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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2017
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Shuji Otsuka, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiichi Taniguchi, Asahi-Mura, JP;
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a recording apparatus including a recording head that performs recording with respect to a medium at a prescribed distance, a contact section that is capable of being in contact with the medium, a carriage that changes a relative location between the medium and the contact section, and an ultrasonic sensor that is capable of sensing an ultrasonic wave which is generated in a case where the medium is in contact with the contact section. The carriage changes the relative location such that a relative velocity between the medium and the contact section is over a prescribed value (transport velocity of the medium), and the ultrasonic sensor is capable of detecting a state of the medium by sensing the ultrasonic wave.