Gray scale pattern and recording method and recording apparatus employing the gray scale pattern

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PATENT NO 6655773
APP PUB NO 20020024548A1
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08365077

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The present invention is designed to make uniform frequencies with which individual recording elements of a multihead are used in a recording apparatus for performing gray scale recording by controlling a number of dots recorded in a unit area. A gray scale pattern used to display gray scale is a pattern in which a plurality of blocks each comprising a dot concentration type gray scale pattern having a size smaller than that of the gray scale pattern is dispersed. The maximum difference between numbers of times the recording elements in the range of the gray scale pattern are used can be restricted within twice, and individual nozzles can be used uniformly. Consequently, imbalance of changes in the recording elements with time, caused by the differences between the frequencies with which the recording elements are used, can be restricted, thus restricting irregularities on an image.

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CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAJAPAN

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Akiyama, Yuji Yokohama, JP 118 1993
Fujita, Miyuki Tokyo, JP 58 1309
Gotoh, Fumihiro Kawasaki, JP 60 1396
Inui, Toshiharu Yokohama, JP 124 2146
Tajika, Hiroshi Yokohama, JP 202 4257

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