Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus and toner amount calculating method
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Application No.: US16123244Application Date: 2018-09-06
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Publication No.: US10379478B2Publication Date: 2019-08-13
- Inventor: Toshiaki Mutsuo , Hiroki Tanaka , Takayuki Mashimo
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP
- Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP
- Priority: JP2017-172613 20170908
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G06K15/00 ; G03G15/04

Abstract:
A base toner amount is determined without taking edge effect into account. The base toner amount corresponds to a pixel value of image data for which gradation correction has not been performed. For the base toner amount, a first spatial filter process is performed corresponding to a laser profile of the exposure device. A second spatial filter process is performed for the base toner amount before or after the first spatial filter process and thereby an edge emphasis amount is determined corresponding to the edge effect. A toner counter counts as a toner consumption amount a sum of the base toner amount after the first spatial filter process and the edge emphasis amount. Further, a gain control unit multiplies the edge emphasis amount by a coefficient corresponding to the base toner amount after the first spatial filter process and thereby controls a gain of the edge emphasis amount.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190079443A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND TONER AMOUNT CALCULATING METHOD Public/Granted day:2019-03-14
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