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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kenjiro Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Haruyuki Matsumoto, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid container detachably mountable to a recording apparatus to which a plurality of liquid containers are detachably mountable, wherein the recording apparatus includes an apparatus antenna and photoreceptor means, the liquid container includes a container antenna communicatable with the apparatus antenna without physical contact therebetween; an information storing portion capable of storing at least individual information of the liquid container; a light emitting portion; and a controller for controlling light emission of the light emitting portion in response to a correspondence between a signal indicative individual information supplied through the container antenna and the information stored in the information storing portion.