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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2011
Applicant:
Kunitoshi Aoki, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kunitoshi Aoki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G01B 11/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/0616 (2013.01); G03G 15/5058 (2013.01); G03G 15/5041 (2013.01);
Abstract
One aspect of the present invention provides an information processing apparatus for determining a height of a toner image formed on a carrier, the apparatus comprising: a control unit configured to control an amount of irradiation light based on whether laser light irradiated by an irradiation unit is irradiated onto the toner image; an acquisition unit configured to acquire an image obtained by capturing reflected light of the laser light irradiated by the irradiation unit; and a determination unit configured to determine the height of the toner image based on the acquired image.