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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Hirano, Matsudo, JP;
Koichiro Ino, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image forming units configured to form images of different colors on a transfer member, a comparator configured to compare values of color patterns measured by a sensor with a threshold, and a controller configured to determine whether the threshold corresponds to a target threshold for a current color pattern among the color patterns while the color patterns are measured by the sensor, detect color misregistration concerning the color patterns based on a comparison result of the comparator, and control relative positions of images of the different colors to be formed by the plurality of image forming units, based on the color misregistration.