Patent ID: 11930142
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B  G | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. An identification apparatus for identifying a type of a sheet, the identification apparatus comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory that stores computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
obtain, by a sensor, a plurality of parameters including a parameter concerning a characteristic of the sheet; and
perform an identification process for identify the type of the sheet based on a result of inputting the plurality of parameters obtained by the sensor to an estimator obtained by machine learning using, as input data, parameters corresponding to the parameters that are obtained by the sensor and include a first parameter and a second parameter classified in accordance with whether a value tends to change due to a predetermined element, and also using, as supervised data, a type of a sheet if the parameters are obtained,

wherein the estimator includes a first part to which the first parameter is input and the second parameter is not input, a second part to which the second parameter is input and the first parameter is not input, and a third part that outputs a result concerning the type of the sheet based on an output from the first part and an output from the second part.