Patent ID: 6522092
Filing Date: 2003-02-18
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
A light scanner for performing scanning using light beams modulated in accordance with an image signal, the light scanner comprising:a first scanning unit operable to perform a scanning operation in a first scanning direction as a result of reflecting the modulated light beams, the first scanning unit being driven so as to be in synchronization with a high-speed synchronization signal of the image signal; a plurality of light amplifiers operable to amplify the modulated light beams after exiting from the first scanning unit; a light synthesizer operable to synthesize the modulated and amplified light beams into one light beam; and a second scanning unit operable to perform a scanning operation in a second scanning direction as a result of reflecting the one light beam, the second scanning unit being driven so as to be in synchronization with a low-speed synchronization signal of the image signal.