WO2015029962A1 - 点灯制御回路及び画像形成装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a lighting control circuit and an image forming apparatus.
- Light emitting elements such as LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) are often controlled to be lit by a dynamic lighting method.
- the dynamic lighting method is a lighting method of individually controlling lighting / non-lighting within a scanning period of a predetermined number of light emitting elements scanned while sequentially scanning a plurality of light emitting elements. For example, when the total number of light emitting elements is nine, nine light emitting elements are sequentially scanned three by three, and lighting / non-lighting is individually controlled within the scanning period of the three light emitting elements scanned. Ru.
- a lighting control circuit that performs lighting control by such a dynamic lighting method has an advantage that the number of signal lines used for lighting control of the light emitting element can be reduced, so various devices, devices, and other items can be used.
- an image forming apparatus such as a copying machine, a printer, a facsimile, or a multifunction machine in which the functions of the respective devices are combined
- the above-described lighting is performed in order to perform lighting control of the LED provided in the operation unit operated by the user.
- a control circuit is provided.
- the following patent documents 1 to 7 disclose a conventional lighting control circuit which performs lighting control of the LED by a dynamic lighting system.
- the lighting control circuit that performs lighting control by the dynamic lighting method has an advantage that the number of signal lines used for lighting control of the light emitting element can be reduced.
- the number of signal lines required for lighting control tends to increase as the number of light emitting elements increases, when the number of light emitting elements becomes large (for example, several tens or more), the lighting control is performed by the dynamic lighting method. There is a problem that the total number of signal lines is increased even in the lighting control circuit that
- the number of scanning signals (scanning signal lines) used for scanning of the light emitting elements is n1, and lighting and non-lighting of the light emitting elements within the scanning period are individualized
- the number of lighting control signals (lighting control signal lines) to be controlled is set to n2.
- the maximum number of light emitting elements that can be lighted and controlled by the lighting control circuit described above is defined by the product (n1 ⁇ n2) of these.
- the number of signal lines used for lighting control of (n1 ⁇ n2) light emitting elements is the sum of the above numbers (n1 + n2).
- Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2006-301271
- An object of the present invention is to provide a lighting control circuit capable of further reducing the number of signal lines used for lighting control of light emitting elements, and an image forming apparatus provided with the circuit.
- a lighting control circuit is a lighting control circuit that controls lighting / non-lighting of a plurality of light emitting elements, and a first scan sequentially scanning the light emitting elements by a predetermined first unit number
- a second scanning circuit for sequentially scanning the circuit, the light emitting element being scanned by the first scanning circuit by a second unit number smaller than the first unit number, and by the first and second scanning circuits
- a control circuit individually controlling lighting and non-lighting of the light emitting element.
- An image forming apparatus is an image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording medium, comprising: a plurality of light emitting elements provided to display an apparatus state; And a lighting control circuit for controlling non-lighting.
- the plurality of light emitting elements are sequentially scanned by the first scanning circuit for each of the predetermined number of first units.
- the second scanning circuit sequentially scans the light emitting elements being scanned by the first scanning circuit by a second unit number which is smaller than the first unit number.
- the control circuit individually controls lighting / non-lighting of the light emitting elements scanned by the first and second scanning circuits. Therefore, the number of signal lines used to control the lighting of the light emitting elements can be further reduced.
- FIG. 1 is a circuit diagram showing an essential configuration of a lighting control circuit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a timing chart for explaining the operation of the lighting control circuit.
- FIG. 3 is a front view showing an outline of the appearance of a multifunction peripheral as an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the multifunction machine.
- FIG. 5 is a plan view showing the operation display unit of the multifunction machine.
- FIG. 1 is a circuit diagram showing an essential configuration of a lighting control circuit 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- the lighting control circuit 1 includes a scanning circuit 10 (first scanning circuit), a scanning circuit 20 (second scanning circuit), and a control circuit 30, and controls lighting and non-lighting of a plurality of light emitting elements.
- the lighting control circuit 1 for controlling lighting / non-lighting of a total of 27 light emitting elements is exemplified for easy understanding. I will list and explain.
- the light emitting elements D11 to D19, D21 to D29, and D31 to D39 are, for example, LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes).
- the anode electrodes (anodes) of the light emitting elements D11 to D19 are respectively connected to the scanning line L1
- the anode electrodes of the light emitting elements D21 to D29 are respectively connected to the scanning line L2
- the anodes of the light emitting elements D31 to D39 are The electrodes are respectively connected to the scanning line L3.
