IMAGE READING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE READING METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20220303417A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-22

    申请号:US17695838

    申请日:2022-03-16

    IPC分类号: H04N1/00 H04N1/12

    摘要: An image reading device includes a reading unit, a background member, and processing circuitry. The reading unit includes alight source to emit light to a passage area through which an object passes and an imaging device to capture reflected light of the light emitted to generate a visible image and an invisible image. The background member is disposed opposite the light source across the passage area. The processing circuitry is configured to: detect a change in an image characteristic due to a change in an optical characteristic of the reading unit, in invisible images obtained by capturing of invisible marks on the background member; determine a correction amount of an image characteristic to be used for correcting an image of the object generated by the imaging device, based on the change in the image characteristic detected; and correct the image characteristic based on the correction amount determined.

    READING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND CORRECTION METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20220109779A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-07

    申请号:US17489869

    申请日:2021-09-30

    IPC分类号: H04N1/60 H04N1/00

    摘要: A reading device, an image forming apparatus, and a method of correction. The reading device includes a scanner configured to read an image in a first wavelength range and an image in a second wavelength range from light reflected by a surface of a recording medium, a detector configured to detect a change from a reference position in a reading-depth direction when the surface of the recording medium is read by the scanner, based on an amount of characteristic read from the image in the second wavelength range, and a corrector configured to correct the image in the first wavelength range based on the change detected by the detector. The image forming apparatus includes the reading device, and an image forming device configured to form an image corrected by the corrector of the reading device on a recording medium. The method includes reading the image in the first wavelength.

    POSITION DETECTION DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND POSITION DETECTION METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20210385384A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-09

    申请号:US17340121

    申请日:2021-06-07

    IPC分类号: H04N5/232 H04N5/357

    摘要: A position detection device includes a background member, a reader, and processing circuitry. The background member has a higher absorption characteristic in an invisible wavelength region than in a visible wavelength region. The reader opposite the background member irradiates a recording medium having a mark and the background member with light of a visible wavelength to output a visible image or with light of an invisible wavelength to output an invisible image. The processing circuitry is configured to: detect an end position of the recording medium and a position of the mark on the recording medium from a read image output from the reader; and select the visible or invisible image as the read image used for position detection, according to an absorption characteristic of a color material forming the mark read by the reader and an absorption characteristic of the recording medium in the invisible wavelength region.

    IMAGE READING DEVICE, IMAGE READING METHOD, AND COMPUTER- READABLE MEDIUM

    公开(公告)号:US20210218860A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-15

    申请号:US17141240

    申请日:2021-01-05

    IPC分类号: H04N1/028 H04N1/00

    摘要: An image reading device includes a light source configured to irradiate a subject; a reading unit configured to detect reflected light generated by a subject reflecting light emitted from the light source, to perform reading; and a control unit configured to perform turn-on control on the light source. The control unit is configured to perform the turn-on control to change a turn-on condition such that the light source is turned on during a period when at least a detection region including an image pattern on the subject passes through a reading position of a reading unit, based on position information of the image pattern of the subject in a first operation mode for reading the subject, and perform the turn-on control to make the turn-on condition of the light source constant regardless of the image pattern of the subject in a second operation mode for reading the subject.

    POSITION SENSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND POSITION DETECTION METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20220345579A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-27

    申请号:US17712188

    申请日:2022-04-04

    IPC分类号: H04N1/00 H04N1/195

    摘要: A position sensing apparatus and a method of detecting a position. The position sensing apparatus includes a scanner configured to emit light to an object to scan an image of the object, and a position detector. In the position sensing apparatus, the scanner outputs a first result of scanning obtained by irradiating the object with visible light and a second result of scanning obtained by irradiating the object with invisible light to the position detector, and the position detector corrects the second result of scanning based on the first result of scanning, and to detect an invisible alignment image based on the corrected second result of scanning. The method includes emitting light to an object using a scanner, obtaining a first result of scanning as the scanner irradiates the object with visible light, and obtaining a second result of scanning as the scanner irradiates the object with invisible light.

    IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD
    8.
    发明申请
    IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD 有权
    图像形成装置和图像形成装置控制方法

    公开(公告)号:US20140072315A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-03-13

    申请号:US14013572

    申请日:2013-08-29

    IPC分类号: G03G15/00

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes a first image forming unit that forms toner images based on image data on first image carriers; a second image carrier, on which the toner images formed on the first image carriers are transferred; a second image forming unit that transfers the toner images transferred on the second image carrier onto a transfer medium; a test pattern generating unit that generates a test pattern group with a predetermine length in a moving direction of the second image carrier; and an adjusting unit that determines a method to adjust an image formation condition for the first image forming unit using the test pattern group, based on a relationship between the predetermined length and a length of an image area, in which a print image based on the image data is formed, in a sub-scanning direction corresponding to the moving direction of the second image carrier.

    摘要翻译: 图像形成装置包括:第一图像形成单元,其基于第一图像载体上的图像数据形成调色剂图像; 其上形成在第一图像载体上的调色剂图像的第二图像载体; 第二图像形成单元,将在第二图像载体上传送的调色剂图像转印到转印介质上; 测试图案生成单元,其生成在所述第二图像载体的移动方向上具有预定长度的测试图案组; 以及调整单元,其基于所述预定长度和图像区域的长度之间的关系确定用于使用所述测试图案组来调整所述第一图像形成单元的图像形成条件的方法,其中基于所述图像区域的打印图像 在对应于第二图像载体的移动方向的副扫描方向上形成图像数据。

    AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS, AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND AUTHENTICATION METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20210227087A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-22

    申请号:US16952103

    申请日:2020-11-19

    IPC分类号: H04N1/00

    摘要: An authentication apparatus includes circuitry that selects at least one of a first light emitting device and a second light emitting device. The first light emitting device emits light in a certain wavelength region. The second light emitting device emits light in a wavelength region different from the certain wavelength region of the light emitted from the first light emitting device. The circuitry further reads embedded information based on a reading result obtained in an imaging device that receives the light emitted from the selected at least one of the first light emitting device and the second light emitting device and reflected by an authentication medium. The embedded information includes information for authentication, and is embedded in the authentication medium and obtained with light in a range of light receiving sensitivity of silicon forming the imaging device.

    IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR PERFORMING IMAGE CORRECTION USING THE SAME AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
    10.
    发明申请
    IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR PERFORMING IMAGE CORRECTION USING THE SAME AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM 有权
    图像形成装置,使用其进行图像校正的方法和计算机可读存储介质

    公开(公告)号:US20140072351A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-03-13

    申请号:US14024825

    申请日:2013-09-12

    IPC分类号: G03G15/01

    摘要: An image forming apparatus comprising: at least one first image carrier; an image writing unit configured to write the electrostatic latent image including a test pattern; a second image carrier configured to move along a transfer position facing to the at least one first image carrier; an image forming unit configured to transfer the subject image transferred on the second image carrier to a transfer material; a detector configured to detect the test pattern image; and a controller configured to correct an image forming condition of the subject image, wherein during a period from the detection of the test pattern to the writing a subsequent subject image, the controller calculates a correction amount of a correction matter, and reflects the calculated amount in the image forming condition of the subject image.

    摘要翻译: 一种图像形成装置,包括:至少一个第一图像载体; 图像写入单元,被配置为写入包括测试图案的静电潜像; 第二图像载体,被配置为沿着面向所述至少一个第一图像载体的转印位置移动; 图像形成单元,被配置为将在第二图像载体上传送的被摄体图像转印到转印材料上; 检测器,被配置为检测所述测试图案图像; 以及控制器,被配置为校正所述被摄体图像的图像形成条件,其中,在从所述测试图案的检测到写入随后的被摄体图像的期间,所述控制器计算校正物的校正量,并且反映所述计算量 在被摄体图像的图像形成条件下。