Controller Patents (Class 347/5)
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Patent number: 11571896Abstract: A method of forming a print head, by forming a heater chip. Via zones having peripheries are defined on a substrate, with heaters formed along the entire peripheries of the via zones. Traces that electrically connect to each of the heaters are formed. In some embodiments, the heater chip is then stored for a period of time. After storing the heater chip, vias are formed in only a selected portion of the via zones, which is a subset of the via zones. A channel layer is formed on the heater chip by forming a first layer on the heater chip. Flow channels are formed in the first layer from the vias to only those heaters on the heater chip that are disposed along the selected portion of the via zones. Bubble chambers are formed in the first layer around only those heaters on the heater chip that are disposed along the selected portion of the via zones.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2021Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Inventors: Michael A. Marra, III, Sean T. Weaver
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Patent number: 11514279Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a pattern extracting unit for, based on a comparison between first image data representing a pattern and second image data generated by imaging a fabric transported, extracting a pattern region from the second image data, a printing image generation unit for arranging third image data representing an image to be printed overlaid on the pattern so that the third image data matches the pattern region to generate printing image data, and a printing control unit for causing a printing unit to print the printing image data on the fabric transported.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2021Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Naoki Kayahara
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Patent number: 11453212Abstract: A memory circuit for a print component including a plurality of I/O pads, including an analog pad, to connect to a plurality of signals paths which communicate operating signals to the print component, and a memory component to store memory values associated with the print component. A control circuit to, in response to identifying a sequence of operating signals representing a memory read, provide a first analog signal on the analog pad in parallel with a second analog signal from the print component to provide an analog electrical value on the analog pad representing stored memory values selected by the memory read.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2019Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Boon Bing Ng, James Michael Gardner
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Patent number: 11369956Abstract: A system may comprise a voltage upconverter, a universal serial bus (USB) connector to receive an input voltage from a USB port on a computing device, and a microfluidic diagnostic chip communication link to electrically couple the voltage upconverter to a microfluidic diagnostic chip wherein the voltage upconverter is to convert the input voltage to be received by the USB connector to an output voltage sufficient to drive a pump on the microfluidic diagnostic chip. A diagnostic system may comprise a microfluidic diagnostic chip comprising a pump and a voltage upconverter to receive an input voltage from a universal serial bus (USB) port of a computing device and to convert the input voltage into an output voltage that powers activation of the pump.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2015Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Manish Giri, Melinda M. Valencia, Matthew David Smith, Sirena Lu, Joshua M Yu, Sadig Bengali
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Patent number: 11364731Abstract: A printer includes a substrate support, a printhead assembly, first and second actuators, and a controller. The printhead assembly deposits material on a substrate supported on the substrate support. The first actuator is disposed at a side of the substrate support and coupled to a first linear track disposed along the side of the substrate support and oriented in a first direction. The second actuator is disposed at an end of the substrate support and coupled to a second linear track disposed along the end of the substrate support and oriented in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The first and second actuators are positioned to engage with the substrate simultaneously. The controller moves the first and second actuators together to rotate the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2021Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: Kateeva, Inc.Inventors: Eashwer Chandra Vidhya Sagar Kollata, Digby Pun, Cormac McKinley Wicklow, Gregory Lewis
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Patent number: 11354075Abstract: Provided are a non-transitory computer-readable medium, a print image control device, and a control method of the print image control device capable of reducing time required for an operation to adjust a position of a print image, and of improving productivity. A CPU performs part specification command input processing in which a command is input to specify a part of a photographic image captured by a camera, characteristic identification processing that identifies a characteristic of fabric on the basis of the command input by the part specification command input processing, generated graphic generation processing that generates a generated graphic relating to the characteristic identified by the characteristic identification processing, and display control processing that controls a display such that the generated graphic generated by the generated graphic generation processing is displayed along with the photographic image and a print image.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Chisato Inoue, Takeshi Watanabe
