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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2018
Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Kouichi Numao, Fujimi, JP;
Takao Semba, Hachioji, JP;
Koji Tamura, Higashiyamato, JP;
Junji Hobo, Hino, JP;
Takayuki Fukushima, Tokorozawa, JP;
CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An expansion device includes: a thermal distension unit configured to thermally distend a thermally-expandable sheet by irradiating the thermally-expandable sheet with predetermined energy; a reading unit configured to read identifiers provided at predetermined positions of the thermally-expandable sheet; and a setting unit configured to set an amount of energy per unit area to be emitted on the thermally-expandable sheet by the thermal distension unit depending on whether (i) a second identifier as well as a first identifier has been read, or (ii) whether a predetermined part of the first identifier has been read but another part has not been read, as a result of reading the identifiers by the reading unit.