Patent ID: 8094356

Claim:
A light scanning device, comprising: a light source outputting a laser beam; a light deflecting unit having a light reflecting unit, the light deflecting unit being adapted to be rotatable about an axis and scanning an object with the laser beam reflected by the light reflecting unit; a drive controlling unit controlling a deflection angle variation in a vertical direction of the light deflecting unit per unit time so that an interval between scanning lines in the vertical direction reflected by one mirror of the light reflecting unit of the light deflecting unit is constant; and a driving unit rotationally driving the light deflecting unit in accordance with a rotational angle determined by the driving controlling unit; wherein the driving unit includes a piezoelectric element; and wherein the light reflecting unit includes a transmitting unit fixed to the light reflecting unit with a spacer sandwiched between the light reflecting unit and the transmitting unit, the piezoelectric element is located on one side with respect to the axis, one side in an expansion-contraction direction of the piezoelectric element is made contact with the transmitting unit, and the transmitting unit transmits a drive force by the expansion and the contraction of the piezoelectric element to the light reflecting unit so that the light deflecting unit rotates about the predetermined axis.