Patents Examined by Carla H Therrien
  • Patent number: 11054761
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a job acquirer that acquires a print job; a photoconductor including a surface on which a toner image is to be formed; an electrifying member that electrifies the photoconductor; an exposure member that exposes the photoconductor; a developing member that supplies toner to the photoconductor; a cleaner that cleans the photoconductor; and a controller connected to the job acquirer to control the image forming apparatus, wherein the controller computes a first non-toner region that is provided on the surface of the photoconductor when the toner image is formed on the photoconductor, the first non-toner region not containing toner in a longitudinal direction of the surface of the photoconductor, and the controller causes the exposure member and the developing member to form the toner image on the photoconductor and to form a set of toner patches in the first non-toner region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
    Inventors: Yan Shen, Hideo Yamaki, Futoshi Okazaki, Yasuyuki Inada, Takahiro Kuroda, Yu Mukobayashi, Yoshitaka Nomura, Motoki Nakano