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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2013
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Koichiro Ino, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 7/02 (2006.01); B65H 7/10 (2006.01); G01B 11/14 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 7/10 (2013.01); G01B 11/14 (2013.01); G03G 15/6567 (2013.01);
Abstract
A threshold for detecting a position of a lateral edge of a sheet is more accurately determined, whereby the accuracy of detection of the lateral edge position of the sheet is improved. A line sensor includes a plurality of element blocks. Each element block includes a plurality of pixels. The threshold for detecting the lateral edge position is determined based on a light level and a dark level of signals output from an element block that is actually used to detect the lateral edge position of the sheet.