Patents Assigned to Seiko Epson
  • Patent number: 10908425
    Abstract: A transmission-type head mounted display apparatus including an image display unit configured to transmit an external scene and display an image of a display object to be viewed along with the external scene, a gesture detection unit configured to detect a predefined gesture for the displayed image of the display object, and a display controller configured to perform at least one of display of the image of the display object in a display mode corresponding to the gesture having been detected and display of related information that corresponds to the gesture having been detected and that is associated with the display object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuo Nishizawa, Masahide Takano
  • Patent number: 10906322
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a container on which a liquid container is removably mounted, the container having an engaging portion, the liquid container containing a liquid and having a grip portion that is gripped by a user; an attachment portion into which the container is inserted in an attachment direction from an attachment port and to which the container is attached; and a liquid ejecting head that ejects the liquid supplied from the liquid container mounted at the container. The attachment portion has an engaged portion that is engaged with the engaging portion of the container in a process of pulling out the container from the attachment portion. The container causes the grip portion to be located on an outer side with respect to the attachment port when the container is in an engaged state in which the engaging portion engages with the engaged portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Nanami Sakai, Masato Haga, Masaki Shimomura
  • Patent number: 10909370
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a storing section configured to store scenario information and device information associated with the scenario information. The scenario information includes information configured such that another information processing apparatus executes presentation or reception of predetermined information when the other information processing apparatus determines that a predetermined condition is satisfied. The device information includes information representing specifications of hardware of the other information processing apparatus required when the other information processing apparatus executes at least one of the determination that the predetermined condition is satisfied and the presentation or the reception of the predetermined information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masashi Aonuma, Kaoru Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20210028246
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a semi-transmissive reflection layer, a first reflection layer that is disposed in a first sub-pixel, a first pixel electrode that is disposed in the first sub-pixel, a second reflection layer that is disposed in a second sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel that emits same color light as the first sub-pixel, a second pixel electrode that is disposed in the second sub-pixel, and a light-emitting functional layer that is disposed between the first reflection layer and the semi-transmissive reflection layer, the light-emitting functional layer that is disposed between the second reflection layer and the semi-transmissive reflection layer. The first pixel electrode is disposed between the first reflection layer and the light-emitting functional layer. The second pixel electrode is disposed between the second reflection layer and the light-emitting functional layer. A thickness of the second pixel electrode is thicker than a thickness of the first pixel electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naotaka KUBOTA, Jun IROBE
  • Publication number: 20210027749
    Abstract: A drawing order determining method according to the present disclosure handles an image group which includes at least one transparent image and a plurality of opaque images and in which arrangement orders of the images are determined in advance and includes an identification step of identifying the positions where the transparent image and the opaque images are placed and a determination step of determining an image to be first drawn in the image group, the determination step including a first step of determining the opaque image one image downstream the transparent image when viewed from the downstream of the arrangement orders as the image to be first drawn and a second step of determining the opaque image at a most upstream arrangement order as the image to be first drawn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keigo ISHIKURA
  • Publication number: 20210028239
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a semi-transmissive reflection layer, a first reflection layer that is disposed in a first sub-pixel, a second reflection layer that is disposed in a second sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel that emits same color light as the first sub-pixel, and a light-emitting functional layer that is disposed between the first reflection layer and the semi-transmissive reflection layer and the semi-transmissive reflection layer. A distance between the second reflection layer and the semi-transmissive reflection layer is longer than a distance between the first reflection layer and the semi-transmissive reflection layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun IROBE, Takeshi KOSHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20210027940
    Abstract: A magnetic powder includes a core portion containing a soft magnetic material, a foundation layer that is provided at a surface of the core portion, that contains an oxide of the soft magnetic material, and that has an average thickness of 0.1 nm or more and less than 10 nm, and an insulating layer that is provided at a surface of the foundation layer, and that contains an organosiloxane compound as a main material, wherein the organosiloxane compound has a C/Si atomic ratio of 0.01 or more and 2.00 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Momo TADAI, Takuya MIYAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20210023850