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Patent number: 11285733Abstract: The method may comprise depositing print agent of a particular color onto a printable substrate to form a patch of print agent. It may comprise directing radiation from a plurality of radiation sources onto the patch of print agent and onto the printable substrate. Also, may comprise detecting, using a sensor, radiation from the plurality of radiation sources which has been reflected from the printable substrate and radiation from the plurality of radiation sources which has been reflected from the patch of print agent. Further, may comprise measuring, for each of the plurality of radiation sources, an intensity of the radiation reflected from the printable substrate and an intensity of the radiation reflected from the patch of print agent. Also, may comprise selecting, based on the measured intensities, a radiation source of the sources to be associated with the print agent of the particular color.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2018Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Manuel Agudo Acemel, Andreas Muller, Xavier Quintero Ruiz
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Patent number: 11157221Abstract: Implemented are a control apparatus, a control method, and a storage medium that enable efficient setting of poster printing. To this end, a control apparatus of the present invention is a control apparatus that allows a printing apparatus to print multiple divided images, into which an input image is divided, on print media, including: a setting unit that sets the number of divisions of the input image based on user input; an obtaining unit that obtains a width of the print media; a determining unit that determines a print region width of each of the divided images based on at least the set number of divisions and the width of the print medium; and a display control unit that displays guide information indicating a dividing position on a preview screen of the input image based on at least the determined print region width of the divided image.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2019Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Daisuke Hori
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Patent number: 11155080Abstract: A method of cleaning a liquid discharge head includes first eluting a first electrode and second eluting a second electrode. In the cleaning method, the first eluting and the second eluting are executed such that a ratio between a first electric power amount used in the first eluting and a second electric power amount used in the second eluting is a ratio based on a ratio between an area of a first face of the first electrode and an area of a second face of the second electrode.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2020Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yoshinori Misumi, Maki Kato, Yuzuru Ishida, Tsubasa Funabashi, Takahiro Matsui
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Patent number: 11155099Abstract: A system is disclosed. The system at least one physical memory device to store density control logic and one or more processors coupled with the at least one physical memory device, to execute the density control logic to generate first uncalibrated ink deposition data, receive first calibrated ink deposition data, generate a first transfer function based on the first uncalibrated ink deposition data and the first calibrated ink deposition data and transmit the first transfer function.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2020Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Mikel Stanich, Nikita Gurudath
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Patent number: 11141973Abstract: An integrated circuit to drive a plurality of fluid actuation devices includes a plurality of memory cells, a select circuit, configuration logic, and control logic. Each memory cell corresponds to a fluid actuation device. The select circuit selects fluid actuation devices and memory cells corresponding to the selected fluid actuation devices. The configuration logic enables or disables access to the plurality of memory cells. The control logic either activates the selected fluid actuation devices or accesses the memory cells corresponding to the selected fluid actuation devices based on a state of the configuration logic.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Scott A. Linn, James Michael Gardner, Michael W. Cumbie
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Patent number: 11144257Abstract: According to one embodiment, provided is a component management device includes a detection unit, a correlation determination unit, and an update unit. The detection unit detects a first-class component whose used amount exceeds the threshold value and which is used without causing a failure, and detects a first-class device that is a device including the detected first-class component and not causing a failure related to the first-class component. The correlation determination unit determines the presence or absence of a correlation with respect to a first correlation that is a correlation between the used amount of the detected first-class component and an operating condition of the first-class device. When it is determined that there is no correlation for the first correlation, the update unit determines a first update value that is an update value of the threshold value based on the used amount of the first-class component in the first-class device.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2020Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Satoshi Oyama, Hiroyo Tanaka, Kazuhiro Ogura, Sou Miyazaki, Masaki Narahashi
