Patents by Inventor Seigo Mizutani
Seigo Mizutani 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: 12128670Abstract: A drying device positioned between a printing apparatus that performs prints on a first surface of fabric transported in a transport direction, and a receiving device that receives the fabric after the fabric has passed through the printing apparatus, includes a blowing unit capable of blowing out gas to the first surface, and a suctioning unit positioned on a side close to a second surface side of the fabric in a blowing direction of the blowing unit, and capable of suctioning the gas. The blowing unit is configured to blow out gas in a state where the fabric is supported by respective support members in at least one of an upstream position and a downstream position of the blowing unit and the suctioning unit in a transport direction of the medium. Then a blowing direction of the gas faces downstream in the transport direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2022Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Seigo Mizutani, Tsuneyuki Sasaki
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Publication number: 20240232577Abstract: A trained model generation method relating to coating material. A trained model generation method for generating a trained model that determines, using a computer, evaluation of an article including coating material on a substrate, including: an acquisition step (S12) of causing the computer to acquire training data information including coating material information and the evaluation of the article, the coating material information corresponding to information of the coating material; a training step (S15) of training the computer based on a plurality of the training data from the acquisition step; and a generation step (S16) of causing the computer to generate the trained model based on training results in the training step. The trained model is configured to receive input information and to yield the evaluation, the input information corresponding to unknown information different from the training data. The input information corresponds to information including at least the coating material information.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2024Publication date: July 11, 2024Applicant: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Ryoya HOGAKI, Seigo MIZUTANI, Takuma IWASAKA, Nozomi YAMAGUCHI, Takuya YOSHIOKA, Katsuhiko IMOTO
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Publication number: 20230264488Abstract: A printing system includes a printing apparatus that performs printing on a fabric, a processing apparatus, and a control apparatus. The processing apparatus includes contact members having a plurality of protrusions that come in contact with a fabric on which printing has been performed by the printing apparatus, and vibration applying units including vibration generating sources that apply vibration to the contact members. The control apparatus controls an operation of the processing apparatus according to an operation of the printing apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2023Publication date: August 24, 2023Inventors: Seigo MIZUTANI, Hideki OKADA
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Publication number: 20230127666Abstract: A drying device positioned between a printing apparatus that performs prints on a first surface of fabric transported in a transport direction, and a receiving device that receives the fabric after the fabric has passed through the printing apparatus, includes a blowing unit capable of blowing out gas to the first surface, and a suctioning unit positioned on a side close to a second surface side of the fabric in a blowing direction of the blowing unit, and capable of suctioning the gas. The blowing unit is configured to blow out gas in a state where the fabric is supported by respective support members in at least one of an upstream position and a downstream position of the blowing unit and the suctioning unit in a transport direction of the medium. Then a blowing direction of the gas faces downstream in the transport direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventors: Seigo MIZUTANI, Tsuneyuki SASAKI
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Patent number: 11059308Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus 1 includes a carriage 2 configured to reciprocate relative to a medium, and a plurality of discharging units 4 attached to the carriage 2 and configured to discharge liquid onto the medium. At a plurality of replacement positions in a reciprocation direction B of the carriage 2, the carriage 2 allows the plurality of discharging units 4 to be replaced. At the plurality of replacement positions for the carriage 2, a discharging unit to be replaced, among the plurality of discharging units, is accessible from downstream in a discharge direction C of the liquid.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2017Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Masahiro Ido, Kenji Kojima, Masaru Jingushi, Seigo Mizutani, Takahiro Kobayashi
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Publication number: 20200324562Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus 1 includes a carriage 2 configured to reciprocate relative to a medium, and a plurality of discharging units 4 attached to the carriage 2 and configured to discharge liquid onto the medium. At a plurality of replacement positions in a reciprocation direction B of the carriage 2, the carriage 2 allows the plurality of discharging units 4 to be replaced. At the plurality of replacement positions for the carriage 2, a discharging unit to be replaced, among the plurality of discharging units, is accessible from downstream in a discharge direction C of the liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2017Publication date: October 15, 2020Inventors: Masahiro IDO, Kenji KOJIMA, Masaru JINGUSHI, Seigo MIZUTANI, Takahiro KOBAYASHI
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Patent number: 9555649Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes: a sensor capable of detecting a state of an object; a drive unit capable of moving the sensor; and a control unit configured to control the drive unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2015Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Seigo Mizutani
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Patent number: 9387703Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes: a sensor configured to detect a state of an object and outputs a detection value; a drive unit configured to be able to move the sensor in a direction in which the sensor approaches the object and in a direction in which the sensor is away from the object; and a control unit configured to execute calibration for setting a positional relationship between the sensor and the object based on the detection value of the sensor while causing the drive unit to change the positional relationship between the sensor and the object.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2015Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Seigo Mizutani
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Patent number: 9307098Abstract: There is provided a transport section configured to transport a recording medium in a first direction and a second direction which is a reverse of the first direction, a head configured to record an image on the recording medium, a first sensor arranged on a downstream side of the head in the first direction and configured to detect presence or absence of abnormality on the recording medium, and a control section configured to execute an operation where the image is recorded on the recording medium using the head while the recording medium is being transported in the first direction by the transport section and an operation where the recording medium is transported in the second direction by the transport section.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2015Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Seigo Mizutani
