SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION patent applications on August 1st, 2024
Patent Applications by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION on August 1st, 2024
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION: 40 patent applications
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION has applied for patents in the areas of B41J2/14 (5), B41J2/045 (5), H03H9/05 (4), B41J29/38 (3), H04N1/00 (3) B41J3/60 (2), B41J2/04563 (2), B29C31/061 (1), G06F3/0485 (1), G06F3/1238 (1)
With keywords such as: surface, portion, section, medium, ink, printing, liquid, side, configured, and circuit in patent application abstracts.
Patent Applications by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Inventor(s): Asami KAJIHARA of SHIOJIRI-SHI (JP) for seiko epson corporation, Hidenobu MARUYAMA of AZUMINO-SHI (JP) for seiko epson corporation
IPC Code(s): B29C31/06, B29C64/329, B29K55/02, B33Y40/00
CPC Code(s): B29C31/061
Abstract: in a material supply device for supplying a material to a plasticizing unit that plasticizes the material to generate a plasticized material, the material supply device includes: a housing having an inlet through which the material is fed into the plasticizing unit, and configured to accommodate the material; and a supply mechanism provided in the housing, positioned above the inlet, and configured to intermittently supply the material to the inlet. the housing has an inclined wall that defines an accommodation space for the material above the supply mechanism and is inclined such that a volume of the accommodation space is reduced downward, and the supply mechanism at least partially overlaps the inclined wall when viewed from a vertical direction.
Inventor(s): Asami URAMOTO of SHIOJIRI-SHI (JP) for seiko epson corporation, Hidenobu MARUYAMA of AZUMINO-SHI (JP) for seiko epson corporation, Kenta ANEGAWA of MATSUMOTO-SHI (JP) for seiko epson corporation
IPC Code(s): B29C45/46, B29C45/17, B29C45/47, B29C45/60, B29C45/74, B29K21/00, B29K105/00
CPC Code(s): B29C45/464
Abstract: a plasticizing device includes: a flat screw having a groove formation surface in which a spiral groove is formed and configured to rotate about a rotation axis by a motor; a barrel having a facing surface facing the groove formation surface in a direction of the rotation axis; a heater configured to heat the material supplied between the groove formation surface and the facing surface; and a screw case accommodating the flat screw and having a supply port through which the material is supplied to the groove. the flat screw includes a first side surface in which an introduction port for introducing the material from the supply port into the groove is partially formed, and a second side surface provided on a side farther away from the barrel than the first side surface. a first distance which is a shortest distance between the first side surface and the screw case is larger than a second distance which is a shortest distance between the second side surface and the screw case, and a recessed portion is formed in the second side surface.
20240253310. Three Dimensional Shaping Device_simplified_abstract_(seiko epson corporation)
Inventor(s): Masayuki GOZU of Ina (JP) for seiko epson corporation
IPC Code(s): B29C64/35, B29C64/245, B29C64/295, B33Y30/00, B33Y40/00
CPC Code(s): B29C64/35
Abstract: a three dimensional shaping device includes an ejection section that includes a nozzle and configured to eject a shaping material; a stage on which the shaping material is layered; a cleaning section including at least one cleaning member that rotates about a rotation axis; a movement section configured to change relative positions of the ejection section, the stage, and the cleaning section; and a control section. the control section controls the movement section to execute a cleaning operation of bringing the cleaning member and the nozzle into contact with each other while reciprocating the nozzle relative to the cleaning section so that the nozzle passes across the cleaning member a plurality of times and in the cleaning operation, the nozzle comes into contact with the cleaning member at different positions in a forward path and a return path of the nozzle by rotating the cleaning member about the rotation axis.
20240253345. LIQUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(seiko epson corporation)
Inventor(s): Makoto TAKAMUKU of Matsumoto (JP) for seiko epson corporation
IPC Code(s): B41J2/045
CPC Code(s): B41J2/04541
Abstract: a liquid discharging apparatus includes: a first drive circuit outputting a first drive signal based on the second base drive signal; and a first discharging head including a first discharging portion and a first switching circuit, in which when the state information signal does not include information indicating an abnormality in a state, the second control circuit outputs the second discharge control signal based on the first discharge control signal, and when the state information signal includes the information indicating an abnormality in the state, the second control circuit outputs the second discharge control signal for controlling the first switching circuit not to supply the first drive signal to the first discharging portion.
20240253346. HEAD UNIT AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(seiko epson corporation)
Inventor(s): Masayuki KAWAKAMI of Matsumoto (JP) for seiko epson corporation, Yasuhiko KOSUGI of Matsumoto (JP) for seiko epson corporation
IPC Code(s): B41J2/045, B41J2/14
CPC Code(s): B41J2/04563
Abstract: there is provided a head unit in which a first print head that ejects a liquid includes: a first nozzle for ejecting the liquid according to change in the volume of the first pressure chamber; and a first temperature detection section that detects first temperature information corresponding to a temperature of the first pressure chamber and outputs the first temperature information as a first temperature signal, and a temperature information output circuit that outputs a temperature information signal indicating a temperature of the first print head includes: a first amplification circuit that amplifies a difference between a first reference potential signal and the first temperature signal, an output control circuit that outputs a temperature information signal according to an output of the first amplification circuit, and a reference voltage control circuit that controls a voltage value of the first reference potential signal.
