Canon kabushiki kaisha (20250116951). IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

Organization Name

canon kabushiki kaisha

Inventor(s)

DAISUKE Akagi of Tokyo JP

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250116951 titled 'IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

Original Abstract Submitted

an image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member, light-emitting chips, and a controller integrated circuit (ic). provided in each of the light-emitting chips are a plurality of light-emitting units that emit light for exposing the photosensitive member, a circuit unit that turns on and off the plurality of light-emitting units based on image data, and a storage unit that stores control data indicating a target amount of light of the plurality of light-emitting units. the light-emitting chips are arranged along a rotational axis direction of the photosensitive member. each of the light-emitting chips is connected to the controller ic by a different one of a plurality of signal lines. in a case where the output control data is transmitted from the controller ic to each of the light-emitting chips via the different one of the plurality of signal lines, the transmitted control data is stored in the storage unit.