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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2003
Applicant:
Toshiki Nakayama, Shizuoka, JP;
Inventor:
Toshiki Nakayama, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G015/01 ; G03G015/00 ; H04N001/40 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed are a shading correction method for a sensor capable of accurately detecting color tint of a toner patch without using any white-color reference to execute shading correction in the sensor, a shading correction apparatus for a sensor, and a color image forming apparatus. In the shading correction, light reflected by a rich K toner patch formed on a transferring material is detected, a shading correction value for the sensor is calculated based on detected data, and correction is executed using the shading correction value during operation for detecting a toner patch for color stabilization.