Patents by Inventor Keisuke Yamaya

Keisuke Yamaya has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230276727
    Abstract: To provide an automatic traveling device capable of automatically traveling along a desired route without performing positioning. An automatic traveling device 100 is a device that performs predetermined work on crops S which are detection targets arranged in its traveling direction. A camera 101 acquires image data by capturing an image of the crops S in the traveling direction of the automatic traveling device 100. The recognition unit 102 disposes a plurality of determination windows (such as determination windows 1L and 1R) at positions determined in advance with respect to the image data, and recognizes the crops S in the plurality of determination windows 1R and the like. The adjustment unit 104 adjusts the traveling direction of the automatic traveling device 100 on the basis of a result of recognition performed by the recognition unit 102.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Takuya KITADE, Keisuke YAMAYA, Ryosuke MIZUNO, Takuma MATSUMURA
  • Patent number: 11712908
    Abstract: A recording device includes: a storage unit configured to store a medium, a recording unit configured to dispense a liquid droplet onto the medium transported from the storage unit to perform recording, a discharge unit configured to discharge the medium on which recording was performed and an imaging unit disposed on a transport path running from the storage unit, past the recording unit, to the discharge unit, the imaging unit being configured to capture an image of the medium on which recording was performed, where a restricting wall narrowing a space above the medium on the transport path is provided between the recording unit and the imaging unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto Hayakawa, Keisuke Yamaya
  • Patent number: 11697297
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing unit configured to print on a medium, a cutting unit configured to cut the medium, and an accommodating unit configured to accommodate cutting waste, in which the cutting unit is configured to cut the medium at a boundary between a downstream margin that is an area between a second end that is a downstream end of the medium and a print area, and the print area, and is configured to cut the medium at a boundary between an upstream margin that is an area between a first end that is an upstream end of the medium and the print area, and the print area, and gaps communicating with the accommodating unit are configured upstream and downstream of a position in which the medium is cut by the cutting unit in the transport path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto Hayakawa, Keisuke Yamaya, Keishi Sawada, Kenichi Tanioka
  • Patent number: 11660885
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing unit configured to print on a medium, a cutting unit configured to cut the medium, and an accommodating unit configured to accommodate cutting waste, in which the cutting unit is configured to cut the medium at a boundary between a downstream margin that is an area between a second end that is a downstream end of the medium and a print area, and the print area, and is configured to cut the medium at a boundary between an upstream margin that is an area between a first end that is an upstream end of the medium and the print area, and the print area, and gaps communicating with the accommodating unit are configured upstream and downstream of a position in which the medium is cut by the cutting unit in the transport path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto Hayakawa, Keisuke Yamaya, Keishi Sawada, Kenichi Tanioka
  • Publication number: 20220396443
    Abstract: A medium supply device is provided that includes a single sheet paper accommodating unit at which media are stacked and placed, and a feeding roller configured to feed the media by rotating in contact with a top surface of the placed media. The feeding roller includes a contact portion configured to contact the single sheet paper and a non-contact portion configured to not contact the single sheet paper in a rotational direction, and a plurality of the contact portions and the non-contact portions are provided in a first direction that is an extending direction of a rotation axis of the feeding roller, and the contact portions adjacent to each other in the first direction are out of phase in the rotational direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Takanori UMEDA, Keisuke YAMAYA
  • Publication number: 20220063304
    Abstract: A recording device includes: a storage unit configured to store a medium, a recording unit configured to dispense a liquid droplet onto the medium transported from the storage unit to perform recording, a discharge unit configured to discharge the medium on which recording was performed and an imaging unit disposed on a transport path running from the storage unit, past the recording unit, to the discharge unit, the imaging unit being configured to capture an image of the medium on which recording was performed, where a restricting wall narrowing a space above the medium on the transport path is provided between the recording unit and the imaging unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Naoto HAYAKAWA, Keisuke YAMAYA
  • Publication number: 20210237487
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing unit configured to print on a medium, a cutting unit configured to cut the medium, and an accommodating unit configured to accommodate cutting waste, in which the cutting unit is configured to cut the medium at a boundary between a downstream margin that is an area between a second end that is a downstream end of the medium and a print area, and the print area, and is configured to cut the medium at a boundary between an upstream margin that is an area between a first end that is an upstream end of the medium and the print area, and the print area, and gaps communicating with the accommodating unit are configured upstream and downstream of a position in which the medium is cut by the cutting unit in the transport path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Naoto HAYAKAWA, Keisuke YAMAYA, Keishi SAWADA, Kenichi TANIOKA
