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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichiro Okawa, Tokyo, JP;
Noritomo Yamaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Hosohara, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeo Kawanami, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichi Nishida, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Munetsugu, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Suetsugu, Kanagawa, JP;
Goshi Ozaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Sohta Sugimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsuhiro Sato, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus that includes an actuator to drive a stirring member, an indicating unit to execute a remaining toner amount indication based on an output value from a first detection unit, and a control unit control the actuator, the first detection unit, and the indicating unit. A control unit executes (i) a first control of controlling the actuator to start driving of the stirring member based on a detection, by a second detection unit, of movement of an opening and closing member from the open position to the closed position, (ii) a second control of controlling the first detection unit to output the output value, and (iii) a third control of controlling the indicating unit to execute the remaining toner amount indication.