Patent ID: 8547409

Claim:
A light emission control device that images an electrostatic latent image on a photosensitive element by a plurality of light emitting elements corresponding to a line in a second direction perpendicular to a first direction which is a rotation direction the photosensitive element, the device comprising: a detecting unit that detects a rotational position of the photosensitive element, in the first direction, corresponding to a line in the second direction; an acquiring unit that acquires a distance between the light emitting elements and the rotational position of the photosensitive element in the first direction detected by the detecting unit; and a control unit that controls light emission by the light emitting elements according to the distance acquired by the acquiring unit and corrects a fluctuation in a density of a visible image converted from the electrostatic latent image, wherein: the light emitting elements emit light according to a line clear signal specifying timing of when to start writing in the rotation direction of the photosensitive element, and the control unit corrects the fluctuation in the density of the image by controlling a line clear period during which the line clear signal is output according to the distance acquired by the acquiring unit.