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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:
Feb. 22, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 08, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
347 19 ; 347-7 ; 347106 ; 399 27 ;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus applied to an image forming system, which can repetitively record a basic image, includes a device for obtaining a number of dots forming the basic image on the basis of the image data representing the basic image, and a device for estimating a consumption amount of an expendable consumed by recording an image of a predetermined unit on the basis of the obtained number of dots.