Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical sensor and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US15297381Application Date: 2016-10-19
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Publication No.: US09927752B2Publication Date: 2018-03-27
- Inventor: Kazushi Ino , Takuya Mukaibara , Naoki Nishimura , Takashi Fukuhara , Osamu Nagasaki
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2015-218797 20151106
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G15/01 ; G01N21/55

Abstract:
A toner detection unit is configured by an LED that irradiates light toward an intermediate transfer belt, first and second light receiving elements that respectively receive specular reflection light and diffused reflection light of light irradiated toward the intermediate transfer belt from the LED, a circuit board, and a housing. The LED and the light receiving elements are mounted in a line on the circuit board. The housing is configured to guide, to the first light receiving element, the specular reflection light from a first region within an irradiation region on which light is irradiated from the LED on the intermediate transfer belt, and to guide, to the second light receiving element, the diffused reflection light from a second region which is different from the first region within the irradiation region.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170131670A1 OPTICAL SENSOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2017-05-11
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