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- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus, conductive member service life determination method, and conductive member service life determination program
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Application No.: US15635604Application Date: 2017-06-28
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Publication No.: US10372072B2Publication Date: 2019-08-06
- Inventor: Hideo Yamaki , Satoru Shibuya
- Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Baker Hostetler
- Priority: JP2016-129163 20160629
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G21/20 ; G03G15/02 ; G03G15/06 ; G03G15/16

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus provided with a conductive member to form an image on a sheet using a toner includes: a voltage acquisition portion configured to acquire a biased voltage value as a voltage value by applying a bias to the conductive member; an environment sensor configured to output an environment condition measurement value representing an internal environment condition; and a hardware processor configured to transform the biased voltage value acquired by the voltage acquisition portion into a virtual voltage value appearing in the conductive member as the biased voltage value under a standard environment condition, in which the environment condition has a predetermined standard condition, on the basis of the environment condition measurement value output from the environment sensor, and determine a service life of the conductive member on the basis of the virtual voltage value.
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