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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
May. 09, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takehiro Kishi, Toride, JP;
Hirotoshi Tajima, Toride, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a controller configured to control first and second image forming units to form a plurality of groups of detection images, the plurality of groups of detection images being scaled based on a scaling factor, determine a plurality of detection start timings that respectively correspond to the plurality of groups based on the scaling factor, control a detection unit to detect the plurality of groups based on the determined detection start timings, and control the detected misregistration of a first image to be formed by the first image forming unit and a second image to be formed by the second image forming unit.