发明名称 |
Image forming apparatus with a control unit for controlling light intensity of a beam used to scan a photoreceptor |
摘要 |
An image forming apparatus having: a light source that emits a beam; a photoreceptor that is scanned with the beam to obtain an electrostatic latent image thereon; and a control unit that determines a light intensity of the beam to be emitted for formation of a pixel, based on a data value for the pixel in image data and data values for its surrounding pixels. |
申请公布号 |
US8797374(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2014.08.05 |
申请号 |
US201213361059 |
申请日期 |
2012.01.30 |
申请人 |
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc. |
发明人 |
Inagaki Yoshihiro |
分类号 |
B41J2/47;G03G15/043 |
主分类号 |
B41J2/47 |
代理机构 |
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC |
代理人 |
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC |
主权项 |
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a light source that emits a beam; a photoreceptor that is scanned with the beam to obtain an electrostatic latent image thereon; and a control unit that determines a light intensity of the beam to be emitted for formation of a pixel, based on a data value for the pixel in image data and data values for its surrounding pixels; wherein when a maximum light intensity of the beam emitted from the light source is a first light intensity, a light intensity of the beam emitted from the light source for formation of a pixel in a white solid image is a second light intensity, and a light intensity of the beam emitted from the light source for formation of a pixel in a black solid image is a third light intensity, the control unit controls the light source such that when an image includes a white pixel and a non-white pixel next to each other, the light source emits the beam with a light intensity lower than the second light intensity for formation of the white pixel, and such that when an image includes a black pixel and a non-black pixel next to each other, the light source emits the beam with a light intensity higher than the third light intensity and equal to or lower than the first light intensity for formation of the black pixel. |
地址 |
Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo JP |