20240253347. PRINT HEAD AND LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(seiko epson corporation)
Inventor(s): Shunsuke KASAI of Minowa-machi (JP) for seiko epson corporation
IPC Code(s): B41J2/045, B41J2/14
CPC Code(s): B41J2/04563
Abstract: a print head includes an ejection module that ejects a liquid by receiving a corrected drive signal, wherein the ejection module includes a piezoelectric element including a piezoelectric body, the piezoelectric body being located between a first electrode and a second electrode, a pressure chamber substrate located on one side of the vibration plate in the stacked direction and provided with a pressure chamber whose volume changes due to deformation of the vibration plate, a nozzle that ejects a liquid according to a change in volume of the pressure chamber, and a temperature detection unit that is located on the other side of the vibration plate, wherein the drive signal is corrected based on n pieces of temperature information, where n is a natural number of 2 or more, corresponding to the temperature of the pressure chamber detected by the temperature detection unit at different timings.
20240253351. HEAD UNIT AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(seiko epson corporation)
Inventor(s): Masayuki KAWAKAMI of Matsumoto (JP) for seiko epson corporation, Kenichi OE of Matsumoto (JP) for seiko epson corporation, Shunsuke KASAI of Minowa-machi (JP) for seiko epson corporation
IPC Code(s): B41J2/045, B41J2/14
CPC Code(s): B41J2/04588
Abstract: a head unit includes: a print head that ejects the liquid by receiving a logic signal and the drive signal; and a temperature information output circuit that outputs the temperature information signal indicating a temperature of the print head, in which the print head includes: a piezoelectric element driven by receiving the drive signal; a pressure chamber substrate provided with a pressure chamber having a volume that changes due to deformation of the vibration plate; and a temperature detection section configured to detect the head temperature information corresponding to a temperature of the pressure chamber and to output the head temperature information as a head temperature signal, and the temperature information output circuit outputs the temperature information signal based on the head temperature signal acquired during a period when a logic level of the logic signal does not change.
Inventor(s): Satoshi SHIRAI of MATSUMOTO-SHI (JP) for seiko epson corporation, Taro TAKEKOSHI of SHIOJIRI-SHI (JP) for seiko epson corporation
IPC Code(s): B41J2/14, B41J2/16
CPC Code(s): B41J2/14
Abstract: the flow path unit including: a flow path base material absorbent to laser light; and a flow path member that is transparent to laser light and is welded to the flow path base material, the flow path base material has a first surface and a second surface, a welding region to be welded to the flow path member is formed at the first surface, a relay flow path that is a portion of a flow path is defined by welding the flow path member to the welding region, the flow path member has a welding surface welded to the welding region, an opposite surface that is a surface opposite to the welding surface, and a coupling pipe that extends from the opposite surface, a coupling flow path that is a portion of the flow path opens in the coupling pipe, the coupling flow path communicates with the relay flow path.
20240253353. LIQUID EJECTING METHOD_simplified_abstract_(seiko epson corporation)
Inventor(s): Koki HIRATA of NAGANO-SHI (JP) for seiko epson corporation, Shun KATSUIE of MATSUMOTO-SHI (JP) for seiko epson corporation
IPC Code(s): B41J2/14, B41J2/145
CPC Code(s): B41J2/1433
Abstract: a liquid ejecting method is a liquid ejecting method of ejecting a plurality of types of liquids from a liquid ejecting head including nozzle arrays, the liquid ejecting method including ejecting a first-liquid from a first-nozzle-array of the liquid ejecting head; and ejecting a second-liquid that is different in type from the first-liquid from a second-nozzle-array of the liquid ejecting head, in which the liquid ejecting head is configured to move relative to one or a plurality of media, and in a state in which the relative movement is stopped, the liquid ejecting head forms a first-liquid-droplet formed by the first-liquid ejected from the first-nozzle-array and a second-liquid-droplet formed by the second-liquid-ejected from the second-nozzle-array on one medium among the one or plurality of media in the same period such that the first-liquid-droplet and the second-liquid-droplet do not overlap each other.
20240253356. LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(seiko epson corporation)
Inventor(s): Shunsuke KURAMATA of SHIOJIRI-SHI (JP) for seiko epson corporation, Toshio KUMAGA of SHIOJIRI-SHI (JP) for seiko epson corporation, Ken INOUE of SHIOJIRI-SHI (JP) for seiko epson corporation
IPC Code(s): B41J2/165
CPC Code(s): B41J2/16505
Abstract: a liquid ejection device is a liquid ejection device to which a liquid accommodation portion accommodating a liquid containing a solvent is attached, and includes a liquid ejection portion in which a nozzle that ejects the liquid is open, a cap that forms a space communicating with the nozzle by coming into contact with the liquid ejection portion, an atmosphere flow path coupled to the liquid accommodation portion and the cap, and a dehumidification portion that dehumidifies an atmosphere inside at least any one of the liquid accommodation portion, the cap, and the atmosphere flow path.