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Patent number: 11124002Abstract: A partial printing fluid short detection system can detect a partial printing fluid short in a print head. The partial printing fluid short detection system includes a timing circuit to detect a print gap of the print head, and the partial printing fluid short detection system can detect the partial printing fluid short in response to detection of the print gap.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2017Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Ben Percer, James Hasler
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Patent number: 11090946Abstract: Density unevenness accompanying a variation in an ejection characteristic of each nozzle is reduced without worsening granularity of an image. To this end, an image processing apparatus generates first corrected data by correcting image data by using a first correction table common to the plurality of nozzles. Further, the image processing apparatus generates second corrected data by correcting the image data by using a second correction table for each of the plurality of nozzles. Furthermore, the image processing apparatus generates first quantized data by quantizing the first corrected data and generates second quantized data by quantizing the second corrected data. After that, the image processing apparatus generates N-valued print data based on the first quantized data and the second quantized data.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2019Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryosuke Otani, Hisashi Ishikawa
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Patent number: 11092560Abstract: The present invention discloses an apparatus for realizing high-speed cooling of a trace material by using liquid drop cooling, which comprises an injector connected with an injection driver and used for dropwise adding a volatile cooling liquid; a temperature sensor placed below the injector; a data collector used for collecting a thermopile signal and a heating resistor signal of the temperature sensor; a gas purger used for purging a cooled sample; and a control center, wherein the injector, the temperature sensor, the data collector and the gas purger are all connected with the control center.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: NANJING UNIVERSITYInventors: Dongshan Zhou, Evgeny Zhuravlev, Jing Jiang, Shaochuan Luo, Christoph Schick, Qi Xue, Xiaoliang Wang, Wei Chen, Wei Jiang, Qing Ji
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Patent number: 11090953Abstract: In a case where a predetermined sheet size is selected by a user from a plurality of sheet sizes displayed on a display, an image larger than the predetermined size is printed. In a case where a sheet size is input by the user in an input screen displayed on the display, an image having a size corresponding to the input sheet size is printed.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2020Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hideharu Sawada
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Patent number: 11084222Abstract: Systems and method for determining dynamic forces in a liquefier system in additive manufacturing include, in at least one aspect of the subject matter described in this specification, a method including: receiving motor data for a drive motor that pushes a solid material toward a liquefaction zone of the liquefier system, wherein the motor data comprises at least one data point per individual command code of a set of command codes sent for additive manufacturing; receiving pressure data associated with the liquefaction zone of the liquefier system, wherein the pressure data includes at least one data point per individual command code of the set of command codes; analyzing the motor data and the pressure data for the set of command codes; and outputting a result of the analyzing to facilitate further 3D printing by the AM 3D printer using the solid material.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2018Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: Autodesk, Inc.Inventors: William Edward Yackabonis, Andreas Linas Bastian, Peter Joseph Schmehl, Joseph Isaac Sadusk
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Patent number: 11064093Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a process for printing comprising the steps of selecting eight or fewer process colors from a known process ink color set, providing a color channel for the selected process colors from the known process ink color set, providing two or more spot color channels, wherein one or more of spot colors correspond to a non-selected process color of the process ink color set, applying a first ink limit and a first linearization to the one or more spot color channels to produce a color set including the non-selected process color of the known process ink color set, applying a second ink limit and a second linearization to the one or more spot color channels to produce a color set including the spot color, and optionally printing an image.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2018Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Avery Dennison CorporationInventor: Bart De Vreede
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Patent number: 11034156Abstract: In an inkjet recording apparatus, ink reserved in a reserve portion flows into a valve chamber through an inflow port. A first outflow port and a second outflow port are capable of flowing the ink from the valve chamber. The first valve element is preliminarily located at an opening position separated from the first outflow port in an inward direction directed from the first outflow port toward inside of the valve chamber. The first valve element is displaced from the opening position to the first outflow port and closes the first outflow port when the valve chamber is filled with the ink. The second valve element is preliminarily located at a closing position closing the second outflow port, and opens the second outflow port when the valve chamber is filled with the ink. Subsequently, a recording head becomes ready to record an image on a recording object with the ink.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2019Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventor: Masanobu Maeshima
