SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION patent applications published on September 21st, 2023

Robot Controller And Robot System (18184408)

Abstract

A robot controller controlling a robot arm driven by a motor is provided. The robot controller includes: a first processing unit having a first control unit, a first storage unit, and a first system bus that couples the first control unit and the first storage unit together, the first processing unit acquiring target position information designated in a program causing the robot arm to operate; and a second processing unit having a second control unit, a second storage unit, and a second system bus that couples the second control unit and the second storage unit together, the second processing unit receiving the target position information from the first processing unit and generating a trajectory of the robot arm, based on the target position information.

Inventor

Shunichi MIZUOCHI

LIQUID DISCHARGE DEVICE AND SYSTEM (18184137)

Abstract

A liquid discharge device has a liquid discharge head that includes a pressure chamber substrate provided with a first pressure chamber in which a liquid is accommodated, a first piezoelectric body provided to correspond to the first pressure chamber, and a detection resistor for detecting a temperature in a vicinity of the first pressure chamber, and a decision section that decides a degree of deterioration of the first piezoelectric body based on a detection result of the detection resistor.

Inventor

Motoki TAKABE

LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS (18183198)

Abstract

A liquid ejecting apparatus includes an ejection portion that ejects a reactive ink, a driving circuit that generates a driving signal to drive the ejection portion, a heat sink that dissipates heat generated in the driving circuit due to generation of the driving signal, and a heat conduction member that conducts the heat generated in the driving circuit to the heat sink. The heat conduction member includes a heat conductive material with an insulating property whose state is not changed by a chemical reaction with the reactive ink, and a reinforcing member with an insulating property whose state is not changed by a chemical reaction with the reactive ink.

Inventor

Atsushi AMANO

SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING SERVER PROGRAM OR CLIENT PROGRAM (18184498)

Abstract

A system includes a characteristics acquirer, a selector, and a notifier. The characteristics acquirer acquires pieces of ejection characteristics information regarding ejection characteristics of a plurality of heads different from one another. The selector selects a first liquid ejecting head from among the plurality of heads based on the pieces of ejection characteristics information. The notifier notifies a user of information regarding the first liquid ejecting head.

Inventor

Noritaka IDE

LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS (18185123)

Abstract

A liquid ejecting head includes a pressure chamber substrate having a pressure chamber, a drive element, a communication substrate having a supply communication flow path and a nozzle communication flow path at a position different from the supply communication flow path, and a coupling substrate having a supply port and the supply communication flow path and a discharge port, in which the pressure chamber substrate has a partition wall, and the communication substrate includes a first region bonded to the coupling substrate and overlapping the pressure chamber between the supply communication flow path and the nozzle communication flow path when viewed in a thickness direction, and a second region bonded to the coupling substrate and overlapping the partition wall at a position adjacent to the first region via an opening of the supply communication flow path when viewed in the thickness direction of the pressure chamber substrate.

Inventor

Yoichi NAGANUMA

LIQUID EJECTING HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS (18185170)

Abstract

A liquid ejecting head includes a pressure chamber substrate having a pressure chamber, a drive element, a communication substrate having a supply communication flow path communicating with the pressure chamber and a nozzle communication flow path communicating with the pressure chamber and communicating with a nozzle for ejecting a liquid at a position different from the supply communication flow path, and a coupling substrate disposed between the pressure chamber substrate and the communication substrate, the coupling substrate having a supply port located between the pressure chamber and the supply communication flow path and a discharge port located between the pressure chamber and the nozzle communication flow path, in which a flow path cross-sectional area of the supply port is smaller than a flow path cross-sectional area of the supply communication flow path, and the coupling substrate is made of a photosensitive resist film.

Inventor

Sosuke YAMASAKI

Piezoelectric Device, Liquid Ejecting Head, And Liquid Ejecting Apparatus (18185731)

Abstract

A piezoelectric device includes a diaphragm provided on a side of one surface of a substrate and a piezoelectric actuator having a first electrode, a piezoelectric body layer, and a second electrode which are stacked on a side of a surface opposite to the substrate of the diaphragm, in which the piezoelectric actuator includes an active portion in which the piezoelectric body layer is pinched between the first electrode and the second electrode, and has an uneven portion constituted with a plurality of projection portions and a recess portion formed between the projection portions on a surface of the first electrode on a side of the piezoelectric body layer at an end portion of the active portion.

