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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2009
Yuta Tachibana, Toyokawa, JP;
Yoshiyuki Toso, Toyokawa, JP;
Yutaka Otsuka, Toyokawa, JP;
Shoichi Tsuge, Okazaki, JP;
Yuta Tachibana, Toyokawa, JP;
Yoshiyuki Toso, Toyokawa, JP;
Yutaka Otsuka, Toyokawa, JP;
Shoichi Tsuge, Okazaki, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet detection unit of an image forming apparatus includes a light receiving unit including a plurality of light receiving elements arranged in a sheet feeding direction. A computation processing unit shifts signals from the elements in synchronization with a sheet feeding speed and makes additions, increases a signal change level, and stores the signals in buffers in a result storage unit. A sheet position determination unit detects a position of an edge portion of a sheet being fed based on distribution of data stored in the buffers.