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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2013
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Koichiro Ino, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/27 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/27 (2013.01); G03G 15/55 (2013.01); G01N 21/276 (2013.01); G03G 15/5062 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of white reference plates, a plurality of measurement units configured to be arranged in positions opposed to the respective plurality of white reference plates, irradiate the white reference plates with light, and measure reflected light from the white reference plates, and a determination unit configured to determine an abnormality of the plurality of white reference plates by using respective measurement results measured by the plurality of measurement units.