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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2004
Mitsugu Ishihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsugu Ishihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A device detects a quantity of waste liquid without using a special sensor by subtracting total use of liquid from total consumption of liquid and regarding the differential as the quantity of waste liquid. The device includes a first unit for accumulating liquid consumption for a period from the start of using a liquid container up to the present to obtain and store total consumption, a second unit for accumulating liquid quantity used for the operation by the operation unit for the period to obtain and store total use, a third unit for subtracting the total use from the total consumption to obtain the waste liquid quantity, a fourth unit for comparing the obtained waste liquid quantity with a predetermined upper limit on waste liquid quantity, and a fifth unit for informing that the waste liquid quantity exceeds the upper limit.