Claims
- 1. A recording apparatus provided with a recording head for forming an image employing an energy generating element while moving on a line, the recording apparatus comprising:a head position detecting element that is provided to said recording head for detecting the position of said recording head, wherein said head position detecting element is formed in a same substrate as a substrate provided with said energy generating element; and a detected member of said head position detecting element, opposed to said head position detecting element and fixed to a main body of the recording apparatus along a track where said recording head moves.
- 2. A recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a circuit for generating signal to drive said energy generating element in accordance with position data of said recording head detected by said head position detecting element and recording data is formed in a same substrate as a substrate provided with said energy generating element.
- 3. A recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a light-receiving element for detecting an image that is formed is further formed in a same substrate as a substrate provided with said energy generating element.
- 4. A recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said head position detecting element is a magnetic detecting element, and said detected member is a linear magnetic member.
- 5. A recording apparatus according to claim 4, wherein a linear magnetic member magnetized with south and north polarities at pitches D is arranged in said recording apparatus andwherein with respect to said linear magnetic member, n magnetic detecting elements are arranged at pitches D/n in a direction that is perpendicular to a row of said energy generating elements.
- 6. A recording apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising:n rows of magnetic pole patterns magnetized with south and north polarities at pitches D, wherein a linear magnetic member magnetized by shifting each of magnetic pole patterns at pitches D/n is arranged and wherein with respect to said linear magnetic member, n magnetic detecting elements are arranged at pitches D/n in a direction that is perpendicular to a row of said energy generating elements.
- 7. A recording apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising:n rows of magnetic pole patterns magnetized with south and north polarities at pitches D, wherein a linear magnetic member magnetized by shifting each of magnetic pole patterns at pitches D/n is arranged and wherein, with respect to said linear magnetic member, n magnetic detecting elements are arranged at pitches D/n in a same direction as a row of said energy generating elements.
- 8. A recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said head position detecting element is a light-receiving element and said detected member is a linear reflective member.
- 9. A recording apparatus according to claim 8,wherein a linear reflective member in which a reflecting portion and a non-reflecting portion are alternately arranged at pitches D in said recording apparatus and wherein with respect to said linear reflective member, n pairs of light-emitting elements and light receiving elements are arranged at pitches D/n in a direction that is perpendicular to a row of said energy generating elements.
- 10. A recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said head position detecting element is an electric field detecting element and said detected member is a linear charged member.
- 11. A recording apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising:n rows of charged patterns charged with south and north polarities at pitches D, wherein a linear charged member charged by shifting each of charged patterns at pitches D/n is arranged and wherein with respect to said linear charged member, n electrostatic detecting elements are arranged at pitches D/n in a direction that is perpendicular to a row of said energy generating elements.
- 12. A recording apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising:n rows of charged patterns charged with south and north polarities at pitches D, wherein a linear charged member charged by shifting each of charged patterns at pitches D/n is arranged and wherein with respect to said linear charged member, n electrostatic detecting elements are arranged at pitches D/n in a same direction as a row of said energy generating elements.
- 13. A recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said energy generating element is an electro-thermal converting element for heating liquid and inducing film boiling in order to discharge a liquid droplet for forming an image.
- 14. A recording apparatus provided with a recording head for forming an image employing an energy generating element while moving on a line, the recording apparatus comprising:a head position detecting element that is provided to said recording head for detecting the position of said recording head, wherein said head position detecting element is formed in a same substrate as a substrate provided with said energy generating element; and a detected member of said head position detecting element, opposed to said head position detecting element and fixed to a main body of the recording apparatus along a track where said recording head moves; and a control mechanism for performing control in a manner that data from said head position detecting element and image recording data are calculated by a calculating circuit and a drive signal is applied to the energy generating element at a timing based on a result obtained by said calculation to perform recording.
Priority Claims (2)
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9-358099 |
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10-007709 |
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Parent Case Info
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 09/218,626, filed Dec. 22, 1998.
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