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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:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
May. 10, 2013
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 29/38 (2006.01); B41J 2/045 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/04541 (2013.01); B41J 2/04543 (2013.01); B41J 2/0458 (2013.01); B41J 2/04591 (2013.01);
Abstract
A printing element substrate, comprising a plurality of printing elements which form a plurality of groups, a first generating unit configured to generate a threshold signal set for each of the plurality of groups and a ramp signal, based on an externally received digital signal, and second generating units, which are arranged in correspondence with the respective groups, configured to generate, based on the ramp signal and the threshold signal, enable signals for setting a period during which the printing element is driven.