Abstract: An optical system having a light source portion, a light receiving medium receiving the light beam from the light source portion, and a light condensing optical system for condensing the light beam from the light source portion as a beam spot on the light receiving medium, the light condensing optical system having provided therein an area in which the light beam becomes a parallel beam, said area having disposed therein an afocal zoom lens, whereby the diameter of the beam spot can be continuously varied.

Abstract: Optical scanning device of this invention includes an optical source to produce light rays, means for deflecting light rays toward a predetermined direction, a surface to be scanned by the deflected light rays, a single lens disposed between the deflecting means and the surface to focus the deflected light rays on the surface to be scanned, a partial optical system consisting of said deflecting means and the single lens having means to move light rays on the surface at a constant speed.

Abstract: A scanning projection apparatus including a first imaging optical system, a first plane provided on one side of the optical system, a deflector for deflecting a light beam emerging from the first plane and passing through the first imaging optical system, a second imaging optical system for receiving the light beam deflected by the deflector and a second plane provided at the focusing position of the light beam by the second imaging optical system, whereby the first plane is scanned with a slit of a width .DELTA.S, using the deflector, and the thus obtained slit image of the first plane is projected in succession on a determined position in said second plane, wherein the slit width .DELTA.S is selected to satisfy a relation .DELTA.S<1/Rp in which Rp represents the resolving power of the image on the second plane, and wherein the first or second imaging optical system includes elements for correcting the image magnification in the longitudinal direction of the slit.

Abstract: A two-dimensional scanning device constructed with first deflector to deflect a collimated beam, second deflector to deflect an incident beam in the direction orthogonally intersecting the deflecting direction of the first deflector, a scanning lens interposed between the first and second deflectors, a scanning plane to focus a scanning beam from the scanning lens through the second deflector, and an expedient to obtain a distortion-free two-dimensional scanning pattern on the scanning plane by rotating the scanning plane around a rotational axis in the direction orthogonally intersecting the deflecting direction of the second deflector in synchronism with rotation of the second deflector.

Abstract: A two-dimensional scanning device is provided with a two-dimensional deflector having a major scanning deflecting surface for two-dimensionally deflecting an incident light, the major deflection rotation axis of the deflector being determined so that the positional relation thereof with the deflecting surface is invariable, the minor deflection rotation axis of the deflector being determined orthogonally to an axis parallel to the major deflection rotation axis or orthogonally to the major deflection rotation axis, the deflector being for causing the incident light to be incident on the deflecting surface in parallelism to the minor deflection rotation axis or on the minor deflection rotation axis, and a scanning lens disposed between the two-dimensional deflector and a scanning surface, and a scanning lens for receiving the deflected light from the two-dimensional deflector and causing the scanning light to emerge toward the scanning surface.

Abstract: A two-dimensional scanning apparatus is disclosed which includes first deflector for deflecting a collimated beam, second deflector for deflecting the incident beam in the direction orthogonal to the direction of deflection by the first deflector, a scanning lens disposed between the first and second deflector, a surface to be scanned on which an image of the scanning beam is formed through the second deflector and a device for moving the scanned surface in the direction orthogonal to the surface in synchronism with the rotational motion of the second deflector so as to obtain a two-dimensional, distortionless scanning pattern on the scanned surface.

Abstract: An optical scanning system is disclosed in which only an anamorphic optical system is disposed between a deflector and a scanned surface. The anamorphic optical system comprises a first anamorphic optical system which focuses light in the direction of the scanning line and a second anamorphic optical system which focuses light in a plane normal to the scanning line. The first anamorphic optical system is composed of one or two cylindrical lenses and has an optical means for moving the beam on the scanned surface at uniform speed. The second anamorphic optical system functions to correct a positional error of the scanning beam on the scanned surface caused by the inclination of the deflector from its normal position.

Abstract: A two-dimensional scanning device provided with a first deflector for deflecting a collimated beam, a second deflector for deflecting the incident beam in a direction orthogonal to the deflection direction of the first deflector, a scanning lens disposed between the first deflector and the second deflector, a scanning surface for imaging the scanning beam from said scanning lens through the second deflector, and a device for moving the scanning lens in the direction of its optic axis in synchronism with the rotation of the second deflector to thereby obtain a strain-free two dimensional scanning figure on the scanning surface.

Abstract: The present invention provides a laser scanning apparatus for modulating a laser beam with a modulator into plural independent modulated beams and scanning a plane with the plural beams. In order to prevent a change of the intensity of each beam spot on the scanned plane depending on the exit angle of the beam from the laser, there is provided a converging lens of a focal length f1 between the laser and modulator in such a manner, when the distance from the beam exit of the laser to the converging lens is selected equal to f1+.DELTA.S and the distance from the lens to the modulating point of the modulator is selected approximately equal to f1, as to satisfy the following relation:.vertline..DELTA.S.vertline.<.pi..multidot.Bi.sub.2 /4.lambda.wherein Bi is the diameter of the laser beam and .lambda. is the wave-length of said laser beam.

Abstract: A scanning optical system is disclosed which comprises a scanning device having at least two reflecting surfaces thereon and an afocal optical system directing the beam reflected by a first reflecting surface of the scanning device to a second reflecting surface thereof different from the first one. The afocal optical system is so disposed that the beam incident upon the second surface may move in the opposite direction to the rotational direction of the scanning device.

