- Patent Title: Inspection device, printer, and method to inspect images accurately
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Application No.: US17729302Application Date: 2022-04-26
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Publication No.: US11902476B2Publication Date: 2024-02-13
- Inventor: Hiroto Takahashi
- 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: Baker Botts L.L.P.
- Priority: JP 21076076 2021.04.28
- Main IPC: H04N1/60
- IPC: H04N1/60 ; H04N1/00 ; G06K15/02

Abstract:
An inspection device includes a reader including a light source and a light receiving element, a white reference section, a memory storing reference data of a white pixel value, and a controller. The controller is configured to cause the light source to emit light toward the white reference section, and receive a pixel signal output from the reader when the light receiving element receives reflected light from the white reference section, determine a rate of decrease in a pixel value relative to the reference data, based on the received pixel signal, when the rate of decrease is equal to or higher than a first threshold, output an instruction signal concerning an instruction to clean the reader, re-determine the rate of decrease in response to receiving input of a completion signal concerning completion of cleaning of the reader, and update the reference data using the re-determined rate of decrease.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220353376A1 Inspection Device, Printer, and Method to Inspect Images Accurately Public/Granted day:2022-11-03
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