Patents by Inventor Shintaro MIYAMOTO

Shintaro MIYAMOTO 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: 10027829
    Abstract: An apparatus main body including a recording mechanism portion that performs recording on a paper sheet; and a reading mechanism portion which is linked to the apparatus main body to be rotatable in an upper portion of the apparatus main body, and reads a document, the reading mechanism portion includes a reading unit which extends in a main scanning direction, and moves in an auxiliary scanning direction intersecting with the main scanning direction, a motor which moves the reading unit, and a first linking portion and a second linking portion which are disposed on the outside of a moving region when the moving region of the reading unit is viewed in a plan view, and are linked to the apparatus main body to be rotatable, and the motor is disposed at least in any of the first linking portion and the second linking portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Shintaro Miyamoto, Yoshiyuki Okazawa
  • Patent number: 9969585
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a hopper which is provided with a mounting surface on which a medium is set, and which is provided to be capable of swinging between a first posture in which the mounting surface of the medium is in a fallen state, and a second posture in which the mounting surface is in an uplifted state, a first pathway that delivers rolled paper, as the medium, to the hopper from an upstream side thereof, a second pathway that delivers cut form paper, as the medium, to the hopper from an upstream side thereof, and a first sensor that detects the medium in the first pathway, wherein the hopper swings from the first posture in a direction that assumes the second posture on the basis of detection of the medium by the first sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Narihiro Oki, Shinji Kanemaru, Shintaro Miyamoto, Keisuke Sasaki
  • Patent number: 9956800
    Abstract: A main body portion provided with a document stand on which a document is placed and a reading unit; a cover which opens and closes the document stand; and a near field communication unit on the inside of the cover, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Okazawa, Shintaro Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20170361634
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a housing which configures at least a portion of an outside of an apparatus main body which is provided with a recorder which performs recording on a medium, a lid body which opens and closes at least a portion of a top portion of the apparatus main body and is capable of tilting, and a tilting shaft of the lid body, in which the tilting shaft is capable of being displaced in a direction intersecting an axial line direction of the tilting shaft, and in which the lid body is capable of tilting from a closed state in which a gap between the housing and an end portion of an opposite side from a free end side is filled to an opened state by the displacement of the tilting shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Kenichi SHIROTA, Yoshiyuki OKAZAWA, Tetsuya TAMURA, Kensuke TAMAI, Shintaro MIYAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170251116
    Abstract: An apparatus main body including a recording mechanism portion that performs recording on a paper sheet; and a reading mechanism portion which is linked to the apparatus main body to be rotatable in an upper portion of the apparatus main body, and reads a document, the reading mechanism portion includes a reading unit which extends in a main scanning direction, and moves in an auxiliary scanning direction intersecting with the main scanning direction, a motor which moves the reading unit, and a first linking portion and a second linking portion which are disposed on the outside of a moving region when the moving region of the reading unit is viewed in a plan view, and are linked to the apparatus main body to be rotatable, and the motor is disposed at least in any of the first linking portion and the second linking portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Shintaro MIYAMOTO, Yoshiyuki OKAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20170251115
    Abstract: A moving mechanism of a reading unit includes a driving pulley, a plurality of driven pulleys which are rotatably driven, an endless belt which is engaged and rotates between the driving pulley and the plurality of driven pulleys, and attracts the reading unit, and a biasing unit which applies tension to the endless belt, in the endless belt, an attraction section which is a belt section that extends along the auxiliary scanning direction, and which attracts the reading unit, is formed between a first driven pulley and a second driven pulley, the driving pulley is provided at a position separated from the attraction section in the main scanning direction, and a biasing force of the biasing unit is applied to the belt section excluding the attraction section in the endless belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Shintaro MIYAMOTO, Yoshiyuki OKAZAWA
  • Publication number: 20170246894
    Abstract: A main body portion provided with a document stand on which a document is placed and a reading unit; a cover which opens and closes the document stand; and a near field communication unit on the inside of the cover, are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki OKAZAWA, Shintaro MIYAMOTO
  • Patent number: 9692204
