US 12,187,056 B2
Liquid ejecting apparatus
Kazunori Hiramatsu, Nagano (JP); Yuichi Shikagawa, Nagano (JP); and Mamoru Ukita, Nagano (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/186,982.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-046481 (JP), filed on Mar. 23, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0302836 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 29/393 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 29/393 (2013.01) [B41J 2029/3935 (2013.01); B41J 2203/01 (2020.08)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A liquid ejecting apparatus that forms an image by ejecting a liquid, the liquid ejecting apparatus comprising:
an ejecting head for ejecting the liquid; and
a camera unit for acquiring a state of the ejecting head, wherein
the camera unit includes
a camera for imaging an object,
a housing in which the camera is housed and which includes an opening on an imaging path that couples the camera and the object, and
an opening/closing member configured to open and close the opening,
the opening/closing member includes
a reference chart serving as a reference for adjustment of the camera and
a chart cover,
in a first mode, the opening/closing member brings the opening into a closed state, and the chart cover covers the reference chart,
in a second mode, the opening/closing member brings the opening into an open state, and the chart cover covers the reference chart,
and in a third mode, the opening/closing member brings the opening into the closed state, and the chart cover does not cover the reference chart.