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Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019

Filed:

May. 09, 2018
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Takehiro Kishi, Toride, JP;

Hirotoshi Tajima, Toride, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/01 (2006.01); H04N 1/50 (2006.01); G03G 15/041 (2006.01); G03G 15/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/5054 (2013.01); G03G 15/0184 (2013.01); G03G 15/0189 (2013.01); G03G 15/0415 (2013.01); G03G 15/5058 (2013.01); H04N 1/506 (2013.01); G03G 15/04036 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0161 (2013.01);
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.


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