Image forming apparatus having a function of predicting device deterioration based on a plurality of types of operation control information
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, the operation control information indicating a deterioration of a toner in the image forming apparatus or a deterioration of a component 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 acquired operation control information;
an abnormality judging unit that judges whether an abnormality has occurred in the image forming apparatus or predicts an occurrence of a failure that requires a maintenance of the image forming apparatus due to the deterioration of the toner or the deterioration of the component based on calculated index value; and
a detection pattern position detecting unit that detects a position of a detection pattern formed directly on an image carrier, and outputs position detection data,wherein the acquiring unit acquires various types of information contained in the position detection data as the types of operation control information,wherein the detection pattern includes a first line pattern, a second line pattern, and a solid image pattern,wherein the image carrier is a conveyor member that carries a recording paper onto which toner images are transferred, andwherein the index value calculating unit counts a number of peaks in the position detection data to determine the index value.
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes an acquiring unit that acquires a plurality of types of operation control information of the image forming apparatus that indicate deterioration of a toner in the image forming apparatus or deterioration of a component of the image forming apparatus. An index value calculating unit calculates an index value indicating a state of the image forming apparatus based on the acquired operation control information. An abnormality judging unit judges whether the image forming apparatus abnormality has occurred and predicts an occurrence of a failure that requires maintenance of the image forming apparatus due to deterioration of the toner in the image forming apparatus or deterioration of the component of the image forming apparatus based on the index value.
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12 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, the operation control information indicating a deterioration of a toner in the image forming apparatus or a deterioration of a component 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 acquired operation control information; an abnormality judging unit that judges whether an abnormality has occurred in the image forming apparatus or predicts an occurrence of a failure that requires a maintenance of the image forming apparatus due to the deterioration of the toner or the deterioration of the component based on calculated index value; and a detection pattern position detecting unit that detects a position of a detection pattern formed directly on an image carrier, and outputs position detection data, wherein the acquiring unit acquires various types of information contained in the position detection data as the types of operation control information, wherein the detection pattern includes a first line pattern, a second line pattern, and a solid image pattern, wherein the image carrier is a conveyor member that carries a recording paper onto which toner images are transferred, and wherein the index value calculating unit counts a number of peaks in the position detection data to determine the index value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An image forming apparatus comprising:
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a detection pattern position detecting unit that detects a position of a detection pattern formed directly on an image carrier, and outputs position detection data, the image carrier being a conveyor member that carries a recording paper onto which toner images are transferred; an acquiring unit that acquires a plurality of types of operation control information of the image forming apparatus from the position detection data, the operation control information including data of an abnormal detection pattern that occurs in the position detection pattern formed on the image carrier in response to a deterioration of a toner in the image forming apparatus or a deterioration of a specific component of the image forming apparatus that is specified by a type of the abnormal detection pattern; an index value calculating unit that calculates an index value indicating a state of the image forming apparatus based on acquired operation control information, the index value calculating unit counts a number of peaks in the position detection data to determine the index value; and an abnormality judging unit that judges whether an abnormality has occurred in the image forming apparatus or predicts an occurrence of a failure that requires a maintenance of the image forming apparatus due to the deterioration of the toner or the deterioration of the specific component based on calculated index value.
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