Patents by Inventor Yuichi HONOBE

Yuichi HONOBE 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: 9950546
    Abstract: A printer includes a recording head performing recording on a medium and includes a base stand that has a mounting surface capable of mounting the medium. A pump that absorbs or suctions the medium mounted on the mounting surface of the base stand, in which a pressure or a suction force is applied from a part of the medium to an entirety thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki Sakai, Yuichi Honobe
  • Patent number: 9895878
    Abstract: A printing apparatus (liquid droplet ejecting apparatus) includes a detector configured to output a first signal which denotes that a medium is not supported on a support face of a medium support unit, and a second signal which denotes that a medium is supported on the support face; and a controller that limits executing of a printing operation when the first signal in received and allows executing of a printing operation when the second signal is received. The controller is configured to ignore the first signal or interpret the first signal as the second signal under a specified condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Yuichi Honobe
  • Patent number: 9840099
    Abstract: A liquid droplet ejecting apparatus includes a medium supporting portion that moves in a transport direction in a state of supporting a medium; a liquid droplet ejecting portion that ejects liquid droplets (ink droplets) onto an ejection area of the medium supported by the medium supporting portion; a detection portion that detects a light amount of reflected light of light having been emitted toward the medium supporting portion or the medium supported by the medium supporting portion; and a carriage that reciprocates in a width direction intersecting the transport direction, in a state of supporting the liquid droplet ejecting portion and the detection portion, and a reflection pattern constituted of a high reflection portion having a high reflectance and a low reflection portion having a low reflectance which are repeatedly arranged in the width direction is formed on the medium supporting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Yuichi Honobe
  • Publication number: 20170173941
    Abstract: A printing apparatus (liquid droplet ejecting apparatus) includes a detector configured to output a first signal which denotes that a medium is not supported on a support face of a medium support unit, and a second signal which denotes that a medium is supported on the support face; and a controller that limits executing of a printing operation when the first signal in received and allows executing of a printing operation when the second signal is received. The controller is configured to ignore the first signal or interpret the first signal as the second signal under a specified condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Yuichi Honobe
  • Patent number: 9616686
    Abstract: A printing apparatus (liquid droplet ejecting apparatus) includes a detector configured to output a first signal which denotes that a medium is not supported on a support face of a medium support unit, and a second signal which denotes that a medium is supported on the support face; and a controller that limits executing of a printing operation when the first signal in received and allows executing of a printing operation when the second signal is received. The controller is configured to ignore the first signal or interpret the first signal as the second signal under a specified condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Yuichi Honobe
  • Publication number: 20160279986
    Abstract: A liquid droplet ejecting apparatus includes a medium supporting portion that moves in a transport direction in a state of supporting a medium; a liquid droplet ejecting portion that ejects liquid droplets (ink droplets) onto an ejection area of the medium supported by the medium supporting portion; a detection portion that detects a light amount of reflected light of light having been emitted toward the medium supporting portion or the medium supported by the medium supporting portion; and a carriage that reciprocates in a width direction intersecting the transport direction, in a state of supporting the liquid droplet ejecting portion and the detection portion, and a reflection pattern constituted of a high reflection portion having a high reflectance and a low reflection portion having a low reflectance which are repeatedly arranged in the width direction is formed on the medium supporting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventor: Yuichi Honobe
  • Publication number: 20160279988
    Abstract: A printing apparatus (liquid droplet ejecting apparatus) includes a detector configured to output a first signal which denotes that a medium is not supported on a support face of a medium support unit, and a second signal which denotes that a medium is supported on the support face; and a controller that limits executing of a printing operation when the first signal in received and allows executing of a printing operation when the second signal is received. The controller is configured to ignore the first signal or interpret the first signal as the second signal under a specified condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Yuichi Honobe
  • Patent number: 9254688
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a liquid ejecting head that ejects a light-curable UV ink onto a medium; an irradiator that irradiates the UV ink ejected onto the medium with UV light and cures the UV ink; a control device that controls intensity of the UV light applied from the irradiator to the medium; and a carriage motor that moves the irradiator in one direction, in which the control device changes the intensity of the UV light applied from the irradiator to the medium while the carriage motor moves the irradiator in one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Yuichi Honobe
  • Publication number: 20150258818
    Abstract: A printer includes a recording head performing recording on a medium and includes a base stand that has a mounting surface capable of mounting the medium. A pump that absorbs or suctions the medium mounted on the mounting surface of the base stand, in which a pressure or a suction force is applied from a part of the medium to an entirety thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Hiroaki SAKAI, Yuichi HONOBE
  • Publication number: 20150097887
    Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes: a liquid ejecting head that ejects a light-curable UV ink onto a medium; an irradiator that irradiates the UV ink ejected onto the medium with UV light and cures the UV ink; a control device that controls intensity of the UV light applied from the irradiator to the medium; and a carriage motor that moves the irradiator in one direction, in which the control device changes the intensity of the UV light applied from the irradiator to the medium while the carriage motor moves the irradiator in one direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventor: Yuichi HONOBE