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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2017
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, Aichi, JP;
Kenta Horade, Tokai, JP;
Tetsuya Ouchi, Aichi, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
A controller of an inkjet recording apparatus is configured to calculate an energized time length during which a timer is in an energized state after a particular calculation start point for calculating a lapse time length based on a time measured by the timer and store the energized time length, determine whether there exists a non-energized state after the calculation start point, estimate the non-energized time length, referring to the energized time length and a time length parameter stored in a memory when it is determined that there exists the non-energized state after the calculation start point, and calculate the lapse time length elapsed from the calculation start point based on the non-energized time length estimated in the estimation process and the energized time length stored in the memory.