Recording apparatus

US8979231B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8979231-B2
Application numberUS-201213368086-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateFeb 7, 2012
Priority dateFeb 10, 2011
Publication dateMar 17, 2015
Grant dateMar 17, 2015

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Abstract

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A recording apparatus includes a recording head, a roller configured to convey a recording medium, an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a conveyance amount for conveying the recording medium per a predetermined rotation amount of the roller, a recording timing generation unit configured to generate a plurality of timing signals for performing recording for one raster line according to a rotation of the roller during one rotation thereof, and a drive signal generation unit configured to generate a drive reference signal for performing the recording for the one raster line on the recording medium at a predetermined interval based on the conveyance amount information and the timing signal.

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What is claimed is: 1. A recording apparatus comprising: a recording head including a plurality of printing elements; a roller configured to convey a recording medium; a recording timing generation unit configured to generate a timing signal for performing recording for a raster line according to a rotation of the roller during one rotation thereof; and a drive signal generation unit configured to generate drive reference signals for driving the plurality of printing element…

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    Operations & Transport · mapped topic

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What does patent US8979231B2 cover?
A recording apparatus includes a recording head, a roller configured to convey a recording medium, an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a conveyance amount for conveying the recording medium per a predetermined rotation amount of the roller, a recording timing generation unit configured to generate a plurality of timing signals for performing recording for one raster line…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Nieda Kengo, Koizumi Kazuya, Azuma Satoshi, and 4 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification B41J29/38. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 17 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).