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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2019
Applicants:
Yuji Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuya Murata, Tokyo, JP;
Ko Tokumaru, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 3/36 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/327 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/32736 (2013.01); B41J 3/36 (2013.01); H04N 1/00037 (2013.01); H04N 1/00814 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device and circuitry. The image forming device is configured to form an image on a medium. The circuitry is configured to detect a position of the image forming device relative to the medium. The circuitry is further configured to control the image forming device based on the position of the image forming device detected and image data. The circuitry is further configured to control a system state of the image forming device based on the position of the image forming device associated with movement of the image forming device relative to the medium.