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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2014
Image formation apparatus configured to detect and correct detected light reflection characteristics
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Shinyama, Tokyo, JP;
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image formation apparatus includes a conveyance member in which a reflection characteristics irregular part having light reflection characteristics different from those of a surrounding surface part is formed, a measurement unit configured to perform an detection operation including irradiating the conveyance member with irradiation light and detecting reflection light, a controller configured to perform a current detection operation, and perform a next detection operation after a surface of the conveyance member is moved by a distance longer than a reflection characteristics irregular part length that is a length of the reflection characteristics irregular part in a movement direction of the conveyance member surface, and a correction unit configured to perform correction for image formation on the basis of detection results of the current detection operation and the next detection operation by the measurement unit.