Patents Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation
  • Patent number: 12030322
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a support portion supporting a medium, a jetting unit configured to jet a pretreatment agent onto the medium supported on the support portion, a lid member to which the jetting unit is attached, the lid member being configured to cover a printing region of the medium, an ejecting unit configured to eject ink onto the printing region to which the pretreatment agent is jetted from the jetting unit, and a moving unit configured to move the support portion to a first position at which the lid member is configured to cover the printing region and a second position at which the ejecting unit is configured to eject the ink onto the printing region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Oi
  • Publication number: 20240221904
    Abstract: An information processing device of one aspect of the present disclosure includes an exercise information acquiring unit configured to acquire first exercise information related to an exercise performed by a subject person, a diagnosis information acquiring unit configured to acquire first diagnosis information of the subject person, a goal setting unit configured to set a first weight loss goal based on the first diagnosis information, a storage unit configured to store in advance a first trained model, the first trained model being configured to output, as a content of first guidance, a first advice candidate expected to be valid to achieve the first weight loss goal among a plurality of first advice candidates when the first exercise information and the first weight loss goal are input, and a report generation unit configured to generate a first guidance report including the content of the first guidance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya SATO, Yuya OZAWA
  • Publication number: 20240221903
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a personality information acquisition unit configured to acquire personality information related to a personality of a target person receiving health guidance, a health information acquisition unit configured to acquire health information including a result of a medical examination of the target person, a goal setting unit configured to set a weight loss goal of the target person based on the health information, a storage unit configured to store a trained model in advance, the trained model being configured to output, among a plurality of advice candidates based on the personality information, an advice candidate expected to be valid to achieve the weight loss goal as a guidance content for the target person when the personality information and the weight loss goal are input, and a report generation unit configured to generate a guidance report including the guidance content output from the trained model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinichi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20240219722
    Abstract: A virtual image display device includes a first display element that is an image light generation device, a first projection optical system configured to project image light emitted from the first display element, and a first combiner disposed inclined with respect to an optical path portion of the image light emitted from the first projection optical system, the combiner including a transmissive mirror surface configured to transmit the image light. The transmissive mirror surface has a curved surface shape with identical sag amounts at effective area ends in vertical and lateral directions that are two directions orthogonal to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2023
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tokito YAMAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 12026405
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a processing unit configured to divide original image data for a larger number of channels Nb than the number of channels Na into a plurality of groups so that a number of channels of each of the groups becomes no larger than the number of channels Na, generate compressed image data for the Na channels according to the processing unit from the original image data included in each of the groups, and generate the print command including the compressed image data for the Na channels corresponding to each of the groups, and a communication unit configured to transmit the print command to the printer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shuichi Yamanaka, Fumio Tokutomi, Hiroki Okabe, Yuto Togawa
  • Patent number: 12025493
    Abstract: A color measuring apparatus includes an opening portion that is provided in a bottom portion of the apparatus and takes light from a measurement target into the apparatus, an incident light processing unit that processes light that enters the apparatus through the opening portion, a housing that covers an apparatus internal unit including the incident light processing unit, at least one protrusion member that is configured to switch between a first state in which the protrusion member protrudes from a bottom surface of the housing and a second state in which the protrusion member does not protrude from the bottom surface of the housing, and at least one pressing member that presses the protrusion member in a protruding direction from the bottom surface of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tatsuya Shirane
  • Patent number: 12025805
    Abstract: An image display device includes: a display unit including a projection optical system and a combiner in an integrated state; and a frame configured to support the display unit, in which the display unit includes an upper portion that is in contact with a periphery of an opening of the frame and is fixed in a hung state, and the frame includes, at an upper side, a recessed portion at which a circuit member is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daiki Matsumoto, Tokito Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 12023870
    Abstract: A three-dimensional shaped article production method includes a first step of dividing a gap region that is a gap region sandwiched by multiple partial paths and includes one or multiple concave shapes at an outer circumference based on first data having path data representing a path in which an ejection section moves while ejecting a shaping material by multiple partial paths, and having ejection control data including at least either of ejection amount information representing an ejection amount of the shaping material in each of the partial paths and moving speed information representing a moving speed of the ejection section in each of the partial paths, a second step of generating second data from the first data by changing at least either of the path data and the ejection control data so as to fill up the divided gap region with the shaping material, and a third step of shaping the three-dimensional shaped article by controlling the ejection section according to the second data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Satoshi Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 12027082
    Abstract: A display method includes acquiring output corresponding to a movement direction of a human toward a display position of a display apparatus using a sensor, determining an orientation of a content used for alert based on the output corresponding to the movement direction, and displaying the content in the display position in the orientation using the display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Nishioka, Kunio Yoneno
  • Patent number: 12024385
    Abstract: A medium feeder includes: a path blocking member configured to rotate to switch between a blocking state that blocks a feed path for a medium fed out from a tray at a position of the guide member, and an open state that opens the feed path; and a switching unit that performs switching of the path blocking member, wherein the switching unit includes a rack configured to be displaced in a feeding direction in which a medium is fed from the tray to thereby perform switching of the path blocking member, and a pinion gear that drives the rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Miyake, Haruki Miyasaka