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Patent number: 11020984Abstract: White-balance is improved when printing on colored media, while minimizing the time and use of costly materials required by present approaches. In an embodiment, the typical solid white fill or background layer is altered by including in the white layer one or more of the other colors already available in the printer to shade this layer. Thus, a small amount of cyan, for example, helps balance a pink-ish (red) media; yellow is used for blue media; and magenta is used for green media; as well as combinations thereof. A combination of transparent process inks and opaque white helps to maintain brightness (luminosity).Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2019Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: ELECTRONICS FOR IMAGING, INC.Inventors: Peter Heath, Joseph A. Lahut, Dwight Cram, Bryan Ko
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Patent number: 10967650Abstract: A hybrid printing machine is described having both silk screening stations and a direct-to-garment digital printing station with a raster image processor to control a portion of a printing process.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2020Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: M&R Printing Equipment, Inc.Inventors: Richard C. Hoffman, Jr., Geoff Baxter
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Patent number: 10940708Abstract: It is disclosed a substrate selection method wherein the printer comprises a feeding mechanism including a feeding roller to receive a substrate roll and a media advance roller to receive a substrate from the substrate roll, the method comprising: actuating the feeding roller or the media advance roller; measuring a feeding mechanism parameter on the feeding roller or the media advance roller; calculating a substrate parameter in view of the feeding mechanism parameter; determining from a table a substrate type of in view of the substrate parameter; and selecting a preset on the printer in view of the substrate type.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2017Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Aleix Fort Filgueira, Antonio Gracia Verdugo, Carles Flotats Villagrasa
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Patent number: 10877419Abstract: In one example of the disclosure, a first print engine is caused to print a first image in a first set of sectors of a substrate. A second print engine is caused to print a second image in a second set of sectors of the substrate. The second print engine is caused to print a cover-up image over an incidence of the first image printed by the first print engine. The second print engine is caused to print a calibration image upon the cover-up image.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2017Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: HP INDIGO B.V.Inventors: On Mashiach, Yoav Landau
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Patent number: 10857812Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for coating, optionally with specific colouring, an exposed surface of a body with simultaneous formation of a structured surface, including projecting formations, via a device for depositing one or more liquid substances in droplets, in particular by a jet, said method consisting, for each affected site (1?) of the surface to be printed (1?), of consecutively depositing at least two vertically adjacent layers (6, 6?) of a first substance selected from the group made up of a size, a varnish, an adhesion or attachment agent and a coating agent, preferably white or transparent and at least one second substance such as a colouring substance or a mixture of colouring substances, each of the consecutive layers (6, 6?) being formed by depositing droplets (4, 4?; 5).Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2016Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: REYDEL AUTOMOTIVE B.V.Inventor: Jérôme Boniface
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Patent number: 10807381Abstract: A recording device includes a recording head (a printing head) with multiple nozzles arranged therein to discharge droplets (ink droplets) onto a recording medium (a printing medium), and a recording controller (a printing controller) configured to control recording of a recording image, the recording including moving the recording head relative to the recording medium while the droplets are discharged. The recording controller is configured to control the recording for pixel data of the recording image that have a prescribed gray scale value or larger under conditions that a nozzle duty corresponding to the number of nozzles, included in the multiple nozzles and being able to discharge the droplets per unit area on the recording medium, is smaller than or equal to an upper limit value and that a discharge amount of the droplets discharged per the unit area is variable.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2019Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATIONInventor: Toru Fujita
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Patent number: 10661559Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head configured to discharge a liquid, a first wire and a second wire to which a first drive signal and a second drive signal for driving the liquid discharge head is respectively supplied, and a single relay substrate configured to relay the first drive signal and the second drive signal from the first wire and the second wire to the liquid discharge head. The single relay substrate includes a first connector configured to be connected to the first wire, a second connector configured to be connected to the second wire, and a relay connector configured to be connected to a head-side connector of the liquid discharge head. The relay connector outputs, to the head-side connector, the first drive signal supplied from the first wire to the first connector, and the second drive signal supplied from the second wire to the second connector.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2019Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hidekazu Uematsu, Toru Matsuyama