    Abstract: An ink refill container includes a container main body including an ink storage chamber, an ink outlet-forming portion provided on an end portion of the container main body forming an ink outlet that allows the ink to flow out from the ink storage chamber, and a valve provided in the ink outlet-forming portion configured to openably seal the ink outlet, in which the ink outlet-forming portion includes a positioning portion on an outer side of the ink outlet-forming portion. in which the positioning portion is closer to the container main body than the valve is to the container main body in a central axis direction of the ink outlet, and in which the positioning portion partially abuts against an ink tank when the valve is opened for refilling the ink to the ink tank, to thereby position the valve relative to the ink tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadahiro MIZUTANI, Ryoichi TANAKA, Manabu AKAHANE, Makoto KOBAYASHI, Naomi KIMURA, Hideki OKUMURA, Shoma KUDO, Tetsuya TAKAMOTO, Hiroaki SAKAI
  • Publication number: 20210023856
    Abstract: A ribbon cartridge includes: a winding-side cylinder part that guides an ink ribbon and into which a winding shaft is inserted when the ribbon cartridge is installed in a cartridge installation part; a first ribbon guide that guides the ink ribbon at a position on a downstream side of the winding-side cylinder part in a feeding direction of the ink ribbon; and a second ribbon guide that guides the ink ribbon at a position on the downstream side of the ribbon guide in the feeding direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akio ISHIMOTO, Taishi SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20210023860
    Abstract: A winding device is capable of easily moving a flange portion to a position corresponding to a width of a continuous medium. A winding device that winds a print medium, the winding device including a winding shaft, a winding core portion that is provided to be rotatable on the winding shaft and that winds a continuous medium, a first flange portion that is provided on the winding shaft to be movable in an extending direction of the winding shaft and that guides the continuous medium wound around the winding core portion in a width direction of the continuous medium, a flange-side engaging portion capable of moving integrally with the first flange portion, and a flange moving section that includes a cylindrical cam provided with a cam-side engaging portion that engages with the flange-side engaging portion and that moves the first flange portion to a plurality of flange positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akihiro SHINTANI
  • Publication number: 20210028245
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a semi-transmissive reflection layer, a first reflection layer that is disposed in a first sub-pixel, a second reflection layer that is disposed in a second sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel that emits same color light as the first sub-pixel, and a light-emitting functional layer that is disposed between the first reflection layer and the semi-transmissive reflection layer, the light-emitting functional layer that is disposed between the second reflection layer and the semi-transmissive reflection layer. A thickness of the light-emitting functional layer in the second sub-pixel is thicker than a thickness of the light-emitting functional layer in the first sub-pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Suguru AKAGAWA, Jun IROBE, Takeshi KOSHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20210024818
    Abstract: A ceramic composite according to the present disclosure has a phosphor phase containing an activator and a phosphor and a matrix phase containing MgO as a light transmissive ceramic material. The ceramic composite is made of an inorganic material, and the content of the phosphor phase is so set that the volume ratio of the phosphor phase to the entire phase including the matrix phase and the phosphor phase is lower than or equal to 20 vol %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi KITO, Osamu ARAKAWA
  • Publication number: 20210028238
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a semi-transmissive reflection layer, a first reflection layer that is disposed in a first sub-pixel, a first pixel electrode that is disposed in the first sub-pixel, a first color filer that is disposed in the first sub-pixel, a second reflection layer that is disposed in a second sub-pixel, a second pixel electrode that is disposed in the second sub-pixel, a second color filter that is disposed in the second sub-pixel, the second color filter that is same color as the first color filter, a light-emitting functional layer, and an insulating layer that is disposed between the first reflection layer and the first pixel electrode, the light-emitting functional layer that is disposed between the second reflection layer and the second pixel electrode. A thickness of the insulating layer in the second sub-pixel is thicker than a thickness of the insulating layer in the first sub-pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi KOSHIHARA, Jun IROBE
  • Publication number: 20210026175
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes a substrate that is light-transmissive, a pixel electrode that is light-transmissive, a switching element electrically coupled to the pixel electrode, and a light-shielding layer in contact with the substrate and overlapping, in a plan view from a thickness direction of the substrate, with the switching element, wherein the light-shielding layer includes a first portion and a second portion, the second portion having a thickness thicker than a thickness of the first portion. In addition, the substrate is preferably provided with a recessed portion in which the light-shielding layer is disposed, the recessed portion opening to the switching element side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Satoshi ITO