- resistors R11 to R19, R21 to R29, and R31 to R39 are connected to cathode electrodes (cathodes) of the light emitting elements D11 to D19, D21 to D29, and D31 to D39, respectively.
- the scanning circuit 10 sequentially scans the light emitting elements D11 to D19, D21 to D29, D31 to D39 by a predetermined number (first unit number) based on scanning signals S11 to S13 input from the outside. Specifically, scanning is sequentially performed in units of nine light emitting elements (light emitting elements D11 to D19, light emitting elements D21 to D29, and light emitting elements D31 to D39) connected to each of the scanning lines L1 to L3.
- the scanning circuit 10 includes a plurality of switch circuits 11 to 13 (first switches) which perform the above scanning by sequentially connecting the scanning lines L1 to L3 to a power supply.
- the switch circuit 11 includes a PNP transistor having a base terminal to which the scanning signal S11 is input, an emitter terminal connected to the power supply, and a collector terminal connected to the scanning line L1, and scanning based on the scanning signal S11. Connect line L1 to the power supply.
- the switch circuit 12 has a PNP type transistor in which the scanning signal S12 is input to the base terminal, the emitter terminal is connected to the power supply, and the collector terminal is connected to the scanning line L2, and scanning is performed based on the scanning signal S12. Connect line L2 to the power supply.
- the switch circuit 13 includes a PNP type transistor in which the scanning signal S13 is input to the base terminal, the emitter terminal is connected to the power supply, and the collector terminal is connected to the scanning line L3. Based on this, the scanning line L3 is connected to the power supply. Therefore, the scanning lines L1 to L3 are sequentially connected to the power supply by inputting the scanning signals S11 to S13 in which the signal levels sequentially become "L (low)" level at different timings.
- the number of light emitting elements scanned by the scanning circuit 10 is smaller than the number of light emitting elements scanned by the scanning circuit 10 based on the scanning signals S21 to S23 input from the outside (second Number of units) scan sequentially. Specifically, the nine light emitting elements being scanned by the scanning circuit 10 are sequentially scanned three by three. For example, assuming that the scanning line L1 is scanned, three light emitting elements D11 to D13, three light emitting elements D14 to D16, and three light emitting elements D17 to D19 are sequentially scanned.
- the scanning circuit 20 sequentially scans the light emitting elements scanned by the scanning circuit 10 three by three as described above, and scans the light emitting elements not scanned by the scanning circuit 10 in the same manner. For example, assuming that the scanning line L1 is scanned by the scanning circuit 10, the scanning circuit 20 is connected to the scanning lines L2 and L3 in addition to the three light emitting elements D11 to D13 connected to the scanning line L1. The light emitting elements D21 to D23 and the light emitting elements D31 to D33 are also scanned simultaneously.
- the scanning circuit 20 In addition to the three light emitting elements D14 to D16 connected to the scanning line L1, the scanning circuit 20 simultaneously scans the light emitting elements D24 to D26 and the light emitting elements D34 to D36 connected to the scanning lines L2 and L3. . Similarly, the scanning circuit 20 simultaneously scans the light emitting elements D27 to D29 and the light emitting elements D37 to D39 connected to the scanning lines L2 and L3 in addition to the three light emitting elements D17 to D19 connected to the scanning line L1. Do.
- the scanning circuit 20 includes three light emitting elements D11 to D13 connected to the scanning line L1, three light emitting elements D21 to D23 connected to the scanning line L2, and three light emitting elements D21 to D23 connected to the scanning line L3. A total of nine light emitting elements D31 to D33 are simultaneously scanned.
- the scanning circuit 20 also includes three light emitting elements D14 to D16 connected to the scanning line L1, three light emitting elements D24 to D26 connected to the scanning line L2, and three light emitting elements D14 to D26 connected to the scanning line L2. A total of nine light emitting elements D34 to D36 are simultaneously scanned.
- the scanning circuit 20 includes three light emitting elements D17 to D19 connected to the scanning line L1, three light emitting elements D27 to D29 connected to the scanning line L2, and three pieces connected to the scanning line L3.
- the light emitting elements D37 to D39 in total are simultaneously scanned.
- the scanning circuit 20 includes a plurality of switch circuits 21 to 23 (second switches) that perform the above scanning by sequentially connecting the light emitting elements to be scanned to the ground for each of the plurality of scanning lines.
