a cavity obtained in a supporting body. The cavity is shaped so that the supporting body does not hinder the reflected light beam within the desired angular range. In particular, the cavity extends as far as a first side edge wall of the supporting body of the mirror micromechanical structure. The cavity is open towards, and in communication with, the outside of the mirror micromechanical structure at the first side edge wall. | 07-17-2014 |
20150009551 | LUMINOUS FLUX LIMIT DEVICE, OPTICAL SCANNING UNIT EMPLOYING THE SAME, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A luminous flux limit device, an optical scanning unit employing the luminous flux limit device, and an electrophotographic image forming apparatus are provided. The luminous flux limit device is a device that limits a luminous flux of the optical scanning unit and includes a body portion with an aperture and a light-blocking portion that prevents light from being transmitted via a portion of the aperture. The aperture includes a blocking region in which light is blocked by the light-blocking unit, and a transmissive region that is a remaining region of the aperture excluding the blocking region. | 01-08-2015 |
20160004056 | SCANNING MICROSCOPE APPARATUS - It is possible to easily acquire an original image of a specimen that satisfies necessary conditions for generating a super-resolution image. The present invention provides a scanning microscope apparatus that includes an objective lens that irradiates a specimen with laser light emitted from a laser light source; a scanning portion that scans the laser light irradiated onto the specimen via the objective lens; and a PC that acquires an original image of the specimen, calculates, from the magnification of the objective lens, information about the number of pixels of the original image or information about the zoom magnification of the original image that achieves the per-pixel pixel resolution needed to generate a super-resolution image, and controls the scanning portion or image acquisition according to the calculated information about the number of pixels or information about the zoom magnification. | 01-07-2016 |
20160070097 | PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH GALVANO SCANNER CAPABLE OF HIGH SPEED LASER SCANNING - A processing system comprising a laser beam source which generates a laser beam, a galvano scanner which comprises a mirror for reflecting the laser beam and a servo motor for rotating the mirror and which emits the laser beam to a workpiece, and an operation control device which controls the operation of the servo motor in accordance with a sinusoidal drive command. | 03-10-2016 |