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US 11,909,931 B2Granted
Feeding device and image forming apparatus
AssigneeFUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
InventorsYohei Onoue, Hiroaki Fujikura, Yoshiyuki Kitazawa
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Abstract
A feeding device includes: a feeder that feeds a first medium disposed on a top of plural media loaded; a detector that detects at least one of a curved state and an inclination of the first medium and following media including a second medium disposed immediately below the first medium; and a modifier that modifies a condition related to a feeding operation of the feeder based on the at least one of the curved state and the inclination detected by the detector.
Claims12
A feeding device comprising:
- a feeder that feeds a first medium disposed on a top of a plurality of media loaded;
- an image capture unit that captures an image of both the first medium and following media, of the plurality of media, including a second medium disposed immediately below the first medium, the image being captured along a width direction crossing a thickness direction of the media;
- an identifier that identifies at least one of a curved state and an inclination of both the first medium and the following media including the second medium based on the image captured by the image capture unit;
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- a modifier that modifies a condition related to a feeding operation of the feeder based on the at least one of the curved state and the inclination identified by the identifier.
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