Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus and exposure control method of controlling exposure therein
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置及其中的曝光控制方法
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Application No.: US12843127Application Date: 2010-07-26
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Publication No.: US08270861B2Publication Date: 2012-09-18
- Inventor: Masamitsu Takahashi , Hiroyuki Naganawa
- Applicant: Masamitsu Takahashi , Hiroyuki Naganawa
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Priority: JP2009-179445 20090731
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G15/04 ; G03G15/16

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus including a photosensitive body, a charger configured to charge the photosensitive body, an exposure unit configured to expose the photosensitive body charged by the charger, a developer transport section configured to cause relative movement with respect to the photosensitive body for transporting developer therebetween, a current measurement section configured to measure a current flowing between the photosensitive body and the developer transport section, and a determination unit configured to compare a current with a threshold, the current measured by the current measurement section when the photosensitive body and the developer transport section move relatively to each other and a first area of the photosensitive body that needs to be exposed faces the developer transport section, and determine whether an exposure of the photosensitive body is proper based on a result of the comparison.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110026955A1 Image Forming Apparatus and Exposure Control Method of Controlling Exposure Therein Public/Granted day:2011-02-03
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