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Patent No.:

US 12717257 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026

Filed:

Dec. 17, 2024

Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and storage medium

Applicant:

Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Wataru Watanabe, Hachioji, JP;

Tomo Kitada, Yokohama, JP;

Keiki Katsumata, Hachioji, JP;

Kei Okamura, Yokohama, JP;

Tomohiro Mikami, Mitaka, JP;

Miyuki Katou, Hachioji, JP;

Assignee:

KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

LUCAS & MERCANTI, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Hoang X Ngo

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/5062 (2013.01); G03G 15/5075 (2013.01); G03G 15/6588 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00717 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes: an image former that forms an image on a recording medium that includes unevenness on a surface thereof; a reader that reads a pattern image formed on the recording medium by the image former; and a hardware processor. The hardware processor acquires, before formation of the pattern image on the recording medium, unevenness information regarding an amount of unevenness on an image forming surface of the recording medium. Based on the unevenness information, the hardware processor sets a pattern image forming position satisfying a predetermined condition, and adjusts an operation of forming the pattern image performed by the image former.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Watanabe, Wataru. (2026). Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and storage medium (U.S. Patent No. 12717257). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12717257

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