G02B 26/125
Details of the optical system between the polygonal mirror and the image
Official title: {Details of the optical system between the polygonal mirror and the image plane (G02B26/123, G02B26/127 take precedence; F-Theta lenses G02B13/0005)}
G02B26/125 (Details of the optical system between the polygonal mirror and the image) appears on 942 US grants and 733 published applications in this corpus.
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- Casing for optical scanning device, including positioning mechanism that positions main body on upper side with respect to main body on lower side, in horizontal and height directions, and optical scanning device having such casing6 Oct 2026US 12,752,559 B2KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Lidar system with polygon mirror1 Sep 2026US 12,724,149 B2Microvision, Inc.
- Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus18 Aug 2026US 12,710,642 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Pressure retaining member and laser scanning unit30 Jun 2026US 12,669,676 B2KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Optical scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus5 May 2026US 12,617,215 B2Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Kaleidoscopic geometric vision platform1 Oct 2026US 2026/0299284 A1Summer Robotics, Inc.
- Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus including same20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241708 A1KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Apparatuses and methods for high-speed laser scanning2 Jul 2026US 2026/0186283 A1Purdue Research Foundation
- Optical scanning device, image forming apparatus including optical scanning device, and method of manufacturing optical scanning device7 May 2026US 2026/0126737 A1Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus30 Apr 2026US 2026/0118659 A1Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
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By later US patents
- Aiming beam system for optical data reading device237US 5,296,689 ASpectra-Physics Scanning Systems, Inc. · 1994
- Low profile lidar scanner with polygon mirror119US 10,571,567 B2Luminar Technologies, Inc. · 2020
- Method of assembling and adjusting a multi-beam scanning optical apparatus and method of manufacturing a multi-beam scanning optical apparatus112US 9,442,288 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha · 2016
- Compact scanning optical system109US 5,936,756 ARicoh Company, Ltd. · 1999
- Concurrent scan of multiple pixels in a lidar system equipped with a polygon mirror107US 10,310,058 B1Luminar Technologies, Inc. · 2019