Patents by Inventor Shinichi Kamoshida
Shinichi Kamoshida 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: 9308752Abstract: A recording apparatus that uses photocurable ink includes an ink discharge section that discharges photocurable ink onto a printing medium, a light irradiation section that irradiates curing light onto the photocurable ink that has been discharged onto the printing medium, a tension application mechanism that applies tension to the printing medium and a control section. The control section discharges photocurable ink onto the printing medium by controlling the ink discharge section, and subsequently applies a tension, which is greater than that at the time of ink discharge, to the printing medium by controlling the tension application mechanism, and irradiates curing light onto the photocurable ink that has been discharged onto the printing medium by controlling the light irradiation section in a state in which the tension is being applied to the printing medium.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2013Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Hidenori Usuda, Shinichi Kamoshida, Takuya Fujita
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Patent number: 9168758Abstract: An apparatus for printing an image on a transparent medium based on a selected mode, the apparatus includes: a head that ejects ink droplets from nozzles, wherein when a first mode is selected, the head prints a first image on the transparent medium, prints a background image on the first image, and prints a second image which is different from the first image on the background image, and wherein when a second mode is selected, the head prints a second image on the transparent medium, prints a background image on the second image, and prints a first image on the background image.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2014Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hidenori Usuda, Shinichi Kamoshida, Mitsuaki Yoshizawa
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Patent number: 9144979Abstract: A liquid absorbing material, being provided in a liquid ejecting apparatus having a liquid ejecting head for ejecting liquid from nozzle openings formed on a nozzle forming surface, and being able to come into abutment with the liquid ejecting head so as to cover the nozzle openings and being stored in a cap having a discharge channel for discharging the liquid in the interior thereof, includes a body portion to be arranged in the cap when being stored in the cap, and a projecting portion arranged in the discharge channel.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2008Date of Patent: September 29, 2015Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Atsushi Yoshida, Shinichi Kamoshida
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Patent number: 9039132Abstract: A printing apparatus which prints an image on a transparent medium using a head which discharges ink droplets from nozzles. Two pieces of image data are prepared, one piece of image data is selected from the two pieces of image data to set the selected image data to one of a first image and a second image, and the other piece of image data is set to the other of the first image and the second image. The image data set to the first image is subjected to a processing to be mirror image data. The head prints the mirror image of the first image on the medium, prints a background image on the mirror image of the first image, and prints a real image of the second image on the background image.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2013Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Hidenori Usuda, Shinichi Kamoshida, Mitsuaki Yoshizawa
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Patent number: 9016814Abstract: An image recording apparatus causes the repeated alternating execution of an ejection operation, in which light-curable ink is ejected from a head while the head and a light irradiation unit are moved in a predetermined direction by a movement mechanism, and a transport operation, in which a medium is moved relative to the head and the light irradiation unit in a direction that is orthogonal to the predetermined direction; and reduces the irradiation intensity of the light irradiation unit during acceleration/deceleration periods, when the movement mechanism moves the head and the light irradiation unit at a velocity that is lower than a predetermined velocity, to a lower irradiation intensity than the irradiation intensity of the light irradiation unit during a constant velocity period, when the movement mechanism moves the head and the light irradiation unit at the predetermined velocity.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2012Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Yoshitaka Shimada, Shinichi Kamoshida, Mitsuaki Yoshizawa
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Patent number: 8991964Abstract: A recording apparatus includes: a recording head that discharges ink onto a recording target medium from a nozzle; a first moving unit that moves at least one of the recording target medium and the recording head; a first radiating unit that is disposed at the opposite side to the recording head with respect to the recording target medium and radiates electromagnetic waves that cure the ink; and a second moving unit that moves at least one of the recording target medium and the first radiating unit, and a control unit that controls driving of the recording head, the first moving unit, the first radiating unit, and the second moving unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2012Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hidenori Usuda, Shinichi Kamoshida
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Patent number: 8974035Abstract: A recording apparatus including a recording head that discharges UV ink onto a recording material and an ultraviolet light irradiation unit that irradiates ultraviolet light to the discharged UV ink so as to harden the UV ink; further includes a failure diagnostic unit that diagnoses a failure condition of the ultraviolet light irradiation unit and a controller that controls operations of the recording head, the ultraviolet light irradiation unit, and the failure diagnostic unit. Further, the controller is so configured as to change the operation mode of the recording apparatus to a failure-state mode when the ultraviolet light irradiation unit has been diagnosed as a failure by the failure diagnostic unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2014Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Akira Yamada, Shinichi Kamoshida
