Patents Assigned to Epson Corporation
  • Patent number: 11932032
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a voltage supply section that supplies a charging voltage for charging a transport belt, a detection section that detects whether or not charging abnormality has occurred in the transport belt, and a determination section that determines a cause of the charging abnormality. The determination section determines that the cause of the charging abnormality is abnormality of the voltage supply section, when the movement period includes the period for which the detection section detects the charging abnormality and does not include the period for which the detection section does not detect the charging abnormality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Matsumoto, Toru Matsuyama
  • Patent number: 11931959
    Abstract: A three-dimensional shaping device includes: a stage whose shaping surface has a first groove and a second groove extending in a first direction; a discharge unit configured to supply a shaping material to the shaping surface; a movement mechanism configured to relatively move the stage and the discharge unit; and a control unit configured to control the discharge unit and the movement mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiko Tsunoya, Koji Fujimori
  • Patent number: 11932025
    Abstract: A recording method for performing recording on a recording medium includes a processing liquid attaching step of attaching a processing liquid including an aggregating agent to the recording medium, a white ink attaching step of attaching a white ink composition including a white coloring material to the recording medium, and a non-white ink attaching step of attaching a non-white ink composition including a non-white coloring material to the recording medium, in which attachment of the white ink composition and attachment of the non-white ink composition are performed by relative scanning of a recording head and the recording medium, and attachment of the white ink composition and attachment of the non-white ink composition are performed on a scanning region of the recording medium by a relative scanning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi Watanabe, Ippei Okuda
  • Patent number: 11932022
    Abstract: Convenience of an ink bottle and a bottle set is improved. An ink bottle includes: a container portion that contains ink; a guiding portion that is formed in one end portion of the container portion, and includes an outflow port from which the ink in the container portion flow out; and a cover that covers at least an end portion of the container portion on the opposite side of the guiding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taku Ishizawa, Tadahiro Mizutani, Ryoichi Tanaka, Manabu Akahane, Koichi Toba, Takumi Nagashima, Yoshiaki Shimizu, Tadashi Watanabe, Noriyuki Fukasawa
  • Patent number: 11932039
    Abstract: A pretreatment device includes: a medium support portion configured to support a medium that is transported; a pretreatment-agent ejecting portion configured to eject a pretreatment agent; an absorbing-member support portion configured to support an absorbing member between the medium and the pretreatment-agent ejecting portion in a direction in which the pretreatment agent is ejected, the absorbing member being configured to absorb the pretreatment agent ejected from the pretreatment-agent ejecting portion; and a pressing unit configured to press, toward the medium, the absorbing member to which the pretreatment agent is ejected from the pretreatment-agent ejecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masato Murayama, Kazuto Aoki
  • Patent number: 11934711
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: an image data input unit accepting an input of image data; a viewing condition setting acceptance unit accepting a setting of a first viewing condition and a second viewing condition; a color conversion unit converting the image data into first output image data adjusted to an appearance under the first viewing condition, based on a first profile including first spectral information corresponding to the first viewing condition, and converting the image data into second output image data adjusted to an appearance under the second viewing condition, based on a second profile including second spectral information corresponding to the second viewing condition; and a display information generation unit generating display information representing a display screen including the first output image and the second output image, based on the first output image data and the second output image data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiya Kondo, Jin Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 11934724
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a receiver receiving recording data transmitted from a user; a recording section performing recording on a medium using the recording data; a storage section temporarily storing the recording data until the recording is finished; an output tray to which the medium with the recording finished is outputted; and a controller controlling the recording apparatus. Here, when an index indicating the size of a value of the number of users predicted to congregate near the recording apparatus is a density near the recording apparatus, the controller calculates the density based on information concerning recording data stored in the storage section, and enables the density to be referred to.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hirohisa Adachi, Takeru Oguchi, Hiroyuki Kosuge
  • Patent number: 11932019
    Abstract: A wiping module includes a wiping portion and a cleaning portion. The wiping portion includes a wiping member wiping a liquid discharge head that discharges a liquid from a nozzle provided on a nozzle surface, a storage support portion supporting the wiping member and configured to store the liquid by the wiping, and a movement support portion mounting the storage support portion and configured to reciprocate along a wiping direction, which is a direction in which the wiping is performed. The cleaning portion cleans the wiping member. The cleaning portion includes a cleaning member and a guide portion guiding the cleaning member. The cleaning member is configured to follow a movement of the wiping portion in the wiping direction and to scrape off the liquid adhering to the wiping member while being guided by the guide portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Seiya Sato, Eiji Miyashita, Masaki Shimomura
  • Patent number: 11930896
    Abstract: A band includes first and second pin member including first and second pin, an operation member that moves between first and second positions, a housing including a coupling part and an engaging part, and a guide part that guides and moves the first and second pin members between an engagement position and a release position. The first and second pin members move to the engagement position when the operation member is moved to the first position, whereas move to the release position when the operation member is moved to the second position. The engagement/release position is a position where each pin is located outside/outside the side surface of the housing in the width direction, and the engagement/release position is closer to the coupling/engaging part than the release/engagement position in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro Aoki
  • Patent number: 11932005
    Abstract: A transportation device includes a cover member that is displaceable between a closing position for closing an opening of a body case and an opening position for opening the opening, a processing unit that is arranged inside the body case, and performs a specified processing with respect to a medium transported to a working area communicating with the outside of the body case through the opening when the cover member is positioned at the opening position, and a transmitted unit that is positioned at a first position different from a position between the working area and the processing unit when the cover member is positioned at the closing position, and is positioned at a second position which is the position between the working area and the processing unit when the cover member is positioned at the opening position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Eiji Kumai
