ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,186, issued on July 22, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Inkjet recording apparatus and inkjet recording method" was invented by Yuto Kajiwara (Kanagawa, Japan) and Junichi Nakagawa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording unit, an acquisition unit, a scanning unit, and a control unit. In the recording unit, a plurality of nozzles to which ink is supplied from a common liquid chamber is arranged in a first direction. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire image data. The scanning unit is configured to perform relative scanning with a recording medium in a second direction int...