Patent ID: 9254695
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: B41J

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus comprising: an input unit configured to input analog data generated in accordance with driving of a conveyance unit configured to convey a printing medium; a conversion unit configured to convert the analog data input by the input unit into digital data; a deciding unit configured to specify a conveyance velocity based on the digital data converted by the conversion unit, and decide a number of the digital data used for an averaging operation for specifying an average value of the digital data in accordance with the specified conveyance velocity; a specify unit configured to specify the average value of the digital data, using the number of the digital data decided by the deciding unit; a position data generation unit configured to generate position data for specifying a position of the printing medium based on the average value of the digital data specified by the specify unit; and a control unit configured to control the conveyance unit based on the position data generated by the position data generation unit.