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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2022
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Masaru Watanabe, Osaka, JP;
Kanako Kikuchi, Osaka, JP;
Yasuaki Sakamoto, Osaka, JP;
Ayato Morikami, Osaka, JP;
Yuki Nakaiwa, Osaka, JP;
Keisuke Oba, Osaka, JP;
Koji Uno, Osaka, JP;
Takuji Watanabe, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a developing current detecting portion, a control portion, and a deviation detecting portion. The developing current detecting portion detects a developing current that flows between a developing device and a photoconductor drum during development of an electrostatic latent image. The control portion causes the exposure device to form electrostatic latent images of at least two patch images at different positions from each other and at different timings from each other in a main scanning direction. The deviation detecting portion detects deviation of one of the exposure device and the photoconductor drum with respect to the other based on a detection timing at which the developing current is detected during development of the electrostatic latent images of the at least two patch images.