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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichi Hirota, Ibaraki, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form an image on a sheet based on an image forming condition, a conveyance unit configured to convey a sheet having a pattern image formed thereon by the image forming unit to a conveyance path, the pattern image including a plurality of patch images and a trigger image used for controlling a reading timing for each of the plurality of patch images, a reading unit configured to read the pattern image on the sheet while the sheet having the pattern image formed thereon is conveyed by the conveyance unit, and a controller configured to, in a case of forming the pattern image on a first sheet having a first basis weight, control the image forming unit so as to form a first pattern image on the first sheet.