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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2011
Image scanner, image forming apparatus and information generating method for adjusting image scanner
Applicant:
Masao Ito, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
Inventor:
Masao Ito, Ashigarakami-gun, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/46 (2006.01); H04N 1/04 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/5062 (2013.01); H04N 1/00063 (2013.01); H04N 1/0005 (2013.01); H04N 1/00031 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0082 (2013.01); H04N 1/00015 (2013.01); H04N 1/00013 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00759 (2013.01); H04N 1/00047 (2013.01); H04N 1/0087 (2013.01); H04N 1/00045 (2013.01); H04N 1/00034 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image scanner includes: a light source that irradiates, with light, a recording medium on which an image is formed; a light receiving portion that receives light reflected by the recording medium; a reflecting portion that has plural reflecting surfaces respectively disposed at positions having different distances in an optical axis direction from the light receiving portion; and a processing portion that generates information on the image formed on the recording medium and information for measuring illumination depth of the light source, by use of the light received by the light receiving portion.