IP Library Granted Patent US 11,689,673
Granted Patent B2
US 11,689,673 · App. 17/652,283 · Granted Jun 27, 2023

Printing device

Inventors: Chiharu Kobayashi (Nagano, JP); Toru Matsuyama (Nagano, JP)
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
H04N1/00488G06F3/044G06F3/167H04N1/00411
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Patent No.
US 11,689,673
App. No.
17/652,283
Granted
Jun 27, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A printing device includes a panel unit which operation information for operating a printing unit is input, and a speaker that is stored in a main housing of the printing unit and outputs an operating sound, the main housing includes a sound emitting hole that emits the operating sound to an outside of the main housing, the sound emitting hole is located such that at least a part thereof overlaps the panel unit when the panel unit is viewed from the normal direction.

Claims (19)

1. A printing device comprising:

a printing unit that performs printing on a medium;

a panel unit to which operation information for operating the printing unit is input; and

a speaker that outputs an operating sound including at least one of an operation sound corresponding to an operation of the panel unit and a state sound indicating an operating state of the printing unit, wherein

the printing unit includes a printing mechanism that executes a printing operation according to the operation information, a main circuit board including a processor that controls an operation of the panel unit and controls an operation of the printing mechanism based on the operation information, and a main housing that stores the printing mechanism and the main circuit board,

the panel unit includes a display panel, a capacitive touch sensor in which a capacitive position detection sensor and a cover glass are laminated, and a panel circuit board electrically coupled to the capacitive touch sensor,

the speaker is stored in the main housing,

the main housing includes a sound emitting hole that emits the operating sound to an outside of the main housing,

the panel unit is rotatably attached to the printing unit so as to take a first attachment state in which an angle formed by a horizontal direction and a normal direction of the capacitive touch sensor is larger than an angle formed by a vertical direction and the normal direction and a second attachment state in which the angle formed by the horizontal direction and the normal direction is smaller than the angle formed by the vertical direction and the normal direction, and

in at least one of the first attachment state and the second attachment state, the sound emitting hole is located such that at least a part thereof overlaps the panel unit when the panel unit is viewed from the normal direction.

2. The printing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the panel unit includes a first surface on which the capacitive touch sensor receives an input of the operation information, and a second surface which is located facing the first surface and does not receive the input of the operation information, and

a shortest distance between the first surface and the sound emitting hole is longer than a shortest distance between the second surface and the sound emitting hole.

3. The printing device according to claim 1 , wherein

in the first attachment state and the second attachment state, the sound emitting hole is located such that at least a part thereof overlaps the panel unit when the panel unit is viewed from the normal direction.

4. The printing device according to claim 1 , wherein

a size of the capacitive touch sensor in a diagonal direction is 10 inches or more.

5. The printing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the speaker is a piezoelectric speaker that outputs the operating sound by driving a piezoelectric element.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 24, 2022
From: KOBAYASHI, CHIHARU; MATSUYAMA, TORU
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059084/0486 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2021-030431 · Feb 26, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220279081A1 · Sep 1, 2022