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Patent number: 8936339Abstract: A recording apparatus includes an ink discharge part, a first drive part that drives a rotation of a roll body in which the recording medium is wound, a second drive part that drives the conveyance part that conveys the recording medium, and a control part that controls operations of the first drive part and the second drive part. The control part drives the first drive part in a halted state of the second drive part and executes a measurement that measures a relationship between a load and a drive speed when conveying the recording medium and the control part executes the measurement for a single rotation of the roll body. The control part also provides a first measurement mode to execute the single rotation which is divided into plural number.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2012Date of Patent: January 20, 2015Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Seijun Horie, Kenji Hatada, Junya Kato, Hideo Uruma, Koji Niioka, Shinichi Kamoshida, Takuya Fujita
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Publication number: 20140340440Abstract: An apparatus for printing an image on a transparent medium based on a selected mode, the apparatus includes: a head that ejects ink droplets from nozzles, wherein when a first mode is selected, the head prints a first image on the transparent medium, prints a background image on the first image, and prints a second image which is different from the first image on the background image, and wherein when a second mode is selected, the head prints a second image on the transparent medium, prints a background image on the second image, and prints a first image on the background image.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2014Publication date: November 20, 2014Inventors: Hidenori Usuda, Shinichi Kamoshida, Mitsuaki Yoshizawa
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Patent number: 8833886Abstract: A pretreatment method for a printing material is performed prior to ink jet textile printing on the printing material and includes the steps of imparting a tension force to at least a printing area of the printing material on which ink jet textile printing is performed so as to put the printing area in a tensioned state, and applying a pretreatment agent having an ink permeation inhibiting property on the printing area in the tensioned state.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2012Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Nobuhiro Kanaya, Shinichi Kamoshida, Takuya Fujita
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Patent number: 8833920Abstract: An apparatus for printing an image on a transparent medium based on a selected mode, the apparatus includes: a head that ejects ink droplets from nozzles, wherein when a first mode is selected, the head prints a first image on the transparent medium, prints a background image on the first image, and prints a second image which is different from the first image on the background image, and wherein when a second mode is selected, the head prints a second image on the transparent medium, prints a background image on the second image, and prints a first image on the background image.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hidenori Usuda, Shinichi Kamoshida, Mitsuaki Yoshizawa
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Patent number: 8820910Abstract: An apparatus for printing an image on a transparent medium based on a selected mode, the apparatus includes: a head that ejects ink droplets from nozzles, wherein when a first mode is selected, the head prints a first image on the transparent medium, prints a background image on the first image, and prints a second image which is different from the first image on the background image, and wherein when a second mode is selected, the head prints a second image on the transparent medium, prints a background image on the second image, and prints a first image on the background image.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hidenori Usuda, Shinichi Kamoshida, Mitsuaki Yoshizawa
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Publication number: 20140232781Abstract: A recording apparatus including a recording head that discharges UV ink onto a recording material and an ultraviolet light irradiation unit that irradiates ultraviolet light to the discharged UV ink so as to harden the UV ink; further includes a failure diagnostic unit that diagnoses a failure condition of the ultraviolet light irradiation unit and a controller that controls operations of the recording head, the ultraviolet light irradiation unit, and the failure diagnostic unit. Further, the controller is so configured as to change the operation mode of the recording apparatus to a failure-state mode when the ultraviolet light irradiation unit has been diagnosed as a failure by the failure diagnostic unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2014Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventors: Akira YAMADA, Shinichi KAMOSHIDA
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Patent number: 8794735Abstract: Provided is a printing apparatus for printing an image on a medium, which is transported in a transport direction, by forming dots by ejecting ink from a plurality of nozzles while moving the nozzles in an intersecting direction that intersects the transport direction. The printing apparatus has a first printing mode for printing a mirror image of a predetermined image as the image on the medium and a second printing mode for printing a positive image of a predetermined image as the image on the medium, the medium being a transparent medium. The first printing mode is different from the second printing mode in at least one of a transportation operation of transporting the medium and a dot-forming operation of forming the dots by ejecting ink while moving the nozzles.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2013Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hidenori Usuda, Shinichi Kamoshida, Mitsuaki Yoshizawa
