Patents by Inventor Shingo WAKI

Shingo WAKI 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: 11922650
    Abstract: It is possible to estimate a slack level accurately in consideration of a shape of a deformed cable. A point cloud analysis device sets a plurality of regions of interest obtained by window-searching a wire model including a quadratic curve model representing a cable obtained from a point cloud consisting of three-dimensional points on an object, the region of interest being divided into a first region and a second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Niigaki, Masaki Waki, Masaaki Inoue, Yasuhiro Yao, Tomoya Shimizu, Hiroyuki Oshida, Kana Kurata, Shingo Ando, Atsushi Sagata
  • Patent number: 11661294
    Abstract: A recording device includes a first transportation path along which a medium is transported, a recording unit configured to record on the medium on the first transportation path, a second transportation path branching from the first transportation path, a flap located at the junction and configured to be moved to a first position to open the first transportation path and to a second position to close the first transportation path, and a driving section. After the medium passes the junction, the flap is positioned at the second position to come in contact with the medium traveling upstream along the first transportation path and guide the medium to the second transportation path. The flap is moved to the first position by a driving force of the driving section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo Waki, Yuki Komatsu, Kenji Oshima
  • Patent number: 11659114
    Abstract: A recording device includes a recording unit configured to perform recording on a recording target medium, a first conveyance path that is a conveyance path of the recording target medium including an opposite position that faces the recording unit, and conveyance of the recording target medium in a first direction, a second conveyance path being coupled to the first conveyance path at a position downstream of the recording unit in the first direction, the second conveyance path being coupled to the first conveyance path also at a position upstream of the recording unit in the first direction and configured for conveyance of the recording target medium to the first conveyance path with a surface of the recording target medium inverted, and an insertion port configured to enable insertion of a recording target medium as an insertion material to the second conveyance path from outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo Waki, Tetsuji Yatsunami
  • Patent number: 11654702
    Abstract: A recording device includes a recording unit, a first transport path, a second transport path, a first discharge roller pair, a second discharge roller pair, a first driving motor configured to drive the first discharge driving roller, a second driving motor configured to drive the second discharge driving roller, and a movement mechanism capable of moving the second discharge roller pair between a sandwiching state where a second discharge driving roller and a second discharge driven roller sandwich a recording medium, and a separated state where the second discharge driving roller and the second discharge driven roller are separated. In a part of a period in which the recording medium is transported, the second discharge roller pair is in the separated state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo Waki, Yuki Komatsu
  • Publication number: 20220339941
    Abstract: A printer includes a line head and a waste liquid tank. The line head is configured to move in an A direction having a component of a horizontal direction and a component of an apparatus height direction and is configured to eject a liquid onto a sheet to make a record. The liquid ejected from the line head is collected in the waste liquid tank. The waste liquid tank is located below the line head in the Z direction. When viewed in the Z direction from top to bottom, a movement area of the line head and a portion of the waste liquid tank overlap each other over a range defined in the Y direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Yoshikane TSUCHIHASHI, Shingo WAKI
  • Patent number: 11420454
    Abstract: A control section of a recording apparatus is configured to execute control of overlapping transportation in which a preceding medium and a following medium are transported in a state in which a rear end region of the preceding medium and a leading end region of the following medium overlap at least in a partial section in an upper transport route, and determines an overlapping dimension Lk that is a dimension, by which the rear end region of the preceding medium and the leading end region of the following medium overlap, in accordance with a route dimension Ld from a third feed roller pair to an edge of an introducing port in a second direction, when executing the control of the overlapping transportation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuji Yatsunami, Shingo Waki
  • Patent number: 11319176
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a first medium transport path, a reverse path for reversing a surface of a medium, a third medium transport path that guides the medium to the reverse path, a first drive roller configured to rotate in a forward rotation direction that sends the medium toward a discharge port and in a reverse rotation direction opposite to the forward rotation direction, and a second drive roller provided in the third medium transport path and configured to rotate only in the forward rotation direction for sending the medium toward the reverse path, in which a transport force applied to the medium by the first drive roller when the first drive roller rotates in the forward rotation direction is stronger than a transport force applied to the medium by the second drive roller when the second drive roller rotates in the forward rotation direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shintaro Komuro, Shingo Waki
