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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2022
Satoshi Nakayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Tohru Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kohta Aoyagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryosuke Ebinuma, Tokyo, JP;
Ryoh Ishitsuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Kimiharu Yamazaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuya Ishii, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Nakayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Tohru Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kohta Aoyagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Ryosuke Ebinuma, Tokyo, JP;
Ryoh Ishitsuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Kimiharu Yamazaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuya Ishii, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image inspector includes a recording device and circuitry. The reading device is configured to read an image on a recording medium. The circuitry is configured to determine whether the recording medium has a wrinkle and an edge folding based on a plurality of positions on the image on the recording medium read by the reading device satisfying a predetermined relation. The circuitry is configured to determine whether the recording medium has the wrinkle based on the predetermined relation, and then determine whether the recording medium has the edge folding based on the predetermined relation.