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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2020
Kohta Aoyagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideyo Makino, Tokyo, JP;
Susumu Mikajiri, Tokyo, JP;
Kimiharu Yamazaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshinari Onuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Nakayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Kohta Aoyagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideyo Makino, Tokyo, JP;
Susumu Mikajiri, Tokyo, JP;
Kimiharu Yamazaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshinari Onuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Nakayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A conveyance apparatus includes a plurality of conveyors and an image reader. The plurality of conveyors conveys a recording material. The image reader reads a pattern image on the recording material being conveyed. The conveyance apparatus further includes circuitry to control the image reader. The circuitry controls the image reader to read the pattern image on the recording material in a period including a timing at which a trailing edge of the recording material being conveyed by at least two of the plurality of conveyors exits an upstream conveyor among the at least two of the plurality of conveyors in a direction of conveyance of the recording material.