Patents Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation
  • Publication number: 20240131851
    Abstract: A print material storage container has: a substrate on which an electric circuit having terminals is provided; a fixing portion on which the substrate can be mounted by re-fixing; and a fixing member that fixes the fixing portion and a non-terminal portion, which is formed by excluding the terminals from the substrate, to each other. The non-terminal portion includes a re-fixed portion, which can be re-fixed to the fixing portion by the fixing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2024
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Kudo, Noriyuki Fukasawa, Hiroyuki Kawate
  • Publication number: 20240137640
    Abstract: A parameter determination method includes: determining N, N being a natural number greater than 1, first regions included in at least a part of a first image acquired by capturing a target with a first optical device positioned at a first position and whose internal parameters are known, or the first image projected from the first optical device; determining N second regions corresponding to the respective N first regions in a one-to-one manner in a second image acquired by capturing the target with a second optical device positioned at a second position different from the first and whose internal parameters are known; determining N homographies between the N first regions and the N second regions in a one-to-one manner; and determining at least one of a first parameter related to the second optical device and a second parameter related to the capturing target by decomposing each of the N homographies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroki SENSHIKI
  • Patent number: 11964477
    Abstract: A recording system includes: a recording apparatus; a post-processing apparatus; and a transport apparatus which transports the medium to which the recording is performed to the post-processing apparatus, and the transport apparatus includes a transport mechanism which transports a medium to which the recording is performed to the post-processing apparatus, and a loading stand which loads the discharged medium without transporting the medium to which the recording is performed to the post-processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hidetoshi Kodama
  • Patent number: 11964490
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a discard absorbing member (first absorbing member) that absorbs a liquid discarded from a discharge head to an outer side of an end portion of a medium supported by a support section as a waste liquid. Further, the recording apparatus includes: a cap which is an example of a waste liquid receiving section that receives the liquid ejected from the discharge head as a waste liquid; a waste liquid absorbing member (second absorbing member) that absorbs the waste liquid sent from the cap; and a waste liquid box (accommodating section) that holds the waste liquid absorbing member. The discard absorbing member and the waste liquid absorbing member 50A are coupled to each other such that the waste liquid can be delivered from the discard absorbing member to the waste liquid absorbing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Katsumi Yamada, Takatoshi Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 11968480
    Abstract: A display method includes detecting a write operation on a display surface by a pointer, determining whether an operation button provided on the pointer is pressed or not, displaying an image corresponding to the write operation as a first image on the display surface, when the write operation is detected and it is determined that the operation button is pressed, and erasing the first image when it is determined that the operation button is not pressed during a period when the first image is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomonori Kumagai
  • Patent number: 11964488
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a first absorbing member (extended absorbing member or the like) that absorbs a liquid discarded from a discharge head to an outer side of an end portion of a medium supported by a support section as a waste liquid. The recording apparatus includes a second absorbing member (waste liquid absorbing member) that absorbs the waste liquid sent from a cap, an accommodating section (waste liquid box) that holds the second absorbing member, and a delivery section that delivers the liquid between the first absorbing member and the second absorbing member. In a state where the accommodating section is inserted into an apparatus main body, the delivery section 141 is inclined downward from the first absorbing member toward the second absorbing member, and an inclination of the delivery section when the accommodating section is removed from the apparatus main body varies depending on an inserted state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Katsumi Yamada, Takatoshi Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 11964481
    Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes a pressure chamber plate having a plurality of pressure chambers arranged in a first direction, a vibrating plate disposed at a position further than the pressure chamber plate in a second direction intersecting the first direction, at least one first electrode disposed at a position further than the vibrating plate in the second direction, a piezoelectric layer disposed at a position further than the first electrode in the second direction, and a second electrode disposed at a position further than the first electrode in the second direction. The piezoelectric layer has a first area that does not overlap the first electrode in the first direction and a second area that overlaps the first electrode in the first direction, and the first area exhibits a first preferred orientation and the second area exhibits the first preferred orientation when the piezoelectric layer is analyzed by X-ray diffraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuya Kitada
  • Patent number: 11967903
    Abstract: A rectifier circuit includes: a first input line to which a first alternating-current voltage is supplied and that is wired along a first direction; a second input line to which a second alternating-current voltage is supplied and that is wired along the first direction on a second direction side of the first input line; a first output line that is configured to output a first rectified voltage and is wired along the second direction; a second output line that is configured to output a second rectified voltage and is wired along the second direction on a first direction side of the first output line; a first rectifier element that is arranged corresponding to an intersection of the first input line and the first output line; a second rectifier element that is arranged corresponding to an intersection of the second input line and the first output line; a third rectifier element that is arranged corresponding to an intersection of the first input line and the second output line; and a fourth rectifier element t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kinya Matsuda, Kazuhiro Maekawa
  • Patent number: 11964491
    Abstract: A cartridge includes a concave portion. The concave portion has an opening, first and second side walls, and a bottom wall, and the bottom wall has a tilted surface tilted. The tilted surface is provided with a cartridge side terminal group. The first side wall is provided with a first restriction portion which restricts movements in a +Z axis direction and a +X axis direction of an apparatus side terminal unit, and the second side wall is provided with a second restriction portion which restricts movements in the +Z axis direction and a ?X axis direction of an apparatus side terminal unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Aoki, Hiroshi Satoh
  • Patent number: 11964423
