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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Keiichirou Takeuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Koichiro Nakazawa, Machida, JP;
Fumihiro Goto, Kawasaki, JP;
Eisuke Nishitani, Tokyo, JP;
Takumi Otani, Kodaira, JP;
Kanako Soma, Yokohama, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ink jet recording apparatus including an ink tank for storing an ink, a flow path member communicating with the ink tank and a recording head for ejecting the ink supplied from the ink tank through the flow path member, wherein the apparatus further includes a light detection unit which applies light to at least one of the ink in the ink tank and the ink in the flow path member and detects the intensity of back-scattered light of the applied light, and an image density correction unit which corrects the density of an image to be recorded on the basis of the intensity of the back-scattered light which has been detected by the light detection unit.