Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12250358-B2
Application number	US-202218149097-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 31, 2022
Priority date	Apr 14, 2020
Publication date	Mar 11, 2025
Grant date	Mar 11, 2025

Abstract

An information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a storage medium that execute density characteristics acquisition processing at an appropriate timing are provided.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A recording apparatus comprising:
one or more circuits;
one or more processors and at least one memory, the at least one memory being coupled to the one or more processors and having stored thereon instructions executable by the one or more processors, wherein at least one of the one or more circuits or the execution of the instructions causes the recording apparatus to function as:
a recording unit configured to record an image on a recording medium;
a setting unit configured to set a setting indicating whether, at a timing that the recording medium has been fed, an acquisition processing for acquiring recording characteristics of the recording unit is to be executed, wherein the acquisition processing includes recording a plurality of patch patterns each of which corresponds to a gradation among a plurality of gradations of ink colors, and acquiring read values by reading each of the plurality of patch patterns; and
an execution unit configured to execute the acquisition processing based on the setting.

2. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a memory configured to store the setting.

3. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the setting is set for each type of the recording medium.

4. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the setting is set by the setting unit at a timing before the recording medium is fed.

5. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein in a case where the recording medium is fed at a predetermined position and a type of the recording medium is set, the execution unit determines that the recording medium is fed.

6. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein in a case where the execution unit determines that the recording medium is fed, the execution unit acquires the setting, and
wherein in a case where the acquired setting indicates execute the acquisition processing, the execution unit executes the acquisition processing.

7. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein in a case where the setting indicates that the acquisition processing is to be executed but a predetermined time period is not lapsed from a previous acquisition processing of the acquisition processing, the execution unit does not execute the acquisition processing.

8. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein in a case where the setting indicates that the acquisition processing is to be executed but a recording amount of the recording unit after execution of a previous acquisition processing of the acquisition processing is smaller than a threshold, the execution unit does not execute the acquisition processing.

9. The recording apparatus according to claim 8 ,
wherein the recording unit is an ink jet recording head configured to inject ink droplets, and
the recording amount is a number of injected ink droplets.

10. The recording apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a receiving unit configured to receive information on the setting from a user.

11. A recording system comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor, the at least memory having instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the at least one processor to function as:
a recording apparatus and an information processing apparatus,
the recording apparatus including
a recording unit configured to record an image on a recording medium, and
an execution unit configured to execute an acquisition processing for acquiring recording characteristics of the recording unit,

the information processing apparatus including
a setting unit configured to set a setting indicating whether to execute, at a timing that the recording medium has been fed, the acquisition processing,
wherein the acquisition processing includes recording a plurality of patch patterns each of which corresponds to a gradation among a plurality of gradations of ink colors, and acquiring read values by reading each of the plurality of patch patterns, and
wherein the execution unit executes the acquisition processing based on the setting set by the setting unit.

12. The recording system according to claim 11 , wherein the recording apparatus includes a memory configured to store the setting.

13. The recording system according to claim 11 , wherein the setting is set for each type of the recording medium.

14. The recording system according to claim 11 , wherein the setting is set by the setting unit at a timing before the recording medium is fed.

15. The recording system according to claim 11 , wherein in a case where the recording medium is fed at a predetermined position and a type of the recording medium is set, the execution unit determines that the recording medium is fed.

16. The recording system according to claim 11 ,
wherein in a case where the execution unit determines that the recording medium is fed, the execution unit acquires the setting, and
wherein in a case where the acquired setting indicates execute the acquisition processing, the execution unit executes the acquisition processing.

17. The recording system according to claim 11 , wherein in the acquisition processing, the plurality of patch patterns, each of which corresponds to the gradation among the plurality of gradations of ink colors, are recorded, and a patch read value of the each patch pattern is acquired.

18. The recording system according to claim 11 , wherein in a case where the setting indicates that the acquisition processing is to be executed but a predetermined time period is not lapsed from a previous acquisition processing of the acquisition processing, the execution unit does not execute the acquisition processing.

19. The recording system according to claim 11 , wherein in a case where the setting indicates that the acquisition processing is to be executed but a recording amount of the recording unit after execution of a previous acquisition processing of the acquisition processing is smaller than a threshold, the execution unit does not execute the acquisition processing.

20. The recording system according to claim 19 ,
wherein the recording unit is an ink jet recording head configured to inject ink droplets, and
the recording amount is a number of injected ink droplets.

21. The recording system according to claim 11 , wherein the information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive information on the setting from a user.

22. A control method comprising:
setting in which a setting is set, wherein the setting indicates whether, at a timing that a recording medium has been fed, an acquisition processing for acquiring recording characteristics of a recording unit configured to record an image on a recording medium is to be executed, wherein the acquisition processing includes recording a plurality of patch patterns, each of which corresponds to a gradation among a plurality of gradations of ink colors, and acquiring read values by reading each of the plurality of patch patterns; and
performing an execution in which the acquisition processing is executed based on the setting set in the setting.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Baba Naoko
• Konno Yuji
• Marumoto Yoshitomo
• Genta Shin
• Ushiyama Takayuki
• Shimokodachi Yumi
• Yoshikawa Serena
• Yokokawa Taichi

Classifications

• H04N1/6025

  using look-up tables · CPC title

• H04N1/00588

  to the scanning position (H04N1/00572, H04N1/00594 take precedence) · CPC title

• H04N1/6094 Primary

  depending on characteristics of the input medium, e.g. film type, newspaper · CPC title

• H04N1/6097

  depending on the characteristics of the output medium, e.g. glossy paper, matt paper, transparency or fabrics · CPC title

• B41J29/38

  Drives, motors, controls or automatic cut-off devices for the entire printing mechanism · CPC title