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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2006
Yoshiaki Kinoshita, Hata-machi, JP;
Akihiro Ikeda, Tsumi, JP;
Noboru Usui, Ueda, JP;
Yuji Takiguchi, Shiojiri, JP;
Yoshiaki Kinoshita, Hata-machi, JP;
Akihiro Ikeda, Tsumi, JP;
Noboru Usui, Ueda, JP;
Yuji Takiguchi, Shiojiri, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus comprising a first detector for detecting if conveyed work that has passed or is passing a specific position is or is not present at a first position; a calculator for calculating a distance traveled by the conveyed work based on the specific position; and an evaluator that determines the conveyed work was removed if the first detector does not detect the conveyed work when the conveyed work is determined to be present at the first position based on the calculated traveled distance.