Invention Application
- Patent Title: IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, ESTIMATION METHOD, AND ESTIMATION PROGRAM
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Application No.: US15802572Application Date: 2017-11-03
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Publication No.: US20180135958A1Publication Date: 2018-05-17
- Inventor: Kazuya KITAMURA
- Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Priority: JP2016-222263 20161115
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a photoconductor, a charging roller for charging the photoconductor, a current sensor for detecting a value of current flowing through the photoconductor or the charging roller as a result of application of voltage to the charging roller, an acquisition sensor for acquiring an environment value representing an environment state inside the image forming apparatus, and a processor configured to estimate a film thickness of the photoconductor, based on a value of current detected by the current sensor when a state in which the environment value falls within a predetermined range continues for a predetermined time or longer.
Public/Granted literature
- US10409209B2 Image forming apparatus, photoconductor film thickness estimation method, and estimation program Public/Granted day:2019-09-10
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