20240253357. Liquid Ejecting Apparatus_simplified_abstract_(seiko epson corporation)
Inventor(s): Kento NAWA of Shiojiri (JP) for seiko epson corporation, Shigeki SUZUKI of Matsumoto (JP) for seiko epson corporation
IPC Code(s): B41J2/165, B41J2/045
CPC Code(s): B41J2/16523
Abstract: there is provided a liquid ejecting apparatus including: a liquid ejecting head having an ejection surface provided with nozzle arrays and configured to execute a printing operation; a liquid storage section; and a control section configured to execute the printing operation, in which the nozzle arrays include a first nozzle array and a second nozzle array, when the liquid storage section is not coupled to the first nozzle array and is coupled to the second nozzle array, the control section is configured to execute a first mode in which the second nozzle array is used without using the first nozzle array for the printing operation, and when the first mode is executable, the control section executes a sequence including cleaning in which a liquid entering the first nozzle array is discharged from the first nozzle array.
Inventor(s): Makoto FURUHATA of Matsumoto (JP) for seiko epson corporation, Yasuhiro HOSOKAWA of Shiojiri (JP) for seiko epson corporation
IPC Code(s): B41J2/175
CPC Code(s): B41J2/17513
Abstract: a liquid discharge apparatus includes a storage section including a plurality of walls and storing a liquid in a space surrounded by the plurality of walls, a discharging section that discharges the liquid supplied from the storage section, a first electrode and a second electrode that are provided on a first surface of a first wall among the plurality of walls for detecting a remaining amount of the liquid in the storage section, and a protrusion portion that is provided on a second surface of the first wall opposite to the first surface, in which the protrusion portion is located between the first electrode and the second electrode in a first direction, which is a direction in which the liquid decreases in the storage section.
20240253365. PRINTING SYSTEM_simplified_abstract_(seiko epson corporation)
Inventor(s): Hiroyuki KOSUGE of MATSUMOTO-SHI (JP) for seiko epson corporation
IPC Code(s): B41J3/60, B41J13/02, B41J29/38
CPC Code(s): B41J3/60
Abstract: a printing system includes a first printing machine including a first medium accommodation section configured to accommodate a medium and a first printing section configured to print on the medium transported from the first medium accommodation section and a second printing machine including a second medium accommodation section configured to accommodate the medium and a second printing section configured to print on the medium transported from the second medium accommodation section, wherein the second printing machine is provided downstream of the first printing machine in the transport direction of the medium and when the medium in the first medium accommodation section runs out, the medium in the second medium accommodation section is configured to enable transport to the first printing machine.
20240253366. PRINTING SYSTEM_simplified_abstract_(seiko epson corporation)
Inventor(s): Shota SAKAGAMI of AZUMINO-SHI (JP) for seiko epson corporation
IPC Code(s): B41J3/60, B41J29/13, B41J29/38
CPC Code(s): B41J3/60
Abstract: a printing system includes a first printing machine having a first printing section configured to print on a medium and a first in-machine inversion section configured to inverse the medium; a first inversion device having a first in-device inversion section configured to inverse the medium from the first printing machine and a bypass transport section configured to transport the medium from the first printing machine toward a second printing machine without via the first in-device inversion section; the second printing machine having a second printing section configured to print on the medium from the first inversion device; and a control section, wherein when printing is performed on the medium in a state where an abnormality has occurred in the first in-device inversion section, the control section transports the medium inversed by the first in-machine inversion section toward the second printing machine via the bypass transport section.
20240253375. PRINT HEAD_simplified_abstract_(seiko epson corporation)
Inventor(s): Masaki MIURA of Matsumoto, Nagano (JP) for seiko epson corporation
IPC Code(s): B41J29/377
CPC Code(s): B41J29/377
Abstract: a print head that discharges a liquid includes: a nozzle plate in which a nozzle aperture through which the liquid is to be discharged in an ejection direction is formed, the nozzle plate being mounted on a liquid ejection surface; a housing that accommodates at least a portion of the nozzle plate; and a handle positioned opposite the nozzle plate in the ejection direction. the handle has a greater strength than that of the housing. at least a portion of the handle is aligned with the nozzle plate in a normal direction of the nozzle plate.
20240253376. PRINTING SYSTEM_simplified_abstract_(seiko epson corporation)
Inventor(s): Chiaki SHIMADA of AZUMINO-SHI (JP) for seiko epson corporation
IPC Code(s): B41J29/38, B41J13/00
CPC Code(s): B41J29/38
Abstract: a printing system includes a first printing section configured to print by ejecting ink from a first printing section onto the surface of a medium; a second printing section that is provided downstream of the first printing section in the transport direction of the medium and that is configured to print by ejecting ink onto the rear surface of the transported medium; and a control section, wherein when printing on both surfaces of the medium, the control section determines which of first print data and second print data is to be printed first at the first printing section and later at the second printing section, based on the print duties of the first print data to be printed on the first surfaces, which is one surface of the medium, and the second print data to be printed on the second surfaces, which is the other surface of the medium.
