Medium carrying device and image forming apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016349685-A1
Application number	US-201615131325-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 18, 2016
Priority date	May 28, 2015
Publication date	Dec 1, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A medium carrying device includes a carrying part that carries a continuous print medium, a detection part that includes a light emitting part and a light receiving part arranged sandwiching a carrying path, and that detects the print medium carried on the carrying path according to a light amount that is received by the light receiving part, and a control part that controls operations of the carrying part and the detection part, wherein the control part sets a first emitted light amount of the emitted light of the light emitting part used in image formation to the print medium by performing a light amount measurement using the light emitting part and the light receiving part in a state where the print medium is carried to a first position, and sets a threshold light amount that is used in detecting a boundary position between the first region and the second region by the detection part through performing another light amount measurement by obtaining a receiving light amount of the light receiving part with the first emitted light amount and by determining the threshold light amount based on the receiving light amount in a state where the print medium is carried from the first position to another second position.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A medium carrying device, comprising:
a carrying part that carries a print medium comprising a first medium and multiple second media disposed with a specified interval each other on the first medium along a carrying path, the first medium being a continuous sheet, a detection part that includes a light emitting part and a light receiving part arranged sandwiching the carrying path, and that detects the print medium carried on the carrying path according to a light amount of a light that is received by the light receiving part, the light being emitted from the light emitting part and coming through the carrying path, and a control part that controls operations of the carrying part and the detection part, wherein the print medium comprises a first region positioned between the multiple second media and a second region that is a region where the second media are disposed on the first medium, the detection part performs light amount measurements, the light amount measurements being processes using the light emitting part and the light receiving part in which a light emitting amount by the light emitting part is determined so that the light receiving part receives a predetermined light receiving amount from the light emitting part, the control part
sets a first emitted light amount (VDA 1 ) of the emitted light of the light emitting part used in image formation to the print medium by performing the light amount measurement in a state where the print medium is carried to a first position that is a position where the first region of the print medium is facing with the detection part, and
sets a threshold light amount (Vlabel) that is used in detecting a boundary position between the first region and the second region by the detection part through performing another light amount measurement by obtaining a receiving light amount of the light receiving part with the first emitted light amount and by determining the threshold light amount based on the receiving light amount in a state where the print medium is carried from the first position to a second position that is a position where the second region is facing with the detection part.

2 . The medium carrying device according to claim 1 , wherein
before setting the first emitted light amount, the control part sets a second light amount that is the emitted light amount of the light emitting part used in detecting a trailing edge position of the second region by the detection part through performing another light amount measurement in a state where the print medium is carried to a third position that is a position where the second region is facing with the detection part and is located in the front side of the first position.

3 . The medium carrying device according to claim 2 , wherein
a carrying distance of the print medium by the carrying part from the trailing edge position of the second region detected by the detection part to the first position is set based on a length of the first region along a carrying direction.

4 . The medium carrying device according to claim 2 , wherein
a carrying distance of the print medium by the carrying part from the first position to the second position is set based on both length of the first region along the carrying direction and length of the second region along the carrying direction.

5 . The medium carrying device according to claim 2 , wherein
before setting the second light amount, the control part sets a third light amount that is the emitted light amount of the light emitting part used in detecting the presence of the print medium by the detection part through performing another light amount measurement in a state where the print medium is not facing with the detection part.

6 . The medium carrying device according to claim 5 , wherein
a carrying distance of the print medium by the carrying part from the leading edge position of the print medium detected by the detection part to the third position is set based on length of the second region along the carrying direction.

7 . The medium carrying device according to claim 6 , wherein
a carrying distance of the print medium from the leading position of the print medium to the third position is set by further considering length from the leading edge position of the print medium to the first of the second media.

8 . The medium carrying device according to claim 1 , wherein
the second of the second media from the leading edge of the print medium is missing, and before setting the first emitted light amount, the control part sets a third light amount that is the emitted light amount of the light emitting part used in detecting the presence of the print medium by the detection part through performing the light amount measurements in a state where the print medium is not facing with the detection part.

9 . The medium carrying device according to claim 8 , wherein
a carrying distance of the print medium by the carrying part from the leading edge position of the print medium detected by the detection part to the first position is set based on both length of the first region along the carrying direction and length of the second region along the carrying direction.

10 . The medium carrying device according to claim 9 , wherein
a carrying distance of the print medium from the leading position of the print medium to the first position is set by further considering length from the leading position of the print medium to the first of the second media.

11 . The medium carrying device according to claim 8 , wherein
a carrying distance of the print medium by the carrying part from the first position to the second position is set based on both length of the first region along the carrying direction and length of the second region along the carrying direction.

12 . An image forming apparatus, comprising:
a medium carrying device that carries a print medium comprising a first medium and multiple second media disposed with a specified interval each other on the first medium along a carrying path, the first medium being a continuous sheet, an image forming part that performs image formation to the print medium carried up by the medium carrying device, wherein the medium carrying device further comprises
a detection part that includes a light emitting part and a light receiving part arranged sandwiching the carrying path, and that detects the print medium carried on the carrying path according to a light amount of a light that is received by the light receiving part, the light being emitted from the light emitting part and coming through the carrying path, and
a control part that controls operations of the carrying part and the detection part,
the print medium comprises a first region positioned between the multiple second media and a second region that is a region where the second media are disposed on the first medium, the detection part performs light amount measurements, the light amount measurements being processes using the light emitting part and the light receiving part in which a light emitting amount by the light emitting part is determined so that the light receiving part receives a predetermined light receiving amount from the light emitting part, the control part
sets a first emitted light amount of the emitted light of the light emitting part used in image formation to the print medium by performing the light amount measurement in a state where the print medium is carried to a first position that is a position where the first region of the print medium is facing with the detection part, and
sets a threshold light amount that is used in detecting a boundary position betwe

Assignees

• Oki Data Kk

Inventors

• Kato Koji
• Nakazato Kyosuke

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