  • Patent number: 11214084
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording section that performs recording on a medium, a housing that houses the recording section, a tray configured to move to a loading position in which to load the medium to be subjected to recording and ejected and a stowage position in which the tray is stowed in the housing, and a switching unit that switches between an automatic mode in which to automatically move the tray to the loading position and the stowage position and a manual mode in which to manually move the tray to the loading position and the stowage position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Tamai, Shingo Waki, Shintaro Komuro, Nobuhiko Shinozaki
  • Patent number: 11207903
    Abstract: A medium transport device includes a first roller that applies a transporting force to a medium, a second roller that applies a transporting force to the medium transported from the first roller, a third roller that applies a transporting force to the medium transported from the second roller, a first rotor that transmits rotational torque to the third roller, a first shaft that is provided away from the first rotor at a first interval, and a second shaft that is provided away from the first rotor at the first interval and at a position different from a position of the first shaft. A shaft center of the first shaft and a shaft center of the second shaft are positioned on a circular arc, the center of which is a rotation center of the second roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shingo Waki
  • Publication number: 20210394534
    Abstract: A recording device includes a recording unit, a first transport path, a second transport path, a first discharge roller pair, a second discharge roller pair, a first driving motor configured to drive the first discharge driving roller, a second driving motor configured to drive the second discharge driving roller, and a movement mechanism capable of moving the second discharge roller pair between a sandwiching state where a second discharge driving roller and a second discharge driven roller sandwich a recording medium, and a separated state where the second discharge driving roller and the second discharge driven roller are separated. In a part of a period in which the recording medium is transported, the second discharge roller pair is in the separated state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Shingo WAKI, Yuki KOMATSU
  • Publication number: 20210354940
    Abstract: A recording device includes a recording unit configured to perform recording on a recording target medium, a first conveyance path that is a conveyance path of the recording target medium including an opposite position that faces the recording unit, and conveyance of the recording target medium in a first direction, a second conveyance path being coupled to the first conveyance path at a position downstream of the recording unit in the first direction, the second conveyance path being coupled to the first conveyance path also at a position upstream of the recording unit in the first direction and configured for conveyance of the recording target medium to the first conveyance path with a surface of the recording target medium inverted, and an insertion port configured to enable insertion of a recording target medium as an insertion material to the second conveyance path from outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Shingo WAKI, Tetsuji YATSUNAMI
  • Patent number: 11167944
    Abstract: A medium accommodation cassette includes a first medium accommodation portion that forms a portion of a medium accommodation region and a second medium accommodation portion that forms a portion of the medium accommodation region and is configured to be switchable between a first state and a second state in which the second medium accommodation portion is displaced from a position thereof in the first state in a cassette removing direction so as to stretch the medium accommodation region. A step portion on a side surface, which is formed between the first medium accommodation portion and the second medium accommodation portion, is positioned inside an insertion/removal mouth when the second medium accommodation portion assumes the second state in the state in which the medium accommodation cassette is installed in the insertion/removal mouth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Ryoichi Morisawa, Shingo Waki
  • Publication number: 20210331498
    Abstract: A control section of a recording apparatus is configured to execute control of overlapping transportation in which a preceding medium and a following medium are transported in a state in which a rear end region of the preceding medium and a leading end region of the following medium overlap at least in a partial section in an upper transport route, and determines an overlapping dimension Lk that is a dimension, by which the rear end region of the preceding medium and the leading end region of the following medium overlap, in accordance with a route dimension Ld from a third feed roller pair to an edge of an introducing port in a second direction, when executing the control of the overlapping transportation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Tetsuji YATSUNAMI, Shingo WAKI
  • Patent number: 11104535
