Image forming apparatus, image forming system, and position adjustment method

    公开(公告)号:US10334130B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-25

    申请号:US15921616

    申请日:2018-03-14

    IPC分类号: G06K15/00 H04N1/00

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes a conveyor to convey a conveyed object in a conveyance direction, a plurality of head units to perform image formation on the conveyed object, a displacement sensor disposed downstream from the plurality of head units to detect a position adjustment image on the conveyed object, formed by the plurality of head units, and at least one processor configured to adjust an image formation position of at least one of the head units in a direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction, based on a result generated by the displacement sensor. The image forming apparatus further includes a surface sensor to obtain surface data of the conveyed object at a position corresponding to the head unit to be adjusted, and the processor further adjusts the image formation position in the orthogonal direction based on the surface data obtained by the surface sensor.

    Liquid discharge apparatus, liquid discharge system, and liquid discharge method

    公开(公告)号:US10336063B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-02

    申请号:US15657595

    申请日:2017-07-24

    IPC分类号: B41J2/045 B41J11/42 B41J11/00

    摘要: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a head to discharge liquid onto a conveyed object, at least one light source to irradiate the conveyed object with light having a high relative intensity in a range of wavelength in which a relative reflectance of the liquid is high, and a detector including at least one optical sensor to perform imaging of the conveyed object being irradiated by the at least one light source, to generate data. The detector is configured to generate a detection result based on the data. The detection result including at least one of a conveyance amount of the conveyed object and a conveyance speed of the conveyed object.

    Recording device discharge position adjustor and image forming apparatus incorporating same

    公开(公告)号:US10427423B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-01

    申请号:US14876350

    申请日:2015-10-06

    摘要: A recording device discharge position adjustor includes a recording device to discharge liquid droplets onto a recording medium; an edge detector unit to detect a lateral edge position of the recording medium in a direction perpendicular to a recording medium conveyance direction; a discharge position adjustor to adjust a discharge position of the liquid droplets from the recording device relative to the recording medium; a controller to adjust the discharge position using the discharge position adjustor; and an edge position converter to convert the edge position of the recording medium detected by the edge detector unit to an edge position at a position of the recording device, in which the controller adjusts the discharge position of the recording device by an adjustment amount corresponding to the edge position of the recording medium at the position of the recording device converted by the edge position converter.