20240253379. Recording Method And Recording Apparatus_simplified_abstract_(seiko epson corporation)
Inventor(s): Naoki KOIKE of Matsumoto (JP) for seiko epson corporation, Ippei OKUDA of Shiojiri (JP) for seiko epson corporation
IPC Code(s): B41M3/00, B41M5/00, C09D11/106, C09D11/324, C09D11/54
CPC Code(s): B41M3/008
Abstract: a recording method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a recording method to perform recording on a recording medium in a manner such that while a relative position between an ink jet head and the recording medium is transferred, a scan to eject an ink from the ink jet head so as to be adhered to the recording medium is performed a plurality of times for the recording. the method described above includes a step of adhering a treatment liquid containing an aggregating agent to the recording medium; a step of ejecting a color ink composition containing a colorant from the ink jet head so as to be adhered to the recording medium; and a step of ejecting a clear ink composition containing a resin from the ink jet head so as to be adhered to the recording medium. in the recording method described above, the color ink composition is adhered to the same scan region by performing the scan at least two times, the clear ink composition is adhered by the same scan as a final scan of the at least two scans to a scan region of the recording medium to which the color ink composition is adhered, and an adhesion amount of the clear ink composition adhered by the final scan in the region to which the color ink composition and the clear ink composition are adhered is 80 percent by mass or more of a total adhesion amount of the clear ink composition in the region.
20240253925. PRINTING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(seiko epson corporation)
Inventor(s): Nobuhiko HAMADA of SHIOJIRI-SHI (JP) for seiko epson corporation
IPC Code(s): B65H16/00, B65H18/08
CPC Code(s): B65H16/005
Abstract: a printing apparatus includes: a feeding portion configured to feed a medium from a roll; a transport unit configured to transport the fed medium along a transport path; a printing unit configured to discharge a liquid on the medium; an air blowing unit disposed downstream of the printing unit in the transport path and configured to blow air toward the medium; and a control unit configured to control blowing air by the air blowing unit, in which the air blowing unit includes a fan configured to generate airflow and a case configured to accommodate the fan, the case includes a blow port open toward the transport path, and after the printing unit starts printing on the medium and a leading end of the medium reaches an overlapping region that overlaps with the blow port as viewed toward air blown from the blow port, the control unit starts driving the fan.
Inventor(s): Yuta ASAKAWA of Azumino (JP) for seiko epson corporation
IPC Code(s): C09D11/322, B41M7/00, C09D11/033
CPC Code(s): C09D11/322
Abstract: an ink jet ink composition according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is an aqueous ink jet ink composition containing a color material, a silicone-based surfactant, and a water-soluble low-molecular-weight organic compound, in which the ink jet ink composition is used for recording on a recording medium that is a low-absorptive recording medium or a non-absorptive recording medium, and the silicone-based surfactant has a cloud point of 30� c. or higher when mixed at a mass ratio of silicone-based surfactant:propylene glycol:water=1:9:90, and has a surface tension of 30 mn/m or less in each of a 0.1% by mass aqueous solution and a 0.1% by mass propylene glycol solution.
Inventor(s): Takako SUGIYAMA of Azumino (JP) for seiko epson corporation, Yuta ASAKAWA of Azumino (JP) for seiko epson corporation, Keigo ANDO of Matsumoto (JP) for seiko epson corporation
IPC Code(s): C09D11/36, B41J2/21, B41M3/00, B41M7/00, C09D11/322, C09D11/38, C09D11/40
CPC Code(s): C09D11/36
Abstract: an ink jet ink composition is a white ink jet ink composition for use in printing on a recording medium that is a low-absorbent recording medium or a non-absorbent recording medium. the ink jet ink composition is an aqueous ink containing water, a white pigment, an organic solvent, resin particles, an alkanolamine, and an inorganic alkali. the organic solvent contains a diol-based organic solvent. the diol-based organic solvent contains a diol-based organic solvent with a normal boiling point of 220� c. or lower. the content of the diol-based organic solvent with a normal boiling point of 220� c. or lower is 60% by mass or more with respect to the total mass of the diol-based organic solvent. the resin particles contain a resin with a glass transition point of 75� c. or lower.
20240254357. Ink Set And Recording Method_simplified_abstract_(seiko epson corporation)
Inventor(s): Yuta ASAKAWA of Azumino (JP) for seiko epson corporation
IPC Code(s): C09D11/54, C09D11/30
CPC Code(s): C09D11/54
Abstract: an ink set includes a process liquid containing a flocculant; a first ink composition that contains a color material, is a thick ink, and is an aqueous ink; and a second ink composition that contains a color material, the content of the color material being smaller than that of the color material in the first ink composition, is a thin ink in a similar color to that of the first ink composition, and is an aqueous ink. when the second ink composition and a 5 mass % aqueous solution of calcium propionate are mixed at a mass ratio of “the former: the latter=10:1”, the viscosity increasing rate of the former is 2.2 times or more. the second ink composition satisfies one or more of the following requirements (1) and (2): (1) containing a pigment as the color material, wherein the pigment is dispersed in a dispersant resin, and the dispersant resin is a block copolymer including a block having a carboxy group and a block not having a carboxy group; and (2) containing one or more of maleic acid, acrylic, and urethane water-soluble resins that are soluble in a solvent component of the ink.
