Responsive To Condition Patents (Class 347/14)
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Patent number: 10889111Abstract: An inkjet printer having at least one print head in which at least one edge region nozzle at the edge of the print head is not activated for the printing of a print image, but nevertheless is activated at least temporarily with non-ejection pulses without ink ejection. Intensity fluctuations of the dots of a print image that are printed by the remaining nozzles of the print head may be reduced via the activation of an edge region nozzle with non-ejection pulses.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2018Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: Canon Production Printing Holding B.V.Inventors: Ulrich Stoeckle, Uwe Hofmann, Hans Gollatz, Lars Joergens
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Patent number: 10889127Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head having at least one nozzle array including a plurality of nozzles lined in a nozzle array direction; a two-dimensional image sensor to capture an image formed by the liquid discharge head; and circuitry. The circuitry is configured to divide the nozzles into a plurality of nozzle units; form a pattern including a plurality of unit patterns with liquid discharged from the nozzle units, respectively; and detect a defective nozzle based on a captured image of each of the unit patterns. The unit patterns are arranged in a staggered manner. Each unit pattern is smaller in size than an image capture range of the two-dimensional image sensor. Each unit pattern includes a number of columns of lines extending in a direction perpendicular to the nozzle array direction, and the number of columns is not smaller than twice the number of nozzle arrays.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2019Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Suguru Yokozawa, Takayuki Ito, Nobuyuki Satoh, Kohtaroh Ikegami, Kenta Sasaki
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Patent number: 10891297Abstract: Disclosed is a system, method, and computer program product for implementing a log analytics method and system that can configure, collect, and analyze log records in an efficient manner. In addition, a method and system is provided for implementing collection-wise processing within a log analytics system.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2016Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: Oracle International CorporationInventors: Shushuai Zhu, Harish Akali, Jerry Russell, Haobo He, Gaylen Royal, Wyn Owen
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Patent number: 10871724Abstract: An image forming apparatus comprises a printhead configured to add energy to an image material including a plurality of color development layers that have different color development characteristics and develop colors in response to heat; and a control unit configured to output, based on image data, signal patterns corresponding to the plurality of color development layers and at least one signal pattern corresponding to a color reproduced by causing at least two of the plurality of color development layers to develop colors used to control the energy to be added to the image material by the printhead.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2019Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroaki Ogawa, Takeru Sasaki, Takashi Fujita, Okinori Tsuchiya, Akitoshi Yamada
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Patent number: 10850529Abstract: A printing apparatus comprises: a print head comprising, for each of a plurality of types of inks, an ejection opening and pressure chamber, and configured to perform printing operation by ejecting the ink from the ejection opening; a circulation unit capable of circulating the ink of each ink type; a determination unit configured to determine an accumulated time for which a first type of ink is circulated by the circulation unit in the printing operation using the first type of ink and not using a second type of ink different from the first type of ink; and a control unit configured to perform control based on the determined accumulated time to cause the circulation unit to circulate at least the second type of ink among the plurality of types of inks in a case where the accumulated time is longer than a predetermined time.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2019Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Takatoshi Nakano, Yoshinori Nakagawa, Atsushi Takahashi, Takuya Fukasawa
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Patent number: 10836160Abstract: A liquid cartridge includes: a plurality of nozzles; a plurality of pressure chambers each in communication with each nozzle; a plurality of piezoelectric elements; a plurality of manifolds; a supply passage; a connection passage; and a temperature sensor. Each piezoelectric element is configured to apply pressure to liquid stored in each pressure chamber. The manifolds are in communication with the pressure chambers. The connection passage connects the supply passage to each of the manifolds and is configured to distribute the liquid supplied from the supply passage into the plurality of manifolds. The temperature sensor is provided at the connection passage and is configured to detect a temperature of the liquid flowing through the connection passage.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2018Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Taisuke Mizuno
