- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus for performing supply control of developer
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Application No.: US16114634Application Date: 2018-08-28
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Publication No.: US10551782B2Publication Date: 2020-02-04
- Inventor: Yuichiro Maeda , Kazuhiro Akiba
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Venable LLP
- Priority: JP2017-172426 20170907
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a first controller having an image processor that performs image processing on image data, the first controller configured to determine a first statistic value based on the image data, and output the first statistic value; an obtaining unit configured to obtain the image data; an image forming unit configured to form, based on the image data, an image by using toner; a supply unit configured to supply toner to the image forming unit; and a second controller configured to control the supply unit based on the first statistic value. In a case where the first statistic value is not outputted by the first controller in a predetermined period, the second controller controls the supply unit based on a second statistic value, the second statistic value being determined based on the image data.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190072890A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING SUPPLY CONTROL OF DEVELOPER Public/Granted day:2019-03-07
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