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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2010
Mitsuru Obara, Toyohashi, JP;
Soh Hirota, Toyokawa, JP;
Hironori Akashi, Okazaki, JP;
Takashi Harashima, Sagamihara, JP;
Kanako Kibihara, Toyokawa, JP;
Mitsuru Obara, Toyohashi, JP;
Soh Hirota, Toyokawa, JP;
Hironori Akashi, Okazaki, JP;
Takashi Harashima, Sagamihara, JP;
Kanako Kibihara, Toyokawa, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Techologies, Inc., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus has an image bearing member that moves at a specified speed; a toner pattern forming section for forming toner patterns of a specified type on the image bearing member under specified image forming conditions; a toner pattern detection member for detecting the toner patterns formed on the image bearing member; a toner amount varying section for varying a target amount of toner to adhere to the toner patterns; and a control section that calculates a toner adherence amount and a toner adherence position from detection results outputted from the toner pattern detection member and that performs image stabilization control to adjust the image forming conditions based on the calculation results. In the image stabilization control, the control section uses detection results of the same toner patterns both to calculate the toner adherence amount and to calculate the toner adherence position.