  • Patent number: 11934717
    Abstract: A printing system according to an aspect is a printing system in which a printing apparatus and an information processing apparatus are connected via a network, the information processing apparatus receiving image data from an imaging apparatus that images a user of the printing apparatus and performing authentication processing for the user based on the image data, the printing apparatus including a detecting section configured to detect a human body and a transmitting section configured to transmit detection information by the detecting section. The information processing apparatus includes a receiving section configured to receive the detection information and a control section configured to control, based on the detection information, whether to perform the authentication processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Yamada, Hiroyuki Kuramoto
  • Patent number: 11934708
    Abstract: An image forming device includes: a scanner mechanism; an inkjet-type print mechanism; a display mechanism; and a control unit configured to control the scanner mechanism, the print mechanism, and the display mechanism. The control unit includes a pattern storage unit configured to store a temperature, a humidity, and an adjustment pattern group including a plurality of adjustment patterns, in association with each other, a first acquisition unit configured to acquire a first measured temperature and a first measured humidity from a temperature and humidity sensor, and a data generation unit configured to read an adjustment pattern group corresponding to the first measured temperature and the first measured humidity acquired by the first acquisition unit from the pattern storage unit, and generate print data including the read adjustment pattern group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Ikumi Watanabe, Masahiro Someno
  • Patent number: 11934714
    Abstract: There is provides an image forming apparatus including a main body control apparatus including a main body memory, a main body cassette, and additional cassettes different from the main body cassette and communicably coupled to the main body control apparatus. The main body memory has transmission queues that are provided for the respective additional cassettes communicably coupled to the main body control apparatus and temporarily store commands to be transmitted to the additional cassettes. When a plurality of commands are stored in each of the transmission queues, the main body control apparatus carries out for each of the transmission queues the process of generating a first combined command that is the combination of the plurality of commands stored in the transmission queue, and transmitting the first combined command to the additional cassette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuya Morishita
  • Patent number: 11932020
    Abstract: A liquid container includes: a case having a liquid introduction port through which liquid is introduced and a storage portion that stores the liquid; and an absorber stored in the case and configured to absorb the liquid. The absorber includes multiple absorbent resins that swell by absorbing the liquid and a substrate that supports the absorbent resins and allows the liquid to permeate therethrough. With the absorbent resins swelling by absorbing the ink, at least some of the absorbent resins are spaced apart from the adjacent absorbent resins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Kumagai, Shogo Nakada
  • Patent number: 11931889
    Abstract: A robot system includes one or more combinations of a driving section configured to receive supply of electric power and generate a rotation output of an output shaft and receive supply of a rotating force to the output shaft and generate electric power, a movable section moved by the rotation output, a detecting section configured to detect an angular position of the output shaft, resistor equipment coupled to the driving section, and a switch that can turn on and off coupling of the resistor equipment and the driving section and a control section configured to control the robot system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuki Kiyosawa
  • Patent number: 11934899
    Abstract: An information processing device includes an information acquisition unit that acquires at least one of attribute information of image data to be image processed and setting information related to the image process on the image data, and a prediction unit that predicts, based on a machine-learned model that accepts input of at least one of the attribute information and the setting information to output a period required for the image process, a period required for the image process on the image data from information acquired by the information acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Jin Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 11934718
    Abstract: There is provided a printing apparatus including: a printing section; a first USB port; a second USB port; and a control section, and the control section is configured to set a state where the printing apparatus operates as a USB device when an device coupled to a USB port is a USB host, set a state where the printing apparatus operates as a USB host when the device coupled to the USB port is a USB device, set a state of supplying a first power amount of energy to the device coupled to the USB port, set a state of supplying a second power amount of energy, which is greater than the first power amount, to the device coupled to the USB port, and perform setting for giving priority to at least one of the states over another state when the printing section is not performing printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Takeshi Harada
  • Patent number: 11937179
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a wireless communication unit wirelessly communicating via an external access point; and a processing unit operating in one of a plurality of operation modes including a first operation mode and a second operation mode having lower power consumption than the first operation mode, the processing unit controlling the wireless communication unit. The processing unit executes first scan processing as scan processing for the access point when the operation mode is the first operation mode. The processing unit executes second scan processing in which a scanning target is limited compared with the first scan processing, when the operation mode is the second operation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Junpei Koizumi
  • Patent number: 11934727
    Abstract: Provided is a production method including a reception step of receiving a plurality of matters, a display step of displaying a list of the received matters, and a production step of producing a finished product by executing processing that includes a plurality of processes corresponding to the received matters, in which the production step executes processing of the matter of which the priority level is high, before executing unexecuted processing of the matter of which the priority level is low.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yuto Fukuchi, Yasuo Koyauchi, Yuka Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11936823
    Abstract: There is provided a medium transport device including a placement section on which a medium is placed, a transport path through which the medium is transported, a feeding roller that feeds the medium, a set guide configured to switch between a contact position where the medium and the feeding roller are brought into contact and a separation position where the medium and the feeding roller are separated, a restricting section configured to switch between a restricting position for restricting feeding of the medium by coming into contact with a leading end of the medium and an allowing position for allowing the feeding of the medium, and a drive source that generates power for switching of the set guide and switching of the restricting section. The set guide and the restricting section are provided below the transport path in a direction of gravity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhito Noda, Ryoichi Shuto, Masaki Namiki