Inventor

Daisuke NAGANO

Recording Method And Recording Apparatus (18183409)

Abstract

A recording method comprises a discharging step of discharging a first ink and a second ink from a line head having a length equal to or longer than a recording width of a recording medium and allowing the inks to adhere to the recording medium, wherein the line head includes a plurality of unit heads aligned in the recording width direction of the recording medium and includes portions having different inter-nozzle distances in the scanning direction of a first nozzle that discharges the first ink and a second nozzle that discharges the second ink, and the first ink and the second ink contain color materials and inorganic oxide particles, and the color materials have compositions different from each other.

Inventor

Yuko HISHIDA

LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE (18185103)

Abstract

A liquid ejection device includes a liquid ejection portion including a plurality of first nozzles configured to eject a first liquid containing an inorganic pigment and a plurality of second nozzles configured to eject a second liquid not containing a substance having a hardness the same as or higher than a hardness of the inorganic pigment contained in the first liquid, and a control portion, wherein the control portion performs the cleaning such that a proportion of the inorganic pigment of the first liquid in a mixed liquid, remaining on the nozzle surface, containing the first liquid and the second liquid is smaller than a proportion of the inorganic pigment in the first liquid, and then performs wiping of the nozzle surface.

Inventor

Hiroyuki TOMIMATSU

PRINTING APPARATUS (18183441)

Abstract

A printing apparatus includes: a wiping member extending along a first axis; a head including a nozzle surface; and a movement mechanism configured to change a relative positional relationship between the wiping member and the head, and the printing apparatus executes a first wiping operation that changes a position of the head relative to the wiping member along a second axis intersecting the first axis, with the nozzle surface and a first wiping area of the wiping member in contact with each other, and a second wiping operation that changes the position of the head relative to the wiping member along the second axis, with the nozzle surface and a second wiping area of the wiping member in contact with each other, the second wiping area being located at a position different from a position of the first wiping area in a direction along the first axis.

Inventor

Masaru KUMAGAI

FLOW PATH UNIT AND LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS (18182727)

Abstract

A flow path unit includes a first flange including a part of a flow path, and a second flange detachably coupled to the first flange and including a part of the flow path, wherein the first flange includes a facing surface that faces the second flange when the second flange is coupled to the first flange, the facing surface is provided with an O-ring annularly surrounding the flow path, a contact surface being in contact with the O-ring annularly surrounding the flow path, and a liquid gasket disposed on the contact surface, and the contact surface is provided with at least one recessed portion.

Inventor

Masashi KARASAWA

LIQUID RESERVOIR, LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS (18185133)

Abstract

A liquid reservoir includes: an inflow portion configured to have a liquid flow therethrough; a storage portion configured to store the liquid flowing in through the inflow portion; an outflow portion configured to have the liquid in the storage portion flow out therethrough; a first channel having one end coupled to the outflow portion and the other end opening into the storage portion; a second channel having one end coupled to the outflow portion and the other end opening into the storage portion; and an opening/closing portion configured to open and close the first channel, in which the other end of the first channel opens at a position higher than the other end of the second channel.

Inventor

Munechika OTSURU

FLOW PATH UNIT AND LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE (18183397)

Abstract

A flow path unit including a flow path through which a liquid supplied to an ejection unit that ejects the liquid flows includes a removal unit configured to remove a gas. The removal unit includes an inner wall that is provided with an opening in communication with the flow path and that is configured to come into contact with the liquid, and a storage tank including the inner wall and configured to store the liquid. The removal unit removes the gas contained in the liquid flowing through the flow path in the storage tank. The removal unit includes, at a position coming into contact with the liquid in the storage tank, a lyophobic member having a lower lyophilic property with respect to the liquid than that of the inner wall.