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Publication number: 20150269457Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes: a sensor configured to detect a state of an object and outputs a detection value; a drive unit configured to be able to move the sensor in a direction in which the sensor approaches the object and in a direction in which the sensor is away from the object; and a control unit configured to execute calibration for setting a positional relationship between the sensor and the object based on the detection value of the sensor while causing the drive unit to change the positional relationship between the sensor and the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2015Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventor: Seigo MIZUTANI
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Publication number: 20150266325Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes: a sensor capable of detecting a state of an object; a drive unit capable of moving the sensor; and a control unit configured to control the drive unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2015Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventor: Seigo MIZUTANI
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Publication number: 20150256688Abstract: There is provided a transport section configured to transport a recording medium in a first direction and a second direction which is a reverse of the first direction, a head configured to record an image on the recording medium, a first sensor arranged on a downstream side of the head in the first direction and configured to detect presence or absence of abnormality on the recording medium, and a control section configured to execute an operation where the image is recorded on the recording medium using the head while the recording medium is being transported in the first direction by the transport section and an operation where the recording medium is transported in the second direction by the transport section.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2015Publication date: September 10, 2015Inventor: Seigo MIZUTANI
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Patent number: 9073355Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a transport path for transporting a recording medium; a cover that is capable of being opened and closed and that covers the transport path when the cover is in a closed state; and a blowing unit, provided in the cover, that is capable of blowing air toward the recording medium that is on the transport path when the cover is in a closed state and that retracts from the transport path when the cover is in an open state.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2013Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Seigo Mizutani
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Patent number: 9022516Abstract: A fluid ejecting apparatus includes a pair of guide rails that movably supports a carriage and an abnormal portion detecting sensor that has a light emitting portion and a light receiving portion for receiving a light beam emitted from the light emitting portion, in which the light emitting portion and the light receiving portion are mounted on the carriage via a sensor mounting member.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2013Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Seigo Mizutani, Shigeki Kato, Akihiro Toya, Toshiki Ogasawara
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Patent number: 9022511Abstract: An image recording apparatus includes a transport unit which transports a medium with a joint portion along a transport path, a head unit which performs recording of a printing image on both the joint portion and a non-joint portion by ejecting ink onto the medium, a heating unit which dries liquid forming the printing image by heating a portion of the medium located at a heating region on the transport path, a detection unit which detects the joint portion, and a controller which controls transporting of the medium by the transport unit so that a heating time of the joint portion in the heating region becomes longer than a heating time of the non-joint portion in the heating region on the basis of a detection signal from the detection unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2012Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Seigo Mizutani
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Patent number: 8967787Abstract: There is provided a recording apparatus. The recording apparatus includes: a support member which supports a recording medium; a recording head which applies a recording material to one surface of the recording medium supported on the support member; and a fixing unit which fixes the recording material adhered to the one surface of the recording medium transported from the support member, wherein the support member and the fixing unit are arranged to be partly overlapped with each other in an up and down direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2013Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Akihiro Toya, Seigo Mizutani
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Patent number: 8960892Abstract: A method of manufacturing a printed matter in which a printed matter is manufactured by print images with consecutive numbers on a medium includes a recording base material, and a separating base material which is provided at a side opposite to the recording base material, and has a joint portion formed on both the recording base material and the separating base material, and the method includes arranging the print image on both the joint portion and non-joint portion in numerical order to be aligned, printing the same image as the image recorded on the joint portion on the unrecorded non-joint portion, cutting a portion of the recording base material from the separating base material, separating the separating base material to which a portion of the recording base material corresponding to the image recorded in the joint portion is adhered.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2012Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Seigo Mizutani
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Publication number: 20140078201Abstract: A fluid ejecting apparatus includes a pair of guide rails that movably supports a carriage and an abnormal portion detecting sensor that has a light emitting portion and a light receiving portion for receiving a light beam emitted from the light emitting portion, in which the light emitting portion and the light receiving portion are mounted on the carriage via a sensor mounting member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Inventors: Seigo MIZUTANI, Shigeki KATO, Akihiro TOYA, Toshiki OGASAWARA
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Publication number: 20140009548Abstract: There is provided a recording apparatus. The recording apparatus includes: a support member which supports a recording medium; a recording head which applies a recording material to one surface of the recording medium supported on the support member; and a fixing unit which fixes the recording material adhered to the one surface of the recording medium transported from the support member, wherein the support member and the fixing unit are arranged to be partly overlapped with each other in an up and down direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2013Publication date: January 9, 2014Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiro Toya, Seigo Mizutani
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Publication number: 20140009547Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a transport path for transporting a recording medium; a cover that is capable of being opened and closed and that covers the transport path when the cover is in a closed state; and a blowing unit, provided in the cover, that is capable of blowing air toward the recording medium that is on the transport path when the cover is in a closed state and that retracts from the transport path when the cover is in an open state.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2013Publication date: January 9, 2014Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Seigo MIZUTANI