公开(公告)号：US11463592B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-04

申请号：US17555928

申请日：2021-12-20

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Rui Hamabe ,  Kazunori Tanaka ,  Kanako Morimoto ,  Takuya Miyamoto ,  Koji Sato

IPC: H04N1/00

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an anomaly detecting unit configured to detect anomalies included in a target image; and an anomaly exclusion processing unit configured to exclude a specific anomaly among the detected anomalies. Further, the anomaly exclusion processing unit excludes one of an anomaly and another anomaly among the detected anomalies, if (a) a detection area of the anomaly, a detection area of the other anomaly, and an overlapping area of the detection areas of the anomaly and the other anomaly satisfy a predetermined condition and (b) a type of the anomaly and a type of the other anomaly are different from each other.

公开(公告)号：US20220206424A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-30

申请号：US17558338

申请日：2021-12-21

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Kazunori Tanaka ,  Kanako Morimoto ,  Takuya Miyamoto ,  Koji Sato ,  Rui Hamabe

IPC: G03G15/00

Abstract: A processor selects a target sheet from a plurality of predetermined sheet candidates in accordance with selection information that is input via an input device. Furthermore, the processor derives feature information regarding a noise point from a target image that is obtained through an image reading process performed on an output sheet output from an image forming device, the noise point being a dot-like noise image included in the target image. Furthermore, the processor determines whether or not the noise point is a dot-like sheet noise by applying the feature information to a determination algorithm that corresponds to the target sheet, the sheet noise being included in a sheet of the output sheet itself, the determination algorithm being one of a plurality of determination algorithms that respectively correspond to the plurality of sheet candidates.

公开(公告)号：US11307512B2

公开(公告)日：2022-04-19

申请号：US17165370

申请日：2021-02-02

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Kazunori Tanaka ,  Kanako Morimoto ,  Tamotsu Shimizu ,  Kenichi Tamaki

IPC: G03G15/08 ,  G03G15/16

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a toner charge amount predictor, a toner developing resistance calculator, and a determiner. The toner developing resistance calculator calculates a toner developing resistance on the basis of a bias voltage applied to a developing device and a measured developing current by dividing a value of the bias voltage by a value of the developing current when a developing device develops an electrostatic latent image formed on the surface of an image carrier to form a toner image. The toner charge amount predictor predicts a toner charge amount of a toner which is supplied to the image carrier by the developing device on the basis of a density of the toner image and the developing current. The determiner determines a state of the developing device on the basis of the toner charge amount and the toner developing resistance.

公开(公告)号：US11150574B2

公开(公告)日：2021-10-19

申请号：US17178577

申请日：2021-02-18

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Tamotsu Shimizu ,  Kazunori Tanaka ,  Kanako Morimoto ,  Shiro Kaneko

IPC: G03G15/00 ,  G03G15/06

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image forming units, a developing voltage power supply, a current detection unit, and a control unit. The image forming units form an image by superimposing a toner image of a same color and a same type, and substantially same development conditions are set to evenly divide an image density among the image forming units. The control unit detects whether there is an anomaly in the image forming unit based on detecting a DC component of developing current, being either of current flowing through a non-exposed portion of an image carrier during image formation, and current flowing through an exposed portion of the image carrier. When an anomaly is detected in any image forming unit, the control unit inhibits use of the image forming unit, and resets the development conditions to evenly divide an image density among the usable image forming units.

公开(公告)号：US10761461B2

公开(公告)日：2020-09-01

申请号：US16402378

申请日：2019-05-03

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Kanako Morimoto

IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract: A fixing device includes a fixing belt, a flat heater, a holder and a pressing roller. The fixing belt is rotatable and cylindrical. The flat heater has a holding body and a heating resistor. The holder is configured to hold the flat heater such that a surface in which the heating resistor is embedded comes into contact with an inner circumferential face of the fixing belt via a lubricant. Of a contact area of the flat heater with the inner circumferential face of the fixing belt, in an area outside longitudinal end portion of the holding body, a groove is formed such that the lubricant flows to a center side of the holding body toward a downstream side in a rotational direction of the fixing belt.

公开(公告)号：US09465330B2

公开(公告)日：2016-10-11

申请号：US14989821

申请日：2016-01-07

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Kanako Morimoto

IPC: G03G15/16

CPC classification number: G03G15/1665 ,  G03G15/161 ,  G03G15/1675 ,  G03G2215/1661

Abstract: To remove toner, which is primarily transferred onto an intermediate transfer member, from the intermediate transfer member, a digital multifunction peripheral includes a first control unit that controls a second bias applicator to apply to a secondary transfer roller a bias of the opposite polarity to the charged toner when the toner passes through a position where the secondary transfer roller is placed, and a second control unit that, after the operation of the first control unit, controls a second bias applicator to apply to the secondary transfer roller a bias of the same polarity as the charged toner and controls a pre-brush bias applicator to apply to a pre-brush a bias of the opposite polarity to the toner.

Abstract translation: 为了从中间转印部件移除主要转印到中间转印部件上的调色剂，数字多功能外围设备包括第一控制单元，该第一控制单元控制第二偏压施加器以向二次转印辊施加相对极性的偏压 当调色剂通过放置二次转印辊的位置时的带电调色剂;以及第二控制单元，其在第一控制单元的操作之后控制第二偏压施加器以施加到二次转印辊上的偏压 作为带电调色剂的极性，并且控制预刷偏置施加器以将预涂刷到与调色剂相反极性的偏压。