Patents by Inventor Hisayuki Akahane
Hisayuki Akahane 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).
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Patent number: 11794482Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a carriage, a liquid container provided on the carriage and in which a liquid is to be injected, the liquid container having a liquid level check portion through which a level of the liquid in the liquid container is visually checked, a recording head disposed in the carriage, and an operation panel disposed on a front surface of the apparatus along the width direction, the operation panel and an exposure section through which the liquid level check portion is exposed are disposed such that the operation panel and the exposure section are visually checked, and the carriage is moved from a home position toward the exposure section and the operation panel and the liquid level check portion are arranged in the width direction when the apparatus side surface is viewed from the front side.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Seiji Miyazawa, Hisayuki Akahane, Shintaro Miyamoto
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Patent number: 11768107Abstract: A color measurement apparatus includes an opening portion forming member that is a member in which an opening portion for causing light arriving from a measurement target to enter inside the apparatus is formed, and that is arranged on a bottom surface at a time of measurement performed by the apparatus, the opening portion for causing the light arriving from the measurement target to enter inside the apparatus, an incident light processing portion that processes light incident through the opening portion, and an operation portion that is positioned on an upper surface, and that receives various operations, in which in a view from a first direction that is a vertical direction intersecting with the bottom surface and the upper surface which is the surface on the opposite side from the bottom surface and includes a display portion, the opening portion and the operation portion have an overlapping part.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Haruki Miyasaka, Hisayuki Akahane
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Publication number: 20230271428Abstract: In a printer, a display unit includes, in a housing, a light source, and a first light emitting portion having a first light emitting surface which emits light toward the outside of the housing with light emitted from the light source and a first light guiding portion which guides the light emitted from the light source to the first light emitting surface. Further, the display unit includes, in an opening/closing cover, a second light emitting portion having a second light emitting surface which emits light toward the outside of the housing with the light emitted from the first light emitting surface and a second light guiding portion which guides the light emitted from the first light emitting surface to the second light emitting surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2023Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventors: Hisayuki AKAHANE, Seiji MIYAZAWA
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Publication number: 20230191813Abstract: A printing device 1 includes an openable cover automatic opening mechanism 3, wherein the automatic opening mechanism has a lever 11 configured to be rotated and to release maintenance of the closed state of the openable cover 5 by receiving power of the carriage 15. The openable cover receives a force F in an opening direction, and the printing device 1 has a braking mechanism 103 that brakes opening movement of the openable cover by contacting a proximal end 101 of the openable cover. The braking mechanism 103 includes a brake lever 107 that contacts a contacted portion 105 located at the proximal end 101 of the openable cover to apply a braking force B, a pivot fulcrum 109 configured to pivotably supports a proximal end of the brake lever, and a spring member 110 configured to generates braking force.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2022Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventors: Jun YODA, Hisayuki AKAHANE
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Patent number: 11673413Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording head, an ink tank that is disposed above the recording head, a carriage on which the recording head and the ink tank are mounted, a scanner unit that is attached to the upper portion of the casing via a pivot shaft so as to pivot with respect to the casing and that reads a document placed on the document table, and a panel unit in which the scanner unit is attached to an end portion disposed on the opposite side to the pivot shaft and is configured to tilt between a first orientation and a second orientation closer to the document table than the first orientation, and by pivoting the scanner unit with respect to the casing to expose the ink tank, ink is injected from the refill container into the ink tank and the remaining amount of liquid is viewed.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2022Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yoshikazu Nagai, Yoshiyuki Okazawa, Kazunori Takabayashi, Hisayuki Akahane, Kensuke Tamai, Shintaro Miyamoto, Katsumi Yamada
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Patent number: 11652936Abstract: A recording device includes a housing including a recording mechanism unit configured to perform recording on a target recording medium, and a recording mechanism unit cover configured to rotate, by a rotational shaft along a first side surface of the housing, between an open state of an upper surface of the housing being open and a closed state of the upper surface of the housing being closed. The recording mechanism unit cover is configured to be inside the housing in the closed state and a second side surface and a third side surface of the recording mechanism unit cover that intersect the first side surface of the housing in the closed state are provided with a rib configured to support a second side surface or a third side surface of the housing that intersects the first side surface of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Hisayuki Akahane, Shintaro Miyamoto
