Patents Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation
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Patent number: 12273070Abstract: A circuit device includes an oscillation circuit, a control circuit, a first power supply line, a second power supply line, a nonvolatile memory, a volatile memory, and a power supply switch circuit. The oscillation circuit generates a clock signal by oscillating a resonator. The control circuit performs a real-time clock process based on the clock signal. The nonvolatile memory operates at a first power supply voltage from the first power supply line. The volatile memory operates at a second power supply voltage from the second power supply line. The power supply switch circuit performs control of switching between supply and non-supply of the first power supply voltage to the first power supply line and control of switching between supply and non-supply of the second power supply voltage to the second power supply line.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2023Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Hisashi Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 12273123Abstract: A transition-state output device includes: a ring oscillator circuit; a state machine changing in state according to a change in state of the ring oscillator circuit; a transition-state acquisition section acquiring and holding state information including a signal output from the ring oscillator circuit and a signal output from the state machine, synchronously with a reference signal; and an internal-state calculation section calculating an internal state corresponding to a number of changes in state of the ring oscillator circuit, based on the state information held by the transition-state acquisition section. A time until the internal state, after transitioning from a first internal state to a second internal state, transitions to the first internal state again is longer than a time interval of updating the state information held by the transition-state acquisition section.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2023Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Masayoshi Todorokihara
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Patent number: 12273796Abstract: A control unit of an image reader executes OCR (optical character recognition processing) on image data as a result of scanning a setup guide, and upon acquiring an SSID and an encryption key, attempts to communicate with a corresponding wireless LAN master device using the SSID and the corresponding encryption key.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2022Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Osamu Koyama, Nobutaka Suzuki, Masatomo Kanamitsu, Junichiro Higuma, Hideaki Tokuda
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Patent number: 12273092Abstract: 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: May 1, 2024Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Junichi Takeuchi, Tomoyuki Kamakura, Ryuta Nishizawa, Yukihiro Hashi
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Patent number: 12269258Abstract: A liquid ejecting device performing printing by ejecting liquid onto a medium in a printing region, the liquid ejecting device including an ejecting unit including a first ejecting unit ejecting the liquid onto the medium, and a second ejecting unit ejecting a reaction liquid containing a coagulant for coagulating a component in the liquid, a transport unit configured to transport the medium, a jam detector configured to detect a jam of the medium, and a control unit configured to control the ejecting unit, and the transport unit, wherein when the jam is detected in the jam detector, the control unit causes the transportation of the medium by the transport unit to stop, and causes the liquid, the reaction liquid, or the liquid and the reaction liquid to be ejected in the printing region from the first ejecting unit, and the second ejecting unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2022Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Satoru Kobayashi
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Patent number: 12269255Abstract: A printing device includes a carriage configured to move in a first direction along a first axis; a head configured to eject ink onto a medium; and an irradiation section that is provided alongside the head in the first direction and that is configured to irradiate ultraviolet light toward the medium, wherein the irradiation section has a cooling unit that cools the irradiation section by airflow, in a plan view facing the medium, the head is disposed in a first region of the carriage and the irradiation section is disposed in a second region of the carriage, and in the second region, at least one lid section is provided to block an airflow from a side in which the carriage faces the medium to the irradiation section.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2023Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yuta Watanabe, Yoshitsugu Tokai
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Patent number: 12272112Abstract: An annunciation method includes the steps of obtaining first position information as position information of a place where a first object is located, obtaining second position information as position information of a place where a second object is located, obtaining third position information as position information of a place where a third object is located, setting the first object and the second object as a first group when a distance between the first object and the second object calculated based on the first position information and the second position information is smaller than or equal to a first threshold value, obtaining fourth position information representing a position of the first group, and performing annunciation when a distance between the third object and the first group calculated based on the third position information and the fourth position information is smaller than a second threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2022Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Hiroki Senshiki
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Patent number: 12273071Abstract: A circuit device includes: a first terminal and a second terminal coupled to a resonator; an amplifier circuit configured to amplify a signal from the first terminal and output the amplified signal to the second terminal; a variable resistance circuit that is provided on a signal path between the amplifier circuit and the second terminal and includes a variable resistor, a first switch provided at one end of the variable resistor, and a second switch provided at the other end of the variable resistor; a third switch coupled in parallel to the variable resistance circuit; and a control circuit configured to control a resistance value of the variable resistor and control the first switch, the second switch, and the third switch to be turned on or off.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2024Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Teppei Higuchi, Sho Matsuzaki, Yuichi Toriumi, Toshiya Usuda
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Patent number: 12271639Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a communication unit configured to receive print jobs, a storage unit configured to accumulate the print jobs received by the communication unit, a printing unit configured to print the print jobs, and a control unit. The control unit acquires print setting information related to the print jobs via the communication unit, performs collective setting of a print order and/or the number of print copies of the print jobs accumulated in the storage unit in accordance with the print setting information, and causes the printing unit to perform printing in accordance with the collective setting of the print jobs accumulated in the storage unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2023Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Yoichi Mitsui
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Patent number: 12269199Abstract: An inspection method for an injection molding device includes: a first step of acquiring a first detection value from a sensor using a test mold having the sensor, the sensor measuring a temperature or pressure of a molten material injected from a first injection molding device into a cavity section demarcated by a fixed mold and a moving mold; a second step of injecting a molten material from a second injection molding device into the cavity section and acquiring a second detection value from the sensor; and a third step of performing an inspection using the first detection value and the second detection value.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2021Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Kakeru Sasagawa
