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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2018
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hideaki Iijima, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuyoshi Nakata, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Yasunari Harada, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiaki Hosokawa, Shiga, JP;
Shunsuke Shitaoka, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A droplet discharge apparatus discharges a droplet to form an image on a recording medium while being moved by a user. The droplet discharge apparatus includes a head to discharge a droplet on a recording medium according to image data, a sensor to detect a movement amount of the droplet discharge apparatus in a predetermined period, and a processor. The processor is configured to instruct droplet discharge based on the image data and the movement amount detected by the sensor, determine floating of the droplet discharge apparatus from the recording medium based on information from the sensor, and stop the droplet discharge in response to a determination that the droplet discharge apparatus is floating.