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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2014
Ricoh Company, Ltd., TOKYO, JP;
Kazuhiko Adachi, Miyagi, JP;
Yoshihiro Oba, Miyagi, JP;
Toshihiro Ishii, Miyagi, JP;
Fumikazu Hoshi, Miyagi, JP;
Sunao Chubachi, Miyagi, JP;
Yoshihiro Misaka, Miyagi, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sensor apparatus includes an irradiation system with a light source configured to emit linearly polarized light of a first polarization direction onto a sheet-like object, in a direction oblique to a direction orthogonal to a surface of the object, a first photodetector arranged on an optical path of light that is emitted from the irradiation system and then is reflected at the object by regular reflection, a first optical element, arranged on an optical path of light reflected by diffuse reflection from an incidence plane of the object, configured to transmit linearly polarized light of a second polarization direction that is orthogonal to the first polarization direction, a second photodetector configured to receive light that has passed through the first optical element, and a detection unit configured to detect at least one of basis weight and thickness of the object.