Patent ID: 11902475
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 18:
19. An image capturing apparatus comprising:
an imaging sensor configured to capture an image of a sheet on which a diagnostic image has been formed by an image forming apparatus to be diagnosed, and outputs the captured image as a sheet image; and
one or more processor configured to:
make a diagnosis for a component of the image forming apparatus based on a position of an image deficiency in the sheet image;
output a diagnosis result for the component of the image forming apparatus;
obtain direction information pertaining to a direction in which the image forming apparatus forms the diagnostic image with respect to the sheet; and
make the diagnosis for the component of the image forming apparatus using the direction information and the position of the image deficiency in the sheet image.