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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2012
Masayuki Hayashi, Osaka, JP;
Yoshinori Shirasaki, Osaka, JP;
Kunihiro Komai, Osaka, JP;
Hiroaki Ikeda, Osaka, JP;
Motoyoshi Takahashi, Osaka, JP;
Fuminori Tsuchiya, Osaka, JP;
Akinori Yamaguchi, Osaka, JP;
Tatsuya Miyadera, Osaka, JP;
Motohiro Kawanabe, Osaka, JP;
Yasuo Yamaguchi, Osaka, JP;
Masayuki Hayashi, Osaka, JP;
Yoshinori Shirasaki, Osaka, JP;
Kunihiro Komai, Osaka, JP;
Hiroaki Ikeda, Osaka, JP;
Motoyoshi Takahashi, Osaka, JP;
Fuminori Tsuchiya, Osaka, JP;
Akinori Yamaguchi, Osaka, JP;
Tatsuya Miyadera, Osaka, JP;
Motohiro Kawanabe, Osaka, JP;
Yasuo Yamaguchi, Osaka, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A toner consumption calculator includes a plurality of line memories; a recorder that sequentially records image data including a plurality of pixels into the line memories; a skew correction unit that performs skew correction on the image data by sequentially reading the image data from the line memories while controlling read timing; and a counter that sequentially reads the image data from the line memories and counts toner consumption of a target pixel on the basis of light amounts of surrounding pixels of the target pixel.