  • Patent number: 10807822
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a printing unit that performs a recording on a sheet, a third sheet feed unit that mounts a roll body on which the sheet is wound in a roll shape, unwinds the sheet from the roll body, and supplies the sheet to the printing unit, and a pressing portion that presses the roll body mounted on the third sheet feed unit, in which the pressing portion presses the mounted roll body in a direction opposite to a direction of taking out the roll body from the third sheet feed unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Keisuke Yamaya
  • Patent number: 10369819
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a printing unit that performs a recording on a first cut sheet, a sheet feed tray on which the first cut sheet is mounted, a sheet feed roller that transport the first cut sheet in a transport direction from the sheet feed tray toward the printing unit, a transport roller disposed downstream of the sheet feed roller in the transport direction and that holds the first cut sheet with a driven roller to transport the first cut sheet in the transport direction, and a single motor that drives the sheet feed roller and the transport roller, in which when the sheet feed roller and the transport roller are simultaneously driven by the single motor, a transport speed of the first cut sheet by the sheet feed roller is configured to be higher than a transport speed of the first cut sheet by the transport roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Keisuke Yamaya
  • Publication number: 20180281481
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a printing unit that performs a recording on a first cut sheet, a sheet feed tray on which the first cut sheet is mounted, a sheet feed roller that transport the first cut sheet in a transport direction from the sheet feed tray toward the printing unit, a transport roller disposed downstream of the sheet feed roller in the transport direction and that holds the first cut sheet with a driven roller to transport the first cut sheet in the transport direction, and a single motor that drives the sheet feed roller and the transport roller, in which when the sheet feed roller and the transport roller are simultaneously driven by the single motor, a transport speed of the first cut sheet by the sheet feed roller is configured to be higher than a transport speed of the first cut sheet by the transport roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventor: Keisuke YAMAYA
  • Publication number: 20180282098
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a printing unit that performs a recording on a sheet, a third sheet feed unit that mounts a roll body on which the sheet is wound in a roll shape, unwinds the sheet from the roll body, and supplies the sheet to the printing unit, and a pressing portion that presses the roll body mounted on the third sheet feed unit, in which the pressing portion presses the mounted roll body in a direction opposite to a direction of taking out the roll body from the third sheet feed unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventor: Keisuke YAMAYA
  • Patent number: 9944484
    Abstract: A transport device includes a medium carrying unit on which a medium having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface is superposedly wound in a cylindrical shape so as to form a roll body, the second surface being oriented so as to form an inner circumferential surface in the roll body, a route defining portion fixed in a curved shape so as to guide the medium such that the second surface is oriented to the inner side of the curve, and a slave roller that nips the medium in collaboration with a transport roller so as to deform the medium such that the second surface becomes oriented to the outer side of the curve, the slave roller being located downstream of the route defining portion in the transport direction of the medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Keisuke Yamaya
  • Patent number: 9120338
    Abstract: A liquid ejection device includes a first rolled medium accommodation unit, a second rolled medium accommodation unit and a liquid ejection head. The first rolled medium accommodation unit is configured to accommodate a rolled medium. The second rolled medium accommodation unit is configured to accommodate the rolled medium, the second rolled medium accommodation unit being movable. The liquid ejection head is configured to eject an ink as a liquid onto a medium supplied by unwound from the rolled medium accommodated in one of the first rolled medium accommodation unit and the second rolled medium accommodation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Keisuke Yamaya
  • Publication number: 20140166802
    Abstract: A transport device includes a medium carrying unit on which a medium having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface is superposedly wound in a cylindrical shape so as to form a roll body, the second surface being oriented so as to form an inner circumferential surface in the roll body, a route defining portion fixed in a curved shape so as to guide the medium such that the second surface is oriented to the inner side of the curve, and a slave roller that nips the medium in collaboration with a transport roller so as to deform the medium such that the second surface becomes oriented to the outer side of the curve, the slave roller being located downstream of the route defining portion in the transport direction of the medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keisuke Yamaya