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Patent number: 10654301Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes: a first head unit; a second head unit disposed adjacent to the first head unit in a first direction and located on a first side of the first head unit in a second direction; and a heat uniforming unit shared by the first head unit and the second head unit. Each of the first head unit and the second head unit includes: a unit body including an actuator; and a first driver integrated circuit disposed on the first side of the unit body in the second direction. The heat uniforming unit includes a first heat uniforming member disposed on the first side of the first head unit and the second head unit in the second direction. The first heat uniforming member includes a first protrusion located next to the second head unit in the first direction and protruding toward the first head unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2019Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Keita Sugiura, Masayuki Takata, Hideki Hayashi
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Patent number: 10649507Abstract: A portable or modular cooling system is operated via the power-over-Ethernet (PoE) standard. The cooling system receives electrical power via an Ethernet connection to a source device (such as a server, switch, or other PoE-enabled equipment). The cooling system may thus be used to spot-inject cooler ambient air in the vicinity of the source device without the need for grid electric and for cumbersome electrical wiring.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2017Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.Inventors: John C. Donachy, David L. Moss, Mark A. Muccini
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Patent number: 10576740Abstract: A connection cable electrically connects a head unit and a head unit control circuit. The head unit includes: an ejector, a determination circuit, and an ejection limit circuit. The ejector includes a displaceable piezoelectric element for controlling the liquid ejection. The piezoelectric element is displaced by changing a drive signal potential. The determination circuit determines whether the piezoelectric element has a predetermined electrical storage capability. The ejection limit circuit stops the drive signal to limit the ejection of the liquid based on the determination. The connection cable includes: a first connection supplying a determination instruction signal from the head unit control circuit to the head unit; a second connection supplying the drive signal from the head unit control circuit to the head unit; and a third connection between the first and second connections with a smaller potential change width than the second connection when the ejector ejects the liquid.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2016Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Tomonori Yamada, Hironori Endo, Toru Matsuyama
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Patent number: 10579913Abstract: An image forming device includes: a conveyer that conveys a recording medium; an image former that forms an image on an image carrier and prints the image on the recording medium conveyed by the conveyer; and a hardware processor that controls to stop a print job when a length of the print job reaches a predetermined threshold and form a cleaning pattern image on the image carrier, and at the time of overprinting to further print in an overlapping manner on continuous paper on which a mark image indicating an image formation position is printed, obtains the length of the print job on the basis of an interval between mark images set in advance before starting printing the print job and displays a warning when the length of the print job is estimated to exceed the predetermined threshold.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2017Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventor: Takemasa Ikeda
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Patent number: 10576739Abstract: A head unit control circuit controls a head unit. The head unit includes an ejector, a determination circuit, and an ejection limit circuit. The ejector includes a displaceable piezoelectric element for controlling the liquid ejection. The piezoelectric element is displaced by changing a drive signal potential. The determination circuit determines whether the piezoelectric element has a predetermined electrical storage capability. The ejection limit circuit stops the drive signal to limit the ejection of the liquid based on the determination. The head unit control circuit includes: a first terminal that outputs an instruction signal instructing the head unit to execute the determination; a second terminal that outputs the drive signal; and a third terminal that is between the first terminal and the second terminal. The third terminal has a smaller potential change width than the second terminal when the ejecting section ejects the liquid.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2016Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Tomonori Yamada, Hironori Endo, Toru Matsuyama
