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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Humberto Bocanegra Evans, Austin, TX (US);
Niyaz Khusnatdinov, Round Rock, TX (US);
James W. Irving, Austin, TX (US);
Craig William Cone, Austin, TX (US);
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of method of assigning a drop position in a drop pattern includes receiving a predetermined fluid drop volume of a drop, receiving information regarding an array of cells defining a desired fill set associated with the predetermined fluid drop volume, wherein the information includes a predetermined fluid volume of each cell of the array of cells and a predetermined location of each cell of the array of cells, determining a distance from a center of mass of the array of cells to the predetermined location of each cell of a plurality of cells of the array of cells, identifying, among cells of the plurality of cells whose distance from the center of mass is within a predetermined threshold distance, a cell having the largest predetermined fluid volume, and assigning the predetermined location of the identified cell as the drop position of the drop in the drop pattern.