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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2019
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Tomoki Yamamuro, Kawasaki, JP;
Toshimitsu Danzuka, Tokyo, JP;
Yasunori Fujimoto, Inagi, JP;
Masataka Kato, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuki Narumi, Komae, JP;
Shin Genta, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuhiko Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuo Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroto Kango, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/17 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 2/21 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 11/0065 (2013.01); B41J 2/1721 (2013.01); B41J 2/17566 (2013.01); B41J 2/21 (2013.01); B41J 2002/1742 (2013.01); B41J 2002/17573 (2013.01);
Abstract
A recording apparatus discharges an ink in a first color to a position at which an accumulated state on an ink absorber is to be detected. After that, a light is emitted onto the position from a light emitting unit, and reflected light is received by a light receiving unit.