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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2022
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Eiji Shinohara, Mishima Shizuoka, JP;
TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a driving unit, a first determination unit, a second determination unit, and an output unit. The first determination unit is configured to determine whether or not a rotation abnormality relating to rotation of the driving unit occurs. The second determination unit is configured to determine whether or not a signal abnormality relating to a signal line of a current signal of the driving unit occurs based on a current value of the current signal after the first determination unit determines whether or not the rotation abnormality occurs. The output unit is configured to output a determination result of the second determination unit.