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Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 27, 2019
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Masaki Shimomura, Suntou-gun, JP;

Yoshiki Kudo, Mishima, JP;

Hiroshi Kita, Mishima, JP;

Kazuhiro Funatani, Mishima, JP;

Keita Sato, Mishima, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/08 (2006.01); G03G 15/16 (2006.01); G03G 15/10 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/0808 (2013.01); G03G 15/105 (2013.01); G03G 15/1615 (2013.01); G03G 15/5008 (2013.01); G03G 15/5054 (2013.01); G03G 15/5058 (2013.01); G03G 15/5062 (2013.01); G03G 15/55 (2013.01); G03G 15/5087 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00029 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00037 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00042 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00059 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00067 (2013.01);
Abstract

Downtime relating to formation and detection of a detection image is reduced. An image forming apparatus includes a controller configured to calculate a first conversion unit to convert a gradation of input image data so that density output for the input image data becomes a first density output characteristic based on a first detection result of the detection image detected by a density sensor in a first mode. The controller generates a second conversion unit to convert the gradation of the input image data so that the density output for the input image data becomes a second density output characteristic in a second mode based on the detection result in the first mode and correction information, and further updates the correction information based on a second detection result of the detection image detected by the density sensor in the second mode and the first detection result.


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