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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2015
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hikaru Uchidate, Yokohama, JP;
Yuuji Takayama, Yokohama, JP;
Mahito Yoshioka, Numazu, JP;
Masahide Hirai, Numazu, JP;
Munehito Kurata, Boise, ID (US);
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material by a plurality of color materials, the apparatus includes: a determination unit configured to determine, based on converted data that are converted from image data corresponding to each image formed by the plurality of color materials, values each relating to an area of a respective color material caused to adhere to a recording material; and a detection unit configured to detect, based on the values each relating to the area of the respective color material that the determination unit determines, an overlapping of color materials.