MUMBAI, India, Aug. 17 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202647095142 A) filed by Canon Kabushiki Kaisha on August 06, 2026, for Image Forming Device.
Inventors include Ishio Shohei; and Ishizumi Keisuke.
The application for the patent was published on August 14, 2026, under issue no. 33/2026.
Abstract: An image forming device 100 includes an optical sensor 60 and a control unit 201, wherein the control unit 201 is configured to carry out control to perform, on the basis of a detection signal outputted due to light-receiving elements 62, 63 of the optical sensor 60 receiving reflected light after an image carrier 10 starts rotating for a print job and before an initial image forming area in the print job reaches the detection position, a toner supply operation for causing a prescribed toner image formed by a toner image forming means to be carried on the surface of the image carrier 10 and for supplying toner for the prescribed toner image to a contact member 16 that is to contact the image carrier 10.
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