- the switch circuit 21 includes an NPN transistor having a base terminal to which the scanning signal S21 is input, an emitter terminal to ground, and a collector terminal to resistors R11 to R13, R21 to R23, and R31 to R33. There is.
- the switch circuit 21 connects the resistors R11 to R13, R21 to R23, R31 to R33 (cathode electrodes of the light emitting elements D11 to D13, D21 to D23, D31 to D33) to the ground based on the scanning signal S21.
- the switch circuit 22 has an NPN type transistor in which the scanning signal S22 is input to the base terminal, the emitter terminal is connected to the ground, and the collector terminal is connected to the resistors R14 to R16, R24 to R26, R34 to R36. doing.
- the switch circuit 22 connects the resistors R14 to R16, R24 to R26, R34 to R36 (cathode electrodes of the light emitting elements D14 to D16, D24 to D26, D34 to D36) to the ground based on the scanning signal S22.
- an NPN type transistor in which the scanning signal S23 is input to the base terminal, the emitter terminal is connected to the ground, and the collector terminal is connected to the resistors R17 to R19, R27 to R29, and R37 to R39.
- the switch circuit 23 connects the resistors R17 to R19, R27 to R29, R37 to R39 (cathode electrodes of the light emitting elements D17 to D19, D27 to D29, D37 to D39) to the ground based on the scanning signal S23.
- the cathode electrodes of the light emitting elements D11 to D13, D21 to D23, and D31 to D33, and the light emitting element D14 are sequentially connected to the ground.
- the time for which the light emitting elements (light emitting elements in units of nine) are scanned by the scanning circuit 20 is the scanning line L1 to L3 in the time when the light emitting elements (light emitting elements in units of nine) are scanned by the scanning circuit 10. Is set to the time obtained by dividing the number of. That is, the scanning time by the scanning circuit 20 is set to one third of the scanning time by the scanning circuit 10. In other words, the time when the light emitting elements (light emitting elements in nine units) are scanned by the scanning circuit 10 is the scanning line during the time when the light emitting elements (light emitting elements in nine units) are scanned by the scanning circuit 20 It is set to a time obtained by multiplying the number of L1 to L3. That is, the scanning time by the scanning circuit 10 is set to three times the scanning time by the scanning circuit 20.
- the control circuit 30 individually controls lighting / non-lighting of the light emitting elements being scanned by the scanning circuit 10 and the scanning circuit 20 based on lighting control signals C1 to C3 input from the outside.
- the scanning circuit 10 scans nine light emitting elements connected to each of the scanning lines L1 to L3 as a unit, and the scanning circuit 20 scans the nine light emitting elements scanned by the scanning circuit 10. Since sequential scanning is performed one by one, the number of light emitting elements scanned at one time by both of the scanning circuit 10 and the scanning circuit 20 is three. Therefore, the control circuit 30 individually controls lighting / non-lighting in units of three light emitting elements scanned by both the scanning circuit 10 and the scanning circuit 20.
- control circuit 30 includes three light emitting elements D11 to D13, three light emitting elements D14 to D16, three light emitting elements D17 to D19, three light emitting elements D21 to D23, and three light emitting elements D24 to D26, three light emitting elements D27 to D29, three light emitting elements D31 to D33, three light emitting elements D34 to D36, and individual control of lighting and non-lighting of three light emitting elements D37 to D39 one by one Do. That is, which one of the three light emitting elements is turned on and which one of the light emitting elements is turned off is controlled.
- the control circuit 30 includes a scanning circuit 10 and a plurality of switch circuits 31 to 33 (third switches) for individually setting the potentials of the cathodes of the light emitting elements being scanned by the scanning circuit 20.
- the control signal C1 is input to the base terminal
- the emitter terminal is connected to the power supply
- the collector terminals are nine light emitting elements (light emitting elements D11, D14, D17, D21, D24, D27, D31, D34, It has a PNP transistor connected to the cathode electrode of D37).
- the switch circuit 31 sets the cathode electrodes of the light emitting elements D11, D14, D17, D21, D24, D27, D31, D34, D37 to the potential of the power source or the potential of the ground based on the control signal C1.
- the control signal C2 is input to the base terminal, the emitter terminal is connected to the power supply, and the collector terminals are the nine light emitting elements (light emitting elements D12, D15, D18, D22, D25, D28, D32, It has a PNP type transistor connected to the cathode electrode of D35 and D38).
