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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2015
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Teruhiko Namiki, Mishima, JP;
Tsutomu Ishida, Suntou-gun, JP;
Masafumi Monde, Yokohama, JP;
Takuya Shono, Suntou-gun, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for determining a type of a recording medium is provided. A detection unit detects a characteristic value indicating a physical characteristic of a recording medium. A measurement unit measures a moisture content correlated with a moisture content of the recording medium. A determination unit determines the type of the recording medium based on the moisture content and the characteristic value. The determination unit may correct the characteristic value using the moisture content or correct a rule for determining the type of the recording medium using the moisture content unit, and determines the type of the recording medium in accordance with the corrected characteristic value or the corrected rule.