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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
May. 25, 2011
Yukio Tanisaki, Osaka, JP;
Yukio Tanisaki, Osaka, JP;
Kyocera Mita Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
The remaining sheet quantity detection device of the present invention is provided with a storage unit for storing first information which associates a distance between a distance measuring sensor and a tray with a level value in a distance range less than a peak distance, and second information which associates the distance with the level value in a distance range exceeding the peak distance. Additionally provided is a distance acquisition unit for acquiring a distance that is associated with the level value obtained by the distance measuring sensor in the first information when a detection unit detects that the distance is less than the peak distance, and acquiring a distance that is associated with the level value obtained by the distance measuring sensor in the second information when the detection unit detects that the distance exceeds the peak distance.