Inventor

Shunsuke KANAHARA

FLOW PATH UNIT AND LIQUID EJECTING DEVICE (18185953)

Abstract

In a flow path unit, ink flows toward a recording head that ejects the ink. The flow path unit includes a flow path portion, a temperature adjustment unit, and a compression coil spring. The flow path portion is formed of metal and includes a supply pipe through which the ink flows. The temperature control unit heats the supply pipe. The compression coil spring is formed of metal and is attached to an inner surface of the supply pipe. The ink can come into contact with the compression coil spring, and the compression coil spring enables the ink to flow downstream in the supply pipe.

Inventor

Ryo KAWAKAMI

TAPE CARTRIDGE, TAPE ROLL, AND TAPE CARTRIDGE SET (18180197)

Abstract

There is provided a tape cartridge including: a tape roll including a tape and a tape core which is provided with a core hole and around which the tape is wound; and a cartridge case accommodating the tape roll, and including a first case portion having a first base wall portion and a first core projection protruding from the first base wall portion in a first direction, and a third case portion having a third base wall portion and a third core projection protruding from the third base wall portion in a third direction opposite to the first direction and inserted into the core hole, in which the tape core is provided with an insertion receiving section which is positioned on a radially outer side of the tape core with respect to the core hole and into which the first core projection is inserted.

Inventor

Keisuke TARUYA

THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT PRINTING APPARATUS AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT PRINTING METHOD (18183824)

Abstract

A three-dimensional object printing apparatus executes printing of a first common image and a first substitute image on a first workpiece, which is three-dimensional, and also executes printing of a second common image and a second substitute image on a second workpiece, which is also three-dimensional. The first common image and second common image are the same image. The first substitute image and second substitute image are at least partially different from each other. The three-dimensional object printing apparatus executes a first print operation, in which the first common image is printed on the first workpiece, before executing a second print operation, in which the first substitute image is printed on the first workpiece.

Inventor

Takeshi TSUCHIYA

RECORDING APPARATUS (18184149)

Abstract

A recording apparatus includes a medium supporting part configured to support a medium, a recording unit configured to perform recording on the medium supported by the medium supporting part, an irradiation unit configured to irradiate, with irradiation light, the medium on which recording was performed by the recording unit, a deodorizing unit configured to perform deodorization, and a housing covering the medium supporting part, the recording unit, the irradiation unit, and the deodorizing unit. The deodorizing unit includes an air blaster, a first filter configured to remove a foreign matter, and a deodorizing member configured to adsorb an odor of air. The deodorizing unit exhausts air inside the housing to outside of the housing by causing the air inside the housing to flow through the first filter and the deodorizing member by driving the air blaster.

Inventor

Ryuji MORIYAMA

DRYING DEVICE AND PRINTING APPARATUS (18168278)

Abstract

A drying device includes a support unit, a heating unit, and a control unit. The heating unit includes a duct, which has a blowing outlet, a suction inlet, and an air port and includes an air flow path, a heating section, a blower, and a first adjustment unit capable of adjusting an amount of air flowing into the air flow path from an outside of the duct through the air port. The control unit is capable of executing a first mode in which the first adjustment unit is controlled to adjust the amount of air in a state in which the heating section performs heating and a second mode in which the first adjustment unit is controlled to cause the amount of air to be more than the amount of air in the first mode in a state in which heating by the heating section is stopped.

Inventor

Yasuo Naramatsu

PRINTING APPARATUS (18185896)

Abstract

A drying unit includes a first contact heating unit provided inside a housing, and a second contact heating unit provided downstream in a transport direction from the first contact heating unit inside the housing. The first contact heating unit includes a first contact heating surface configured to come into contact with a back surface of a medium after printing. The second contact heating unit includes a second contact heating surface configured to come into contact with the back surface of the medium after printing. The first contact heating surface is curved to have a shape protruding in a direction opposite to the second contact heating surface, and the second contact heating surface is curved to have a shape protruding in a direction opposite to the first contact heating surface. The first contact heating surface has a radius of curvature larger than that of the second contact heating surface.

