Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus to accurately determine temperature of heating member
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Application No.: US17188277Application Date: 2021-03-01
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Publication No.: US11294312B2Publication Date: 2022-04-05
- Inventor: Daisuke Noda , Yuya Harada
- Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya
- Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya
- Agency: Merchant & Gould P.C.
- Priority: JPJP2020-035428 20200303,JPJP2021-025204 20210219
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a heating member, a temperature sensor to output detection values for determining a temperature of the heating member, a first amplifier to amplify a difference value between the detection values with a first amplification factor, a second amplifier to amplify the difference value with a second amplification factor, a converter to generate first temperature information through analog-to-digital conversion of the difference value amplified by the first amplifier, generate second temperature information through analog-to-digital conversion of the difference value amplified by the second amplifier, and generate compensation temperature information, and a temperature determiner to determine the temperature of the heating member based on the second temperature information and the compensation temperature information, in a particular temperature range, and determine the temperature of the heating member based on the first temperature information and the compensation temperature information, outside the particular temperature range.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210278789A1 Image Forming Apparatus to Accurately Determine Temperature of Heating Member Public/Granted day:2021-09-09
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