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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2020
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Ahmed M. Hussein, Austin, TX (US);
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Devices, systems, and methods (a) receive a predetermined fluid drop volume and an array of cells, wherein each cell in the array is associated with a respective predetermined fluid volume; (b) scan the array of cells according to a scanning sequence for a next unassigned cell and add the next unassigned cell to a respective fill set; (c) add unassigned cells neighboring the next unassigned cell to the respective fill set until an aggregate of the respective predetermined fluid volumes of the cells in the respective fill set equals or exceeds the predetermined fluid drop volume; (d) place a fluid drop in the drop pattern within an area associated with the respective fill set and mark all cells in the respective fill set as assigned; and (e) repeat (b)-(d) until all cells in the array of cells have been assigned and the drop pattern has been generated.