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Patent No.:

US 9347873 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016

Filed:

Dec. 08, 2014

Image forming apparatus, calibration method, and drying determination method

Applicants:

Masayuki Fujii, Kanagawa, JP;

Nobuyuki Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;

Mamoru Yorimoto, Kanagawa, JP;

Masato Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;

Hiroshi Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;

Daisaku Horikawa, Kanagawa, JP;

Suguru Yokozawa, Kanagawa, JP;

Kenji Morita, Tokyo, JP;

Yuichi Sakurada, Tokyo, JP;

Tomohiro Sasa, Kanagawa, JP;

Masaya Kawarada, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Masayuki Fujii, Kanagawa, JP;

Nobuyuki Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;

Mamoru Yorimoto, Kanagawa, JP;

Masato Kobayashi, Kanagawa, JP;

Hiroshi Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;

Daisaku Horikawa, Kanagawa, JP;

Suguru Yokozawa, Kanagawa, JP;

Kenji Morita, Tokyo, JP;

Yuichi Sakurada, Tokyo, JP;

Tomohiro Sasa, Kanagawa, JP;

Masaya Kawarada, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Duft Bornsen & Fettig LLP

Primary Examiner:

Bradley Thies

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/393 (2006.01); G01N 21/25 (2006.01); H04N 1/60 (2006.01); G01J 3/02 (2006.01); G01J 3/46 (2006.01); G01J 3/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/251 (2013.01); G01J 3/0205 (2013.01); G01J 3/462 (2013.01); G01J 3/524 (2013.01); H04N 1/6033 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes a printing unit that prints at least one object image using a color material; a color information acquiring unit that acquires color information of the object image; and a control unit that starts one of colorimetry of the object image using the color information acquired by the color information acquiring unit and color adjustment of the printing unit after a variation amount of color information of the object image measured at different points of time is equal to or smaller than a predetermined threshold.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Fujii, Masayuki. (2016). Image forming apparatus, calibration method, and drying determination method (U.S. Patent No. 9347873). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9347873

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