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Publication number: 20220283033Abstract: A color measurement apparatus includes an opening portion that is formed in an opening portion forming member arranged in a bottom portion of the apparatus and causes light arriving from a measurement target to enter inside the apparatus, a light emission portion that emits light for measurement toward the measurement target, and a shutter unit that is configured to switch between a closed state in which the opening portion is covered, and an open state in which the opening portion is open, and that has a reflection reference surface at a position facing the opening portion in the closed state as a reference of reflectance, in which the shutter unit is disposed such that the shutter unit is configured to switch to, in addition to the closed state and the open state, an exposed state in which the reflection reference surface is exposed outside the apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2022Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventors: Toshio MIYAKE, Haruki MIYASAKA, Kenichi FURUYA, Hisayuki AKAHANE
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Publication number: 20220227141Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a carriage, a liquid container provided on the carriage and in which a liquid is to be injected, the liquid container having a liquid level check portion through which a level of the liquid in the liquid container is visually checked, a recording head disposed in the carriage, and an operation panel disposed on a front surface of the apparatus along the width direction, the operation panel and an exposure section through which the liquid level check portion is exposed are disposed such that the operation panel and the exposure section are visually checked, and the carriage is moved from a home position toward the exposure section and the operation panel and the liquid level check portion are arranged in the width direction when the apparatus side surface is viewed from the front side.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2022Publication date: July 21, 2022Inventors: Seiji MIYAZAWA, Hisayuki AKAHANE, Shintaro MIYAMOTO
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Patent number: 11351793Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a carriage, a liquid container provided on the carriage and in which a liquid is to be injected, the liquid container having a liquid level check portion through which a level of the liquid in the liquid container is visually checked, a recording head disposed in the carriage, and an operation panel disposed on a front surface of the apparatus along the width direction, the operation panel and an exposure section through which the liquid level check portion is exposed are disposed such that the operation panel and the exposure section are visually checked, and the carriage is moved from a home position toward the exposure section and the operation panel and the liquid level check portion are arranged in the width direction when the apparatus side surface is viewed from the front side.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Seiji Miyazawa, Hisayuki Akahane, Shintaro Miyamoto
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Publication number: 20220146317Abstract: A color measurement apparatus includes an opening portion forming member that is a member in which an opening portion for causing light arriving from a measurement target to enter inside the apparatus is formed, and that is arranged on a bottom surface at a time of measurement performed by the apparatus, the opening portion for causing the light arriving from the measurement target to enter inside the apparatus, an incident light processing portion that processes light incident through the opening portion, and a battery that supplies power to the incident light processing portion, in which in a view from a first direction that is a vertical direction intersecting with the bottom surface and an upper surface which is a surface on an opposite side from the bottom surface, the incident light processing portion and the battery have an overlapping part.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: Haruki MIYASAKA, Hisayuki AKAHANE
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Publication number: 20220146318Abstract: A color measurement apparatus includes an opening portion forming member that is a member in which an opening portion for causing light arriving from a measurement target to enter inside the apparatus is formed, and that is arranged on a bottom surface at a time of measurement performed by the apparatus, an incident light processing portion that processes light incident through the opening portion, a shutter unit that is a unit configured to be displaced between a closed position at which the opening portion is covered, and an open position at which the opening portion is open, and that includes a reflection reference surface used as a reference of reflectance at a position facing the opening portion, and a detection section that detects changes in a detection signal to be output in accordance with displacement of the shutter unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: Kenichi FURUYA, Haruki MIYASAKA, Hisayuki AKAHANE
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Publication number: 20220146316Abstract: A color measurement apparatus includes an opening portion forming member that is a member in which an opening portion for causing light arriving from a measurement target to enter inside the apparatus is formed, and that is arranged on a bottom surface at a time of measurement performed by the apparatus, an incident light processing portion that processes light incident through the opening portion, a battery that supplies power to the incident light processing portion, and a first circuit substrate on which a wireless communication portion is mounted, in which in a view from a first direction that is a vertical direction intersecting with the bottom surface and an upper surface which is a surface on an opposite side from the bottom surface, the first circuit substrate and the battery have an overlapping part.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: Haruki MIYASAKA, Hisayuki AKAHANE
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Publication number: 20220146315Abstract: A color measurement apparatus includes an opening portion forming member that is a member in which an opening portion for causing light arriving from a measurement target to enter inside the apparatus is formed, and that is arranged on a bottom surface at a time of measurement performed by the apparatus, an incident light processing portion that processes light incident through the opening portion, and a shutter unit configured to be displaced between a closed position at which the opening portion is covered, in which the shutter unit includes a shutter member that closes the opening portion when the shutter unit is at the closed position, a shutter holding member that holds the shutter member such that the shutter member is configured to be displaced in a direction of approaching to and separating from the opening portion, and a pressing member that presses the shutter member toward the opening portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: Kenichi FURUYA, Haruki MIYASAKA, Hisayuki AKAHANE