Inventor

Satoru KATAGAMI

MEDIUM SUPPORTING MECHANISM AND PRINTING APPARATUS (18164244)

Abstract

A medium support portion includes a support face configured to support a medium transported in a transport direction, and a guide groove extending along a width direction at the support face. The guide groove includes a first surface and a second surface. The first surface and the second surface constitute inner walls of the guide groove that extends in the width direction, and are opposed to each other in the transport direction. The medium support portion includes a holding unit configured to hold an end portion of the medium in the width direction, and also includes a contact portion. The contact portion is able to move between a contacting position where the contact portion is in contact with the first surface and the second surface in a state of pressing the first surface and the second surface and a separating position where the contact portion is in contact with the second surface and is spaced apart from the first surface. An operation portion is able to move in a direction from either the first surface or the second surface toward the other surface relative to the holding unit. The contact portion moves from the contacting position to the separating position in association with movement of the operation portion in a direction from the first surface toward the second surface.

Inventor

Nariyuki SUZUKI

PRINTING APPARATUS (18185932)

Abstract

A printing apparatus includes a printing head discharging ink onto a recording medium, a recording medium support unit supporting the recording medium by a support surface, an air intake unit sucking air from suction holes, and a suction region alteration unit. The suction region alteration unit includes a first guide member and a second guide member disposed side by side, a first mobile body movable along the first guide member, a second mobile body movable along the second guide member, a synchronization mechanism synchronizing the movement of the first mobile body and the movement of the second mobile body, a first blocking structure movable together with the first mobile body and the second mobile body and including a first sheet having flexibility, and a first accommodation unit accommodating at least a portion of the first sheet.

Inventor

Akihiro SATAKE

SUPPLY DEVICE FOR ROLL MEDIUM AND RECORDING DEVICE (18320757)

Abstract

A supply device for a roll medium includes a drawer-type lower holding unit configured to support a shaft of a roll medium to hold the roll medium, and a guide member configured to be pressed in a direction toward the shaft from below to come into contact with the roll medium held by the lower holding unit, and be displaced in accordance with a change in an outer diameter of the roll medium. In addition, the lower holding unit is configured to be drawn from a main body of the supply device in a first direction. When the lower holding unit, in a drawn-out state, is stored in the main body of the supply unit, the guide member comes into contact with the roll medium. The guide member is caused to be retracted downward from a travel path of the lower holding unit against a force pressing upward from below.

Inventor

Mitsuru MURATA

RECORDING APPARATUS (18183814)

Abstract

A recording apparatus includes a medium supporting part configured to support a medium, a recording unit configured to perform recording on the medium supported by the medium supporting part, and a housing covering the medium supporting part and the recording unit. An opening for communication between inside and outside of the housing is provided in a first surface and a second surface intersecting the first surface of the housing. The housing includes a housing cover being openable and closable and configured to cover the opening. The housing cover includes a first cover configured to cover the opening in the first surface, and a second cover configured to cover the opening in the second surface. The first cover is coupled to the housing by a first coupling part. The second cover is coupled to the first cover through a second coupling part.

Inventor

Ryuji MORIYAMA

RECORDING APPARATUS (18185128)

Abstract

A recording apparatus includes: a recording portion that performs recording by ejecting a liquid onto a medium; a liquid accommodation portion that accommodates the liquid to be ejected by the recording portion; and a housing that includes an accommodation portion exterior that accommodates the liquid accommodation portion, wherein the liquid accommodation portion includes a viewing region configured that the liquid accommodated is viewed, the accommodation portion exterior of the housing includes a viewing portion that faces the viewing region and is configured that the liquid is viewed, and a lighting portion that takes in light from outside the housing, and an optical path through which the light taken in passes is provided between the liquid accommodation portion and the accommodation portion exterior.

Inventor

Satoshi NAKATA

HOLDING UNIT AND LIQUID DISCHARGE DEVICE (18185188)

Abstract

A holding portion is held by a main body portion. The holding portion includes at least one recording head, a carriage, a cover portion, and a blowing unit. The recording head is capable of discharging ink. The carriage has a bottom wall portion to which at least one recording head is attached, and accommodates the at least one recording head. A cover portion has a facing surface facing the bottom wall portion. The blowing unit blows an air toward the facing surface so that the air reaches the recording head.

