IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
First Claim
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an acquiring unit that acquires a plurality of types of operation control information of the image forming apparatus;
an index value calculating unit that calculates an index value indicating a state of the image forming apparatus based on the acquired operation control information;
an abnormality judging unit that judges whether the image forming apparatus abnormality has occurred and predicts an occurrence of a failure based on the index value; and
a detection pattern position detecting unit that detects a position of a detection pattern on an image carrier carrying a toner image,wherein the detection pattern is formed on the image carrier carrying the toner image,the detection pattern position detecting unit detects the position of the detection pattern formed on the image carrier, andthe index value calculating unit uses information based on position detection data as the operation control information of the image forming apparatus.
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an acquiring unit that acquires a plurality of types of operation control information of the image forming apparatus; an index value calculating unit that calculates an index value indicating a state of the image forming apparatus based on the acquired operation control information; an abnormality judging unit that judges whether the image forming apparatus abnormality has occurred and predicts an occurrence of a failure based on the index value; and a detection pattern position detecting unit that detects a position of a detection pattern on an image carrier carrying a toner image. The detection pattern is formed on the image carrier carrying the toner image. The detection pattern position detecting unit detects the position of the detection pattern formed on the image carrier. The index value calculating unit uses information based on position detection data as the operation control information of the image forming apparatus.
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19 Claims
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1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
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an acquiring unit that acquires a plurality of types of operation control information of the image forming apparatus; an index value calculating unit that calculates an index value indicating a state of the image forming apparatus based on the acquired operation control information; an abnormality judging unit that judges whether the image forming apparatus abnormality has occurred and predicts an occurrence of a failure based on the index value; and a detection pattern position detecting unit that detects a position of a detection pattern on an image carrier carrying a toner image, wherein the detection pattern is formed on the image carrier carrying the toner image, the detection pattern position detecting unit detects the position of the detection pattern formed on the image carrier, and the index value calculating unit uses information based on position detection data as the operation control information of the image forming apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An image forming apparatus comprising:
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an acquiring unit that acquires a plurality of types of operation control information of the image forming apparatus, an index value calculating unit that calculates an index value indicating a state of the image forming apparatus based on the acquired operation control information; an abnormality judging unit that judges whether the image forming apparatus abnormality has occurred and predicts an occurrence of a failure based on the index value; and a surface state detecting unit that includes a light-emitting element that emits light toward a predetermined position on an image carrier surface carrying a toner image, and a light-receiving unit that receives light emitted from the light-emitting unit and reflected by the image carrier surface, wherein the index value calculating unit uses detection data from the light-receiving unit as the operation control information of the image forming apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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