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Patent number: 10828919Abstract: A printer comprises a conveyance section configured to convey labels which are attached to a belt-like mount at predetermined gaps along a longitudinal direction of the mount; a printing section, configured to perform printing on the label; a detection section configured to detect light passing through the mount and the label and to perform output in which the increase and decrease in an amount of transmitted light are reflected; and a recognition section configured to recognize edges of the label by setting a position where the amount of transmitted light increases as a beginning of the gap and setting a position where the amount of transmitted light decreases as an end of the gap, and pretermit a trough between an increasing portion and a decreasing portion adjacent to each other when the increase and the decrease in the amount of transmitted light are repeated in a short conveyance interval.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2019Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kaoru Uematsu
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Patent number: 10828906Abstract: A liquid discharge head includes: a substrate, where a recording element is disposed; and a discharge orifice forming member, where a discharge orifice, facing the recording element, and configured to discharge the liquid, is formed. The liquid discharge head has a pressure chamber, a first liquid channel configured to supply liquid to the pressure chamber, and a second liquid channel configured to recover liquid from the pressure chamber. The substrate has a liquid supply channel connected to the first liquid channel to supply liquid to the first liquid channel, and a liquid recovery channel connected to the second liquid channel, to recover liquid from the second liquid channel. Pressure at an inlet portion of the liquid supply channel is higher than pressure at an outlet portion of the liquid recovery channel, and a flow velocity of liquid within the pressure chamber is 3 to 140 mm/s.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2019Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshiyuki Nakagawa, Shintaro Kasai, Shuzo Iwanaga, Akiko Hammura, Koichi Ishida, Takatsugu Moriya
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Patent number: 10814648Abstract: Panels having a decorative surface may include a plate shaped substrate and a top layer, and the top layer may include a paper layer having a printed pattern. A method for manufacturing such panels may involve providing the paper layer with a treatment, including providing the paper layer with an ink receiving substance. The treated paper layer may be provided with at least a portion of the printed pattern by depositing pigment containing inks using a digital inkjet printer of a single pass type. The printed pattern may have a definition of at least 200 dpi. The pigment containing inks may be water-based. The digital inkjet printer may include print heads with nozzles for firing droplets of pigment containing inks onto the treated paper layer. The paper layer may have a mean air resistance according to the Gurley method of below 30 seconds, and have a weight between 60 and 90 grams per square meter. The paper layer may be fed from a roll, printed upon, and rolled back up again.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2020Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: UNILIN, BVBAInventors: Benjamin Clement, Luc De Boe
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Patent number: 10807386Abstract: To provide a printing device that can carry out a temperature adjustment of air in a simple manner and also provide superior energy efficiency, the present invention relates to a printing device 100 that is constituted by a printing part 5, a first air heater part 6a and a second air heater part 6b, as well as a control part 4, and each of the first air heater part 6a and the second air heater part 6b is constituted by at least one or more air heaters 6, and the control part 4 carries out a first control in which the first air heater part 6a is turned ON, while the second air heater part 6b is simultaneously turned OFF and a second control in which the first air heater part 6a is turned OFF, while the second air heater part 6b is simultaneously turned ON, with the first control and the second control being alternately switched in each fixed period.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2019Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: MIYAKOSHI PRINTING MACHINERY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideo Izawa, Seiji Komatsuda, Eiichi Tamura
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Patent number: 10800179Abstract: An image forming apparatus, having a first container with a first compartment, a second container with a second compartment, a recorder, a display, and a controller, is provided. The controller controls the display to display a first screen and a second screen. The first screen contains a first object having a form that reflects an amount of a colorant in the first compartment and a second object having a form that reflects an amount of the colorant in the second compartment. The second screen contains a third object having a form that reflects one of the amount of the colorant in the first compartment, the amount of the colorant in the second compartment, and a total amount of the colorant in the first compartment and the second compartment.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shunsuke Minamikawa, Kenta Horade
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Patent number: 10802771Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a hardware processor that: detects a defect that occurs when an image processor performs an image process on process data; produces verification data when the defect is detected during the image process, wherein the verification data is formed in a case that at least one portion of the process data, to be processed by the image processor, is changed and causes a same defect that occurs during the image process on the process data; and externally outputs the verification data instead of the process data.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventors: Hideaki Soejima, Hisashi Uchida, Hiroaki Kubo, Tomoaki Nakajima, Yasutaka Ito, Yoshiaki Shibuta
