Seiko Epson Corporation

Yoshikawa Rf Systems Co., Ltd.

Noboru Asauchi

Yasuhiko Kosugi

Koichi Otsuki

Takakazu Fukano

Satoshi Shinada

Taku Ishizawa

Shuichi Nakano

Eitaro Otsuka

Izumi Nozawa

Yuji Aoki

Hiroyuki Kawate

Hisashi Koike

Mitsuhiro Yamamura

Yuichi Nishihara

Yukiharu Suda

Eiichi Ishii

Shinichi Yamada

Yoshihiro Nakamura

Kenichi Oe

Masahiko Yoshida

Akihisa Wanibe

Toshihisa Saruta

Noboru Tamura

Toshiki Usui

Jun Sato

Takao Miyazawa

Yukimitsu Fujimori

Hideki Okumura

Minoru Koyama

Tomio Yokoyama

Kiyoshi Mukaiyama

Mitsuto Yanagisawa

Toshihiko Katayama

Yusaku Nakamura

Hisanori Maruyama

Masayoshi Katayama

Michiko Kawaji

A printing material container is detachably attachable to a printing apparatus having a plurality of apparatus-side terminals. The printing material container comprises a first device, a second device, and a terminal group that includes a plurality of first terminals, at least one second terminal and at least one third terminal. The plurality of first terminals are connected to the first device and respectively include a first contact portion for contacting a corresponding terminal among the plurality of apparatus-side terminals. The at least one second terminal is connected to the second device and includes a second contact portion for contacting a corresponding terminal among the plurality of apparatus-side terminals. The at least one third terminal is for the detection of shorting between the at least one second terminal and the at least one third terminal and includes a third contact portion for contacting a corresponding terminal among the plurality of apparatus-side terminals. The at least one second contact portion, the plurality of the first contact portions, and the at least one third contact portion are arranged so as to form one or multiple rows. The at least one second contact portion is arranged at an end of one row among the one or multiple rows.

Printing material container, and board mounted on printing material container

A workpiece processing method includes a carry-in step of carrying a workpiece into the field of view of a magnifier, a work step of performing predetermined work on the workpiece based on an image provided via the magnifier, and a carry-out step of carrying the workpiece out of the field of view of the magnifier. A robot performs at least one of the carry-in step and the carry-out step as well as the work step.

Workpiece processing method

A method for driving a hand includes: detecting a relative position of a first finger part and a second finger part as of when the first finger part and the second finger part pinch a target object therebetween, as a reference relative position, by a position detection unit; moving the relative position of the first finger part and the second finger part to a target relative position where the first finger part and the second finger part are spaced further apart from each other than at the reference relative position by an amplitude of vibration or more, by a drive unit, on accepting an instruction to release the target object pinched by the first finger part and the second finger part; and causing at least one of the first finger part and the second finger part to vibrate by the drive unit, when the target relative position is achieved.

Method for driving hand, and hand

An optical module includes a substrate that has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface and provided with a first hole portion having an opening surface on at least the first surface, an optical element that is provided on the substrate, the optical element having an optical axis located along a thickness direction from the first surface toward the second surface and located in the first hole portion, and a first light shielding portion that is provided on an inner peripheral surface which intersects the opening surface of the first hole portion and has a higher light shielding property than the substrate.

Optical module and electronic apparatus

A printing material container detachably attachable to a printing apparatus having apparatus-side terminals. The container can comprise an electrical device, a memory device and a plurality of terminals. First and second terminals can be coupled to the electrical device and a plurality of memory terminals can be coupled to the memory device. Terminal contact portions are present where the terminals contact a respective apparatus side contact forming member. A short detection contact portion can be positioned to contact a contact forming member that itself is coupled to a short detection circuit of the printing apparatus. The terminals can be arranged with the memory terminal contact portions located to the left of the second terminal contact portion and to the right of the first terminal contact portion. The contact portion that is second farthest to the right can be the third contact portion.

A printing material cartridge comprises: a memory device; a plurality of first terminals through which a power source voltage and signals for operating the memory device are supplied from a printing apparatus; and a plurality of second terminals to be used for detecting attachment conditions of the printing material cartridge in a cartridge attachment unit. The plurality of first terminals have a plurality of first contact portions that get in contact with corresponding apparatus-side terminals when the printing material container is properly attached to the cartridge attachment unit. The plurality of second terminals have a plurality of second contact portions that get in contact with corresponding apparatus-side terminals when the printing material container is properly attached to the cartridge attachment unit. The plurality of first and second contact portions are arranged so as to form a first row and a second row. Four contact portions among the plurality of second contact portions are placed at both ends of the first and second rows, respectively.

Printing apparatus, printing material cartridge, adaptor for printing material container, and circuit board

A circuit board of an ink cartridge is provided with a plurality of terminals, with the contact portions of the plurality of terminals forming a plurality of lines. The contact portions of two terminals used for detecting installation are positioned in a first line, and the contact portion of a power terminal is positioned between the two terminals. The first line may be positioned to a leading side when the ink cartridge is moved in a prescribed direction to effect installation in a printer. Alternatively, the first line may be the line closest to an opening of an ink delivery port. Alternatively, the first line may be the line closest to an ink delivery needle.

Recording material delivery system for recording material-consuming apparatus; circuit board; structural body; and ink cartridge

A printing apparatus includes a printing material containerincluding a storage device, a plurality of storage device terminals, a first and a second individual mounting detection terminal DT, DT, a first and a second cartridge out detection terminal CO, CO; an individual mounting detection portion; a cartridge out detection portion; a storage portion; and a controller. In an energy-saving mode, the controllersets the individual mounting detection portionto a disabled state and sets the cartridge out detection portionto an enabled state, and if the cartridge out detection portiondetects a cartridge out state, writes that detection result to the storage portion.

Printing apparatus

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Nagano-ken, Japan

Noboru Asauchi