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US 2012/0057208 A1Published application
Image scanner and image forming apparatus
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorMasao ITO
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Abstract
An image scanner includes: a light source that irradiates, with light, a recording medium on which an image is formed; a light receiving portion that receives light reflected by the recording medium; and a reflecting portion that has a reflecting surface for measuring the amount of specular reflection light coming from the light source, the specular reflection light being included in the light received by the light receiving portion.
Claims20
An image scanner comprising:
- a light source that irradiates, with light, a recording medium on which an image is formed;
- a light receiving portion that receives light reflected by the recording medium;
- and
- a reflecting portion that has a reflecting surface for measuring the amount of specular reflection light coming from the light source, the specular reflection light being included in the light received by the light receiving portion.
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An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming portion that forms an image on a recording medium;
- and
- a scanner unit that scans the image on the recording medium in order to adjust an image to be formed on the recording medium by the image forming portion, wherein
- the scanner unit includes:
- a light source irradiating, with light, the recording medium on which the image is formed;
- a light receiving portion receiving light reflected by the recording medium;
- and
- a reflecting portion having a reflecting surface for measuring the amount of specular reflection light included in the light received by the light receiving portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.