Inventor(s): Masayoshi TODOROKIHARA of Suwa (JP) for seiko epson corporation
IPC Code(s): G01P15/00
CPC Code(s): G01P15/00
Abstract: a vibration rectification error correction device includes a reference signal generation circuit that outputs a reference signal, a first frequency delta-sigma modulation circuit that performs frequency delta-sigma modulation on the reference signal by using a first measured signal to generate a first frequency delta-sigma modulated signal, a first filter, a second filter that operates in synchronization with the reference signal, and a first timing control circuit that controls a timing of outputting an input signal in synchronization with the first timing signal, in which the first filter and the first timing control circuit are provided on a signal path from an output of the first frequency delta-sigma modulation circuit to an input of the second filter.
Inventor(s): Kosuke TABAYASHI of Azumino-Shi (JP) for seiko epson corporation, Norikazu KADOTANI of Azumino-Shi (JP) for seiko epson corporation
IPC Code(s): G02B26/00, G03B21/16, G03B21/20
CPC Code(s): G02B26/008
Abstract: a phosphor unit includes: a phosphor wheel; a peripheral wall surrounding the phosphor; a heat receiving plate facing the phosphor wheel, and spaced apart from the phosphor wheel; and a heat receiving fin fixed to the heat receiving plate and surrounded by the peripheral wall. the phosphor wheel includes a substrate configured to rotate around the rotation axis, a wavelength conversion portion, and a heat dissipating fin, and including first fins that generate an airflow in a direction from a center toward outside by rotation of the substrate and dissipate heat transferred from the wavelength conversion portion to the airflow. the heat receiving fin includes second fins through which an airflow circulating from the phosphor wheel to the phosphor wheel via the peripheral wall and the heat receiving plate flows, and that receives heat from the flowing airflow and transfers the heat to the heat receiving plate.
20240255826. TUNABLE INTERFERENCE FILTER_simplified_abstract_(seiko epson corporation)
Inventor(s): Akira SANO of Matsumoto-shi (JP) for seiko epson corporation
IPC Code(s): G02F1/21
CPC Code(s): G02F1/213
Abstract: a tunable interference filter includes: a first substrate provided with a first reflection film; and a second substrate provided with a second reflection film facing the first reflection film with a gap between the first reflection film and the second reflection film. the first substrate includes a movable portion that is a portion where the first reflection film is provided, a diaphragm portion surrounding the movable portion, and a base portion supporting the movable portion via the diaphragm portion to allow displacement of the movable portion in a thickness direction, the diaphragm portion is a portion in which a thickness at the first substrate is thinner than a thickness of the base portion due to a groove opened in a surface of the first substrate, and a width of a bottom portion of the groove is larger than a width of an opening of the groove.
20240255838. ILLUMINATION APPARATUS AND PROJECTOR_simplified_abstract_(seiko epson corporation)
Inventor(s): Hiroaki MIYA of Matsumoto-shi (JP) for seiko epson corporation
IPC Code(s): G03B21/20
CPC Code(s): G03B21/204
Abstract: an illumination apparatus includes a light source device configured to a light containing a first color light, a second color light, and a third color, and a polarization converter converting a first polarized light of the light emitted from the light source device into a second polarized light, wherein the polarization converter has a polarization separation part separating the light emitted from the light source device into the first polarized light and the second polarized light, and a wave plate converting the first polarized light into the second polarized light, 80% or more of the first color light output from the light source device is the second polarized light, and a wavelength at which polarization rotation efficiency of the wave plate is the highest is longer than a peak wavelength of the second color light and shorter than a peak wavelength of the third color light.
Inventor(s): Ikuo MASUJIMA of ASAHI-MURA (JP) for seiko epson corporation
IPC Code(s): G06F3/0485, G06F3/0488, H04N1/00
CPC Code(s): G06F3/0485
Abstract: a printing system according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a touch panel display and a printing mechanism that performs printing according to a print setting configured using the touch panel display. the touch panel display is configured to selectively display a plurality of print setting sets in which a plurality of setting items are arranged in a vertical direction, and setting values corresponding to the plurality of setting items are arranged at respective positions in a horizontal direction with respect to the plurality of setting items.
Inventor(s): Yasuhiro FURUTA of SHIMOSUWA-MACHI (JP) for seiko epson corporation
IPC Code(s): G06F3/12
CPC Code(s): G06F3/1238
Abstract: a relay server includes: a device identification information acquisition unit configured to acquire, from a second terminal device, identification information on an image forming device that is included in a code image, the code image being attached to the image forming device and read by the second terminal device; and a printing controller configured to acquire, from a first printing service system, a printing job designated to use a predetermined virtual device registered in the first printing service system and transmit a request to a second printing service system to cause the image forming device identified by the identification information to execute printing for the printing job.
