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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:
Jan. 11, 2022

Filed:

Mar. 15, 2021
Applicant:

Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Hiroshi Isokawa, Hino, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/60 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/6041 (2013.01); H04N 1/6036 (2013.01); H04N 1/6044 (2013.01); H04N 1/00023 (2013.01); H04N 1/00034 (2013.01); H04N 1/00087 (2013.01); H04N 1/03 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image forming apparatus performs the following. An imaging range imaged by each of the plurality of imaging sensors includes an overlapping portion between the imaging sensors adjacent in a width direction orthogonal to a conveying direction along the conveying path. A hardware processor performs a calibration operation of a first sensor based on a color measuring result of a predetermined inspection image measured within a standard imaging range of the first sensor among the plurality of imaging sensors, and a standard imaging result within the standard imaging range imaging an inspection image with a same pattern as the inspection image. The hardware processor compares imaging results by the plurality of imaging sensors in the overlapping portions and performs the calibration operation of another sensor different from the first sensor using the standard imaging result as a standard.


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