PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16039042
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2019-01
Patent Classification: ["399", "004000"]

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes: a specification unit configured to perform surface specification processing for specifying a reflective surface that deflects light; a correction unit configured to perform correction processing for correcting image data in accordance with which reflective surface deflects light; and a control unit configured to control so as to cause scanning of a first photosensitive member to start before the surface specification processing completes, and control so as to, after the surface specification processing completes, cause the correction processing to be performed, with respect to image data for causing light to be emitted from a second light source and in accordance with a specification result of the surface specification processing, and cause scanning of the second photosensitive member to start.

Claim (Index 20):
An image forming apparatus, comprising:\n a first light source and a second light source; a first photosensitive member corresponding to the first light source and a second photosensitive member corresponding to the second light source; a transfer unit configured to transfer a first image formed on the first photosensitive member to an image carrier, and to transfer a second image formed on the second photosensitive member onto the image carrier by overlapping the second image on the first image; a deflection unit configured to deflect light emitted by the first light source and the second light source so that the light emitted by the first light source and the second light source scans respectively corresponding photosensitive members, using at least one rotating polygonal mirror that has a plurality of reflective surfaces; a specification unit configured to perform surface specification processing for specifying a reflective surface that deflects light, out of the plurality of reflective surfaces of the rotating polygonal mirror, in a state where the rotating polygonal mirror is rotating; a correction unit configured to perform correction processing for correcting a scanning position in accordance with which reflective surface, out of the plurality of reflective surfaces of the rotating polygonal mirror, deflects light; and a control unit configured to perform control to, in a case of forming an image in an image quality priority mode, perform the surface specification processing by the specification unit and perform the correction processing by the correction unit, and, in a case of forming an image in a time priority mode, not perform the surface specification processing by the specification unit and not perform the correction processing by the correction unit.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 4.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.44444
- Patent Class: 399.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15165938', '15634889', '14471971', '14158155', '15646996']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.807340612152172
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4677702498324838
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7733835759202032
- Mean Citation Score: 207.831598
- Max Citation Score: 217.26573
- Similarity Product: 176.564432654804

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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