- the switch circuit 32 sets the cathode electrodes of the light emitting elements D12, D15, D18, D22, D25, D28, D32, D35, D38 to the potential of the power source or the potential of the ground based on the control signal C2.
- the control signal C3 is input to the base terminal, the emitter terminal is connected to the power supply, and the collector terminals are nine light emitting elements (light emitting elements D13, D16, D19, D23, D26, D29, D33 , D36, D39), and has a PNP transistor connected to the cathode electrode.
- the switch circuit 33 sets the cathode electrodes of the light emitting elements D13, D16, D19, D23, D26, D29, D33, D36, D39 to the potential of the power source or the potential of the ground based on the control signal C3.
- the time when the lighting / non-lighting is controlled by the control circuit 30 is set to a time equal to the time when the light emitting elements (light emitting elements in units of nine) are scanned by the scanning circuit 20. As described above, since the scanning time by the scanning circuit 20 is set to one third of the scanning time by the scanning circuit 10, lighting / non-lighting by the control circuit 30 is one third of the scanning time by the scanning circuit 10. It takes place as a unit of time.
- FIG. 2 is a timing chart for explaining the operation of the lighting control circuit 1.
- the scanning circuit 10 of the lighting control circuit 1 has a cycle of T, a pulse width (a time during which the "L" level is maintained) is (1/3) T, and a phase of (1/3) T. Scan signals S11 to S13 which are shifted are input.
- the cycle is (1/3) T
- the pulse width (the time when the "H" level is maintained) is (1/9) T
- the phase is (1/9)
- the scanning signals S21 to S23 shifted by T are input.
- scan signals S11 to S13 are input to scan circuit 10
- PNP transistors provided in switch circuits 11 to 13 are sequentially turned on, and scan lines L1 to L3 are sequentially shifted by time (1/3) T. It is scanned. Specifically, the scanning line L1 is scanned, and the anode electrodes of the nine light emitting elements D11 to D19 are connected to the power supply for time (1/3) T, and the scanning line L2 is scanned and the nine light emitting elements are scanned.
- the anode electrodes of D21 to D29 are connected to the power supply for time (1/3) T, the scanning line L3 is scanned, and the anode electrodes of the nine light emitting elements D31 to D39 are power supply for time (1/3) T. The operation connected to is repeated.
- the NPN transistors provided in the switch circuits 21 to 23 are sequentially turned on, and the light emitting elements in units of nine are in time (1/9).
- the scanning is sequentially performed while being shifted by T.
- the light emitting elements D11 to D13, D21 to D23, and D31 to D33 are scanned, and their cathode electrodes are connected to ground for time (1/9) T, respectively, and the light emitting elements D14 to D16, D24 to D26 and D34 to D36 are scanned to connect these cathode electrodes to ground for time (1/9) T, and light emitting elements D17 to D19, D27 to D29 and D37 to D39 are scanned and these cathode electrodes are scanned.
- the cathode electrode of each light emitting element is connected to the ground via a resistor.
- control circuit 30 When control signals C1 to C3 are input to control circuit 30 in synchronization with scan signals S11 to S13 and scan signals S21 to S23 described above, PNP transistors provided in switch circuits 31 to 33 become control signals C1 to C3. Depending on the on or off state. As a result, individual control of lighting and non-lighting by the control circuit 30 is performed with the scanning circuit 10 and the three light emitting elements scanned by the scanning circuit 20 as a unit.
- the cathode electrodes of the light emitting elements D11 and D13 are at the ground potential and the cathode electrodes of the light emitting element D12 are at the power source potential, the light emitting elements D11 and D13 are lit and the light emitting element D12 is not lit (non-lighting). Thus, control of lighting and non-lighting of the light emitting element is performed.
- the number of scanning signals S11 to S13 (scanning signal lines) input to the scanning circuit 10 is “3”. Therefore, the lighting control circuit 1 can perform lighting control of 27 light emitting elements with a total of nine signal lines. Therefore, the number of signal lines can be reduced compared to the conventional lighting control circuit (lighting control circuit that performs lighting control by the dynamic lighting method).
- the number of scanning signals (scanning signal lines) input to the scanning circuit 10 is N1
- the number of scanning signals (scanning signal lines) input to the scanning circuit 20 is N2
- control is input to the control circuit 30.
- the number of signals (control signal lines) is N3. Then, the lighting control circuit according to the present invention can perform lighting control of the maximum (N1 ⁇ N2 ⁇ N3) light emitting elements with (N1 + N2 + N3) signal lines.