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Patent number: 12270909Abstract: A detection method includes acquiring three-dimensional coordinate values of at least two points in a second area included in a first area, based on measured values acquired by measuring the first area by an infrared distance measuring sensor, the second area is smaller than the first area, calculating a position of a plane including the second area, based on the three-dimensional coordinate values of the at least two points, and deciding the position of the plane as a three-dimensional shape of the first area.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2022Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Yutaro Iijima
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Patent number: 12269254Abstract: Provided is a dielectric heating apparatus for heating a first ink and a second ink that adhere to a medium. The first ink contains carbon black, and the second ink does not contain carbon black. The dielectric heating apparatus includes: a first electrode unit as an electrode unit configured to heat the first ink and the second ink, the first electrode unit including a first electrode and a second electrode that face the medium; and a first voltage application unit configured to apply an AC voltage having a frequency of 300 MHz or more and 300 GHz or less to the first electrode and the second electrode.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2023Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Tadashi Aizawa
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Patent number: 12269261Abstract: A processing apparatus includes a processing unit and a medium reception unit. The medium reception unit includes a flexible sheet-shaped reception member, a turning shaft coupled to one end of the reception member, an operation part coupled to the other end of the reception member, a pair of supporting parts configured to support both ends of the operation part, a rack provided to supporting parts, and a turning shaft gear configured to the rack. The reception member is wound around the turning shaft and housed inside the housing when the operation part approaches the turning shaft. The reception member is drawn out from the turning shaft to hang downward such that the medium is receivable when the operation part is separated from the turning shaft. A non-linkage structure in which the movement of the operation part and the turning of the turning shaft are temporarily not linked is provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2023Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Makoto Bosoku, Shun Ito, Atsuhiko Takeuchi, Yosuke Nakano
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Patent number: 12269062Abstract: An ultrasonic device includes a substrate, a transmitter provided at the substrate and configured to transmit an ultrasonic wave to an object, and a receiver provided at a position different from the transmitter at the substrate and configured to receive an ultrasonic wave reflected by the object. A resonance frequency of the transmitter is higher than a resonance frequency of the receiver. An anti-resonance frequency of the receiver is included in a predetermined frequency band including the resonance frequency of the transmitter.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2021Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Chikara Kojima
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Patent number: 12269263Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus in which a level shift circuit executes, one or a plurality of times according to a voltage value of a capacitor included in a bootstrap circuit detected by a voltage detection circuit, a second control of outputting a third gate signal for controlling a third transistor to be non-conductive and a fourth gate signal for controlling a fourth transistor to be conductive, and then, outputting the third gate signal for controlling the third transistor to be conductive and the fourth gate signal for controlling the fourth transistor to be non-conductive.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2023Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Noritaka Ide, Kunio Tabata
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Patent number: 12269256Abstract: A medium drying device that dries a liquid applied to a medium includes a front surface portion in contact with the medium at a first surface, a heat source unit provided on a second face side, a rear surface portion provided at a position opposing the second face with the heat source unit therebetween, a side surface portion disposed at a position opposing the heat source unit in a direction intersecting both the front surface portion and the rear surface portion, and a heat insulating material. The heat source unit opposes the second face without the heat insulating material therebetween, and the heat insulating material is disposed at a position opposing the rear surface portion and the heat source unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2023Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Nobuhiko Hamada, Koki Fukasawa
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Patent number: 12269265Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes an introduction portion for introducing a gas supplied, a discharge portion for discharging the gas, and drive circuits provided in each of head chips, in which the drive circuits include a first drive circuit for driving the first head chip and a second drive circuit for driving the second head chip, a gas path through which the gas flows from the introduction portion to the discharge portion includes a first path coupled to the introduction portion, a second path coupled to the discharge portion, a first branch path coupling the first path and the second path, and a second branch path coupling the first path and the second path so as not to pass through the first branch path, the first drive circuit is disposed in the first branch path, and the second drive circuit is disposed in the second branch path.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2023Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Yu Hasegawa, Hiroaki Okui, Eiichiro Watanabe, Yuma Fukuzawa
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Patent number: 12269279Abstract: The printing device includes a support section 17 for supporting a medium 99, a head 28 for ejecting liquid on a print region 19, a carriage 27 on which the head is mounted, a guide 25 for supporting the carriage, a motor for moving the carriage, a rotary encoder, a linear encoder 35 for detecting the position of the carriage, and a control section. The linear encoder has a linear scale 36 and a sensor 37, the linear scale has a first region S1 where slits 38 are positioned and a second region S2 where the slits are not positioned, and when the head faces the printing region, the sensor is positioned in the first region, and the length of the first region in one direction is equal to or longer than the length of the printing region in one direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2023Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Atsushi Miyasaka
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Patent number: 12269274Abstract: A recording apparatus 101 includes a carriage 21 mounted with a liquid storage portion 46 and a recording head 22, the carriage 21 being movable to a visual check position, where liquid in the liquid storage portion 46 is visually checkable through a front surface 43F, and to a recording position, where the recording head 22 ejects the liquid to a medium, and light emitting units 81 and capable of illuminating the inside of the liquid storage portion 46 at least when the carriage 21 is positioned at the visual check position.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2022Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Takaho Nagumo, Kazuaki Takahashi, Ichiro Yoshioka
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Patent number: 12272276Abstract: A third controller of a control device executes obtaining a taken image obtained by imaging an operator, making a projector display a first display image including the taken image, detecting an operation gesture corresponding to processing to be executed by the control device from the taken image, generating a second display image based on the operation gesture, and making the projector display the second display image.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2023Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Tetsuo Mano