Image forming apparatus that collects status of conveying belt
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorMasayuki MIYAKE
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a conveying belt, an image pickup device, a storage device, and a control device. The control device includes a processor, and acts as a controller when the processor executes a program. The conveying belt transports a recording sheet, by performing a revolving movement. The image pickup device shoots an image of the conveying belt. The controller calculates a belt status value on a basis of the image of the conveying belt shot by the image pickup device, at a predetermined first time interval, and stores the calculated belt status value in the storage device.
Claims9
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a conveying belt that transports a recording sheet, by performing a revolving movement;
- an image pickup device that shoots an image of the conveying belt;
- a storage device;
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- a control device that includes a processor, and acts as a controller when the processor executes a program,
- wherein the controller calculates a belt status value on a basis of the image of the conveying belt shot by the image pickup device, at a predetermined first time interval, and stores the calculated belt status value in the storage device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.