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Patent number: 10800166Abstract: In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a fluid ejection die is described. The die includes a number of actuator sensors disposed on the fluid ejection die to sense a characteristic of a corresponding actuator and to alter an evaluation voltage based on a performance of the corresponding actuator. The die also includes an actuator evaluation device per primitive to detect a failed actuator based at least in part on a comparison of the altered evaluation voltage and at least one threshold voltage. The die also includes a number of disable device coupled to respective actuators and to disable failed actuators.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2017Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Comany, L.P.Inventors: James Michael Gardner, Daryl E Anderson, Eric Martin
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Patent number: 10792862Abstract: A method of recirculating fluid in a printhead die is provided. The method comprises generating ejection data specifying a nozzle of the printhead from which a drop is to be ejected and storing the ejection data in a first memory. Recirculation data is generated for the nozzle for which a recirculation operation is to be performed, and the recirculation data is stored in a second memory different from the first memory. Fluid is recirculated in the nozzle on the basis of the recirculation data in advance of ejecting a drop from the nozzle on the basis of the ejection data. The recirculation data is generated based on the respective ejection data for the nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2017Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Lluis Abello Rosello, Joan Vidal Fortia
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Patent number: 10773535Abstract: An image recording apparatus for recording an image on a sheet includes a recording section which records the image on the sheet in a transport passage for transporting the sheet in a transport direction and multiple plates which are spaced apart from each other in a widthwise direction. These multiple plates include a first type of plate and a second type of plate. Plates of a first type of plate are configured to overlap a sheet when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the transport direction and the widthwise direction, while plates of the second type of plate do not.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kenji Samoto
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Patent number: 10772211Abstract: Disclosed are a cartridge nozzle assembly and an apparatus for injecting ink including the cartridge nozzle assembly. In the ink injecting apparatus for forming a pattern by adhering the ink injected from a nozzle onto a substrate, the ink injecting apparatus includes a cartridge nozzle assembly, in a cartridge type, including a chamber sealingly accommodating the ink, and the nozzle for discharging the ink accommodated in the chamber; and a cartridge nozzle fixing member for replaceably fixing the cartridge nozzle assembly.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2019Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: ENJET CO. LTD.Inventors: Do Young Byun, Vu Dat Nguyen
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Patent number: 10766271Abstract: In a color inkjet printing apparatus using an ink circulation system, there is provided an inkjet printing apparatus capable of making appropriate circulation control for individual inks without resulting in cost increase. To achieve this, an inkjet printing apparatus includes a plurality of diaphragm pumps for circulating ink within a print head, a sub-tank, a supply flow path, and a collection flow path. The plurality of diaphragm pumps are configured by mounting control members of different types which can press against diaphragm units of a same type.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2019Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yumi Mukoyama, Junya Kosuge, Kyoshiro Okude, Tsuyoshi Saeki, Ryoma Arai
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Patent number: 10759164Abstract: The application device comprises a sensor that detects movement of the application device on an application target, a camera that obtains a captured image that is an image of a surface of the application target and is captured during the movement of the application device, a head that applies ink, and a processor, wherein the processor specifies an ink application area based on the captured image of the surface of the application target that is captured by the camera in accordance with the movement that is detected by the sensor, and controls the head to apply ink to the ink application area in accordance with the movement.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2019Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Atsushi Sukenori, Shota Nakahara
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Patent number: 10752034Abstract: In a method for detecting an ejection abnormality of a nozzle according to the present disclosure, a plurality of nozzles of a liquid ejection head are caused to execute an operation of ejecting liquids so that a nozzle check pattern including check areas each drawn solely by each of the plurality of nozzles and a solid pattern including a solid printed area are formed on part of a sheet. A first density value indicating a density value of a ground color of the sheet and a second density value indicating a density value of the solid pattern are acquired. A threshold value for detecting an ejection abnormality of each of the plurality of nozzles is derived from the first density value and the second density value. It is determined, using the threshold value, whether or not each of the check areas of the nozzle check pattern is drawn.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2019Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventor: Yuichiro Kurokawa
