Image forming apparatus
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKoji Tanimoto
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of light emitting elements, a detector, a controller, and an image forming unit. The light emitting elements are arranged in at least one row. The detector is configured to detect a number of light emitting elements that emit light according to image data. The controller is configured to control a driving voltage for driving the light emitting elements based on the number of light emitting elements detected. The image forming unit is configured to form an image based on light emission of the light emitting elements according to the image data.
Claims20
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of light emitting elements arranged in at least one row;
- a detector configured to detect a number of light emitting elements that emit light according to image data;
- a controller configured to control a driving voltage for driving the light emitting elements based on the number of light emitting elements detected;
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- an image forming unit configured to form an image based on light emission of the light emitting elements according to the image data.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of print heads, each of the print heads configured to include a plurality of light emitting elements arranged in at least one row, each of the print heads corresponding to a color;
- a detector configured to detect a number of light emitting elements that emit light according to image data corresponding to a color for each of the print heads;
- a controller configured to control a driving voltage for driving the light emitting elements based on the number of light emitting elements that emit light in each of the print heads;
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- an image forming unit configured to form an image based on light emission of the print heads according to the image data.
A light emitting control system for an image forming apparatus, the light emitting control system comprising:
- a plurality of light emitting elements arranged in at least one row;
- a detector configured to detect a number of light emitting elements that emit light according to image data;
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- a controller configured to control a driving voltage for driving the light emitting elements based on the number of light emitting elements detected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.