Inventor(s): Yasuaki HIRAI of SHIOJIRI-SHI (JP) for seiko epson corporation, Naoshi FURUTA of SHIOJIRI-SHI (JP) for seiko epson corporation, Tetsuya KOBAYASHI of SHIOJIRI-SHI (JP) for seiko epson corporation, Ayana KODAMA of MATSUMOTO-SHI (JP) for seiko epson corporation, Hiromi NISHIMURA of SHIOJIRI-SHI (JP) for seiko epson corporation, Tatsuo ASADA of MATSUMOTO-SHI (JP) for seiko epson corporation, Noriyuki NUKAGA of MATSUMOTO-SHI (JP) for seiko epson corporation, Satoshi JOBETTO of HIJI-MACHI (JP) for seiko epson corporation, Fumika MATSUZAKI of MATSUMOTO-SHI (JP) for seiko epson corporation, Yoko CHINO of OKAYA-SHI (JP) for seiko epson corporation
IPC Code(s): G06K15/00
CPC Code(s): G06K15/4075
Abstract: a service providing system includes a providing unit that delivers a dedicated ink cartridge to be installed in place of a non-dedicated ink cartridge that was installed in the multifunction machine before subscribing to the service, a server memory that stores the amount of ink remaining in the non-dedicated ink cartridge, and a permission unit that permits printing using the dedicated ink cartridge according to the remaining amount of ink stored in the server memory when the user withdraws from the service.
Inventor(s): Kazushige TAYUKI of Matsumoto (JP) for seiko epson corporation
IPC Code(s): G09G3/20
CPC Code(s): G09G3/2003
Abstract: an image processing apparatus according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes an acquisition unit acquiring image data, a display unit displaying the acquired image data, a receiving unit receiving an instruction to edit the image data displayed by the display unit from a user, and an output unit outputting the image data edited according to the instruction by the user. the display unit distinguishably displays pixels corresponding to a specific color within a color space according to a type of color weakness of the user when displaying the image data.
Inventor(s): Shinji KUBOTA of Ina-Shi (JP) for seiko epson corporation
IPC Code(s): G09G5/377, G06T5/50, G06V10/44, G09G5/373, H04N5/74
CPC Code(s): G09G5/377
Abstract: a program includes causing a processing apparatus to acquire a first captured image representing a result of imaging a range including a first display area that has a corner, the first display area being located on a projection surface on which a first projection image is displayed by a first projection apparatus, detect, by performing image processing on the first captured image, a plurality of first feature points corresponding to a corner of a first image indicating the first display area in the first captured image, and display, by controlling a display apparatus, a first superimposed image obtained by superimposing at least a part of a plurality of first display images selected by a user on the first captured image, the plurality of first display images corresponding one-to-one to the plurality of first feature points.
20240258202. SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND VIBRATOR DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(seiko epson corporation)
Inventor(s): Yusuke Matsuzawa of Chino-shi (JP) for seiko epson corporation
IPC Code(s): H01L23/48, H01L21/02, H03H9/05
CPC Code(s): H01L23/481
Abstract: a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate including a first surface and a second surface and having a first through hole, a first insulating layer placed on the first surface, including a fourth surface, and having a second through hole, a second insulating layer placed on the second surface and having a first opening portion, a first conducting layer exposed from the second insulating layer by the first opening portion, an organic insulating layer placed on the fourth surface, a side surface of the second through hole, a side surface of the first through hole, a side surface of the first opening portion, and a surface of the first conducting layer, and a second conducting layer placed on a surface of the organic insulating layer and a surface of the first conducting layer, wherein the side surface of the second through hole is a first tapered surface.
20240258971. VIBRATOR DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(seiko epson corporation)
Inventor(s): Ryuta Nishizawa of Nagano-shi (JP) for seiko epson corporation, Junichi Takeuchi of Chino-shi (JP) for seiko epson corporation
IPC Code(s): H03B5/04, H03B5/12, H03B5/32, H03H9/05, H03H9/19
CPC Code(s): H03B5/04
Abstract: a vibrator device includes: a base having an integrated circuit disposed at a second surface; a vibration element; and a lid having an end surface of a side wall bonded to a first surface of the base at a bonding portion. the integrated circuit includes a first circuit and a second circuit, the first circuit includes a plurality of first circuit elements disposed in a first region ara, and the second circuit includes a second circuit element disposed in a second region arb. at this time, the following relations are established.
