Patents Assigned to Seiko Epson
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Publication number: 20240192541Abstract: A virtual image display device includes a light modulating element including a liquid crystal pixel and a light transmitting region, a light shielding member being arranged on an external side of the light modulating element, a backlight being arranged between the light modulating element and the light shielding member and being configured to irradiate the liquid crystal pixel, a polarizing plate configured to limit external light that passes through the light transmitting region of the light modulating element and image light that is emitted from the liquid crystal pixel, to polarized light, and cause the light to pass therethrough, an image selection conversion member configured to selectively change a polarization direction of the image light emitted from the polarizing plate, and a polarization separation lens element being arranged on the face side of the image selection conversion member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2023Publication date: June 13, 2024Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Mitsutaka IDE
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Publication number: 20240192497Abstract: A virtual image display device includes an image display device including a pixel display region for displaying an image and a light transmitting region for causing an external to be visually recognizable, a light shielding member being arranged on an external side of the image display device and being configured to suppress incidence of external light on the pixel display region, a polarizing plate being arranged on a face side of the image display device and being configured to limit transmitted light to a predetermined polarization direction, an image selection conversion member being arranged on a face side of the polarizing plate and including a wavelength plate for selectively changing a polarization direction of image light according to the pixel display region, and a polarization separation lens element being arranged on a face side of the image selection conversion member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2023Publication date: June 13, 2024Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Mitsutaka IDE
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Publication number: 20240190135Abstract: An ink refill container includes a container main body including an ink storage chamber, an ink outlet-forming portion provided on an end portion of the container main body forming an ink outlet that allows the ink to flow out from the ink storage chamber, and a valve provided in the ink outlet-forming portion configured to openably seal the ink outlet, in which the ink outlet-forming portion includes a positioning portion on an outer side of the ink outlet-forming portion. in which the positioning portion is closer to the container main body than the valve is to the container main body in a central axis direction of the ink outlet, and in which the positioning portion partially abuts against an ink tank when the valve is opened for refilling the ink to the ink tank, to thereby position the valve relative to the ink tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2024Publication date: June 13, 2024Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Tadahiro MIZUTANI, Ryoichi TANAKA, Manabu AKAHANE, Makoto KOBAYASHI, Naomi KIMURA, Hideki OKUMURA, Shoma KUDO, Tetsuya TAKAMOTO, Hiroaki SAKAI
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Publication number: 20240194827Abstract: A light emitting device including a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, a light emitting layer disposed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, and a photonic crystal layer disposed on a side of the second semiconductor layer opposite to the light emitting layer is provided. The photonic crystal layer includes a first region provided with a first photonic crystal that causes light emitted by the light emitting layer to resonate in a direction orthogonal to a laminating direction of the first semiconductor layer and the light emitting layer and does not cause the light to be emitted in a direction different from the orthogonal direction, and a second region provided with a second photonic crystal that does not overlap the first region when viewed in the laminating direction and causes the light to be emitted in a direction different from the orthogonal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2023Publication date: June 13, 2024Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Masamitsu MOCHIZUKI
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Publication number: 20240190153Abstract: A cartridge configured to be mounted on a tape printer, the cartridge includes a ribbon roll around which an ink ribbon is wound, and a cartridge case configured to accommodate a tape roll around which a tape is wound and that accommodates the ribbon roll, in which the cartridge case includes a third case portion, a first case portion that constitutes a tape roll accommodating portion accommodating the tape roll between the first case portion and the third case portion, and a second case portion that is separated from the first case portion and accommodates the ribbon roll between the second case portion and the third case portion, and the first case portion is configured to open and close the tape roll accommodating portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2024Publication date: June 13, 2024Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Keisuke TARUYA, Taishi SASAKI, Akio ISHIMOTO, Hirosuke YASUKI
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Publication number: 20240190608Abstract: A liquid replenishment container includes a liquid accommodation section configured to accommodate a liquid, a pouring section coupled to the liquid accommodation section and having an outlet port for pouring the liquid, and a cap section mounted on the pouring section and covering the outlet port, in which the liquid accommodation section includes a main section formed of metal, and at least one of the liquid accommodation section and the pouring section includes a viewing section formed of a transparent or translucent member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2023Publication date: June 13, 2024Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Koji KUDO
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Publication number: 20240192496Abstract: A virtual image display device includes an image display device including a pixel display region for displaying an image and a light transmitting region for causing external scenes to be visually recognizable, an optical array being arranged on a face side of the image display device, including a plurality of micro optical elements provided corresponding to respective pixels, and being configured to form an image with image light emitted from the image display device, and a light shielding member being arranged on an external side of the image display device and being configured to suppress incidence of external light on the pixel display region.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2023Publication date: June 13, 2024Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Mitsutaka IDE