Inventor

Katsumasa TANAKA

TRANSPORT DEVICE AND PRINTING APPARATUS (18183196)

Abstract

A transporting belt constituting a transport device transports a medium supported by a front surface in a transport direction. A removal unit includes a blade that comes into contact with the front surface to remove an adhering substance. A plurality of detectors detect a force received by the blade from the transporting belt or a change in the force. A display unit displays information. An adjustment unit is configured to adjust a position of the blade relative to the transporting belt. Each of the detectors are provided corresponding to a respective one of a plurality of regions into which the transporting belt is divided in the width direction intersecting the transport direction. When the control unit determines that there is an abnormal region among the regions based on detection results of the detectors, the control unit causes the display unit to display information indicating the abnormal region.

Inventor

Junpei YAMASHITA

RECORDING DEVICE AND PROGRAM (18185147)

Abstract

A recording device includes an edge detection unit configured to detect an edge of a medium on a conveyance path, and a control unit configured to receive detection information from the edge detection unit, wherein the control unit acquires, based on the detection information from the edge detection unit, a direction of skewing of the medium and/or an amount of the skewing on the conveyance path and outputs skewing information including the direction of the skewing and the amount of the skewing.

Inventor

Satoru ORII

TRANSPORT DEVICE AND RECORDING DEVICE (18183808)

Abstract

A transport device includes a transporting belt having an endless shape and configured to transport a medium, a first roller including a first circumferential surface brought into contact with the transporting belt, the first roller being a roller around which the transporting belt is wound, a second roller including a second circumferential surface brought into contact with the transporting belt, the second roller being a roller around which the transporting belt is wound, a pressing section including a bearing unit including a contact portion brought into contact with the first circumferential surface, the pressing section being configured to press the first circumferential surface on an inner side of the transporting belt, and a support portion disposed on an inner side of the transporting belt and configured to support the pressing section.

Inventor

Ryosuke BAN

TRANSPORT DEVICE AND LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE (18184510)

Abstract

A transport unit includes a glue belt, a pressurizing roller, a roller driving unit, and a control unit. The glue belt includes an adhesive layer. The pressurizing roller presses a medium against the adhesive layer while reciprocating in a Y direction. The roller driving unit generates a driving force for the pressurizing roller to reciprocate. The control unit controls the roller driving unit. The pressurizing roller is separated from the adhesive layer along with reciprocation. The control unit is capable of detecting a load of the roller driving unit, and determines whether the magnitude of the adhesive force of the adhesive layer is less than a target value, based on the load.

Inventor

Satoshi MINEMURA

Method Of Producing Acrylic Copolymer, Dispersant, And Ink Jet Composition (18159262)

Abstract

A method of producing an acrylic copolymer of the present disclosure is a method of producing an acrylic copolymer that contains a RAFT agent, a polymerization initiator, and a monomer including at least an acrylic monomer, in which a mass ratio of an amount of the polymerization initiator to be charged to an amount of the RAFT agent to be charged is preferably 3.0 or greater and 18.0 or less. A mass ratio of an amount of the monomer to be charged to the amount of the RAFT agent to be charged is 100 or greater and 1000 or less. A mass ratio of an amount of the monomer to be charged to the amount of the polymerization initiator to be charged is 50 or greater and 300 or less.

Inventor

Harunobu KOMATSU

Recording Method And Recording Apparatus (18183433)

Abstract

A recording method includes a supply step of supplying an ink composition from an ink chamber to an ink jet head and an adhesion step of discharging the ink composition from the ink jet head and allowing the composition to adhere to a recording medium. The ink chamber receives supply of the ink composition from the ink container and has a capacity of 40 mL or more. The ink composition is an aqueous ink composition containing a pigment and an inorganic oxide particle having a specific gravity equal to or higher than that of the pigment.

Inventor

Kenta UCHIDA

PROJECTOR (18183959)

Abstract

A projector includes a self-luminous display element configured to emit image light that is multicolored and has a predetermined wavelength band for each color of light, a first diffraction element configured to diffract the image light from the display element, and a second diffraction element configured to emit the image light while making angular compensation, by diffracting the image light, for angular separation of the image light occurring depending on the wavelength band of each color of light when diffracted by the first diffraction element.

