US 12,128,672 B2
Recording device
Yuya Yumoto, Shiojiri (JP); Junpei Yamashita, Azumino (JP); Osamu Murayama, Yamagata-mura (JP); Shinya Yamazaki, Asahi-mura (JP); Nobuaki Kamiyama, Matsumoto (JP); and Shigenori Nakagawa, Tatsuno-machi (JP)
Assigned to Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/931,798.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-150052 (JP), filed on Sep. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0079017 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. B41J 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B41J 11/009 (2013.01) 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A recording device comprising:
a recording unit configured to perform recording by ejecting a liquid onto a medium configured to transmit an ultrasonic wave;
a transport unit configured to transport the medium;
an imaging unit configured to capture an image of the medium;
an ultrasonic wave sensor including:
a transmission unit configured to transmit an ultrasonic wave to the medium, and
a reception unit configured to receive an ultrasonic wave transmitted by the transmission unit; and
a control unit configured to control an operation of the recording unit, based on an imaging result from the imaging unit and a detection result from the ultrasonic wave sensor, wherein
the transmission unit and the reception unit are positioned sandwiching the medium, and
the reception unit and the imaging unit are positioned adjacent each other on a same side of the medium.