Patents by Inventor Hiroya HOCHI

Hiroya HOCHI 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).

  • Patent number: 11491795
    Abstract: The printing apparatus includes a carriage having a print head mounted thereon, a carriage guide configured to guide movement of the carriage and to support the carriage, an optical scale member having an optical scale, an optical sensor mounting member having an optical sensor mounted thereon to read the optical scale, the optical sensor mounting member being fixed to a support surface of a support wall of the carriage, and a head portion of the fixing screw configured to be switched between a fixed state in which the optical sensor mounting member is fixed to the carriage and a release state in which the fixed state is released. The head of the fixing screw is located on a side opposite to the support surface with respect to the support wall when the optical sensor mounting member is in the fixed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroya Hochi, Kenichiro Kaneko
  • Patent number: 11046096
    Abstract: When an adjustment sheet is set on a recording surface of a medium, the adjustment sheet is transported together with the medium in a transport direction by a transport unit of a recording device. The adjustment sheet includes a first surface that contacts the recording surface, and a second surface that is a surface located opposite to the first surface and includes an adjustment region being a region in which an adjustment pattern detectable by a detection unit of the recording device is formed. A prescribed pattern has been formed in a region different from the adjustment region on the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroya Hochi
  • Publication number: 20210187954
    Abstract: The printing apparatus includes a carriage having a print head mounted thereon, a carriage guide configured to guide movement of the carriage and to support the carriage, an optical scale member having an optical scale, an optical sensor mounting member having an optical sensor mounted thereon to read the optical scale, the optical sensor mounting member being fixed to a support surface of a support wall of the carriage, and a head portion of the fixing screw configured to be switched between a fixed state in which the optical sensor mounting member is fixed to the carriage and a release state in which the fixed state is released. The head of the fixing screw is located on a side opposite to the support surface with respect to the support wall when the optical sensor mounting member is in the fixed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroya HOCHI, Kenichiro KANEKO
  • Publication number: 20200070547
    Abstract: When an adjustment sheet is set on a recording surface of a medium, the adjustment sheet is transported together with the medium in a transport direction by a transport unit of a recording device. The adjustment sheet includes a first surface that contacts the recording surface, and a second surface that is a surface located opposite to the first surface and includes an adjustment region being a region in which an adjustment pattern detectable by a detection unit of the recording device is formed. A prescribed pattern has been formed in a region different from the adjustment region on the second surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventor: Hiroya HOCHI
  • Patent number: 10214012
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a head unit that ejects ink onto a medium, a transport unit that transports the medium, and a control unit that forms an adjustment pattern on the medium, and the control unit forms, as the adjustment pattern, a pattern including a first pattern that is formed in a transport direction, a plurality of scales that are formed in the transport direction, and a second pattern that is formed at a position corresponding to the scales in the transport direction while the position thereof in a main-scanning direction that intersects the transport direction is changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroya Hochi
  • Publication number: 20180201015
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a head unit that ejects ink onto a medium, a transport unit that transports the medium, and a control unit that forms an adjustment pattern on the medium, and the control unit forms, as the adjustment pattern, a pattern including a first pattern that is formed in a transport direction, a plurality of scales that are formed in the transport direction, and a second pattern that is formed at a position corresponding to the scales in the transport direction while the position thereof in a main-scanning direction that intersects the transport direction is changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroya HOCHI
  • Patent number: 9764560
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes an ejecting unit that includes a nozzle column configured to eject liquid, the ejecting unit being configured to reciprocate along a first direction that intersects the nozzle column; a transport unit configured to transport a medium in a second direction that intersects the first direction; and a control unit configured to control the ejecting unit and the transport unit such that first and second patterns are formed. The first and second patterns are formed such that a plurality of boundaries between the first pattern and the second pattern are formed in between boundary portions of the first pattern and boundary portions of the second pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: So Yokota, Hiroya Hochi
  • Publication number: 20170072715
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes an ejecting unit that includes a nozzle column configured to eject liquid, the ejecting unit being configured to reciprocate along a first direction that intersects the nozzle column; a transport unit configured to transport a medium in a second direction that intersects the first direction; and a control unit configured to control the ejecting unit and the transport unit such that first and second patterns are formed. The first and second patterns are formed such that a plurality of boundaries between the first pattern and the second pattern are formed in between boundary portions of the first pattern and boundary portions of the second pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: So YOKOTA, Hiroya HOCHI