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).

  • Patent number: 11794482
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji Miyazawa, Hisayuki Akahane, Shintaro Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 11768107
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Haruki Miyasaka, Hisayuki Akahane
  • Publication number: 20230271428
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Hisayuki AKAHANE, Seiji MIYAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20230191813
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Jun YODA, Hisayuki AKAHANE
  • Patent number: 11673413
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Nagai, Yoshiyuki Okazawa, Kazunori Takabayashi, Hisayuki Akahane, Kensuke Tamai, Shintaro Miyamoto, Katsumi Yamada
  • Patent number: 11652936
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hisayuki Akahane, Shintaro Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20220283033
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Toshio MIYAKE, Haruki MIYASAKA, Kenichi FURUYA, Hisayuki AKAHANE
  • Publication number: 20220227141
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Seiji MIYAZAWA, Hisayuki AKAHANE, Shintaro MIYAMOTO
  • Patent number: 11351793
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji Miyazawa, Hisayuki Akahane, Shintaro Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20220146317
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Haruki MIYASAKA, Hisayuki AKAHANE
  • Publication number: 20220146318
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Kenichi FURUYA, Haruki MIYASAKA, Hisayuki AKAHANE
  • Publication number: 20220146316
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Haruki MIYASAKA, Hisayuki AKAHANE
  • Publication number: 20220146315
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Kenichi FURUYA, Haruki MIYASAKA, Hisayuki AKAHANE
  • Publication number: 20220146307
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Haruki MIYASAKA, Hisayuki AKAHANE
  • Publication number: 20220126612
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshikazu NAGAI, Yoshiyuki OKAZAWA, Kazunori TAKABAYASHI, Hisayuki AKAHANE, Kensuke TAMAI, Shintaro MIYAMOTO, Katsumi YAMADA
  • Patent number: 11254151
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Nagai, Yoshiyuki Okazawa, Kazunori Takabayashi, Hisayuki Akahane, Kensuke Tamai, Shintaro Miyamoto, Katsumi Yamada
  • Publication number: 20210337078
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Hisayuki AKAHANE, Shintaro MIYAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210276352
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Hisayuki AKAHANE, Nobuhisa NOMOTO, Satoru ORII
  • Patent number: 11072186
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hisayuki Akahane
  • Publication number: 20200369038
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Seiji MIYAZAWA, Hisayuki AKAHANE, Shintaro MIYAMOTO