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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2018
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Daisuke Honda, Fukuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 7/12 (2006.01); B65H 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 7/125 (2013.01); B65H 5/062 (2013.01); B65H 2511/524 (2013.01); B65H 2553/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A transporting apparatus includes a speaker and a microphone that are arranged opposite to each other with respect to a transportation path, and a controller that controls a transportation mechanism based on microphone output obtained by causing the microphone to acquire a sound emitted by the speaker. The controller uses the microphone to acquire the sound emitted by the speaker and changes, based on the microphone output, at least any of a time period during which the speaker is driven, output from the speaker, and the microphone output.