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Patent number: 12005699Abstract: A recording device includes a recording unit configured to perform recording to a medium, a conveyance belt disposed facing the recording unit and configured to convey the medium, a first blade and a second blade configured to make contact with the conveyance belt and scrape out a residual of the conveyance belt, and a switching mechanism configured to switch the first blade and the second blade. When the first blade is moved to a first position where the first blade makes contact with the conveyance belt, the control unit moves the second blade to a second position where the second blade is separated from the conveyance belt, and when the second blade is moved to the first position where the second blade makes contact with the conveyance belt, the control unit moves the first blade to the second position where the first blade is separated from the conveyance belt.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2021Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Tatsuya Hosokawa, Shintaro Komuro, Shota Sakagami, Hiroyuki Maeda, Takamasa Ikagawa, Koji Hara
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Patent number: 12009801Abstract: A resonator device includes: a base; a resonator element that includes a resonator substrate and an electrode; a conductive layer that is disposed on the base; a metal bump that is disposed between the conductive layer and the resonator element, and that electrically couples the conductive layer and the electrode while bonding the conductive layer and the resonator element; and at least one of a first low elastic modulus layer that is interposed between the base and the conductive layer, that overlaps the metal bump in a plan view of the base, and that has an elastic modulus smaller than that of the metal bump, and a second low elastic modulus layer that is interposed between the resonator substrate and the electrode, that overlaps the metal bump in the plan view of the base, and that has an elastic modulus smaller than that of the metal bump.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2021Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Junichi Takeuchi, Tomoyuki Kamakura, Ryuta Nishizawa, Yukihiro Hashi
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Patent number: 12010278Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a document bed on which a document is placed, an automatic document feeder (an example of an opening/closing member) configured to be opened/closed with respect to the document bed, a rotational supporting section provided at one end of the document bed and rotatably supporting the automatic document feeder with respect to the document bed, and a height adjustment mechanism that adjusts the height of the automatic document feeder relative to the document bed. The rotational supporting section has a holding section fixed to the document bed and a rotary fulcrum section attached to the holding section and being movable in the up-down direction relative to the holding section. The height adjustment mechanism adjusts the height of the rotary fulcrum section relative to the holding section to adjust the height of the automatic document feeder relative to the document bed and overlaps the holding section and the rotary fulcrum section in the vertical direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2022Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Seiji Kawabata, Kazunori Mori, Masato Ogawa
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Patent number: 12006182Abstract: A medium feeding device includes a medium placing portion, a feeding roller that feeds paper, a medium movement detecting portion that is positioned on a placing region of the paper of the medium placing portion in a medium feeding direction and is capable of detecting movement of the paper being fed in a width direction intersecting the medium feeding direction, and a controller that stops feeding of the paper in a case in which a physical quantity relating to movement of paper in the width direction exceeds a predetermined threshold based on a detected result by the medium movement detecting portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2021Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Takayuki Shiota, Kazutoshi Nishida, Kiyotaka Nakamura
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Patent number: 12005506Abstract: Provided is a method for shaping a three-dimensional shaped object using a cutting tool configured to perform cutting at a first length at maximum in a predetermined cutting direction, the method including: a first section shaping step of shaping a first section having a length in a first direction shorter than the first length by laminating a shaping material; a first section cutting step of cutting the first section with the cutting tool having a cutting direction along the first direction; a second section shaping step of shaping a second section having a length in a second direction shorter than the first length by laminating the shaping material, to connect to a first end surface of the first section in the first direction; and a second section cutting step of cutting the second section along the second direction with the cutting tool having a cutting direction along the second direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2020Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Kenta Anegawa, Daizo Aoyagi
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Patent number: 12007279Abstract: A color measurement apparatus includes an opening portion forming member that is a member in which an opening portion for causing light arriving from a measurement target to enter inside the apparatus is formed, and that is arranged on a bottom surface at a time of measurement performed by the apparatus, an incident light processing portion that processes light incident through the opening portion, and a shutter unit configured to be displaced between a closed position at which the opening portion is covered, in which the shutter unit includes a shutter member that closes the opening portion when the shutter unit is at the closed position, a shutter holding member that holds the shutter member such that the shutter member is configured to be displaced in a direction of approaching to and separating from the opening portion, and a pressing member that presses the shutter member toward the opening portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2021Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichi Furuya, Haruki Miyasaka, Hisayuki Akahane
