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.

    CONVEYANCE APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20220169048A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-02

    申请号:US17456424

    申请日:2021-11-24

    IPC分类号: B41J11/42

    摘要: A conveyance apparatus includes a liquid discharge head unit, a conveyance rotator, and a plurality of detection devices. The liquid discharge head unit discharge liquid to an object conveyed in a conveyance direction. The conveyance rotator conveys the object. The plurality of detection devices output a detection result indicating a position of the object. The adjacent two of the plurality of detection devices are spaced at a prescribed distance. The prescribed distance is an integral multiple of a circumference of the conveyance rotator.

    LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS AND DETECTION METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20230109757A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-13

    申请号:US17959226

    申请日:2022-10-03

    IPC分类号: B41J2/045 B41J11/00

    摘要: A liquid discharge apparatus includes liquid discharge head units, an image sensor, and processing circuitry. The circuitry detects, based on image data detected by the sensor, an amount of deviation between positions on an object onto which liquid has been discharged by the head units; corrects a timing of discharging the liquid, based on the amount of deviation; switches between first control of conveying the object at a first speed while the sensor images the object with a first image size and second control of conveying the object at a second speed faster than the first speed while the sensor images the object with a second image size having a smaller number of pixels; and sets pixel positions of the sensor used for imaging during the second control, according to the amount of deviation detected based on the image data imaged with the first image size by the first control.