Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Technique for transmitting signal indicating abnormality in image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US16928272Application Date: 2020-07-14
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Publication No.: US11112720B2Publication Date: 2021-09-07
- Inventor: Satoshi Ogawara
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Venable LLP
- Priority: JPJP2019-137079 20190725
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G15/02

Abstract:
An image forming unit forms an image on a sheet. A first generation circuit generates, regarding a member involved in image formation in the image forming unit, a first signal relating to a first abnormality. A second generation circuit generates, regarding the member, a second signal that relates to a second abnormality different from the first abnormality, and whose feature in a time axis direction or a frequency axis direction is different from that of the first signal. A control circuit has a single port to which the first signal and the second signal are to be input. The control circuit identifies between the first signal and the second signal based on a feature of a signal input to the port.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210026270A1 TECHNIQUE FOR TRANSMITTING SIGNAL INDICATING ABNORMALITY IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2021-01-28
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