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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2021
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yosuke Takagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Chiaki Muraoka, Saitama, JP;
Akira Goto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kyosuke Toda, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image recording apparatus includes a liquid chamber, a first electrode pin and a second electrode pin which are inserted into the liquid chamber, application unit for applying a voltage between the first electrode pin and the second electrode pin, and detection unit for detecting a current which flows between the first electrode pin and the second electrode pin, the image recording apparatus has: a first period in which the application unit applies the voltage between the first electrode pin and the second electrode pin, with the first electrode pin as an anode side and the second electrode pin as a cathode side, and the detection unit detects the current; and a second period in which the application unit applies the voltage between the first electrode pin and the second electrode pin, with the first electrode pin as the cathode side and the second electrode pin as the anode side.