{"schema_version":"1.0","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-8471882","patent":{"patent_number":"US-8471882","title":"Image forming apparatus","assignee":null,"inventors":[],"filing_date":"2011-09-15T00:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2013-06-25T00:00:00.000Z","cpc_codes":["G06K","H04N","H04N"],"num_claims":8,"abstract":"An image forming apparatus, which forms an image by forming an electrostatic latent image on a photosensitive member with a laser beam, developing the electrostatic latent image with a developer to obtain a developer image, and transferring the developer image to a sheet, includes a light source which outputs the laser beam for exposing the photosensitive member; a PLL circuit which generates a multiplied clock that is obtained by multiplying a reference clock; a pulse-width modulating circuit which outputs a pulse-width-modulated signal based on image data and the multiplied clock in order to drive the light source; and a CPU which obtains image data to be input to the pulse-width modulating circuit and, when it is unnecessary to output the pulse-width-modulated signal based on the obtained image data, controls the PLL circuit so as not to generate the multiplied clock."},"analysis":{"summary":null,"layman_explanation":null,"technical_analysis":null,"business_analysis":null,"faqs":null,"topics":[],"tech_cluster":null},"seo":{"title":"Image forming apparatus","description":"An image forming apparatus, which forms an image by forming an electrostatic latent image on a photosensitive member with a laser beam, developing the electrostatic latent image with a developer to ob","keywords":[]},"attribution":{"source":"Patentable","source_url":"https://patentable.app","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-8471882","license":"CC-BY-4.0-like","license_terms":"AI-generated analysis on this page (summary, layman_explanation, technical_analysis, business_analysis, faqs) may be reused with attribution and a visible link back to the canonical URL above. Patent abstracts, claims, and bibliographic data are USPTO public domain.","required_link":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-8471882","citation_suggestion":"Patentable. \"Image forming apparatus\" (US-8471882). https://patentable.app/patents/US-8471882","copyright_holder":"Nomic Interactive Technology LLC"},"links":{"html":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-8471882","json":"https://patentable.app/api/llm-context/US-8471882","site":"https://patentable.app","llms_txt":"https://patentable.app/llms.txt"},"generated_at":"2026-05-30T14:58:29.448Z"}