Ultrasonic wave sensor and image forming apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9250591
APP PUB NO 20150160598A1
SERIAL NO

14563782

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A sensor is attached to an apparatus having a fixing unit which fixes an image on a recording medium by heating the recording medium. The sensor includes: a transmission unit transmitting an ultrasonic wave to the recording medium; a reception unit receiving the ultrasonic wave via the recording medium, and output a signal corresponding to the received ultrasonic wave; and a detecting unit detecting information relating to a state of the recording medium which has changed by passing through the fixing unit, based on a first signal which the reception unit has output upon having received the ultrasonic wave before the recording medium has passed through the fixing unit, and a second signal which the reception unit has output upon having received the ultrasonic wave after the recording medium has passed through the fixing unit.

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  • CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ishida, Tsutomu Suntou-gun, JP 110 1417
Kobayashi, Masaki Suntou-gun, JP 314 2697
Muramatsu, Motoyasu Susono, JP 31 116
Namiki, Teruhiko Mishima, JP 27 162
Okanishi, Tadashi Mishima, JP 15 55
Yagi, Yasutaka Mishima, JP 25 116

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