US Patent Issued to Ricoh on March 31 for "Liquid discharge apparatus, liquid discharge method, and storage medium" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,601, issued on March 31, was assigned to Ricoh Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Liquid discharge apparatus, liquid discharge method, and storage medium" was invented by Hideo Tanaka (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid discharge apparatus includes a head, a position changer, and circuitry. The head has a nozzle. The head discharges a liquid from the nozzle to apply the liquid onto a surface of an object. The head has a prescribed discharge condition. The position changer changes a relative position between the object and the head. The circuitry determines a linear trajectory along which the position changer moves the head base...