    Abstract: A printer as a medium processing apparatus includes a transport path through which a paper being transported passes, a recording head that records on the paper on the transport path, and a platen that forms at least a portion of the transport path as a path forming member with which the paper comes into contact, in which a surface resistance value of the path forming member changes according to an applied voltage of the medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shingo Waki, Kazuhiro Hashii, Satoshi Nakata, Fumiaki Akahane
  • Publication number: 20210129555
    Abstract: A medium transport device includes a first roller that applies a transporting force to a medium, a second roller that applies a transporting force to the medium transported from the first roller, a third roller that applies a transporting force to the medium transported from the second roller, a first rotor that transmits rotational torque to the third roller, a first shaft that is provided away from the first rotor at a first interval, and a second shaft that is provided away from the first rotor at the first interval and at a position different from a position of the first shaft. A shaft center of the first shaft and a shaft center of the second shaft are positioned on a circular arc, the center of which is a rotation center of the second roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventor: Shingo WAKI
  • Publication number: 20210129557
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a recording section that performs recording on a medium, a housing that houses the recording section, a tray configured to move to a loading position in which to load the medium to be subjected to recording and ejected and a stowage position in which the tray is stowed in the housing, and a switching unit that switches between an automatic mode in which to automatically move the tray to the loading position and the stowage position and a manual mode in which to manually move the tray to the loading position and the stowage position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Satoshi TAMAI, Shingo WAKI, Shintaro KOMURO, Nobuhiko SHINOZAKI
  • Publication number: 20210130120
    Abstract: A recording device includes a first transportation path along which a medium is transported, a recording unit configured to record on the medium on the first transportation path, a second transportation path branching from the first transportation path, a flap located at the junction and configured to be moved to a first position to open the first transportation path and to a second position to close the first transportation path, and a driving section. After the medium passes the junction, the flap is positioned at the second position to come in contact with the medium traveling upstream along the first transportation path and guide the medium to the second transportation path. The flap is moved to the first position by a driving force of the driving section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Shingo WAKI, Yuki KOMATSU, Kenji OSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20200239252
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a first medium transport path, a reverse path for reversing a surface of a medium, a third medium transport path that guides the medium to the reverse path, a first drive roller configured to rotate in a forward rotation direction that sends the medium toward a discharge port and in a reverse rotation direction opposite to the forward rotation direction, and a second drive roller provided in the third medium transport path and configured to rotate only in the forward rotation direction for sending the medium toward the reverse path, in which a transport force applied to the medium by the first drive roller when the first drive roller rotates in the forward rotation direction is stronger than a transport force applied to the medium by the second drive roller when the second drive roller rotates in the forward rotation direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Shintaro KOMURO, Shingo Waki
  • Patent number: 10717617
    Abstract: A medium processing apparatus includes a processing section performing a process on a sheet-like medium; a transport roller pair including a driving roller and a driven roller, and transporting the medium in a transport path including a region in which the processing section performs a process; a first casing accommodating the processing section and the transport roller pair; a second casing configured to close and open with respect to the first casing; and a displacement mechanism displacing the transport roller pair to a separation position and a contact position. The displacement mechanism displaces the transport roller pair from the contact position to the separation position in conjunction with an operation of opening the second casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Miyagawa, Shingo Waki, Shota Mizuno
  • Publication number: 20200198907
    Abstract: A medium accommodation cassette includes a first medium accommodation portion that forms a portion of a medium accommodation region and a second medium accommodation portion that forms a portion of the medium accommodation region and is configured to be switchable between a first state and a second state in which the second medium accommodation portion is displaced from a position thereof in the first state in a cassette removing direction so as to stretch the medium accommodation region. A step portion on a side surface, which is formed between the first medium accommodation portion and the second medium accommodation portion, is positioned inside an insertion/removal mouth when the second medium accommodation portion assumes the second state in the state in which the medium accommodation cassette is installed in the insertion/removal mouth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Ryoichi MORISAWA, Shingo WAKI