G06K 15/1204
Involving the fast moving of an optical beam in the main scanning
Official title: {involving the fast moving of an optical beam in the main scanning direction (G06K15/1233 - G06K15/129 take precedence)}
G06K15/1204 (Involving the fast moving of an optical beam in the main scanning) appears on 913 US grants and 367 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Granted patents
Recent patents
- Image forming apparatus performing halftone processing shifting scan line start position in main-scan direction when scan lines are shifted in sub-scan direction relative to target21 Jul 2026US 12,689,697 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image forming apparatus having optical scanning unit with wire harness and connector31 Mar 2026US 12,591,186 B2KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Image forming apparatus16 Jul 2024US 12,038,708 B2KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Optical scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus19 Mar 2024US 11,933,964 B2Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Image forming apparatus, image forming system, and image forming method for correcting amount of deviation in color of image19 Mar 2024US 11,934,133 B2Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Sheetside post-processing mechanism10 Sep 2026US 2026/0268106 A1Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus including the same16 Jul 2026US 2026/0202662 A1KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Laser marking apparatus26 Feb 2026US 2026/0054503 A1Keyence Corporation
- Image forming apparatus24 Jul 2025US 2025/0237992 A1KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Light scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus3 Apr 2025US 2025/0110418 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- Resolution transforming raster-based imaging system177US 5,134,495 ADP-Tek, Inc. · 1992
- 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
- Image processing apparatus for smoothing edges of image111US 5,327,260 ARicoh Company, Ltd. · 1994
- Multifunctional apparatus for appearance tuning and resolution reconstruction of digital images96US 5,687,297 AXerox Corporation · 1997
- Pulse width modulation circuit, optical write unit, image forming apparatus and optical write method95US 6,498,617 B1Ricoh Company, Ltd. · 2002