PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15936677
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["347", "014000"]

Abstract:
A printing apparatus comprises: a printing unit that performs printing and prints an inspection pattern including a first patch and a second patch different in color or having the same color and different in density so as to extend in the first direction respectively on the printing medium by the plurality of orifices wherein the first patch and the second patch are arranged in the second direction; a scanning unit that includes a plurality of detection elements arranged in the second direction, performs scan in the first direction and, scanning the inspection pattern on the printing medium; and wherein the scanning unit scans the first patch by using a first detection element of the plurality of detection elements and scans the second patch by using a second detection element which is another element of the plurality of detection elements respectively.

Claim (Index 10):
A printing method comprising:\n performing printing, based on image data indicating an image to be printed, by discharging ink from a plurality of orifices which discharge ink and are arrayed in a first direction to a printing medium conveyed in a second direction crossing the first direction by using a printing unit including the plurality of orifices, and printing an inspection pattern including a first patch and a second patch different in color or having the same color and different in density so as to extend in the first direction respectively on the printing medium by the plurality of orifices wherein the first patch and the second patch are arranged in the second direction; performing scan by a scanning unit including a plurality of detection elements arranged in the second direction in the first direction and scanning the inspection pattern on the printing medium; and correcting, based on a scanning result by the scanning unit of the inspection pattern, the image data so as to reduce unevenness in density between areas of image printed on the printing medium by the printing unit in a predetermined direction, wherein in the performing the scan, the first patch is scanned by using a first detection element of the plurality of detection elements, and the second patch is scanned by using a second detection element which is other element of the plurality of detection elements, respectively.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 5.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.65455
- Patent Class: 347.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['10881412', '13551870', '11859382', '14681246', '09846104']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.7233349559809001
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4914997005510403
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.7001514304379142
- Mean Citation Score: 233.06501
- Max Citation Score: 241.28668
- Similarity Product: 190.58048471490383

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

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