Electrophotographic process control device using a neural network for estimating states of the device
US5220373A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 20, 1992 |
| Grant date | Jun 15, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 20, 2012 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S706/906
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An electrophotographic process control device for an electrophotographic image forming apparatus. A neural network is incorporated in the control device for estimating the state of the image forming unit. Parameters of the kind which should not be frequently measured, e.g., the surface potential of a photoconductive element and the amount of toner deposition thereon and parameters which are not easy to measure are determined by inference so as to control each section of the apparatus in an optimum way.
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