  • Publication number: 20210026507
    Abstract: A display method according to the present disclosure includes a display step of displaying an image group including a plurality of images and having a dense region where the plurality of images are so densely arranged that the images partially overlap with each other and a sparse region where the arrangement of the images is sparser than in the dense region, a selection step of selecting any of the images located in the sparse region as a selected image, a movement step of moving the selected image to a predetermined destination in the dense region, a wide gap step of converting a dense state at the destination into a sparse state at the destination by widening a gap between the images adjacent to each other at the destination, and a placement step of placing the selected image at the destination having the sparse state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keigo ISHIKURA
  • Publication number: 20210023862
    Abstract: A ribbon cartridge capable of preventing a ribbon cartridge made by another company from being installed by mistake. A ribbon cartridge includes: a paying-out core; a winding core that winds an ink ribbon fed from the paying-out core; and a cartridge case having a ribbon core accommodation part in which the paying-out core and the winding core are rotatably accommodated. In the cartridge case, a first, second and third peripheral wall recessed part are at a peripheral edge part of the ribbon core accommodation part when seen from a front side of the ribbon cartridge in an installation direction, the first, second and third peripheral wall recessed part at a position corresponding to a first, second and third pressing protrusion, respectively, when the ribbon cartridge is installed in a cartridge installation part and an installation-part cover is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taishi SASAKI, Akio ISHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210026189
    Abstract: In an electro-optical device, a temperature detection element is provided on a first substrate having a pixel region, on which a plurality of pixel electrodes are provided, in a position overlapping a light shielding portion that is formed on a second substrate so as to surround the pixel region. Further, the first substrate is provided with an electrostatic protection circuit that includes a semiconductor element and is electrically coupled to the temperature detection element. The semiconductor element is disposed in a position which is farther distanced from the center of the pixel region than the temperature detection element is, and at which a temperature is lower than a temperature at a position in which the temperature detection element is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinsuke FUJIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20210027681
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes a pre-charge circuit configured to supply a pre-charge signal to a first and second signal line at different timings based on a pre-charge control signal, and an inspection circuit configured to output, to the pre-charge circuit, an inspection control signal indicating whether a target is to be inspected in an inspection operation. The pre-charge circuit includes a first switch, an electrical coupling state between the first signal line and a pre-charge power supply line based on a first coupling control signal, a second switch, an electrical coupling state between the second signal line and the pre-charge power supply line based on a second coupling control signal, a first signal to output the first coupling control signal to the first switch, and a second signal to output the second coupling control signal to the second switch based on the inspection control signal and the pre-charge control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinsuke FUJIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20210026145
    Abstract: Provided is a head-mounted display apparatus including: a display unit configured to display each of virtual screens that is set to each of a plurality of predetermined focal lengths; a distance-specific image generation unit configured to generate distance-specific display images for displaying, on the virtual screens, a display object representing an object to be displayed present between two focal lengths next to each other of the plurality of focal lengths; and a display controller configured to display each of the generated distance-specific display images on the virtual screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yutaka FUJIMAKI
  • Publication number: 20210025699
    Abstract: A projector projects a first image onto a projection surface to thereby display a first projected image on the projection surface, acquires first imaging data obtained by capturing the first projected image, determines, based on the first imaging data, a type of a three-dimensional shape on the projection surface, projects a second image including a plurality of points onto the projection surface to thereby display a second projected image on the projection surface, acquires second imaging data obtained by capturing the second projected image, specifies, based on the second imaging data and the type of the three-dimensional shape on the projection surface, positions of the respective plurality of points on the projection surface, generates, based on the positions of the respective plurality of points, and correction data for correcting distortion of an image projected onto the projection surface, corrects, based on the correction data, image data input to the projector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoichi SHISHIDO