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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2007
Masayoshi Koyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Masato Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Takumi Namekawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Shota Nishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichi Horii, Kanagawa, JP;
Masayoshi Koyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Masato Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Takumi Namekawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Shota Nishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichi Horii, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a droplet discharging apparatus including a discharge head for deflectively discharging droplets through one discharge port at a plurality of pixel areas in adaptive fashion. The discharge head is controlled to discharge droplets at an object. A storage unit stores status information about the discharge head. A communication unit communicates with an information processing apparatus located outside so as to transmit the status information to the information processing apparatus.