Abstract: A scanning and projecting device of a construction having a rotationally symmetrical first image forming optical system, a scanning surface disposed on the focal plane of the optical system, a deflector to deflect a parallel light beam emitted from the scanning surface and passing through the first image forming optical system, a rotationally symmetrical second image forming system which receives the parallel light beam deflected by the deflector, a light receiving surface disposed at an image forming position of the second image forming optical system, and at least one anamorphic optical system disposed in the light path between the scanning surface and the light receiving surface.

Abstract: A scanning projection device in which a first plane is scanned by a light deflector provided between the first plane and a second plane and partial surfaces of the first plane scanned by the deflector are successively projected at a predetermined position on the second plane. A projection optical system is disposed between the deflector and the second plane and in the plane of deflection in which the light beam from the first plane is deflected by the deflector, the projection optical system is swung and tilted in synchronism with the deflecting action of the deflector, and the deflector and the projection optical system are moved while varying their relative distance in synchronism with the deflecting action of the deflector.

Abstract: A scanning and projecting device for scanning a first plane by a light deflecting device interposed between the first plane and a second plane, and sequentially projecting a partial plane of the first plane scanned by the deflector onto a predetermined position on the second plane, in which a projecting optical system is disposed between the deflector and the second plane, the projecting optical system is titled in synchronism with the deflecting action of the deflector within a deflecting plane where light beam from the first plane is deflected by the deflector, and at least a part of the optical members constituting the projecting optical system moves in the direction of the optical axis in synchronism with the deflecting action of the deflector.

Abstract: A scanning optical system is disclosed in which a beam once deflected by a first deflector is again scanned by a second deflector which is different from the first one. In the scanning optical system of the invention, the beam once deflected by the first deflector is scanned in a plane normal to the reference deflection plane which is formed by the normal of deflection surface of the second deflector when the latter rotates. This assures that the beam deflected by the second deflector is contained in a plane which forms always a definite angle relative to the reference deflection plane of the second deflector.

Abstract: A scanning device for scanning a flat scanned surface by means of a rotating or rotatively vibrating deflector. The scanning device is provided with a rotational asymmetric image forming optical system disposed between the deflector and the scanned surface for forming an image of the scanned surface at a substantially equal distance from the deflecting surface of the deflector in the plane defined by the path of movement of the normal to the deflecting surface of the deflector in accordance with the rotation thereof.

Abstract: A two-dimensional scanning optical system comprising a deflector capable of two-dimensional deflection of a light beam in two mutually orthogonal directions, an imaging lens system provided with a predetermined distortion characteristic and capable of focusing the light beam deflected by said deflector onto a plane to be scanned, and a light source for introducing said light beam into said deflector in a direction parallel to the optical axis of said imaging lens system, thereby achieving a scanning on said plane with substantially linear scan lines.

Abstract: A recording optical system comprising a semi-conductor laser of substantially single mode as the light source, an objective lens of which the focal point is located substantially at the beam divergent position of said semi-conductor laser in a plane perpendicular to the junction plane thereof, an afocal cylindrical lens composed of an element having a refractive power only in a plane parallel to said junction plane, an imaging lens, an aperture limiting the beam entering said imaging lens, and a photosensitive medium positioned in the vicinity of the focal point of said imaging lens.

Abstract: A light beam scanning device provided with a rotationally vibrating deflector having at least two deflective and reflective surfaces, a scanning surface subjected to scanning operation with light beam deflected by the deflector, an image-forming optical system interposed between the deflector and the scanning surface to focus the light beam from the deflector onto the scanning surface, and a light source section which emits light beam to the deflector, in which device a first deflected light beam plane to be formed by the deflected light beam immediately before entering the image-forming optical system at the forward movement of the deflector is made parallel with a second deflected light beam plane to be formed by the deflected light beam immediately before entering the image-forming optical system at the return movement of the deflector, and the deflecting direction of each beam to be deflected by the first deflected light beam plane and the second deflected light beam plane is made identical.

Abstract: An optical system for scanning is disclosed which comprises an afocal optical system and a first - and a second deflecting members so disposed respectively at an optically conjugate position relative to the afocal optical system as to substantially interpose the system therebetween. The plane formed by a beam deflected by the first deflecting member is substantially coincident with that formed by a beam deflected by the second one. In order to control the angle of deviation (deflection) of the beam finally scanned, there is provided, for the afocal optical system, means for differentiating the exit angle from the incident angle of a beam passing through the afocal optical system. Furthermore, the angle of deflection of a beam deflected by the first deflecting member in a unit time period is made different from that deflected by the second one.

Abstract: A projecting optical system having a first lens system, on one focal plane of which a first plane is disposed, a light beam deflector disposed on the opposite side of the first plane relative to the first lens system and to deflect light beams in a predetermined direction, and a second lens system which receives light beams from the light beam deflector and collects the same on a second plane disposed on its focal plane, wherein the first and second lens systems have one and the same distortional characteristic, the distortion to be generated in the first lens system is compensated by the distortion to be generated in the second image-forming lens system, irrespective of the deflecting action of the deflector, to thereby sequentially project the image on the first plane onto a predetermined position on the second plane.