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Patent number: 10569548Abstract: An ink-jet printer, including: an ink-jet head; and a head moving device for moving the head in a scanning direction, wherein the ink-jet head includes a first head unit having a first nozzle row from which first ink is ejected and a second nozzle row from which second ink that differs in color from the first ink is ejected, a second head unit disposed so as to be shifted from the first head unit in a nozzle arrangement direction by a distance less than a nozzle pitch, and a third head unit disposed between the first and second head units in the scanning direction so as to be shifted from the first head unit in the nozzle arrangement direction by a distance corresponding to a predetermined natural number multiple of the nozzle pitch, the third head unit having fifth and sixth nozzle rows from which the first ink is ejected.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroto Sugahara
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Patent number: 10543682Abstract: A head unit control circuit controls a head unit. The head unit includes an ejector, a determination circuit, and an ejection limit circuit. The ejector includes a displaceable piezoelectric element for controlling the liquid ejection. The piezoelectric element is displaced by changing a drive signal potential. The determination circuit determines whether the piezoelectric element has a predetermined electrical storage capability. The ejection limit circuit stops the drive signal to limit the ejection of the liquid based on the determination. The head unit control circuit includes: a first terminal that outputs an instruction signal instructing the head unit to execute the determination; a second terminal that outputs the drive signal; and a third terminal that is between the first terminal and the second terminal. The third terminal has a smaller potential change width than the second terminal when the ejecting section ejects the liquid.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2016Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Tomonori Yamada, Hironori Endo, Toru Matsuyama
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Patent number: 10503617Abstract: An industrial process control system comprises a primary controller coupled with a buffer and a primary memory. The primary controller is configured to create at least one redundant data type based on at least one base data type. The at least one redundant data type includes tracked operators that are different from corresponding operators of the at least one base data type. The tracked operators include an assignment function that is a same assignment function performed by the corresponding operators of the at least one base data type, and a transfer function. The primary controller is further configured to perform the assignment function on a piece of data to assign the piece of data to an address in the primary memory, perform the transfer function to transfer the piece of data to a buffer, and transfer contents of the buffer to a backup memory.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2017Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventors: William Russell Massey, Jr., Raj Bandekar
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Patent number: 10493754Abstract: There is provided a liquid discharging apparatus configured to discharge liquid, including: a liquid discharging head including a driving element; a driving device configured to drive the driving element; a power unit; a switch configured to perform switching of voltage supply; and a controller. When the power unit is switched on, the controller causes a power supply voltage of the power unit to be raised up to a first voltage while checking the power supply voltage; and the controller controls the switch to start the voltage supply from the power unit to the driving device while the power supply voltage is being raised up to the first voltage; and under a condition that the voltage supply is started while the power supply voltage is being raised up to the first voltage, the controller controls the driving device to apply the voltage to the driving element.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2018Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Toru Yamashita
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Patent number: 10479104Abstract: An optical module includes: a measuring device including a measuring portion that measures light reflected at a measurement position of a measurement target, a light source that radiates light onto the measurement position in a direction crossing a measurement optical axis oriented from the measurement position to the measuring portion, and a window through which light incident on the measuring portion passes; and a shutter that opens and closes the window of the measuring device. The shutter is provided with a reference object disposed closer to the measuring portion side than the measurement position on the measurement optical axis, on a face of the shutter facing the measuring portion when closing the window, and the optical module includes a light guide that guides the light from the light source to the reference object when the window is closed by the shutter.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2018Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Satoshi Oguchi
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Patent number: 10479081Abstract: In one example in accordance with the present disclosure a flexible printhead is described. The printhead includes a number of printhead die, a printhead die including a number of nozzles to deposit an amount of fluid onto a print medium. The printhead also includes a fluid delivery system to deliver the amount of fluid from a fluid supply to the number of nozzles. The printhead also includes a number of electrical circuits to electronically couple the number of printhead die with a printing device. The printhead also includes a flexible substrate on which the number of printhead die and the number of electrical circuits are mounted.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2015Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.Inventor: Silam J. Choy
