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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 05, 2016
Applicant:

Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Yuji Kobayashi, Toyohashi, JP;

Takaki Kato, Toyokawa, JP;

Masayuki Fukunaga, Toyohashi, JP;

Assignee:

KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/20 (2006.01); G01P 3/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/6529 (2013.01); G01P 3/36 (2013.01); G03G 15/2028 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00556 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00645 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image formation apparatus includes a conveyor configured to convey a moving element on which an image is formed, a generator configured to generate a first image and a second image by shooting the conveyed moving element at different timing, a detector configured to sense a first distance between the generator and the moving element at the time of shooting of the first image and sense a second distance between the generator and the moving element at the time of shooting of the second image, and a hardware processor configured to calculate a speed of conveyance of the moving element based on the first image, the second image, the first distance, and the second distance, and output the speed of conveyance.


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