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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Shun-ichi Ebihara, Suntou-gun, JP;
Tsutomu Ishida, Mishima, JP;
Shoichi Koyama, Susono, JP;
Norio Matsui, Mishima, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus for detecting surface conditions of a recording sheet on which an image is formed, includes a light source configured to emit a first light beam and a second light beam, an image capture device configured to capture a first image of a surface of the recording sheet illuminated with the first light beam and a second image of the surface of the recording sheet illuminated with the second light beam. A first straight line including a ray in a center of the first light beam and a second straight line including a ray in a center of the second light beam intersect with each other, when each straight line is projected onto the surface of the recording sheet, and a detection device configured to detect information about the unevenness on the surface of the recording sheet based on the first image and the second image.