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Photoreceptor charge control

US6223006A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 1, 1999
Grant dateApr 24, 2001
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Expiry dateDec 1, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/017
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Photoreceptor charge control for obviating the adverse effects of photoreceptor variation inherent in the photoreceptor as the result of the manufacturing process. The voltage values around the periphery of the photoreceptor commonly referred to as the V.sub.c belt signature are measured. The readings for each of the ESVs are averaged (to find the mean) and the deviations from the mean are smoothed using a 41-term weighting function that properly removes the high frequency reading spikes while retaining the low frequency belt signature. Center weighted averaging of 41 points (n, . . . n.+-.20) where n is a measured point on the photoreceptor that is averaged with the previous twenty readings together with the next twenty readings is initiated a few mm past the photoreceptor seam and ends a few mm before the seam--no phase shift. The readings are taken approximately every 3 mm around the periphery of the photoreceptor.

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