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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2021
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Masaki Kobayashi, Shizuoka, JP;
Takashi Yano, Shizuoka, JP;
Hidehiro Ushiozu, Shizuoka, JP;
Masato Suzuki, Shizuoka, JP;
Kosuke Ogino, Shizuoka, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus comprises an accommodating unit that accommodates recording materials and a feeding unit that feeds an accommodated recording material, detects a fed recording material, and measures time from a predetermined timing until a recording material is detected. An information processing apparatus receives measured time data from the image forming apparatus, classifies the received plurality of time data into a first group and a second group in accordance with a length of time, selects a group for predicting a remaining life time of the feeding unit from the classified first group and second group, and predicts a remaining life time of the feeding unit using time data included in the selected group.