20240258971. VIBRATOR DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(seiko epson corporation)
Inventor(s): Ryuta Nishizawa of Nagano-shi (JP) for seiko epson corporation, Junichi Takeuchi of Chino-shi (JP) for seiko epson corporation
IPC Code(s): H03B5/04, H03B5/12, H03B5/32, H03H9/05, H03H9/19
CPC Code(s): H03B5/04
Abstract:
20240258981. Method Of Manufacturing Vibration Element_simplified_abstract_(seiko epson corporation)
Inventor(s): Osamu KAWAUCHI of Shiojiri (JP) for seiko epson corporation, Takashi YAMAZAKI of Shiojiri (JP) for seiko epson corporation, Takuro KOBAYASHI of Minowa (JP) for seiko epson corporation
IPC Code(s): H03H3/02, H03H9/215
CPC Code(s): H03H3/02
Abstract: a method of manufacturing a vibration element includes: manufacturing, by wet etching, a piezoelectric substrate including a vibration element, a frame portion, and a coupling portion that couples the frame portion and the vibration element; and folding the vibration element at the coupling portion and separating the vibration element from the frame portion. in the manufacturing of the piezoelectric substrate by the wet etching, the coupling portion is formed with a first groove portion, and a first protruding portion and a second protruding portion. the first protruding portion has a first outer shape side that defines an outer shape of the coupling portion and a second outer shape side that defines a boundary between the first protruding portion and the first groove portion, and is formed in a shape in which a distance between the first outer shape side and the second outer shape side decreases as a distance from the outer shape side of the vibration element increases. the second protruding portion has a third outer shape side that defines the outer shape of the coupling portion and a fourth outer shape side that defines a boundary between the second protruding portion and the first groove portion, and is formed in a shape in which a distance between the third outer shape side and the fourth outer shape side decreases as a distance from the outer shape side of the vibration element increases.
20240258988. VIBRATOR DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(seiko epson corporation)
Inventor(s): Ryuta Nishizawa of Nagano-shi (JP) for seiko epson corporation, Junichi Takeuchi of Chino-shi (JP) for seiko epson corporation
IPC Code(s): H03H9/05, H03B5/04, H03B5/32, H03H9/02, H03H9/19
CPC Code(s): H03H9/0547
Abstract: a vibrator device includes: a base including a semiconductor substrate having an integrated circuit disposed at a first surface; a vibration element electrically coupled to the integrated circuit; and a lid having an end surface of a side wall bonded to the first surface at a bonding portion. a first circuit of the integrated circuit includes a first circuit element disposed in a first region overlapping the bonding portion in a plan view. the first circuit element is a passive element or a transistor, and �<90� is satisfied, � being an angle formed by the first surface and an inner side surface of the side wall.
20240258989. VIBRATOR DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(seiko epson corporation)
Inventor(s): Ryuta Nishizawa of Nagano-shi (JP) for seiko epson corporation, Junichi Takeuchi of Chino-shi (JP) for seiko epson corporation
IPC Code(s): H03H9/05, H03H9/10, H03H9/19
CPC Code(s): H03H9/0557
Abstract: a vibrator device includes: a base including a semiconductor substrate having an integrated circuit disposed at a second surface; a vibration element electrically coupled to the integrated circuit; and a lid having an end surface of a side wall bonded to a first surface at a bonding portion. a first circuit of the integrated circuit includes a first circuit element disposed in a first region overlapping the bonding portion in a plan view. the first circuit element is a passive element or a transistor, and �>90� is satisfied, � being an angle formed by the first surface and an inner side surface of the side wall.
20240259509. ELECTRONIC DEVICE_simplified_abstract_(seiko epson corporation)
Inventor(s): Munetoyo AONO of MATSUMOTO-SHI (JP) for seiko epson corporation, Motofumi OTANI of MATSUMOTO-SHI (JP) for seiko epson corporation
IPC Code(s): H04N1/00
CPC Code(s): H04N1/00496
Abstract: the printing device includes an operation section , an angle adjustment mechanism , a locking mechanism , and a raising mechanism . the locking mechanism switches from the locked state to the unlocked state when a specific operation is performed on the operation section in the locked state. the angle adjustment mechanism is provided with the receiving member provided in the operation section , and a contacting member for holding the operation section at an arbitrary angle by the raising mechanism of the operation section . the receiving member is provided with a portion where the contacting force of the contacting member to the receiving member becomes smaller than the predetermined force in the process that the operation section is raised by the prescribed angle.
20240259512. IMAGE READING APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(seiko epson corporation)
Inventor(s): Seiji Tezuka of Kitakyushu (JP) for seiko epson corporation, Noriyuki Koyanagi of Kitakyushu (JP) for seiko epson corporation, Naoki Sakamoto of Kitakyushu (JP) for seiko epson corporation
IPC Code(s): H04N1/04, B65H3/52, B65H5/00, B65H5/30, B65H7/00, H04N1/00
CPC Code(s): H04N1/04
Abstract: a scanner includes a reading unit that reads an image of a paper, a medium feeding portion that is capable of selecting a first feeding mode in which a separation feeding for separately feeding a paper bundle in which a plurality of sheets of paper is overlapped with each other is performed and a second feeding mode in which a non-separation feeding for collectively feeding the paper bundle without separating is performed, and a pair of first transporting rollers and a pair of second transporting rollers that transport the paper fed by the medium feeding portion, in a case in which the medium feeding portion feeds the paper in the second feeding mode, a first driven roller and a second driven roller respectively constituting the pair of first transporting rollers and the pair of second transporting rollers are driven in a rotation direction where the paper is transported.
