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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2006
Tetsunori Mitsuoka, Tondabayashi, JP;
Atsushi Ide, Nara, JP;
Tetsunori Mitsuoka, Tondabayashi, JP;
Atsushi Ide, Nara, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention carries out temperature detection and temperature control accurately in a temperature control device using a noncontact-type temperature detecting section. The temperature control device obtains the surface temperature of a fixing roller by using a temperature correspondence table in which correspondences between output voltage values of a main NTC thermistor which detects heat generated by infrared radiation from the fixing roller and the surface temperatures of the fixing roller are shown for respective output voltage values of a compensation NTC thermistor. Here, the output voltage values of the main NTC thermistor and the output voltage values of the compensation NTC thermistor are set in the temperature correspondence table so that an interval between adjacent values of the compensation temperatures corresponding to the output voltage values of the compensation NTC thermistor is smaller than an interval between adjacent values of the surface temperatures of the fixing roller which temperatures correspond to the output values of the main NTC thermistor.