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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2009
Masaki Yasuda, Nagoya, JP;
Fumitake Tajiri, Nagoya, JP;
Masaki Yasuda, Nagoya, JP;
Fumitake Tajiri, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
An image forming device has a heating member, a thermal detecting unit, and a control unit. The heating member is positioned at an ambient temperature and heated by a heat source. The heating member fixes a developed image to a recording sheet. The thermal detecting unit is provided separately from the heating member. The thermal detecting unit detects a first temperature. The control unit uses a function to calculate a second temperature of the heating member on the basis of the detected first temperature. The control unit controls the heat source on the basis of the second temperature. The function has a rate of change that increases with decreasing the ambient temperature.