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Patent number: 10755151Abstract: An inkjet printing apparatus obtains data of a second image by correcting, using shading data, signal values of pixels in an image of a read test pattern so that a signal value of a pixel lower than a value of the shading data becomes a value corresponding to a lowest luminance; specifies an area of a pattern of each of the plurality of inks in the image of the test pattern using the data of a first image and the data of the second image; and calculates a position deviation amount of a printhead based on a position of the pattern of the specified area.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2019Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Daisuke Ishii, Yoshiaki Murayama, Shigeyasu Nagoshi, Takeshi Murase, Satoshi Tada, Kenji Kubozono
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Patent number: 10744776Abstract: A liquid jetting apparatus includes a casing, a tank formed with a liquid storage chamber which stores liquid, an inlet which allows the liquid to be poured into the liquid storage chamber, and a liquid outflow channel which allows the liquid to flow out from the liquid storage chamber, a conveying mechanism which conveys a recording medium along a conveying path extending in a front-rear direction, a carriage which moves in a left-right direction, and a head mounted on the carriage and having a nozzle which jets the liquid onto the recording medium conveyed by the conveying mechanism. The tank, the conveying path, and the carriage are arranged inside the casing, the tank is arranged outside the conveying path in the left-right direction, and at least a part of the tank is arranged inside both ends of a movement area of the carriage in the left-right direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2017Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshinori Osakabe, Tomohisa Higuchi, Akira Shinoda, Akinori Igarashi, Suguru Tomoguchi, Hisaki Sakurai
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Patent number: 10744789Abstract: A printing device, includes a printer that prints onto a printing medium that is conveyed along a reference direction by a conveyer; and a controller that controls the printer to print a print pattern onto the printing medium along the reference direction. The controller controls to forbid the printer to execute printing when a temperature of the printer is projected to become equal to or higher than a set temperature if the printer prints onto the printing medium using a printing length of the print pattern along the reference direction, the printing length being a length of at least a portion of the print pattern along the reference direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2017Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventor: Kenji Uematsu
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Patent number: 10744774Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head, a detection section, and a determination section. The recording head includes nozzles that eject ink onto a recording medium. The detection section detects ejection failure in a nozzle among the nozzles. The determination section determines a direction of the recording medium to be fed to the recording head based on a result of detection by the detection section and an image formed on the recording medium.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventor: Shinya Matsui
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Patent number: 10744762Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a drive circuit in which a first voltage signal is output from an output terminal, a piezoelectric element that includes a first electrode to which the first voltage signal is supplied and a second electrode to which a second voltage signal is supplied, and a first switch element that is electrically connected to the output terminal and the first electrode. The liquid ejecting apparatus has a first mode in which a voltage value of the second voltage signal is controlled to be a first voltage, and a second mode in which the voltage value of the second voltage signal is controlled to be a second voltage lower than the first voltage, a voltage value of the first voltage signal is controlled to approximate the voltage value of the second voltage signal, and the first switch element is controlled to be turned on.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Yusuke Matsumoto
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Patent number: 10730300Abstract: A controller of an inkjet printing apparatus is configured to raise a driving voltage to a target voltage, move the cap for an inkjet head from a covering position to a spaced position, and move a carriage, from which the cap is spaced, from a first position to a second position, simultaneously. The controller is further configured to cause the inkjet head to eject the ink toward an ink receiver in response to completion of boosting of the driving voltage and moving of the cap to the spaced position, and cause the conveyer to convey the sheet and cause the inkjet head to eject the ink in accordance with the recording command, in response to receipt of a recording command which instructs recording of an image on the sheet through a communication device, and completion of flushing.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2018Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tetsunori Mori
