Image forming apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8768188
APP PUB NO 20140037312A1
SERIAL NO

14052155

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An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form a toner image, a first detection unit configured to detect a height of the toner image and output height information, a second detection unit configured to detect a density of the toner image, a storage unit configured to store data for converting height information to density information, a determination unit configured to convert the height information detected by the first detection unit to the density information based on the stored data and determine an image forming condition of the image forming unit based on the converted density information, and an updating unit configured to, in an updating mode for updating the stored data, update the stored data based on the height information of a patch toner image, which is formed by the image forming unit, being output by the first detection unit and a density of the patch toner image detected by the second detection unit.

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  • CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hirobe, Fumitake Ushiku, JP 28 260

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