Image forming apparatus, computer-readable storage medium, and image forming method with position acquisition and correction
US10447893B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 22, 2018 |
| Grant date | Oct 15, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 22, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N1/64
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a printer, a sensor, and a processor. The printer forms an image with image forming material of colors on a medium. The sensor detects the image forming material of each color on the medium. The processor forms a pattern with the image forming material of the colors on the medium using the printer, acquires a position of a pattern of each color using the sensor, and after executing correction for bringing positions where images of the other colors are formed close to a position where an image of a reference color is formed based on the position of each pattern, corrects a position where either an image of a first color or an image of a second color is formed by the printer based on a distance between patterns of the first color and second color furthest away from each other.
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