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Patent number: 10479117Abstract: A printer includes a print head configured to print along a raster direction portions of an image in units of a raster, a movement mechanism that includes a stepping motor and is configured to move one of the printing medium and the print head so as to change a relative position between the printing medium and the print head in a direction intersecting the raster direction, and a control unit configured to control the print head and the movement mechanism. The print head is controlled to perform printing of one raster each time the relative position between the printing medium and the print head is changed by an interval of the raster. The movement mechanism is controlled to make a drive interval of the stepping motor at least one time step longer than a preceding drive interval before a rotation speed of the stepping motor reaches a predetermined target speed.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2018Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Takahide Takahashi
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Patent number: 10457066Abstract: An example system includes a print engine to print a first image on a medium. The system also includes a controller communicatively coupled with the print engine. The controller is to detect a failure in the print engine that results in a defect in the first image. The controller also is to perform an affine transformation on a second image to produce a transformed second image. The controller is to instruct the print engine to print the transformed second image.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2015Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Frank E. Perdicaro, Jose Galmes
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Patent number: 10442229Abstract: An inkjet recording device includes: an inkjet head that forms an image on a recording medium by ejecting ink containing a phosphor onto the recording medium; an ultraviolet light source that irradiates the image formed on the recording medium with ultraviolet rays; and an imager that detects fluorescence emitted by the image by the irradiation of the ultraviolet rays.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2018Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Konica Minolta, Inc.Inventor: Yasunori Inaba
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Patent number: 10427437Abstract: There is provided an ink-jet printer which includes a head, a carriage, an encoder having a scale and a sensor, a memory, and a controller. The controller executes judging whether or not a recording medium is positioned at an area that can face the carriage, and detecting an abnormal position, and printing an image on a recording medium, and comparing a velocity parameter value acquired and a first threshold value, when the carriage is at a position other than the abnormal position, and comparing the velocity parameter value acquired and a second threshold value corresponding to a velocity slower than the first threshold value, when the carriage is at the abnormal position.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2018Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Satoru Arakane, Kenji Kawamoto
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Patent number: 10414157Abstract: A liquid discharge apparatus includes a discharge head, a drive substrate provided with a signal generation circuit to generate a first and a second signal and an output connector to output the first and second signal, a first and second wire to supply the first and second signal to the discharge head, and a relay substrate to relay the first and second signal from the drive substrate to the first and second wire. The relay substrate includes a relay connector to be connected to the output connector, a first connector to be connected to the first wire and to output the first signal supplied from the output connector to the relay connector to the first wire, and a second connector to be connected to the second wire and to output the second signal supplied from the output connector to the relay connector to the second wire.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2017Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hidekazu Uematsu, Toru Matsuyama
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Patent number: 10416584Abstract: This disclosure relates to a liquid electrophotographic composition comprising a thermoplastic polymer resin, a charge adjuvant, microspheres, and a liquid carrier. Each microsphere comprises a shell of material encapsulating a gas. The microspheres are present in an amount of 5 to 90 weight % of the total weight of solids in the composition.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: HP Indigo B.V.Inventors: Tony Azzam, Tehila Ben-Ezra, Regina Guslitzer, Reut Avigdor, Samer Farran, Yaron Grinwald, Roy Har-Tsvi, Eyal Shelef
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Patent number: 10406837Abstract: A printing apparatus that includes a printhead and a carriage can perform a detection operation for detecting a voltage to determine whether current leakage occurs. The printing apparatus includes a supply unit configured to supply, to the printhead, a voltage which is used to perform the print operation, a power line for connecting the printhead and the supply unit, a monitor unit configured to monitor a voltage appearing on the power line, and a control unit configured to perform a detection operation for detecting the voltage monitored by the monitor unit. The control unit performs the detection operation in a case that a movement of the carriage is reversed, in a case that a sensor detects that a jam has occurred, in case where the printhead is mounted to the carriage, or after and before a cleaning operation.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Tomoya Teraji
