Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Tatsuya Hotogi

Atsunobu Mori

Yohei Suzuki

Masafumi Monde

Junya Azami

Seiji Hara

Hirotaka Shiomichi

Shimpei Matsuo

Yasuhisa Matsumoto

Yasuhiro Shimura

Yuki Nakajima

Kazunari Fujii

Ryuhei Shoji

Yukio Furukawa

Minoru Hayasaki

Takahiro Akiyama

Shinichiro Iimura

Kenjiro Hori

Soichiro Suzuki

Eijiro Ohashi

Takeshi Shimba

Fumiaki Mizuno

Satoshi Ishida

Souichirou Suzuki

An image forming apparatus includes a first detector detecting an operation sound based on a sound wave received by a receiver; a second detector detecting basis weight of recording material based on an ultrasonic wave transmitted from a transmitter and received by the receiver; a switching unit that switches destination of a reception signal from the receiver between a first path to the first detector and a second path to the second detector; and a controller that controls the switching unit such that the reception signal is output to the first path at a first timing and to the second path at a second timing. When a predetermined condition is satisfied, the controller controls the switching unit such that the reception signal is output to the second path at the first timing or to the first path at the second timing.

Image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus includes: a plurality of members for forming an image; a transmitting unit configured to transmit a sonic wave; a receiving unit configured to receive a first sonic wave that has been transmitted from the transmitting unit and has passed through a sheet and a second sonic wave that is generated from at least one of the plurality of members; a detection unit configured to detect information regarding a type or state of the sheet based on the first sonic wave; and a determination unit configured to determine a state of a member that has generated the second sonic wave based on the second sonic wave.

Image forming apparatus determining states of members, image forming method, and image forming system

An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of members for forming an image; a transmitting unit configured to transmit a sonic wave; a receiving unit configured to receive a first sonic wave that has been transmitted from the transmitting unit and has passed through a sheet and a second sonic wave that is generated from at least one of the plurality of members; a detection unit configured to detect information regarding a type or state of the sheet based on the first sonic wave; and a determination unit configured to determine a state of a member that has generated the second sonic wave based on the second sonic wave.

The scanning apparatus and the image forming apparatus include a semiconductor laser emitting laser light for forming an electrostatic latent image according to image data on a photosensitive drum, a rotary polygon mirror scanning the laser light emitted from the semiconductor laser by rotation, a horizontal synchronization sensor arranged in a non-image area, and outputting a signal in response to the laser light being emitted, and a CPU performing intermittent emission control that causes the semiconductor laser to be emitted in an area in which the laser light is emitted to the horizontal synchronization sensor based on a BD cycle, the CPU switches the intermittent emission control based on the BD signal by a time the rotary polygon mirror reaches a target rotation speed.

Scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus that perform emission control of laser beams

A control unit performs first control for outputting a second signal based on a first signal in a case where a cycle of the first signal is within a predetermined cycle, and performs second control for outputting a second signal based on a predicted cycle of the first signal in a case where the cycle of the first signal is out of the predetermined cycle.

Image forming apparatus for performing exposure using laser light

When a photosensitive member and a developing portion are in a separation state and in a start-up period, a first light emission is performed in an image region and a non-image region. When light is detected at least twice during a period when the first light emission is being performed, a second light emission is performed in the non-image region. When a prescribed period of time has elapsed from the start of the second light emission, a third light emission is performed in the image region in a third light emission amount that is smaller than a second light emission amount during a period in which the photosensitive member makes at least one revolution. After the third light emission is performed, the photosensitive member and the developing portion are switched to a contact state.

Image forming apparatus with variable light emission amounts

An apparatus has a detection unit, a rotating polygonal mirror and a generation unit. The rotating polygonal mirror has reflecting surfaces and configured to deflect light. The detection unit outputs a first signal in accordance with detecting the light. The generation unit, based on the first signal, generates a second signal which is a main scanning synchronization signal for controlling a write start in a main scanning direction. The second signal has a first waveform and a second waveform. The first waveform does not correspond to a reference reflection surface. The second waveform corresponds to the reference reflection surface and is different to the first waveform.

Method of transferring information indicating reflecting surface of rotating polygonal mirror

A CPU is provided which controls a first light emission state in which a light source is controlled to emit a light beam to scan a full-scanning region and a second light emission state in which the light source is controlled to emit a light beam to scan a non-image region in a period from start of activation of a scanning motor to when the number of rotations of the scanning motor reaches a target number of rotations. The CPU acquires BD cycle values of BD signals generated by a main-scanning synchronization sensor, determines a second timing for changing from the first light emission state to the second light emission state on the basis of the two serial BD cycle values, and changes the semiconductor laser from the first light emission state to the second light emission state according to the second timing.

Scanning device and image forming apparatus

An apparatus includes a calculation unit configured to calculate information about power using a first signal and a second signal, a first communication unit configured to transmit a calculation result of the calculation unit, and a second communication unit configured to receive a plurality of pieces of setting information stored in a storage unit, wherein the calculation apparatus is capable of switching calculation processing of the calculation unit based on the plurality of pieces of setting information received via the second communication unit.

Calculation apparatus and image forming apparatus including the same

An image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit having a heater and fixing a toner image formed on a recording material onto this recording material. The heater includes a first heat-generating member and a second heat-generating member, a first driving element provided on a power supply path to the first heat-generating member; a second driving element provided on a power supply path to the second heat-generating member, a control unit controlling the first driving element and the second driving element respectively, first detection unit for detecting current flowing through the first heat-generating member, a second detection unit of detecting current flowing through the second heat-generating member, and a safety circuit receiving a first output of the first detection unit and a second output of the second detection unit.

Image forming apparatus and safety circuit mounted on the same apparatus

In a switching power source, in a state where a second voltage smaller than a first voltage is output from an output unit by intermittently driving a switching unit, the switching unit changes a number of driving times of the switching unit for each driving cycle when the switching unit is intermittently driven.

Switching power source and image forming apparatus

A controller determines a state of a switch unit based on a potential difference between a power supply side and a load side of the switch unit. Alternatively, when an electronic device is in a first operating state, the controller determines a state of the switch based on a result of a first detection unit. When the electronic device is in a second operating state that a power consumption of the device is lower than that in the first operating state, the controller determines the state of the switch based on a result of a second detection unit.

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