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US 12,659,412 B2Granted
Image forming apparatus controlling operation based on detected physical property
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorsTakahiro Tsujimoto, Akinori Kimata
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus that forms an image on a recording medium includes a detection section, an acquisition section, and a hardware processor. The detection section detects a physical property of the recording medium. The acquisition section acquires predetermined data related to the recording medium from an outside of the image forming apparatus. The hardware processor controls an operation in the image forming apparatus based on a detection value detected by the detection section and the predetermined data acquired by the acquisition section.
Claims17
An image forming apparatus that forms an image on a recording medium, comprising:
- a detection section that detects a physical property of the recording medium as a detection value by irradiating the recording medium with light and measuring a transmitted light intensity through the recording medium;
- an acquisition section is connected to an outside of the image forming apparatus including an external image forming apparatus and an external server system and acquires predetermined data related to the recording medium from the outside of the image forming apparatus;
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- a hardware processor that
- automatically checks whether the predetermined data corresponding to the physical property detected by the detection section has been previously acquired and stored in the image forming apparatus;
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- when the predetermined data has been previously acquired and stored, automatically controls an operation in the image forming apparatus based on the predetermined data in the image forming apparatus;
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- when the predetermined data has not been previously acquired and stored in the image forming apparatus, automatically sends the detection value detected by the detection section to a first external apparatus comprising one of the external image forming apparatus and the external server system, and, in a case where the first external apparatus does not hold the predetermined data, sends the detection value to a second external apparatus comprising the other of the external image forming apparatus and the external server system, wherein the acquisition section acquires the predetermined data from the outside based on the detection value, and controls an operation in the image forming apparatus based on the predetermined data acquired by the acquisition section from the outside.
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An image forming apparatus that forms an image on a recording medium, comprising:
- a detection section that detects a physical property of the recording medium as a detection value by irradiating the recording medium with light and measuring a reflected light intensity and/or a transmitted light intensity, wherein the detection section estimates a basis weight and/or a media type based on the reflected light intensity and/or the transmitted light intensity;
- an acquisition section is connected to an outside of the image forming apparatus including an external image forming apparatus and an external server system and acquires predetermined data related to the recording medium from the outside of the image forming apparatus;
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- a hardware processor that
- automatically checks whether the predetermined data corresponding to the physical property detected by the detection section has been previously acquired and stored in the image forming apparatus;
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- when the predetermined data has been previously acquired and stored, automatically controls an operation in the image forming apparatus based on the predetermined data in the image forming apparatus;
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- when the predetermined data has not been previously acquired and stored in the image forming apparatus, automatically sends the detection value detected by the detection section to a first external apparatus comprising one of the external image forming apparatus and the external server system, and, in a case where the first external apparatus does not hold the predetermined data, sends the detection value to a second external apparatus comprising the other of the external image forming apparatus and the external server system, wherein the acquisition section acquires the predetermined data from the outside based on the detection value, and controls an operation in the image forming apparatus based on the predetermined data acquired by the acquisition section from the outside.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.