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Patent number: 10732052Abstract: A temperature display device issuing apparatus is configured to issue a temperature display device including a temperature indicator having a function of starting temperature detection when irradiated with light. The temperature display device issuing apparatus includes: a printing/recording device configured to print time information on the temperature display device; an irradiation device configured to irradiate the light onto the temperature indicator of the temperature display device; and a controller configured to control printing in the printing/recording device and irradiation in the irradiation device.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2018Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC.Inventor: Kazuo Tani
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Patent number: 10723146Abstract: According to an example, a printing system may include printing components, an input voltage engine to determine whether an input voltage level is outside of a predetermined voltage level range, and a printing components engine to control the printing components to operate in one of a normal mode and a reduced throughput mode based upon whether the accessed input voltage level is outside of the predetermined voltage level range.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2016Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Brooke Hoyer, Kenneth Blaine Wade, Daniel James Magnusson, Robert Yraceburu, Benjamin Whitney Griffith
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Patent number: 10717305Abstract: Methods, Apparatus, Devices and Systems herein load a firing distance into a distance counter of a printing device. The firing distance is the distance from the current position of a printhead of the printing device to a marking location on a substrate and the distance is calculated based on an angular encoder operatively associated with a roller used to transport a marking media to the printhead for marking. These devices and methods count the firing distance in angular distance increments as a function of the encoder angular position to correct for encoder roller runout using the distance counter, based on relative movement of the substrate and printhead. When the distance counter reaches the last discrete distance increment corrected for encoder roller runout of the firing distance, these devices and methods load the fractional remaining distance of the firing distance into a time counter of the printing device.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2018Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventor: Patricia Joanne Donaldson
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Patent number: 10688808Abstract: A system and method for treatment of thread includes a thread printer that applies colored coatings to thread. A camera is positioned to capture images of the treated thread after it passes through an outlet of the thread printer. The system processes the images to determine whether the location of a selected segment of the treated thread corresponds to an expected location. If the actual location of the selected segment corresponds to the expected location, the system will continue instructing the thread printer to selectively apply the colored coatings to the thread according to the pattern. However, if the actual location does not correspond to the expected location, the system will modify the pattern so that thread printer adjusts the size of one or more segment to automatically account for the misalignment.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2019Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignees: Xerox Corporation, Palo Alto Research Center IncorporatedInventors: Warren Jackson, Naveen Chopra, Steven E. Ready, Karthik Gopalan, Kent Evans
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Patent number: 10694048Abstract: A printer apparatus comprises one or more ports (2011 to 201M) for receiving one or more colorant units (INK1 to INKN), and a processing unit. The processing unit is adapted to determine which one or more colorant units (INK1 to INKN) have been loaded into the printer apparatus. The processing unit is adapted to retrieve colorant information from each loaded colorant unit (INK1 to INKN), and determine an ink-set configuration using the colorant information retrieved from each loaded colorant unit (INK1 to INKN). Operation of the printer apparatus is configured according to the determined colorant-set configuration.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2017Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Peter Morovic, Jan Morovic
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Patent number: 10675868Abstract: A liquid discharging device includes: a recording head that has nozzles discharging liquid, and forms an image on a target surface with the liquid while performing scanning of the target surface for multiple times; a moving unit that moves the recording head in main-scanning direction while making the head discharge liquid, and moves the head in sub-scanning direction after the head has discharged liquid; a drive waveform applying unit that applies a drive waveform to the respective nozzles; a temperature detecting unit that detects temperature about the head; a correcting unit that corrects drive waveform based on detected temperature; and a control unit that, when temperature about the head changes from first temperature to second temperature, performs control in such a way that, during the multiple scans, use of second-type drive waveform corresponding to the second temperature gradually increases against use of first-type drive waveform corresponding to the first temperature.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2019Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.Inventors: Yusuke Nonoyama, Yoshiyuki Ishiyama, Masanori Hirano, Shinichi Hatanaka