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a three-dimensional shaped object according to the present disclosure includes: a plasticizing step of plasticizing at least a part of a shaping material including a first fiber material and a thermoplastic resin to generate a plasticized material to be discharged from a nozzle opening for shaping a three-dimensional shaped object; a fiber introducing step including either a step of introducing a second fiber material longer than the first fiber material into the shaping material or the plasticized material before being discharged from the nozzle opening, or a step of introducing the second fiber material into the plasticized material after being discharged from the nozzle opening; and a shaping step of shaping the three-dimensional shaped object including the first fiber material and the second fiber material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji Okamoto, Akihiko Tsunoya
  • Patent number: 11964493
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a head unit having a plurality of nozzles ejecting an ink, the head unit including a filter provided with holes through which the ink can pass, a first nozzle row formed by the plurality of nozzles, and a second nozzle row formed by the plurality of nozzles, and a mounting portion on which the head unit is detachably mounted. The nozzles forming the second nozzle row communicate with the nozzles forming the first nozzle row via the filter. A pre-operation of forming gas-liquid interfaces in the holes provided in the filter is executed before the head unit is removed from the mounting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Taichi Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11966655
    Abstract: A method for controlling a projecting system is provided. The method includes: causing a projector projecting a menu screen onto a screen to store definition information defining the menu screen; causing the information processing device to generate update information used to update the definition information; causing the information processing device to transmit the update information to the projector; causing the projector generating an updated definition information, based on the update information; by updating the definition information and causing the projector to generate the menu screen, based on the updated definition information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshiki Fujimori
  • Patent number: 11964473
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes an image formation unit, a tray on which a medium is placed, a movement unit, and a control unit. The image formation unit includes a first head forming a first image and a second head forming a second image. The movement unit is provided so as to be capable of moving the tray to a first position at which the medium is placed and a second position serving as a reference position. The control unit switches between a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode, a starting position is moved to an image forming region, and the tray is not moved to the second position, and a movement direction is changed to form the first image and the second image. In the second mode, after the first image is formed, the tray is moved to the second position, and then the movement direction is changed to form the second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Yohei Nunokawa
  • Patent number: 11964479
    Abstract: A medium feeding device includes a feeding roller that is provided in a medium feeding path through which a medium is fed and that feeds a medium downstream by rotating in the forward direction in response to power of a motor, a nip roller that is provided in the medium feeding path and that nips a medium in cooperation with the feeding roller and rotates, and a controller configured to control the motor. Based on an increase in a variation value varying in accordance with a drive load of the motor, the controller controls the motor and causes the feeding roller to start a medium feeding operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Keisuke Sasaki, Takayuki Tanaka, Hiroki Shinagawa
  • Patent number: 11964480
    Abstract: A driving waveform determining method with which a waveform of a driving pulse applied to a driving element provided in a liquid ejecting head that ejects a liquid is determined includes: a first step of measuring, by performing a simulation, ejection characteristics of the liquid from the liquid ejecting head when a waveform candidate is used for the driving pulse; a second step of measuring, by performing an actual measurement, the ejection characteristics of the liquid from the liquid ejecting head when the waveform candidate is used for the driving pulse; and a third step of determining the waveform of the driving pulse in accordance with a measurement result obtained in the first step and a measurement result obtained in the second step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Toyofuku, Toshiro Murayama, Takahiro Katakura
  • Patent number: 11964482
    Abstract: The plurality of pressure compartments includes a first pressure compartment and a second pressure compartment located next to the first pressure compartment in the first direction. The plurality of nozzles includes a first nozzle that is in communication with the first pressure compartment and the second pressure compartment in a shared manner. The piezoelectric element includes a first active region where the piezoelectric body is sandwiched between the common electrode and, among the plurality of individual electrodes, a first individual electrode. The first active region is located to span from at least a part of the first pressure compartment to at least a part of the second pressure compartment as viewed in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Motoki Takabe
  • Patent number: 11966642
    Abstract: An information processing device changes a printer queue generated at the time of USB coupling with a printer to a printer queue corresponding to a predetermined printer driver, when it is detected that the generated printer queue is not a printer queue corresponding to the predetermined printer driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki Ohashi, Yohei Kondo
  • Patent number: 11964502
    Abstract: A recording device includes a recording unit configured to perform recording on a medium, a housing unit configured to house the recording unit and including an opening through which the recording unit is visible, an opening/closing cover configured to open and close the opening, and an illumination unit provided at a predetermined position above the recording unit and configured to illuminate an interior of the housing unit. The illumination unit is configured to move to a retracted position farther away from the recording unit than is the predetermined position, in response to the opening/closing cover being opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Akina Fujii
  • Patent number: 11966649
    Abstract: A PC that is communicatable with a server device. The PC includes: a PC memory storing a first application; and a PC processor. The PC processor functions as, by executing the first application, a registration unit configured to register a printer, a generation unit configured to automatically generate, for the printer registered by the registration unit, a hot folder for storing a print job transmitted from the server device, and a notification unit configured to notify the server device of path information indicating a folder path of the hot folder generated by the generation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Kei Jintsugawa
  • Patent number: 11964474
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a plurality of medium containing units that is provided along a vertical direction and contains a medium before recording, a liquid ejecting head that performs recording by ejecting liquid toward the medium, and at least one liquid containing unit that contains the liquid. The plurality of medium containing units includes a first medium containing unit located at an uppermost position, and a second medium containing unit located below the first medium containing unit. A size of the first medium containing unit in a medium feeding-out direction, in which the medium is fed out, is smaller than a size of the second medium containing unit in the medium feeding-out direction, and the at least one liquid containing unit is provided above the second medium containing unit in such a way as to overlap with the first medium containing unit in a vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takamasa Ikagawa, Akinobu Nakahata