Inventor

Takashi TAKEDA

METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE (18183961)

Abstract

A method of manufacturing an electro-optical device includes the steps of: forming a recessed portion at an insulating member; forming a first capacitance electrode, a capacitance insulation film, and a second capacitance electrode along the recessed portion; concurrently patterning the first capacitance electrode, the capacitance insulation film, and the second capacitance electrode; removing a portion of the second capacitance electrode; forming an interlayer insulating film; and etching, until a portion of the first capacitance electrode is exposed in plan view, a region where the portion of the second capacitance electrode is removed, to form a contact hole penetrating through the interlayer insulating film and the capacitance insulation film.

Inventor

Shogo TAKAHASHI

PROJECTOR (18184784)

Abstract

A projector has a light modulation device and a projection mechanism. The projection mechanism has a first optical system, a second optical system and a shift mechanism shifting the second optical system. The shift mechanism shifts the second optical system to a first position and a second position different from the first position in directions orthogonal to an optical axis of the second optical system.

Inventor

Kaho TAKEUCHI

PROJECTION DEVICE (18183697)

Abstract

Included are a display panel configured to emit light from a plurality of light-emitting elements in a Z direction, a projection lens configured to project the light emitted from the display panel in the Z direction, a power supply unit configured to supply power to the display panel, and a housing having a tubular shape, the housing accommodating the power supply unit, the display panel, and the projection lens in this order along the Z direction.

Inventor

Yoichi MOMOSE

PROJECTION DEVICE (18184671)

Abstract

A projection device includes a dichroic prism, a first self-luminous display device, a second self-luminous display device, a third self-luminous display device, and a projection optical system. The dichroic prism has a first surface, a second surface, a third surface, and a fourth surface, and is configured to emit combined image light from the fourth surface. The first self-luminous display device is configured to use light of a first wavelength to emit first image light to the first surface. The second self-luminous display device is configured to use light of a second wavelength to emit second image light to the second surface. The third self-luminous display device is configured to use light of a third wavelength to emit third image light to the third surface. The projection optical system is configured to project, onto a projection target, the combined image light emitted from the dichroic prism.

Inventor

Taku NAKAMURA

PROJECTION DEVICE (18185363)

Abstract

A projection device includes a first dichroic mirror configured to transmit light of a first wavelength and reflect light of a second wavelength, a second dichroic mirror configured to transmit the light of the first wavelength and reflect light of a third wavelength, a first self-luminous display device configured to use the light of the first wavelength to emit first image light, a second self-luminous display device configured to use the light of the second wavelength to emit second image light, a third self-luminous display device including a plurality of third light-emitting elements configured to emit the light of the third wavelength, and a projection optical system configured to project, onto a projection target, image light obtained by being combined by the first dichroic mirror and the second dichroic mirror.

Inventor

Taku NAKAMURA

Solar Watch (18183378)

Abstract

A solar watch includes a dial at a solar cell, wherein a decorative member is provided at the dial, the dial includes a subdial, a transflective plate is provided between the solar cell and the dial, the transflective plate has a first region selectively provided at a portion overlapping the subdial, a second region provided at a portion overlapping an outer periphery of the dial, and a third region coupling the first region and the second region, and the third region is selectively provided at a portion overlapping the decorative member.

Inventor

Atsushi KOBAYASHI

Timepiece Component Decoration Method And Timepiece Component (18184397)

Abstract

A timepiece component decoration method includes a base formation step of forming a pattern shape on a base material of a timepiece component and using the pattern shape as a base, a first light-transmissive layer formation step of forming, on a surface of the base, a first light-transmissive layer using a light-transmissive resin, a first liquid repellent treatment step of performing a liquid repellent treatment on a surface of the first light-transmissive layer, and a first printed layer formation step of, to form a first printed layer, ejecting ink and printing a pattern shape by an inkjet method on the surface of the first light-transmissive layer on which the liquid repellent treatment was performed, after the first liquid repellent treatment step.

Inventor

Toshinori NAKAZAWA

Dial Decoration Method And Dial (18184425)

Abstract

A dial decoration method of the present disclosure is a dial decoration method including a base formation step of forming a pattern shape on a base material and using the pattern shape as a base, and a printed layer formation step of forming a printed layer on a surface side of the base, and the printed layer formation step includes printing a pattern shape, to form the printed layer, by changing a density of dots of ink ejected by an inkjet method.

