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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2019
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Akira Yamamura, Toyokawa, JP;
Shogo Asaoka, Toyokawa, JP;
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a discrimination device that may serve to discriminate a type of a recording medium and may include: a housing unit provided with an opening so as to face a conveyance path on which the recording medium is conveyed; and a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit that are accommodated in the housing unit. The light emitting unit may be capable of emitting light toward the recording medium disposed so as to face the opening. The light receiving unit may be capable of receiving light reflected from the recording medium. The housing unit may include a shutter that allows switching between an opened state where the opening is opened and a closed state where the opening is closed.