Invention Grant
US08655203B2 Toner supply control system and method for image forming apparatus
有权
调色剂供应控制系统及成像装置的方法
- Patent Title: Toner supply control system and method for image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 调色剂供应控制系统及成像装置的方法
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Application No.: US13207770Application Date: 2011-08-11
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Publication No.: US08655203B2Publication Date: 2014-02-18
- Inventor: Makoto Komatsu
- Applicant: Makoto Komatsu
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2010-187908 20100825
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A toner supply control system for an image forming apparatus includes a supply controller to compute a toner supply amount required for a toner supply operation to cancel a toner concentration fluctuation in the developing agent. The supply controller includes an image-information-based consumption prediction unit to predict toner consumption amount based on image information used for forming an image; a toner-concentration-based consumption prediction unit to predict toner consumption amount based on a detection result of a toner concentration detector; and a toner supply determination unit to determine a toner supply timing and amount and initiate a toner supply operation based on the toner consumption amount predicted by the toner-concentration-based consumption prediction unit right after the toner consumption occurs. When the toner-consumed developing agent comes to a toner supply area again after the toner consumption occurs, a toner supply operation is initiated using a toner amount computed based on the image information in view of the already supplied toner.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120051760A1 TONER SUPPLY CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2012-03-01
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