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Patent number: 10391800Abstract: A liquid ejection head includes: a first head unit; a second head unit disposed adjacent to the first head unit in a first direction and located on a first side of the first head unit in a second direction; and a heat uniforming unit shared by the first head unit and the second head unit. Each of the first head unit and the second head unit includes: a unit body including an actuator; and a first driver integrated circuit disposed on the first side of the unit body in the second direction. The heat uniforming unit includes a first heat uniforming member disposed on the first side of the first head unit and the second head unit in the second direction. The first heat uniforming member includes a first protrusion located next to the second head unit in the first direction and protruding toward the first head unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2018Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Keita Sugiura, Masayuki Takata, Hideki Hayashi
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Patent number: 10384446Abstract: There is disclosed a housing including a plurality of compartments for housing a plurality of LEDs or photo detectors. Each compartment has a number of control pads projecting inwardly and a number of protrusions. The control pads are configured to provide a contact surface for the LEDs or photo detectors to control the alignment and position of each of the plurality of LEDs or photodiodes within each of the plurality of compartments. Each of the protrusions urges each of the plurality of LEDs or photodiodes against the respective control pads to control the alignment of the LEDs or photodiodes in the housing. A detector array including a casing, an LED housing and a photodiode housing is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2014Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Francisco Gomez, Rafael Ulacia Portoles, Laura Portela Mata, Jose Miguel Felguera
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Patent number: 10374909Abstract: In a server, a storage is configured to store status of a service agreement for delivering a cartridge with an image-recording device. For the image-recording device, the cartridge is available in a first mode and is unavailable in a second mode. The status includes a first status indicating that the service agreement has been in force and a second status indicating that the service agreement has been canceled. The storage is further configured to store instructions causing the server to receive a cancellation request of the service agreement from an information processor; transmit a switch command to switch an operating mode of the image-recording device from the first to second mode in response to the cancellation request; and change the status stored in the storage to the second status in response to receiving a response indicating that the operating mode has been switched from the first to second mode.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2016Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Sunao Kawai
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Patent number: 10350920Abstract: A printing apparatus that has a plurality of functions including a printing function and is capable of executing printing with resolution of 300 dpi or more includes a plurality of operating units including a printing unit and a power supply unit. The power supply unit includes a substrate, an input terminal that receives an alternating voltage, a smoothing capacitor that smooths the alternating voltage, a thermistor that detects a temperature, and a comparator that compares a signal output from the thermistor with a standard signal and outputs a notification signal. The input terminal, the smoothing capacitor, the thermistor, and the comparator are mounted on the substrate. The supply of power from the power supply unit is stopped based on the state of the notification signal. A gap between the input terminal and the thermistor is longer than a gap between the input terminal and the smoothing capacitor.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventors: Hirofumi Koike, Tomonori Yamada, Toru Matsuyama
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Patent number: 10328713Abstract: An image processing apparatus extracts provisional band data from image data. The apparatus calculates near white number for a target line. The near white number is number of pairs of first and second pixels. The first pixel is located on the target line, the second pixel is in positionally adjacent relation to the first pixel. At least one of the first pixel and the second pixel is a near white pixel. In a case where a prescribed border condition is met for the target line, the apparatus determines finalized band data so that a finalized band image includes at least part of the provisional band image, and has the target line as a borderline. In a case where a specific condition is met, the apparatus changes the target line to one of a plurality of candidate lines which is not selected as the target line.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2018Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Tomoya Kondo
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Patent number: 10308014Abstract: A computer program for an information processing device communicating with a droplet discharging device is provided. The droplet discharging device is configured to form rendering data on a printing medium by being moved by a user on the printing medium, and includes a position calculation unit for calculating a position of the droplet discharging device, and a droplet discharging unit for discharging a droplet in accordance with the rendering data and location information. The computer program is configured to cause the information processing device to function as a scanning direction output unit for outputting a scanning direction of the droplet discharging device.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2018Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.Inventors: Jun Watanabe, Yasunari Harada, Hideaki Iijima, Hiroki Tanaka, Toshiaki Hosokawa, Shunsuke Shitaoka