- the lighting control circuit 1 of the present embodiment includes the scanning circuit 10 and the scanning circuit 10 that sequentially scan the light emitting elements D11 to D19, D21 to D29, and D31 to D39 connected to the scanning lines L1 to L3.
- a scanning circuit 20 sequentially scans a predetermined number of light emitting elements being scanned, and a control circuit 30 individually controls lighting and non-lighting of the light emitting elements scanned by the scanning circuit 10 and the scanning circuit 20. Therefore, the number of signal lines used to control the lighting of the light emitting elements can be further reduced.
- FIG. 3 is a front view showing an outline of the appearance of a multifunction machine 50 as an image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the multifunction machine 40.
- the multi-function device 50 includes a main unit 51, an image reading unit 52, an operation display unit 53, and the like, and has a copy function, a print function, and a facsimile transmission / reception function.
- the main unit 51 includes an image data storage unit 61, an image processing unit 62, a sheet conveyance unit 63, an image forming unit 64, a communication I / F unit 65, and a control unit 66, and specifies an image according to image data.
- Print on the printing paper (recording medium) of The image data is, for example, image data of a document read by the image reading unit 52, print data transmitted from an external terminal device (not shown), facsimile data received, or the like.
- the image data storage unit 61 includes a memory such as a flash memory.
- the image data storage unit 61 receives, under the control of the control unit 66, document image data output from the image reading unit 52, print data received by the communication I / F unit 65 from a client computer (not shown), and communication I
- the / F unit 65 stores facsimile image data received from the public network (not shown).
- the image processing unit 62 performs various types of image processing on the image data stored in the image data storage unit 61 under the control of the control unit 66. For example, the image processing unit 62 performs compression / decompression processing of image data, calculation processing of a printing ratio of image data, and the like.
- the sheet conveyance unit 63 includes a conveyance roller, a motor for driving the conveyance roller, and the like, and conveys the printing sheet stored in the sheet tray Tr1 to the image forming unit 64 and performs image formation processing by the image forming unit 64.
- the print sheet, for which the printing process has been performed, is conveyed to the paper discharge tray Tr2.
- the image forming unit 64 performs an image forming process using the document image data, the print image data, or the facsimile image data stored in the image data storage unit 61 under the control of the control unit 66.
- the image forming unit 64 forms a toner image corresponding to the various image data described above, transfers the toner image to a printing sheet conveyed by the sheet conveying unit 63, and performs fixing processing of the toner image by a fixing roller.
- the communication I / F unit 65 is connected to a client computer (not shown) and a public network (not shown), and transmits and receives various signals to and from the client computer and the public network.
- the control unit 66 generally controls the operation of the multi-function device 50 in accordance with an operation signal output from the operation display unit 53 or various instructions output from the communication I / F unit 65. For example, the control unit 66 performs reading control of image data by the image reading unit 52, reception control of image data in the communication I / F unit 65, or printing control of image data stored in the image data storage unit 61. .
- the image reading unit 52 includes an ADF (automatic document feeder), a document table, a document reading device, and the like.
- the image reading unit 52 reads a document sequentially fed by the ADF or a document placed on a document table under the control of the control unit 66 provided in the main unit 51, and reads the read image data. It is output to the control unit 66.
- the image data output to the control unit 66 is output to the image data storage unit 61.
- the operation display unit 53 outputs an operation signal according to the user's operation to the control unit 66, and displays various information such as information indicating the state (apparatus state) of the multi-function device 50 under the control of the control unit 66. Do. As shown in FIG. 4, the operation display unit 53 is provided with the lighting control circuit 1 described above.
- FIG. 5 is a plan view showing the operation display unit 53 of the multi-function device 50. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, the operation display unit 53 includes an operation key unit 53a and a display unit 53b.
- the operation key unit 53a includes hardware keys such as a start key K1, a stop / clear key K2, a power key K3, a ten key (numerical input key) K4, and a function switching key K5.
- the function switching key K10 is used to switch the multifunction device 50 to the operation mode of each function when the user uses each of the copy function, the print function, the scan function, and the facsimile function realized by the multifunction device 50. It is a key.
- the display unit 53 b has a touch panel function, and displays a screen including soft keys under the control of the control unit 66.
- the keys K1 to K5 provided in the operation key unit 53a incorporate light emitting elements such as LEDs for displaying the state (apparatus state) of the multi-function device 50.
