PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16002013
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-06
Publication Date: 2018-12
Patent Classification: ["347", "014000"]

Abstract:
A liquid droplet jetting apparatus includes: a carriage configured to scan in a main scanning direction; a jetting head installed in the carriage, having nozzles arranged in a sub scanning direction intersecting with the main scanning direction, and configured to jet liquid droplets from the nozzles; a conveyer configured to convey the recording medium in the sub scanning direction; and a controller configured to control the carriage, the jetting head and the conveyer. The nozzles form nozzle groups including two nozzle groups adjacent in the sub scanning direction; and the controller is configured to execute a predetermined printing mode in which a pass printing and conveyance of the recording medium in the sub scanning direction are alternately performed. The pass printing causes the carriage to move one time in the main scanning direction while jetting the liquid droplets from the nozzles.

Claim (Index 2):
A liquid droplet jetting apparatus comprising:\n a jetting head having nozzles aligned in a first direction, the jetting head configured to jet liquid droplets from the nozzles, the nozzles forming nozzle groups including two nozzle groups which are adjacent in the first direction; a conveyer configured to convey a recording medium in the first direction; and a controller; and a memory storing computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause the controller to:\n receive a printing data from an image scanner or an external device; \n determine a jetting timing for each of the nozzle groups based on the printing data; and \n execute a target printing to form a first image along the first direction in a first area on the recording medium when the jetting head is at a first position, in a second direction intersecting the first direction, relative to the recording medium; \n execute a preceding printing to form a second image along the first direction in a second area on the recording medium in a same position, in the second direction, as the first area of the recording medium, the preceding printing performed immediately before the target printing when the jetting head is at a second position in the second direction relative to the recording medium, the second image being formed before the first image on the recording medium; and \n execute a succeeding printing to form a third image along the first direction in a third area on the recording medium in a same position, in the second direction, as the first area and the second area on the recording medium, the succeeding printing performed immediately after the target printing when the jetting head is at a third position in the second direction relative to the recording medium, the third image being formed after the first image on the recording medium; wherein in a case of determining the jetting timing, the controller is configured to: \n determine a first spacing distance and a second spacing distance based on the printing data, the first spacing distance being a distance between a first target position located on the closest side to the second area of the recording medium in the first direction among landing target positions of the liquid droplets in the target printing and a second target position located on the closest side to the first area of the recording medium in the first direction among landing target positions of the liquid droplets in the preceding printing, the second spacing distance being a distance between a third target position located on the closest side to the third area of the recording medium in the first direction among the landing target positions of the liquid droplets in the target printing and a fourth target position located on the closest side to the first area of the recording medium in the first direction among landing target positions of the liquid droplets in the succeeding printing; \n in a case that both the first spacing distance and the second spacing distance are not more than a first threshold value, determine that a first condition is satisfied; \n in a case that at least one of the first spacing distance and the second spacing distance is greater than the first threshold value, determine that a second condition is satisfied; \n in a case that the first condition is satisfied, determine the jetting timing such that a target value of a shift amount in the second direction, between landing target positions of liquid droplets jetted from one nozzle group of the two nozzle groups and landing target positions of liquid droplets jetted from the other nozzle group of the two nozzle groups, is not less than a second threshold value; and \n in a case that the second condition is satisfied, determine the jetting timing such that the target value of the shift amount is less than the second threshold value.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 21.0
- Percentile: 94.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.45161
- Patent Class: 347.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['15346009', '15464507', '11534447', '11466125', '12407769']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7219980599183751
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5765826470520828
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7074565186317459
- Mean Citation Score: 298.939386
- Max Citation Score: 471.46356
- Similarity Product: 417.51979695781233

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test