ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,178, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc. (Osaka, Japan).
"Inkjet recording apparatus and head position determining method" was invented by Shuntaro Tsuji (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inkjet recording apparatus captures an image of a recording surface of a recording medium including a test pattern recorded on the recording surface, calculates an interval between the test pattern and a reference position on the recording surface based on the image of the recording surface, and determines a height position of the recording head according to the recording medium based on the interval. The...