Inventor(s): Kodai FURUKAWA of Matsumoto-shi (JP) for seiko epson corporation, Kazunori MAETA of Matsumoto-shi (JP) for seiko epson corporation, Shohei SHIMOMA of Matsumoto-shi (JP) for seiko epson corporation, Satoru NAGAREKAWA of Matsumoto-shi (JP) for seiko epson corporation
IPC Code(s): H05K7/20, G03B21/16
CPC Code(s): H05K7/20281
Abstract: a flow path diagnosis method includes: acquiring the number of rotations of a pump configured to send a refrigerant for cooling a cooling target to a flow path through which the refrigerant circulates; acquiring an environmental temperature; setting a first threshold value as a threshold value of the number of rotations when the environmental temperature is lower than a first temperature; setting a second threshold value higher than the first threshold value as the threshold value when the environmental temperature is equal to or higher than the first temperature; determining that the flow path is normal when the number of rotations is less than the threshold value; and determining that the flow path is abnormal when the number of rotations is equal to or more than the threshold value.
20240260372. DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(seiko epson corporation)
Inventor(s): Hitoshi Ota of Shiojiri-shi (JP) for seiko epson corporation
IPC Code(s): H10K59/35
CPC Code(s): H10K59/353
Abstract: in each of a plurality of pixels, a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, and a third sub-pixel are adjacent to each other, a first light-emitting region overlaps a second when viewed in a first direction, a third light-emitting region overlaps the first and second regions when viewed in a second direction orthogonal to the first, the first light-emitting region has a shape including a first notch on a side opposite to the second light-emitting region which has a shape including a second notch on a side opposite to the first in plan view from a third direction orthogonal to the first and second directions, at least one of a first contact hole and a third contact hole of an adjacent pixel of the plurality of pixels is provided in a region of the first notch, and a second contact hole is provided in a region of the second notch.
20240260376. DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS_simplified_abstract_(seiko epson corporation)
Inventor(s): Takumi KODAMA of Chino-shi (JP) for seiko epson corporation
IPC Code(s): H10K59/38, H10K59/127, H10K59/80
CPC Code(s): H10K59/38
Abstract: a display device including a first substrate and a second substrate bonded to each other via an adhesive is provided. the first substrate includes a support substrate including a substrate surface at a side facing the second substrate, a plurality of light-emitting elements provided at a substrate surface side of the support substrate, a first color filter and a second color filter respectively provided at a second substrate side of a first light-emitting element and a second light-emitting element of the light-emitting elements, a light-shielding layer provided at the substrate surface side of the support substrate, surrounding the light-emitting elements, and including a layer made of the same material as the first color filter and a layer made of the same material as the second color filter, and a wall portion provided at a side of the light-shielding layer opposite to the support substrate and surrounding the light-emitting elements.
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION patent applications on August 1st, 2024
- SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
- B29C31/06
- B29C64/329
- B29K55/02
- B33Y40/00
- CPC B29C31/061
- Seiko epson corporation
- B29C45/46
- B29C45/17
- B29C45/47
- B29C45/60
- B29C45/74
- B29K21/00
- B29K105/00
- CPC B29C45/464
- B29C64/35
- B29C64/245
- B29C64/295
- B33Y30/00
- CPC B29C64/35
- B41J2/045
- CPC B41J2/04541
- B41J2/14
- CPC B41J2/04563
- CPC B41J2/04588
- B41J2/16
- CPC B41J2/14
- B41J2/145
- CPC B41J2/1433
- B41J2/165
- CPC B41J2/16505
- CPC B41J2/16523
- B41J2/175
- CPC B41J2/17513
- B41J3/60
- B41J13/02
- B41J29/38
- CPC B41J3/60
- B41J29/13
- B41J29/377
- CPC B41J29/377
- B41J13/00
- CPC B41J29/38
- B41M3/00
- B41M5/00
- C09D11/106
- C09D11/324
- C09D11/54
- CPC B41M3/008
- B65H16/00
- B65H18/08
- CPC B65H16/005
- C09D11/322
- B41M7/00
- C09D11/033
- CPC C09D11/322
- C09D11/36
- B41J2/21
- C09D11/38
- C09D11/40
- CPC C09D11/36
- C09D11/30
- CPC C09D11/54
- G01P15/00
- CPC G01P15/00
- G02B26/00
- G03B21/16
- G03B21/20
- CPC G02B26/008
- G02F1/21
- CPC G02F1/213
- CPC G03B21/204
- G06F3/0485
- G06F3/0488
- H04N1/00
- CPC G06F3/0485
- G06F3/12
- CPC G06F3/1238
- G06K15/00
- CPC G06K15/4075
- G09G3/20
- CPC G09G3/2003
- G09G5/377
- G06T5/50
- G06V10/44
- G09G5/373
- H04N5/74
- CPC G09G5/377
- H01L23/48
- H01L21/02
- H03H9/05
- CPC H01L23/481
- H03B5/04
- H03B5/12
- H03B5/32
- H03H9/19
- CPC H03B5/04
- H03H3/02
- H03H9/215
- CPC H03H3/02
- H03H9/02
- CPC H03H9/0547
- H03H9/10
- CPC H03H9/0557
- CPC H04N1/00496
- H04N1/04
- B65H3/52
- B65H5/00
- B65H5/30
- B65H7/00
- CPC H04N1/04
- H05K7/20
- CPC H05K7/20281
- H10K59/35
- CPC H10K59/353
- H10K59/38
- H10K59/127
- H10K59/80
- CPC H10K59/38
