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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020

Filed:

May. 31, 2018
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Matthew C. Traub, Austin, TX (US);

Steven C. Shackleton, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/00 (2006.01); B29C 43/00 (2006.01); G03F 9/00 (2006.01); B29C 35/08 (2006.01); B29C 59/02 (2006.01); B29L 11/00 (2006.01); B82Y 10/00 (2011.01); B82Y 40/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 7/0002 (2013.01); B29C 35/0805 (2013.01); B29C 43/003 (2013.01); B29C 59/022 (2013.01); G03F 9/7019 (2013.01); G03F 9/7092 (2013.01); B29C 2035/0833 (2013.01); B29L 2011/0016 (2013.01); B82Y 10/00 (2013.01); B82Y 40/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus and method for a dispenser with nozzles configured to eject lines of droplets of formable material onto a substrate in response to ejection signals. The fluid dispenser dispenses a first line of ejected droplets of formable material onto a first location on the substrate. A line camera generates camera signals that are representative of the first line of ejected droplets. The camera signals are analyzed to identify malfunctioning nozzles. The fluid dispenser dispenses a second line of ejected droplets of formable material onto a second location on the substrate that compensates for the one or more malfunctioning nozzles.


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