Detection device and image forming device

1. A detection device comprising:

a detection section comprising

an illumination unit that illuminates light toward a conveyance path along which a medium is conveyed, and

a light-sensing unit that senses reflected light of the light illuminated from the illumination unit,

the detection section detecting at least one of an image on the medium conveyed along the conveyance path or the medium; and

a reference section comprising a reference member that is disposed at an opposite side of the conveyance path from the side thereof at which the illumination unit is disposed and that is provided to be rotatable with a rotation axis direction being a width direction of the medium, the reference member having a polygonal rod shape that includes a plurality of reflection faces that reflect the light illuminated by the illumination unit toward the detection section, and the reference member being configured such that any of the reflection faces may be caused to oppose the conveyance path by rotation of the reference member;

wherein one of the reflection faces of the reference member comprises a test face comprising a position detection pattern, a focal point detection pattern and a depth detection pattern,

wherein the detection section detects a position of the test face in the direction of rotation via the position detection pattern;

wherein the detection section detects a focal point via the focal point detection pattern; and

wherein the detection section detects an illumination depth of the light illuminated from the illumination unit via the depth detection portion.

2. The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein

the position detection pattern is provided at each of two rotation axis direction end portions of the test face,

the focal point detection pattern is provided at the rotation axis direction inner side of each of the position detection patterns at the two rotation axis end portions of the test face, and

the depth detection portion is provided at the rotation axis direction inner side of each of the focal point detection patterns at the two rotation axis end portions of the test face and at a rotation axis direction central portion of the test face.

3. The detection device according to claim 1 , wherein

the position detection pattern includes a pattern in the shape of the letter N, with the vertical direction of the letter being the conveyance direction,

the focal point detection pattern includes a pattern in which a plurality of lines along the conveyance direction are arrayed in the rotation axis direction, and

the depth detection portion includes a step portion configured by a plurality of faces at different distances from the conveyance path.

4. The detection device according to claim 1 , further comprising a control section that controls a rotation angle of the reference member on the basis of results of detection of the position detection pattern by the detection section,

wherein, after the control section controls the rotation angle of the reference member, the detection section detects the depth detection portion.

5. An image forming device comprising:

an image forming section that forms an image on a medium; and

the detection device of claim 1 .