Inventor

Toshinori NAKAZAWA

DISPLAY METHOD, DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM (18122798)

Abstract

A display method includes displaying a first image representing a first user and a second image representing a second user on a display surface on which a camera is arranged, obtaining information representing a position of the camera on the display surface, outputting a sound made by the first user, displaying the first image at a position, the position being closer to a position of the camera than a position at which the second image is displayed is, during a period in which the sound made by the first user is output, and transmitting an image obtained by the camera during the period in which the sound made by the first user is output, to a terminal device used by the first user.

Inventor

Takahiro ANO

Method For Producing Insulator-Coated Soft Magnetic Powder, Insulator-Coated Soft Magnetic Powder, Dust Core, Magnetic Element, Electronic Device, And Vehicle (18184362)

Abstract

A method for producing an insulator-coated soft magnetic powder includes: a mixing step of mixing a soft magnetic powder and a ceramic powder to obtain a mixture; a first compression bonding step of pulverizing the ceramic powder by applying mechanical energy to the mixture; and a second compression bonding step of fusing, by applying to the mixture mechanical energy larger than the mechanical energy in the first compression bonding step, the pulverized ceramic powder to surfaces of particles of the soft magnetic powder and obtaining an insulator-coated soft magnetic powder, after the first compression bonding step.

Inventor

Atsushi NAKAMURA

SATELLITE SIGNAL RECEPTION DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF SATELLITE SIGNAL RECEPTION DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE (18183722)

Abstract

A baseband control unit operates a reception unit and stores a reception signal in a sampling memory unit, and then stops an operation of the reception unit and causes a correlation computation processing unit to compute a correlation value for searching for a position information satellite based on the stored reception data. The baseband control unit operates the reception unit and stores the reception data in a bank  in a part of a first period of periods continuous in order at time intervals of 20 ms, and stops the reception unit and causes the correlation computation processing unit to compute a correlation value for searching for and tracking the position information satellite based on the reception data stored in the bank  in a remaining period of 1 ms.

Inventor

Naoki GOBARA

PRINTING SYSTEM AND PRINTING APPARATUS (18185131)

Abstract

A printing system includes a company server and a printing apparatus. The printing apparatus is used in business-use printing and private-use printing. The printing apparatus includes: a printing section performing printing on a medium by using a printing agent; and a waste agent collecting section collecting as a waste agent, the portion of the printing agent that is consumed by the printing section but is discarded without being used in printing on the medium. The printing system includes a determination section and an estimation section. The determination section determines whether the printing agent as the waste agent is discarded in business-use printing or private-use printing. The estimation section estimates an amount of printing agent determined by the determination section to be discarded in business-use printing.

Inventor

Masaharu IWAMOTO

PROJECTION DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PROJECTION DEVICE (18183209)

Abstract

A projection device includes a display panel including a plurality of OLEDs that emit light in a predetermined direction, and an optical path shift element that shifts an optical path of light emitted from the plurality of light emitting elements. The display panel turns on the plurality of OLEDs in a light emission sub-frame, turns off the plurality of OLEDs in a vertical scanning blanking period, and turns on the plurality of OLEDs in a light emission sub-frame, and the optical path shift element fixes the optical path in the light emission sub-frame and shifts the optical path in the vertical scanning blanking period.

Inventor

Yoichi MOMOSE

DISPLAY METHOD AND DISPLAY SYSTEM (18122975)

Abstract

A display method includes: acquiring information representing a size of a projection area of a projector; acquiring an input image including a person; generating information representing a size of a face of the person included in the input image, based on the information representing the size of the projection area; correcting the input image in such a way that the size of the face of the person included in the input image becomes closer to life size in the projection area, based on the information representing the size of the face of the person; generating projection image data representing a projection image including the input image; and displaying the projection image in the projection area, based on the projection image data.

Inventor

Yohei AOKI

PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT (18121624)

Abstract

A piezoelectric element includes an adhesion layer formed at a vibration plate and containing titanium, a lower electrode formed at the adhesion layer, a diffusion reduction layer formed at the lower electrode and containing iridium, a seed layer formed at the diffusion reduction layer and containing bismuth, a piezoelectric layer formed at the seed layer and containing potassium, sodium, and niobium, and an upper electrode formed at the piezoelectric layer.

Inventor

Koji OHASHI