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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:
Oct. 13, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 01, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenichi Maruyama, Narashino, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; H04N / ; H04N / ; H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358296 ; 358434 ; 358502 ; 347-3 ; 347-9 ; 347 86 ;
Abstract
A facsimile apparatus which prints a received image using ink, and which can perform residual-ink detection and verification of detection result with simple construction. The apparatus judges whether or not the ink is exhausted, based on a detected pulse width from a photosensor for determining existence/absence of the ink. If the result of the residual-ink detection is not reliable, the apparatus examines again the detected pulse from the photosensor when actual ink discharge operation is not performed. If the result of the re-examination is different from an expected result, the apparatus notifies a message indicating an occurrence of abnormality on an LCD.