Patent 7978389 was granted and assigned to NEC Corporation on July, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The present invention provides an optical scanning device that prevents a disadvantageous increase in device size. Transfer optical system 17 includes at least concave mirrors 19 and 20. Furthermore, transfer optical system 17 allows a light beam scanned by scan mirror 16 to enter the scan mirror again at least via concave mirrors 19 and 20. Then, scan mirror 16 scans and emits the laser light beam received via concave mirrors 19 and 20, to a plane of projection.