A light scanning device includes a deflection unit, a first imaging lens, and a second imaging lens. The first imaging lens has a bottom surface adhesively secured to a housing via a plurality of adhesion portions. The second imaging lens has a bottom surface adhesively secured to a top surface of the first imaging lens via a plurality of adhesion portions. The plurality of the adhesion portions interposed between the first imaging lens and the housing are symmetrically located with respect to a center position of the first imaging lens in a main-scanning direction. The adhesion portions interposed between the first imaging lens and the second imaging lens are symmetrically located with respect to the center position of the first imaging lens in the main-scanning direction, and are located outside in the main-scanning direction with respect to the adhesion portions between the first imaging lens and the housing.

A smart laser phone includes a main body with a mobile communication module, a band connected to the main body, an optical member, on a side surface of the main body to which the band is not connected, for projecting a laser image, a speaker on the same side surface as the optical member but separated by a set distance therefrom, a sensor unit on the surface between the optical member and the speaker, and a microphone on the outer side of the optical member. When the smart laser phone is worn on the wrist, the microphone and the optical member, the sensor unit and the speaker are sequentially equipped on the side surface of the smart laser phone main body oriented toward the palm, and thus, as the phone is used with an enlarged image, using the phone is convenient, and communication can be carried out with clear sound.

Systems and techniques for scanning-beam display are provided to use local dimming on the optical energy of at least one optical beam to minimize the non-uniform image brightness across the screen. This local dimming during the beam scanning can be achieved by adjusting optical energy of at least one optical beam during the scanning based on (1) the location of the scanning optical beam and (2) the predetermined distortion information at the location.

A light scanning apparatus, including: a light source; a deflector having a rotary polygon mirror configured to deflect the light beam emitted from the light source, and a motor configured to rotate the polygon mirror; a plurality of reflecting mirrors configured to reflect the light beam to the photosensitive member; and an optical box on which the light source is mounted, wherein the optical box has an installation wall on which the deflector is installed and a support wall positioned on a side of the photosensitive member with respect to the polygon mirror, the support wall being provided with a support portion configured to support at least one reflecting mirror, a stepped portion having a plurality of steps is formed between the installation wall and the support wall, and a back surface of the stepped portion has a shape following an inside surface of the stepped portion.

To provide an illumination device and a projection type image display device that illuminate an area to be illuminated (image formation area) under conditions where speckle noise is less noticeable. An illumination device according to the present invention includes: a light source 11 that emits coherent light; an optical scanning section 15 that scans the coherent light emitted from the light source 11; and an optical path conversion system 21 configured to allow the coherent light scanned by the optical scanning section 15 to illuminate an area to be illuminated sequentially in an overlapping manner. An incident angle of the coherent light that enters respective points of the area to be illuminated changes with time.

A light scanning apparatus, including: a light source configured to emit a light beam; and a rotary polygon mirror configured to deflect the light beam emitted from the light source so that the light beam scans a surface of a photosensitive member, wherein the rotary polygon mirror is formed in a four-sided polygon, and wherein a difference between a pair of diametrically opposed interior angles of the rotary polygon mirror is larger than 0.03°, and a difference between another pair of diametrically opposed interior angles of the rotary polygon mirror is 0.03° or less.

A scanning unit includes a light source controllable to emit a light beam; a scanning mirror having a plurality of reflective surfaces, the scanning mirror receiving the light beam from the light source and deflecting at least portions of the light beam along a scan direction; and a collimator lens disposed between the light source and the scanning mirror, the collimator lens having a light incident surface that is spherical and a light exit surface that is aspheric such that the light beam, after passing through the collimator lens, is diverged by the collimator lens so as to be incident on at least two reflective surfaces of the scanning mirror.

A scanline curvature correction mechanism includes a holding mechanism to extend in a main scanning direction and hold an optical element in the main scanning direction , a pressing member provided near a center of the optical element in the main scanning direction and press the optical element of the optical scanning device in the sub-scanning direction, and a curvature adjustment mechanism provided on an opposite side of the pressing member with the optical element interposed therebetween and to adjust a curvature of the optical element in the sub-scanning direction. The curvature adjustment mechanism includes an eccentric cam to rotate around a rotation axis parallel to an optical axis of the optical element and include a cam portion of which an outer peripheral surface is eccentric with respect to the rotation axis, and a fixing mechanism to stepwisely fix an angular position of rotation of the eccentric cam.

In one embodiment, a lidar system includes a light source configured to emit light at one or more wavelengths between 1200 nm and 1400 nm. The lidar system also includes a scanner configured to scan the emitted light across a field of regard of the lidar system and a receiver configured to detect a portion of the emitted light scattered by a target located a distance from the lidar system. The lidar system further includes a processor configured to determine the distance from the lidar system to the target based at least in part on a round-trip time for the portion of the emitted light to travel from the lidar system to the target and back to the lidar system.

A polygon mirror rotates around a rotational axis. First and second reflection surfaces are placed on at least two of a plurality of sides of the polygon mirror, respectively. The first surface is formed in a planar shape inclined to a plane perpendicular to the rotational axis. The second surface is formed in a planar shape inclined with respect to a plane perpendicular to the rotational axis. Light which enters into the mirror is reflected by the first surface and then by the second surface. Among the sides, at least one of a direction in which the first surface is inclined with respect to a plane perpendicular to the rotational axis and a distance in the direction of the rotational axis between the first and second reflection surfaces is different.