Image forming apparatus, determination method, and non-transitory recording medium storing computer readable control program
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorHiromu ASO
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a hardware processor that determines a first voltage-current characteristic of an applied member on the basis of a detected current or a detected voltage detected by a detector when an applier applies a voltage or a current at one or more levels, the hardware processor controlling a detection time or the number of times of detection for detecting a detected current or a detected voltage by applying a voltage or a current at a level according to the level of the voltage or the current to be applied.
Claims13
An image forming apparatus forming an image by an electrophotographic process, the image forming apparatus comprising:
- an applied member to which a voltage or a current is applied;
- an applier that applies a voltage or a current to the applied member;
- a detector that detects a detected current or a detected voltage obtained through the applied member when the applier applies a voltage or a current to the applied member;
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- a hardware processor that determines a first voltage-current characteristic of the applied member on a basis of a detected current or a detected voltage detected by the detector when the applier applies a voltage or a current at one or more levels,
- the hardware processor controlling a detection time or a number of times of detection for detecting a detected current or a detected voltage by applying a voltage or a current at each of the one or more levels according to the each of the one or more levels of the voltage or the current to be applied.
A determination method of a voltage-current characteristic of an applied member, the determination method being executed in an image forming apparatus that forms an image by an electrophotographic process, the image forming apparatus including:
- the applied member to which a voltage or a current is applied;
- an applier that applies a voltage or a current to the applied member;
- a detector that detects a detected current or a detected voltage obtained through the applied member when the applier applies a voltage or a current to the applied member, the determination method comprising:
- a step (a) of determining a first voltage-current characteristic of the applied member on a basis of a detected current or a detected voltage detected by the detector when the applier applies a voltage or a current at one or more levels,
- wherein in the step (a), a detection time or a number of times of detection for detecting a detected current or a detected voltage by applying a voltage or a current at each of the one or more levels is controlled according to the each of the one or more levels of the voltage or the current to be applied.
A non-transitory recording medium storing a computer-readable control program to be executed on an image forming apparatus that forms an image by an electrophotographic process, the image forming apparatus including:
- an applied member to which a voltage or a current is applied;
- an applier that applies a voltage or a current to the applied member;
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- a detector that detects a detected current or a detected voltage obtained through the applied member when the applier applies a voltage or a current to the applied member, the computer-readable control program causing a process to be executed, the process comprising:
- a step (a) of determining a first voltage-current characteristic of the applied member on a basis of a detected current or a detected voltage detected by the detector when the applier applies a voltage or a current at one or more levels,
- wherein in the step (a), a detection time or a number of times of detection for detecting a detected current or a detected voltage by applying a voltage or a current at each of the one or more levels is controlled according to the each of the one or more levels of the voltage or the current to be applied.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.