Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus adjusting light emission of light-emitting element
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Application No.: US16512053Application Date: 2019-07-15
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Publication No.: US10719038B2Publication Date: 2020-07-21
- Inventor: Masayuki Sakai
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon U.S.A., Inc. IP Division
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@45bd2a22
- Main IPC: G03G15/16
- IPC: G03G15/16 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
An apparatus includes a photosensitive member on which an electrostatic latent image is formed, a developing unit that develops the electrostatic latent image as an image by using toner, an image bearing member to which the image is transferred, a detecting unit including a plurality of light-emitting elements that emit light toward the image bearing member and a light-receiving element that receives light reflected from a detection target, and a control unit that adjusts an image forming condition. The control unit adjusts a light-emission ratio between the light-emitting elements based on a difference between a reflected light amount at a first position on the image bearing member and a reflected light amount at a second position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200033761A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS ADJUSTING LIGHT EMISSION OF LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT Public/Granted day:2020-01-30
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