- the lighting control circuit 1 provided in the operation display unit 53 controls lighting and non-lighting of the light emitting element. For example, when the power of the multi-function device 50 is turned on, the light emitting element built in the power key K3 is turned on, and any one of the light emitting elements built in the function switching key K5 is turned on according to the user's operation situation. It lights up.
- the scanning signals S11 to S13 and S21 to S23 and the control signals C1 to C3 used in the lighting control circuit 1 are generated in the scanning display unit 53 based on control signals output from the control unit 66 to the operation display unit 53. It is generated.
- the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment and can be freely changed within the scope of the present invention.
- lighting is performed to individually control lighting / non-lighting of the light emitting elements by connecting a resistor to the cathode electrode of the light emitting element and setting the potential of the connection point between the cathode electrode and the resistor of the light emitting element.
- the control circuit 1 has been described.
- the resistance may be connected to the anode electrode of the light emitting element, and the lighting / non-lighting of the light emitting element may be individually controlled by setting the potential of the connection point between the anode electrode of the light emitting element and the resistor.
- the lighting control circuit 1 controls the lighting / non-lighting of the light emitting element provided in the operation display unit 53 of the multifunction device 1.
- the lighting control circuit 1 is provided in a part other than the operation display unit 53. It is also possible to control lighting / non-lighting of the light emitting element to be turned on.
- the light emitting element is an LED
- the present invention is not limited to an LED, and controls lighting and non-lighting of, for example, LD (Laser Diode). The case is also applicable.
- the image forming apparatus according to the present invention is described as an example of a multifunction peripheral.
- the present invention may be applied to an image forming apparatus such as a printer, a copying machine, and a facsimile. it can.
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図1は、本発明の一実施形態に係る点灯制御回路1の要部構成を示す回路図である。点灯制御回路1は、走査回路10(第1走査回路)、走査回路20(第2走査回路)、及び制御回路30を備えており、複数の発光素子の点灯・非点灯を制御する。尚、本実施形態では、理解を容易にするために、計27個の発光素子(発光素子D11~D19,D21~D29,D31~D39)の点灯・非点灯を制御する点灯制御回路1を例に挙げて説明する。
図3は、本発明の一実施形態に係る画像形成装置としての複合機50の外観の概要を示す正面図である。図4は、複合機40の電気構成を示すブロック図である。複合機50は、本体部51、画像読取部52、及び操作表示部53等を備えており、コピー機能、プリント機能、ファクシミリ送信/受信機能を併せ持っている。
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- 複数の発光素子の点灯・非点灯を制御する点灯制御回路において、
前記発光素子を予め規定された第1単位数ずつ順次走査する第1走査回路と、
前記第1走査回路によって走査されている前記発光素子を前記第1単位数よりも少ない第2単位数ずつ順次走査する第2走査回路と、
前記第1,第2走査回路によって走査されている前記発光素子の点灯・非点灯を個別に制御する制御回路と
を備えることを特徴とする点灯制御回路。 - 前記第1走査回路は、前記発光素子が前記第1単位数ずつ接続された複数の走査線を順次電源に接続する複数の第1スイッチを備えることを特徴とする請求項1記載の点灯制御回路。
- 前記第2走査回路は、前記複数の走査線の各々について、前記第1単位数の前記発光素子のうちの前記第2単位数の前記発光素子を順次グランドに接続する複数の第2スイッチを備えることを特徴とする請求項2記載の点灯制御回路。
- 前記発光素子の陽極又は陰極には抵抗がそれぞれ接続されており、
前記制御回路は、前記第1,第2走査回路によって走査されている前記発光素子の各々の陽極又は陰極の電位を個別に設定する複数の第3スイッチを備えることを特徴とする請求項3記載の点灯制御回路。 - 前記第1走査回路によって前記第1単位数の前記発光素子が走査される時間は、前記第2走査回路によって前記第2単位数の前記発光素子が走査される時間に前記走査線の数を乗じて得られる時間に設定されることを特徴とする請求項2に記載の点灯制御回路。
- 前記制御回路によって点灯・非点灯が制御される時間は、前記第2走査回路によって前記第2単位数の前記発光素子が走査される時間と等しい時間に設定されることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の点灯制御回路。
- 記録媒体上に画像を形成する画像形成装置において、
装置状態を表示するために設けられた複数の発光素子と、
前記発光素子の点灯・非点灯を制御する請求項1に記載の点灯制御回路と
を備えることを特徴とする画像形成装置。
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