    Abstract: A semiconductor laser element includes an inclined substrate, a semiconductor layer formed on one surface of the substrate, a first electrode (n-type electrode) formed on an opposite surface of the substrate, a second electrode (p-type electrode) formed on the semiconductor layer, and a current constriction part formed in the semiconductor layer. The semiconductor layer has a multi-layer structure including at least an active layer. The current constriction part causes a current to concentrate and flow to a particular area of the active layer. The first electrode or the second electrode is joined to a sub-mount. In one embodiment, the location of the current constriction part in a chip width direction is between the center of one of the first and second electrodes, which is joined to the sub-mount, and the center of the other electrode, which is not joined to the sub-mount, when viewed in the chip width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: USHIO DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masato Hagimoto, Shintaro Miyamoto, Koichi Kozu
  • Publication number: 20170093123
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a semiconductor laser device that has a higher heat dissipation property, comprising: a base; a block protruding from a first surface of the base; a laser chip being joined onto a side face rising upward from the first surface, and allowing heat generated to be transferred to the block; a cap covering the block and be fixed on the first surface; a window provided in the cap and allowing the light emitted from the laser chip to pass through; at least one lead pin penetrating the base, one end of the lead pin protruding inside the cap, and any of the lead pin being positioned at an opposite side of the block with respect to the laser chip; and a pinless region extending in a range of the base corresponding to a rear side of the block and provided with none of pins including the lead pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: USHIO DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasushi TAKIZAWA, Masato HAGIMOTO, Shintaro MIYAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20170077674
    Abstract: A semiconductor laser element includes an inclined substrate, a semiconductor layer formed on one surface of the substrate, a first electrode (n-type electrode) formed on an opposite surface of the substrate, a second electrode (p-type electrode) formed on the semiconductor layer, and a current constriction part formed in the semiconductor layer. The semiconductor layer has a multi-layer structure including at least an active layer. The current constriction part causes a current to concentrate and flow to a particular area of the active layer. The first electrode or the second electrode is joined to a sub-mount. In one embodiment, the location of the current constriction part in a chip width direction is between the center of one of the first and second electrodes, which is joined to the sub-mount, and the center of the other electrode, which is not joined to the sub-mount, when viewed in the chip width direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: USHIO DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masato HAGIMOTO, Shintaro MIYAMOTO, Koichi KOZU
  • Patent number: 9167125
    Abstract: An image reading device includes a transparent plate and a CIS. The transparent plate has a placement area in which an original document is placed and a transport area which corresponds to a transport position of the original document by a transport device. The CIS reads an image of the original document via the transparent plate. The transport device includes an inverting path at a position on the transparent plate opposite to the placement area seen from the transport area. On a second surface side of the transparent plate, the CIS is moved among a first reading area which corresponds to the placement area of the transparent plate, a second reading area which corresponds to the transport area of the transparent plate, and a standby position defined below the inverting path of the transport device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masamitsu Shimazu, Shintaro Miyamoto
  • Publication number: 20150290955
    Abstract: A recording apparatus includes a hopper which is provided with a mounting surface on which a medium is set, and which is provided to be capable of swinging between a first posture in which the mounting surface of the medium is in a fallen state, and a second posture in which the mounting surface is in an uplifted state, a first pathway that delivers rolled paper, as the medium, to the hopper from an upstream side thereof, a second pathway that delivers cut form paper, as the medium, to the hopper from an upstream side thereof, and a first sensor that detects the medium in the first pathway, wherein the hopper swings from the first posture in a direction that assumes the second posture on the basis of detection of the medium by the first sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Narihiro OKI, Shinji KANEMARU, Shintaro MIYAMOTO, Keisuke SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20130342881
    Abstract: An image reading device includes a transparent plate and a CIS. The transparent plate has a placement area in which an original document is placed and a transport area which corresponds to a transport position of the original document by a transport device. The CIS reads an image of the original document via the transparent plate. The transport device includes an inverting path at a position on the transparent plate opposite to the placement area seen from the transport area. On a second surface side of the transparent plate, the CIS is moved among a first reading area which corresponds to the placement area of the transparent plate, a second reading area which corresponds to the transport area of the transparent plate, and a standby position defined below the inverting path of the transport device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Masamitsu SHIMAZU, Shintaro MIYAMOTO