Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus for forming a measurement image
- Patent Title (中): 用于形成测量图像的图像形成装置
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Application No.: US13969306Application Date: 2013-08-16
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Publication No.: US09097587B2Publication Date: 2015-08-04
- Inventor: Yasutomo Furuta
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon USA Inc. IP Division
- Priority: JP2012-181547 20120820
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G01J3/46 ; G01J3/50 ; G01J3/52 ; G01J3/02

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form a measurement image on a sheet, a measurement unit configured to radiate light on the measurement image via a transparent window, and measure the light reflected from the measurement image, a white reference plate of which a white level is measured by the measurement unit, a black member of which a black level is measured by the measurement unit, and a determination unit configured to determine, based on a change in a measurement result of the white reference plate and a change in a measurement result of the black member measured by the measurement unit, whether the white reference plate, the black member, or the window is soiled.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140050496A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR FORMING A MEASUREMENT IMAGE Public/Granted day:2014-02-20
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