US 12,113,945 B2
Recording device having placing tray with integrated light source
Tomoyuki Oi, Matsumoto (JP); and Yusuke Kato, Shiojiri (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/192,574.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-055309 (JP), filed on Mar. 30, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0319203 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 1/00 (2006.01); G06K 15/02 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 1/0066 (2013.01) [G06K 15/02 (2013.01); G06K 15/021 (2013.01); H04N 1/00663 (2013.01); H04N 1/00724 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A recording device comprising:
a recording unit configured to perform recording on a medium;
a placing part including a placing surface for placement of the medium, the placing part being configured to move in a front-rear direction including a position facing the recording unit;
an illumination mechanism disposed at the placing part and configured to emit light from a light source provided inside the placing part in an illumination pattern toward the placing surface;
an input unit configured to receive illumination instruction information specifying the illumination pattern; and
a control unit, wherein
the control unit is configured to change the illumination pattern of the illumination mechanism, based on the illumination instruction information received by the input unit,
the illumination mechanism includes a plurality of light shielding plates corresponding to the illumination pattern, and
the illumination instruction information includes information specifying the light shielding plate; and the control unit makes a notification of the information specifying the light shielding plate.