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Patent number: 10675899Abstract: A detector includes a light source to irradiate an object with light, a sensor to image a first pattern and a second pattern formed on the object with the light irradiated by the light source to generate image data, the first pattern and the second pattern imaged by the sensor at different times, and a circuit to control the light source to adjust a light quantity of the light according to a type of the object and irradiate the object with the light quantity adjusted according to the type of the object, and calculate a relative position of the object between the first pattern and the second pattern.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2018Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Takeo Shirato, Mitsunobu Gohda, Tomoaki Hayashi
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Patent number: 10668720Abstract: In some examples, a fluid ejection device includes a nozzle to dispense fluid, and a recirculation controller to control recirculating of the nozzle. The recirculation controller is to receive, from a fluid ejection controller, an indication corresponding to a start of a sampling time interval, determine, during the sampling time interval, whether a firing event corresponding to firing of the nozzle has occurred, and in response to determining that the firing event has not occurred, cause activation of a recirculation pump to recirculate fluid through a chamber of the nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2016Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Eric Martin, Vincent C Korthuis
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Patent number: 10658451Abstract: A film element for driving a display device and a display device using the same are disclosed. The film element includes a film substrate including wirings and pads connected to the wirings, and an IC chip mounted on the film substrate to be connected to the wirings. The pads on the film substrate are grouped into a plurality of areas having different thermal correction amounts. Pads in a second area are closer to the IC chip than pads in a first area. A length of the first area is set to a length obtained by subtracting a first thermal correction amount from a first reference length. A length of the second area is set to a length obtained by subtracting a second thermal correction amount from a second reference length. The second thermal correction amount is smaller than the first thermal correction amount or has a negative value.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2018Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Geunwoo Koh, Minsik Son
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Patent number: 10654274Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting unit that performs printing on a target by ejecting liquid, which is supplied from a liquid supply source, from a plurality of nozzles; and a maintenance section that performs maintenance processing of causing the liquid to be discharged from the nozzles. Based on print information for performing printing on the target, in a case where printing satisfying a setting condition presumed such that a staying time of the liquid staying in a liquid path between the liquid supply source and the nozzles during printing is long is performed, a discharge amount of the liquid to be discharged during the maintenance processing that is performed before printing is set to be larger than a discharge amount of the liquid in a case where printing not satisfying the setting condition presumed such that the staying time is short is performed.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2018Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Masato Murayama, Takeshi Yoshida
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Patent number: 10654263Abstract: A liquid ejecting head includes an actuator communicating with a nozzle, configured to eject liquid from the nozzle, a drive circuit configured to drive the actuator, a wiring connector having a plurality of terminals spaced from each other along a first direction, a first temperature sensor connected to a first terminal in the plurality of terminals, the first terminal being on a first end side of the wiring connector in the first direction, and a second temperature sensor connected to a second terminal of the plurality of terminals, the second terminal being on a second end side of the wiring connector, the second end side being opposite to the first end side in the first direction. The drive circuit is connected to a third terminal line of the plurality of terminals, the third terminal being between the first end side and the second end side in the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2019Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Noboru Nitta
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Patent number: 10647866Abstract: A water-based ink for ink-jet recording includes: a resin-dispersed pigment; an emulsion of a vinyl chloride-acrylic copolymer having a glass transition temperature of equal to or more than 50° C.; an anionic surfactant having only one anion group in a molecule thereof; and water. A ratio (S/E) of a blending amount (S) of the anionic surfactant to a solid content blending amount (E) of the emulsion of the vinyl chloride-acrylic copolymer in an entire amount of the water-based ink is equal to or more than 0.2.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Miki Nishiura, Mitsunori Maeda
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Patent number: 10647125Abstract: Fluid tanks for providing a print fluid to a printhead. In one embodiment, the fluid tank includes a first reservoir configured to contain a print fluid, and a second reservoir configured to contain the print fluid. The fluid tank further includes a first Input/Output (I/O) port configured to fluidly couple with a printhead to allow the print fluid to flow into or out of the first reservoir, and a second I/O port configured to fluidly couple with the printhead to allow the print fluid to flow into or out of the second reservoir. The fluid tank further includes a flexible membrane between the first reservoir and the second reservoir configured to flex to create a pressure difference between the first reservoir and the second reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2019Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Norimasa Sohgawa, Hiroshi Nishimura
