发明名称 Control device, image forming apparatus, and control method for controlling a toner-density-related value of toner in developer
摘要 A control device includes a toner-density-related value identifying unit, a supply-amount-related value identifying unit, and a correcting unit. The toner-density-related value identifying unit identifies a toner-density-related value indicating the ratio of toner in developer including toner and carrier and contained in a developing unit that contains and agitates the developer. The supply-amount-related value identifying unit identifies the supply-amount-related value of developer to the developing unit. The correcting unit corrects the toner-density-related value identified by the toner-density-related value identifying unit in accordance with the supply-amount-related value identified by the supply-amount-related value identifying unit. The supply-amount-related value identifying unit estimates the supply-amount-related value on the basis of the consumption-amount-related value of developer.
申请公布号 US9088751(B2) 申请公布日期 2015.07.21
申请号 US201113301507 申请日期 2011.11.21
申请人 FUJI XEROX CO., LTD. 发明人 Tanaka Satoshi
分类号 H04N1/40;H04N1/60 主分类号 H04N1/40
代理机构 Sughrue Mion, PLLC 代理人 Sughrue Mion, PLLC
主权项 1. A control device comprising: a toner-density-related value identifying unit that identifies a toner-density-related value indicating a toner ratio in developer, wherein the developer includes toner and carrier, and the developer is contained in a developing unit of an image forming apparatus; a supply-amount-related value identifying unit that identifies a supply-amount-related value of the developer supplied to the developing unit; a correcting unit that corrects the toner-density-related value identified by the toner-density-related value identifying unit in accordance with a change to the supply-amount-related value identified by the supply-amount-related value identifying unit; and a correction value updating unit that updates a correction value in accordance with the supply-amount-related value identified by the supply-amount-related value identifying unit, wherein the correcting unit performs correction of the toner-density-related value by adding the updated correction value to the identified toner-density-related value or subtracting the updated correction value from the identified toner-density-related value, wherein the supply-amount-related value identifying unit identifies the supply-amount-related value, supplied to the developing unit, in a first time interval, and identifies the supply-amount-related value, supplied to the developing unit, in a second time interval which is shorter than the first time interval, and wherein the correcting unit increases the correction value in accordance with the supply-amount-related value identified in the first time interval and decreases the correction value in accordance with the supply-amount-related value identified in the second time interval.
地址 Tokyo JP