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Patent number: 8783818Abstract: A recording apparatus including a recording head that discharges UV ink onto a recording material and an ultraviolet light irradiation unit that irradiates ultraviolet light to the discharged UV ink so as to harden the UV ink; further includes a failure diagnostic unit that diagnoses a failure condition of the ultraviolet light irradiation unit and a controller that controls operations of the recording head, the ultraviolet light irradiation unit, and the failure diagnostic unit. Further, the controller is so configured as to change the operation mode of the recording apparatus to a failure-state mode when the ultraviolet light irradiation unit has been diagnosed as a failure by the failure diagnostic unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2011Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Akira Yamada, Shinichi Kamoshida
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Patent number: 8746824Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a light irradiation unit including a light emitting element row having therein a plurality of light emitting elements aligned in the same direction as a nozzle row, and a fault detection unit that detects whether there is a fault in each of the light emitting elements. The light emitting elements apply light to a photoreactive liquid discharged onto a recording target material. The light irradiation unit includes a plurality of the light emitting element rows arranged therein. When the fault detection unit detects a fault in a light emitting element, operation enters a fault mode where the light emitting element row to which the faulty light emitting element belongs is turned off and recording is performed with the remaining light emitting element rows.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2012Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hidenori Usuda, Shinichi Kamoshida, Takayuki Kawakami
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Publication number: 20140104336Abstract: A printing apparatus which prints an image on a medium, including a head which discharges ink droplets from nozzles, wherein the medium is transparent, two pieces of image data are prepared, one piece of image data is selected from the two pieces of image data to set the selected image data to one of a first image and a second image, the other piece of image data is set to the other of the first image and the second image, the image data set to the first image is subjected to a processing to be mirror image data, and the head prints the mirror image of the first image on the medium, prints a background image on the mirror image of the first image, and prints a real image of the second image on the background image.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hidenori Usuda, Shinichi Kamoshida, Mitsuaki Yoshizawa
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Patent number: 8668325Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes first liquid ejecting nozzles that eject first liquid; a second liquid ejecting nozzle that ejects second liquid which is different from the first liquid; and a control unit which performs control of ejection of the first liquid from the first liquid ejecting nozzles and ejection of the second liquid from the second liquid ejecting nozzles. The control unit has a first mode of performing control to form flushing dots by ejection from the first liquid ejecting nozzles on a recording medium, the ejection not being based on image data, form background dots by ejection from the second liquid ejecting nozzle on the flushing dots, the ejection being based on the image data, and form image dots by ejection from the first liquid ejecting nozzles on the background dots, the ejection being based on the image data.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2011Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hidenori Usuda, Seiya Sato, Shinichi Kamoshida, Koichiro Miyazaki
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Patent number: 8657435Abstract: Disclosed is a printing apparatus that includes color ink nozzle rows that ejects the color inks which are irradiated with light and cured, clear ink nozzle row that is provided in the recording head and ejects the clear ink which is curing with irradiation of a light, and a carriage that is provided with a light irradiation section, wherein a first operation in which the color inks are ejected and the light is irradiated from the light irradiation section to cure the color inks, and after the first operation, a second operation in which clear ink is ejected and then the light is irradiated from a light irradiation section to cure the clear ink are performed, and movement speed of the carriage in the first operation is different from movement speed of the carriage in the second operation.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2012Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hidenori Usuda, Shinichi Kamoshida
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Patent number: 8638469Abstract: A printing apparatus which prints an image on a medium, including a head which discharges ink droplets from nozzles, wherein the medium is transparent, two pieces of image data are prepared, one piece of image data is selected from the two pieces of image data to set the selected image data to one of a first image and a second image, the other piece of image data is set to the other of the first image and the second image, the image data set to the first image is subjected to a processing to be mirror image data, and the head prints the mirror image of the first image on the medium, prints a background image on the mirror image of the first image, and prints a real image of the second image on the background image.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2010Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hidenori Usuda, Shinichi Kamoshida, Mitsuaki Yoshizawa