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Patent number: 10639885Abstract: A liquid discharging apparatus includes a nozzle, a drive signal generation unit that generates a drive signal for driving a piezoelectric element, and a discharge abnormality detection unit that detects a change of an electromotive force of the piezoelectric element, which is caused by residual vibration in a cavity after the drive signal is supplied. The drive signal generation unit generates a first drive signal for checking whether or not a first discharge abnormality caused by a foreign substance adhering to a surface on which the nozzle opens occurs and a second drive signal for checking whether or not a second discharge abnormality caused by a cause other than the foreign substance occurs. A potential of the first drive signal when the discharge abnormality detection unit performs checking is different from a potential of the second drive signal when the discharge abnormality detection unit performs checking.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2019Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Osamu Shinkawa, Yasuhiro Hosokawa, Noriaki Saito
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Patent number: 10639892Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a drive circuit in which a first voltage signal is output from an output terminal, a piezoelectric element that includes a first electrode to which the first voltage signal is supplied and a second electrode to which a second voltage signal is supplied and is displaced by a potential difference between the first electrode and the second electrode, a cavity which is filled with a liquid, a vibration plate that is provided between the cavity and the piezoelectric element, and a switch element that is electrically connected to the output terminal and the first electrode. The liquid ejecting apparatus has a mode in which the switch element is controlled to be turned off, and a voltage value of the first voltage signal is controlled to approximate a voltage value of the second voltage signal.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2019Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Yusuke Matsumoto
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Patent number: 10632759Abstract: A printing control apparatus configured to control a printing apparatus including an acquisition unit configured to acquire discharge characteristic information including a characteristic of discharging ink for each of nozzles, a correction amount calculation unit configured to calculate a correction amount for correcting an amount of the ink discharged onto a printing medium based on the discharge characteristic information for each of printing modes having mutually different relative movement amounts of the sub scanning movements, and a printing data generation unit configured to generate printing data for executing printing in accordance with the printing mode based on the correction amount.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2018Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Kenichi Honda
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Patent number: 10637699Abstract: A data carrier apparatus includes a duty detector configured to determine a duty ratio of each pulse of a pulse signal that is received, a frequency detector configured to determine a period of each pulse of the pulse signal, and a demodulator configured to determine a value of data being carried by the pulse signal based on a determination result of the duty detector unit and a determination result of the frequency detector.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2018Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ichiro Iijima, Hirotaka Ittogi
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Patent number: 10634993Abstract: A method can be used to generate a fluid droplet pattern for an imprint lithography process using a fluid dispense system having fluid dispense ports. The method can include determining a fluid droplet pattern for dispensing a formable material onto a substrate; during a first pass, dispensing the formable material onto the substrate to form a first part of the fluid droplet pattern for an imprint field; offsetting the fluid dispense ports and substrate relative to each other in an offset direction; and during a second pass, dispensing the formable material onto the substrate to form a second part of the fluid droplet pattern for the imprint field. The method can be used to form a patterned layer over a semiconductor wafer in fabricating an electronic device. An apparatus can be configured to carry out the method.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2016Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Edward Brian Fletcher
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Patent number: 10625513Abstract: In a method of controlling a liquid discharge device, the liquid discharge device includes a liquid discharge unit and at least one valve body. The liquid discharge unit discharges from a nozzle liquid supplied from at least one supply channel. The at least one valve body opens/closes the at least one supply channel. The method includes first control and second control. The first control causes a pressure to be applied to the liquid so as to supply the liquid to the at least one supply channel. The second control causes an external force to operate the at least one valve body operable in accordance with a pressure on a downstream side of the at least one valve body so as to adjust and hold a degree of opening of the at least one valve body in a range between a closed state and a full-open state.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2018Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Masahiko Sato, Hisashi Sato
