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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2015
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Masaki Tsukida, Matsumoto, JP;
Yuichi Nishihara, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A liquid consuming apparatusincludes a photosensorcapable of facing a prismprovided in a liquid container, and a control unit. The control unitperforms remaining status determination processing for determining remaining status of liquid in the liquid container, based on a detection signal detected by the photosensordue to reflection from the prismwhen light is emitted by the photosensor, performs ambient light determining processing for determining whether or not the remaining status determination processing is affected by ambient light, based on the detection signal detected by the photosensorwhen light is not emitted by the photosensor, and continues printing until the end of printing on a sheet that is being printed, even if the control unitdetermines that the influence of ambient light is present, by the ambient light determination processing during execution of printing.