ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,876, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to RICOH COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).
"Liquid discharge apparatus and liquid discharge method" was invented by Kenji Kamei (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid discharge apparatus includes: a liquid discharger to discharge a liquid from a nozzle; an imaging unit to capture a test pattern on a detection target member to acquire a test pattern image of the test pattern; circuitry configured to: cause the liquid discharger to discharge a first amount of the liquid per unit area from the nozzle onto a target object; cause the liquid discharger to discharge a second amount of the liquid pe...