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Patent number: 10625503Abstract: In a plan view from a perpendicular direction to a surface of a wiring substrate on which a wiring is provided, a buried wiring, a connection wiring, and a terminal portion of an external wiring are formed at an overlapping position, in which a recessed portion is provided at a position corresponding to the buried wiring on a surface of the connection wiring on an opposite side to the wiring substrate, and in which, in a direction intersecting an extension direction of the wiring on the surface of the wiring substrate on which the wiring is provided, a width of the connection wiring is larger than a width of the buried wiring, a width of the terminal portion of the external wiring is larger than a width of the recessed portion, and the terminal portion is provided across the recessed portion of the connection wiring.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2019Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Shingo Tomimatsu, Daisuke Yamada, Eiju Hirai, Motoki Takabe, Shunsuke Watanabe
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Patent number: 10623105Abstract: In an asynchronous optical modulation system, a drive circuit may generate a plurality of dither tones in accordance with a predetermined dither frequency ratio. Based on the components of the dither frequency ratio, the optical modulation system may be configured to determine a feedback signal magnitude component that is independent of the delay ? and a feedback signal sign component that is also independent of the delay ?. A feedback signal that is independent of the delay ? can then be reconstructed based on the feedback signal magnitude component and the feedback signal sign component.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2016Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Infinera CorporationInventors: Rene Marcel Schmogrow, Arseny Vasilyev, Charles Chen
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Patent number: 10611141Abstract: A printing device includes a print head that prints an image on a print medium while moving relatively to the print medium, a sensor that detects an amount of movement and a moving direction of a body of the printing device that are relative to the print medium, and a processor, wherein the processor causes the print head to execute printing of a first image according to the amount of movement when the moving direction that is detected by the sensor is a first direction, determines whether the body is separated from the print medium based on a detection result of the sensor after printing of the first image is finished, and causes the print head to execute printing of a second image according to the amount of movement when, after separation is determined, the sensor detects movement in a second direction that is a direction different from the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2018Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventor: Sumito Shinohara
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Patent number: 10603899Abstract: Provided is an inkjet printing method using a plurality of nozzles which are controlled to discharge discrete quantities of ink mapped to a specific control value, of which a control value and discrete quantities of ink are mapped, if the specific control value is inputted, the inkjet printing method including the steps of: inputting a control value mapped to specific discrete quantities of ink to the plurality of nozzles to measure discharge performance of the plurality of nozzles; classifying the plurality of nozzles into a plurality of nozzle groups based on the discharge performance measured on the plurality of nozzles; adjusting a mapped relation between the discrete quantities of ink and the control value for the classified nozzle groups; and performing inkjet printing based on a mapped relation between the discrete quantities of ink and the control value.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: STI CO., LTD.Inventor: Yuhho Cho
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Patent number: 10603904Abstract: An image formation device includes a plurality of nozzles arranged in a sub scan direction and configured to eject ink, a processor, and a memory configured to store computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, perform processes including, performing a determination control configured to determine whether an unstable ejection condition, under which the ejection of the ink from the nozzles becomes unstable, is satisfied, and performing a first print control configured to cause printing to be performed by a multi-pass method when it is determined that the unstable ejection condition is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2017Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshihisa Kayanaka, Naoki Mizuno
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Patent number: 10589521Abstract: In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a fluid ejection device is described. The fluid ejection device includes a number of nozzles to eject an amount of fluid. A first field-effect transistor (FET) activates a first fluidic operation component and a second FET activates a second fluidic operation component. The first FET and the second FET are selected from among a high-side switch FET, a low-side switch FET, and a hybrid FET and the first FET and the second FET are different from one another.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2016Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Rogelio Cicili, Eric Martin