  • Publication number: 20130335478
    Abstract: A liquid ejection device includes a first rolled medium accommodation unit, a second rolled medium accommodation unit and a liquid ejection head. The first rolled medium accommodation unit is configured to accommodate a rolled medium. The second rolled medium accommodation unit is configured to accommodate the rolled medium, the second rolled medium accommodation unit being movable. The liquid ejection head is configured to eject an ink as a liquid onto a medium supplied by unwound from the rolled medium accommodated in one of the first rolled medium accommodation unit and the second rolled medium accommodation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keisuke YAMAYA
  • Patent number: 8348417
    Abstract: A rolled medium accommodation device includes a rolled medium accommodation unit which swings around a first shaft, a lever member which swings around a second shaft in conjunction with swinging of the rolled medium accommodation unit, a shaft member capable of moving in a direction intersecting an axial direction of the second shaft, and urging unit configured to apply rotational torque around the second shaft to the lever member. Due to the rotational torque, the rolled medium accommodation unit is subjected to force whereby the rolled medium accommodation unit is swung in a direction opposite that of gravity around the first shaft from a low position to a high position higher than the low position, and the shaft member moves so that the distance between a center of the shaft member and a center of the second shaft is greater in the high position than in the low position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Keisuke Yamaya
  • Publication number: 20120304880
    Abstract: A recording apparatus including a recording unit capable of performing a recording process in a recording area for various types of recording media, and a transport roller pair capable of transporting the recording media onto the recording area; the transport roller pair includes a drive roller which is provided with a drive roll portion having a width in a direction orthogonal to a transport direction of each of the recording media longer than a maximum width of the various types of recording media, and a slave roller which is provided with a slave roll portion capable of pinching the various types of recording media between the drive roll portion and the slave roll portion, a distance between the ends of the slave roll portion in a direction orthogonal to the transport direction is shorter than a minimum width of the various types of recording media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keisuke YAMAYA
  • Publication number: 20110216140
    Abstract: A rolled medium accommodation device includes a rolled medium accommodation unit which swings around a first shaft, a lever member which swings around a second shaft in conjunction with swinging of the rolled medium accommodation unit, a shaft member capable of moving in a direction intersecting an axial direction of the second shaft, and urging unit configured to apply rotational torque around the second shaft to the lever member. Due to the rotational torque, the rolled medium accommodation unit is subjected to force whereby the rolled medium accommodation unit is swung in a direction opposite that of gravity around the first shaft from a low position to a high position higher than the low position, and the shaft member moves so that the distance between a center of the shaft member and a center of the second shaft is greater in the high position than in the low position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keisuke YAMAYA
  • Patent number: 7274341
    Abstract: A structure for mounting an antenna device on a first side of a panel body is disclosed. A first fixation member includes a first end having a first width, a second end, and a slit connecting the first end and the second end. A protrusion is protruded from the antenna device and fitted into the first end of the first fixation member. A second fixation member is fitted into the second end of the first fixation member while being coupled with the protrusion in a screwing manner. The first width is smaller than an aperture formed in the panel body when the protrusion and the second fixation member are in a first screwing position, so that the protrusion, the first fixation member and the second fixation member are allowed to pass through the aperture from the first side to a second side thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2007
    Assignee: Yokowo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sadao Ohno, Motonao Takahashi, Kazuki Katono, Keisuke Yamaya
  • Publication number: 20060038729
    Abstract: A structure for mounting an antenna device on a first side of a panel body is disclosed. A first fixation member includes a first end having a first width, a second end, and a slit connecting the first end and the second end. A protrusion is protruded from the antenna device and fitted into the first end of the first fixation member. A second fixation member is fitted into the second end of the first fixation member while being coupled with the protrusion in a screwing manner. The first width is smaller than an aperture formed in the panel body when the protrusion and the second fixation member are in a first screwing position, so that the protrusion, the first fixation member and the second fixation member are allowed to pass through the aperture from the first side to a second side thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2005
    Publication date: February 23, 2006
    Inventors: Sadao Ohno, Motonao Takahashi, Kazuki Katono, Keisuke Yamaya