Patent ID: 11868061
Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
a plurality of photoconductive bodies including the said photoconductive body;
a plurality of light sources including the said light source; and
a plurality of developing units including the said developing unit,
wherein the deflector is further configured to deflect a plurality of light beams emitted by the plurality of light sources, respectively,
wherein the scanning optical system is further configured to image the plurality of light beams deflected by the deflector onto the plurality of photoconductive bodies, respectively, and
wherein the optical sensor is positioned to detect a particular light beam deflected by the deflector, the particular light beam being, after deflected by the deflector, imaged by the scanning optical system onto a particular one of the plurality of photoconductive bodies.