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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:
Jan. 30, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/05 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/05 ;
Abstract
An image recording apparatus for recording an image in accordance with input image data supplied thereto using a recording head having a plurality of recording elements arranged thereon. The apparatus includes a sensor for detecting and determining non-uniformity of the densities of the records provided by the respective recording elements, at predetermined timing in image recording operations, and adjusting means for adjusting driving signals applied to the respective recording heads in response to an output of sensor.