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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2013
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Akira Yamamura, Toyokawa, JP;
Makoto Ooki, Toyohashi, JP;
Takashi Kurosawa, Toyokawa, JP;
Hideo Uemura, Toyokawa, JP;
Masahiko Takahashi, Toyokawa, JP;
Kazuki Ikeda, Toyokawa, JP;
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: an image reading mechanism configured to read an image from a document; an image forming mechanism configured to print the image read by the image reading mechanism on a recording sheet; and an image inspection mechanism configured to read the image printed on the recording sheet in the image forming mechanism. The image reading mechanism and the image inspection mechanism each include: a light source configured to irradiate a reading target with light; and a solid-state image sensing device on which reflected light from the reading target is made incident, and configured to perform photoelectric conversion operation. Light emitting members forming the light sources of the image reading mechanism and the image inspection mechanism have the same spectral characteristics.