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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2012
Mamoru Yorimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuhiko Okada, Saitama, JP;
Daisaku Horikawa, Saitama, JP;
Makoto Moriwaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Mamoru Yorimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuhiko Okada, Saitama, JP;
Daisaku Horikawa, Saitama, JP;
Makoto Moriwaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus which reads a test pattern formed by ejecting liquid droplets onto a recording medium to adjust an ejection timing of the liquid droplets is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit; a reading unit; a relative movement unit; an intensity data obtaining unit which obtains intensity data on a reflected light which is received from a scanning position of a light by a light receiving unit while the light moves over the test pattern; and a position detection unit which applies a line position determining operation on the intensity data in the vicinity of a point of inflection included between an upper-limit threshold value and a lower-limit threshold value, and detects a position of a line.