  • Patent number: 12028647
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes an element substrate provided with a plurality of pixel electrodes, a counter substrate provided with a common electrode, a liquid crystal sandwiched between the plurality of pixel electrodes and the common electrode, and a dust-proof glass bonded to at least one substrate of the element substrate or the counter substrate and having a heater disposed along an outer side of a display region in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobutaka Tanaka
  • Patent number: 12025804
    Abstract: A virtual image display device includes an imaging light generation device that generates an imaging light, a first reflection type diffraction element that diffracts the imaging light from the imaging light generation device, a second reflection type diffraction element diffracts the imaging light from the first reflection type diffraction element so that the imaging light reflected by the first reflection type diffraction element is compensated for wavelength distribution, and a concave transmission mirror that has a concave shape and includes a partial reflection film reflecting a part of the imaging light and transmitting other part of the imaging light. In the second reflection type diffraction element diffracts the imaging light toward the mirror and transmits the part of the imaging light reflected by the mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Atsushi Saito
  • Patent number: 12026419
    Abstract: A display control method includes: acquiring a standard time; synchronizing an internal time referred to in processing by one display device with the standard time; detecting a reference time, which is the internal time when an image represented by an input image signal satisfies a predetermined condition; outputting the reference time to another display device of a plurality of display devices; acquiring a reference time detected in the another display device; and delaying a vertical synchronization signal by a time period from the reference time of the one display device to the reference time of the another display device, when the reference time of the another display device is later than the reference time of the one display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takehiko Tone
  • Patent number: 12028092
    Abstract: A frequency delta-sigma modulation signal output circuit includes: a phase modulation circuit configured to generate n delay signals obtained by delaying a measurement target signal, n being an integer of 2 or more, and generate a phase modulation signal by randomly selecting one of the n delay signals in synchronization with the measurement target signal; and a frequency ratio digital conversion circuit configured to generate a frequency delta-sigma modulation signal using a reference signal and the phase modulation signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masayoshi Todorokihara
  • Patent number: 12023917
    Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a case configured to receive roll paper of a rolled recording medium, a cover rotatably attached to the case to be used to open or close the case, a transport section including a transport motor provided to the case and a transport roller provided to the cover, the transport section being configured to pull the recording medium from the roll paper and transport the recording medium along a recording medium path, and a cut section including a first blade and a first blade motor configured to move the first blade provided to the cover and a second blade provided to the case, the cut section being configured to cut the recording medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Yanagimachi, Shin Yokota, Shoichi Murata
  • Patent number: 12023804
    Abstract: A robot arm includes a first member, and a second member translating along an axis located in the first member or rotating around the axis, and the first member has a base, a drive unit generating a drive force, a joint portion having a driven pulley and transmitting the drive force to the second member, a belt transmitting the drive force generated by the drive unit to the driven pulley, a sensor provided in a position overlapping with a region surrounded by the driven pulley and the belt in a plan view along the axis and detecting vibration, a wire routed to the region and coupled to the sensor, and a supporting member provided in the region and supporting the wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Imai, Takayuki Iijima
  • Patent number: 12023920
    Abstract: It is possible to perform formation of a first pattern, a second pattern, a third pattern and a fourth pattern, a control unit is configured to execute first control and second control or first control and third control, the first control of forming a first patch in which the first and third patterns are disposed without performing conveyance operation, the second control of forming a second patch in which the first and second patterns are disposed and a third patch in which the third and fourth patterns are disposed and the third control of forming a fourth patch in which the first and fourth patterns are disposed and a fifth patch in which the second and third patterns are disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Akito Sato, Takuma Hayashi
  • Patent number: 12023944
    Abstract: A three-dimensional object printing apparatus includes a head that discharges a liquid, and a robot that changes relative positions and poses of a workpiece and the head. A first speed adjustment operation in which a moving speed adjusted while the robot moves a position of the head from a printing preparation position toward a printing start position closer to the print region than the printing preparation position, and a printing operation in which the head starts discharging the liquid at the printing start position and the robot changes a position and a pose of the head while the liquid is discharged from the head are executed, and an amount of change in the pose of the head per unit period during the first speed adjustment operation is less than an amount of change in the pose of the head per unit period during the printing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Kenju Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 12028646
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes an element substrate, a liquid crystal, and a counter substrate provided opposite to the element substrate via the liquid crystal, wherein the counter substrate includes a light blocking film disposed outside a display region in plan view, and a heater overlapping with the light blocking film in plan view and provided along the display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobutaka Tanaka
  • Patent number: 12023929
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes a piezoelectric element and a vibrating plate configured to vibrate in response to actuation of the piezoelectric element, the vibrating plate including a first layer that contains SiO2 and a second layer that contains ZrO2 and that is stacked on the first layer. The second layer contains a first impurity element different from Zr, and the concentration of the first impurity element at an interface in contact with the first layer in the second layer is higher than the concentration of the first impurity element in an internal region that is included in the second layer and that is contiguous from the interface to the surface of the second layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Harunobu Koike, Tatsuo Sawasaki, Masao Nakayama, Chihiro Nishi, Toshihiro Shimizu, Yasushi Yamazaki