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Publication number: 20220146307Abstract: A color measurement apparatus includes an opening portion forming member that is a member in which an opening portion for causing light arriving from a measurement target to enter inside the apparatus is formed, and that is arranged on a bottom surface at a time of measurement performed by the apparatus, the opening portion for causing the light arriving from the measurement target to enter inside the apparatus, an incident light processing portion that processes light incident through the opening portion, and an operation portion that is positioned on an upper surface, and that receives various operations, in which in a view from a first direction that is a vertical direction intersecting with the bottom surface and the upper surface which is the surface on the opposite side from the bottom surface and includes a display portion, the opening portion and the operation portion have an overlapping part.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: Haruki MIYASAKA, Hisayuki AKAHANE
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Publication number: 20220126612Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording head, an ink tank that is disposed above the recording head, a carriage on which the recording head and the ink tank are mounted, a scanner unit that is attached to the upper portion of the casing via a pivot shaft so as to pivot with respect to the casing and that reads a document placed on the document table, and a panel unit in which the scanner unit is attached to an end portion disposed on the opposite side to the pivot shaft and is configured to tilt between a first orientation and a second orientation closer to the document table than the first orientation, and by pivoting the scanner unit with respect to the casing to expose the ink tank, ink is injected from the refill container into the ink tank and the remaining amount of liquid is viewed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2022Publication date: April 28, 2022Inventors: Yoshikazu NAGAI, Yoshiyuki OKAZAWA, Kazunori TAKABAYASHI, Hisayuki AKAHANE, Kensuke TAMAI, Shintaro MIYAMOTO, Katsumi YAMADA
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Patent number: 11254151Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording head, an ink tank that is disposed above the recording head, a carriage on which the recording head and the ink tank are mounted, a scanner unit that is attached to the upper portion of the casing via a pivot shaft so as to pivot with respect to the casing and that reads a document placed on the document table, and a panel unit in which the scanner unit is attached to an end portion disposed on the opposite side to the pivot shaft and is configured to tilt between a first orientation and a second orientation closer to the document table than the first orientation, and by pivoting the scanner unit with respect to the casing to expose the ink tank, ink is injected from the refill container into the ink tank and the remaining amount of liquid is viewed.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2020Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yoshikazu Nagai, Yoshiyuki Okazawa, Kazunori Takabayashi, Hisayuki Akahane, Kensuke Tamai, Shintaro Miyamoto, Katsumi Yamada
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Publication number: 20210337078Abstract: A recording device includes a housing including a recording mechanism unit configured to perform recording on a target recording medium, and a recording mechanism unit cover configured to rotate, by a rotational shaft along a first side surface of the housing, between an open state of an upper surface of the housing being open and a closed state of the upper surface of the housing being closed. The recording mechanism unit cover is configured to be inside the housing in the closed state and a second side surface and a third side surface of the recording mechanism unit cover that intersect the first side surface of the housing in the closed state are provided with a rib configured to support a second side surface or a third side surface of the housing that intersects the first side surface of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2021Publication date: October 28, 2021Inventors: Hisayuki AKAHANE, Shintaro MIYAMOTO
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Publication number: 20210276352Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording section configured to perform recording onto a medium, a facing section facing a recording surface of a medium at a discharge position where the medium recorded by the recording section is discharged, and a light emitter configured to emit light toward the recording surface. The facing section includes an optical member disposed at a position where the light emitted by the light emitter enters, the optical member being configured to pass the incident light toward at least the recording surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2021Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: Hisayuki AKAHANE, Nobuhisa NOMOTO, Satoru ORII
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Patent number: 11072186Abstract: A printer includes a restrictor that is configured to switch between a restricted state that restricts a scanner unit from pivoting in an opening direction from a closed state in which the scanner unit is closed with respect to the casing, and a free state that allows the scanner unit to pivot in the opening direction from the closed state, and that enters the restricted state when the panel unit is set to a first orientation and enters the free state when the panel unit in the first orientation pivots by a predetermined angle to be in a second orientation.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2020Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Hisayuki Akahane
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Publication number: 20200369038Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a carriage, a liquid container provided on the carriage and in which a liquid is to be injected, the liquid container having a liquid level check portion through which a level of the liquid in the liquid container is visually checked, a recording head disposed in the carriage, and an operation panel disposed on a front surface of the apparatus along the width direction, the operation panel and an exposure section through which the liquid level check portion is exposed are disposed such that the operation panel and the exposure section are visually checked, and the carriage is moved from a home position toward the exposure section and the operation panel and the liquid level check portion are arranged in the width direction when the apparatus side surface is viewed from the front side.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Inventors: Seiji MIYAZAWA, Hisayuki AKAHANE, Shintaro MIYAMOTO