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Patent number: 12007735Abstract: A sensor module includes a first sensor device that outputs first measurement data from a first measurement circuit receiving a signal from a first sensor element and performing a measurement process, a second sensor device that outputs a second measurement circuit receiving a signal from a second sensor element and performing a measurement process, and a microcontroller that receives the first measurement data and the second measurement data, in which the first sensor device includes a first terminal that is used for input of an external synchronization signal or a synchronization signal which is a signal based on the external synchronization signal, and input or output of a communication signal, and the second sensor device includes a second terminal that is used for input of the synchronization signal, and input or output of the communication signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2019Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Fumikazu Otani, Yoshikuni Saito, Taketo Chino, Nobuyuki Imai
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Patent number: 12005718Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a head and a robot which changes a position of the head with respect to a workpiece, the head includes a first nozzle row for ejecting a first ink and a second nozzle row for ejecting a second ink which has lower brightness than the first ink, the robot includes an arm portion having a distal end, a proximal end, and a base portion coupled to the proximal end, and supports the head by the distal end, and a first joint which is a joint closest to the distal end and rotate around a first rotating axis, and a distance between the second nozzle row and the first rotating axis is less than a distance between the first nozzle row and the first rotating axis when viewed in a direction along the first rotating axis.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2022Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yoshinori Nakajima, Yuki Ishii
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Patent number: 12005702Abstract: A suction apparatus includes a support portion, a plurality of suction holes formed in the support portion, a suction mechanism configured to perform suction from an outer side of the support portion toward an inner side through the plurality of suction holes, a lighting unit provided on the inner side of the support portion for each region of the support portion, a light transmitting portion configured to transmit light emitted by the lighting unit to the outer side of the support portion, and a control unit configured to control the lighting unit, in which the control unit makes a lighting state of the lighting unit corresponding to a suction region in which suction at the support portion is enabled different from a lighting state of the lighting unit corresponding to a non-suction region in which the suction at the support portion is disabled.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2022Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Eishin Yoshikawa
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Patent number: 12010378Abstract: A wireless communication device includes a first wireless communication circuit, a first terminal, and a processor. The first wireless communication circuit executes receiving first image information by a first wireless communication method, and transmitting wireless connection destination information. The processor executes adding information representing that communication is performed by the first wireless communication method to the wireless connection destination information, when the first terminal is coupled to a display device, and not adding the information representing that communication is performed by the first wireless communication method to the wireless connection destination information, when the first terminal is not coupled to the display device.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2022Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Kazuki Nagai
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Patent number: 12007407Abstract: A sensor module includes: an inertial sensor; and a processing circuit processing an output signal from the inertial sensor. The processing circuit varies processing of the output signal according to a sampling period for acquiring the output signal. The processing circuit may change the sampling period for acquiring the output signal according to a content of processing of the output signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2022Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Fumikazu Otani
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Patent number: 12007281Abstract: A color measurement apparatus includes an opening portion that is formed in an opening portion forming member arranged in a bottom portion of the apparatus and causes light arriving from a measurement target to enter inside the apparatus, a light emission portion that emits light for measurement toward the measurement target, and a shutter unit that is configured to switch between a closed state in which the opening portion is covered, and an open state in which the opening portion is open, and that has a reflection reference surface at a position facing the opening portion in the closed state as a reference of reflectance, in which the shutter unit is disposed such that the shutter unit is configured to switch to, in addition to the closed state and the open state, an exposed state in which the reflection reference surface is exposed outside the apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2022Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Toshio Miyake, Haruki Miyasaka, Kenichi Furuya, Hisayuki Akahane
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Patent number: 12008281Abstract: A job execution device includes a display unit, a storage unit that stores a first history group that is a history of a job group executed based on a setting received on a first home screen, and a second history group that is a history of a job group executed based on a setting received on a second home screen different from the first home screen, and a controller that display a display screen including the first home screen and the second home screen on the display unit, wherein the first home screen includes a first object group that receives an instruction to re-execute a first job that was executed, the first job being included in the first history group, and a second object group that receives an instruction to re-execute a second job that was executed, the second job being included in the second history group.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2023Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Kuramoto, Toshifumi Sakai