Single-facet spindle implementation for a laser scanner system
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsThomas IVES, Terry M. NELSON, Bartley Mark Hirst
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Abstract
A system includes a laser scanner system. The system includes a scanner laser to generate an optical scanning beam. The system also includes a spindle assembly comprising a spindle that extends along an axis and reflects the optical scanning beam. The system also includes a beam detector to receive the reflected optical scanning beam from the single facet and to indicate when to generate a latent image corresponding to an image based on the optical scanning beam for a given scan operation. The system further includes a scan controller to control the scanner laser such that the optical scanning beam is reflected from only a single facet of the spindle during the given scan operation.
Claims17
A laser scanner system comprising:
- a scanner laser to generate an optical scanning beam;
- a spindle assembly comprising a spindle that extends along an axis and reflects the optical scanning beam;
- a beam detector to receive the reflected optical scanning beam from the single facet and to indicate when to generate a latent image corresponding to an image based on the optical scanning beam for a given scan operation;
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- a scan controller to control the scanner laser such that the optical scanning beam is reflected from only a single facet of the spindle during the given scan operation.
A laser scanner spindle that extends along an axis between a first end and a second end and comprises a substantially cylindrical outer diameter, the laser scanner spindle comprising a single facet from which an optical scanning beam is to be reflected for a given scan operation that implements the laser scanner spindle.
A laser scanner system comprising:
- a scanner laser to generate an optical scanning beam;
- a spindle assembly comprising:
- a spindle that extends along an axis and reflects the optical scanning beam, the spindle being arranged as a substantially cylindrical spindle having a substantially planar surface that extends along the axial length of the spindle and extends radially inward with respect to an outer diameter of the substantially cylindrical spindle, the substantially planar surface being mirrored to correspond to a facet;
- a spindle motor to rotate the spindle;
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- a spindle bearing system to couple the spindle to a rotor associated with the spindle motor;
- a beam detector to receive the reflected optical scanning beam and to indicate when to generate a latent image corresponding to an image based on the optical scanning beam for a given scan operation;
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- a scan controller to control the scanner laser such that the optical scanning beam is reflected from only the facet of the spindle during the given scan operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.