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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2020
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Takahiro Netsu, Nagano, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/04 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01); H04N 1/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/17566 (2013.01); H04N 1/03 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is an electronic apparatus including an image reading unit that reads a document by using a first sensor module having m linear image sensor chips, an ink tank, a print head, and a second sensor module having n (n<m) linear image sensor chips and detecting light incident from the ink tank, and a processing unit that detects an amount of ink in the ink tank based on an output of the second sensor module.