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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2010
Takahito Fuse, Toride, JP;
Takehiro Kojima, Cambridge, GB;
Takahito Fuse, Toride, JP;
Takehiro Kojima, Cambridge, GB;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A high-density area of a low-reflectance patch image is accurately detected. There is an image forming apparatus that detects the density of a patch image by radiating light from a laser oscillatorand receiving reflected light reflected off the patch image using a line sensor. The density of a black patch imagehaving a low reflectance is detected from the difference between the position at which reflected light from a yellow patch imageis received and the position at which reflected light from a superimposed toner image that is transferred in such a manner that the yellow patch imageis superimposed on the top of the black patch imageis received.