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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
May. 05, 2011
Fumio Furusawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Masao Ito, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuhiko Nakaie, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichi Morooka, Kanagawa, JP;
Shusaku Yokota, Kanagawa, JP;
Kota Ninomiya, Kanagawa, JP;
Fumio Furusawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Masao Ito, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuhiko Nakaie, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichi Morooka, Kanagawa, JP;
Shusaku Yokota, Kanagawa, JP;
Kota Ninomiya, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A detection apparatus includes a transmission member that is provided facing a conveying path on which a medium is conveyed and that transmits light from the medium being conveyed on the conveying path; a detection section that detects the medium or an image on the medium according to the light which is transmitted by the transmission member, wherein the light is received by a light-receiving member of the detection section; and an opposing member provided on an opposite side of the conveying path from the transmission member and having at least one opposing surface that faces the transmission member. In a conveying direction of the medium, a length of the opposing surface is shorter than a length of a detection surface.