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Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020

Filed:

Aug. 07, 2015
Applicant:

Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Shuntaro Nakayama, Yamato, JP;

Keita Maejima, Sagamihara, JP;

Ryota Kubokawa, Zama, JP;

Assignee:

RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 1/02 (2006.01); G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 1/0241 (2013.01); G03G 15/2039 (2013.01);
Abstract

A heater controller and heater control method is disclosed. The hater controller includes a detector, a determination circuit, a limiting circuit, a selection circuit, and a driving circuit. The detector detects a temperature of the heating object, which is heated by the heater. The determination circuit determines turn-on ratio for the heater for every control cycle of AC voltage, based on the surface temperature of the heating object and a target temperature of the heating object. The limiting circuit limits the turn-on ratio of current control cycle when the control method of previous control cycle is phase control. The selection circuit selects control pattern to control the heater, based on the turn-on ratio, and the driving circuit applies a heater driving signal to the heater.


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Nakayama, Shuntaro. (2020). Heater control device and image forming apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 10555373). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10555373

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