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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2011
Mitsunobu Gouda, Ibaraki, JP;
Mitsunobu Gouda, Ibaraki, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A mark detecting device detects a positioning mark on a transfer medium based on light that is emitted to and then reflected from the transfer medium. The mark detecting device includes a light emitting unit that emits light to a target position on the transfer medium; a light receiving unit that receives light reflected from the target position; and an adjusting unit that rotatably supports a detecting unit including at least one of the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit about a center of rotation, which passes through the target position, on the transfer medium and adjusts the rotation angle of the detecting unit with respect to the center of rotation.