Recording Device Placement Portion Height Adjustment Mechanism

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing recording devices require a high workload for adjusting the height of a placement portion to accommodate media of varying thicknesses, as they need to repeatedly move and check the position in multiple steps to ensure accurate alignment with the recorder, leading to inefficiency and potential errors.

Innovation Solution

A recording device with a placement portion, a recorder, an adjustment mechanism, a movement mechanism, a medium detector, an input portion, and a notification system that allows for precise height adjustment by moving the placement portion to a detectable position, detecting the medium's position, and notifying the user to adjust accordingly, reducing the need for multiple reciprocations and improving accuracy.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If the placement portion is adjusted in multiple steps with repeated reciprocation to ensure accurate alignment, then the alignment accuracy is improved, but the adjustment workload and time consumption increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvealignment accuracyVSAvoidadjustment time

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary detection of the medium's front end position before final alignment. The detector detects the medium at a first position, and the placement portion is preliminarily adjusted to a first adjusted position based on this detection, reducing the need for multiple reciprocations and achieving accurate alignment more efficiently

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses detector feedback to control the adjustment process. The detector continuously provides feedback on the medium's position, and the controller automatically adjusts the placement portion based on this feedback, enabling accurate alignment without requiring manual repeated reciprocation and detection

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

2Measurement precision

If the placement portion is adjusted in multiple steps with repeated reciprocation to ensure accurate alignment, then the alignment accuracy is improved, but the operational complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvealignment accuracyVSAvoidadjustment operation ease

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs self-adjustment through automatic control. The controller automatically adjusts the placement portion based on detector feedback without requiring manual intervention for each adjustment step, making the operation simpler and more intuitive for the user

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system replaces manual mechanical adjustment with automatic control. Instead of requiring manual reciprocation and detection, the controller automatically controls the placement portion's position based on detector feedback, substituting mechanical manual operation with automated control

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Adaptability or versatility

If the placement portion is moved to accommodate media of various thicknesses, then the adaptability is improved, but the adjustment workload increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemedia thickness adaptabilityVSAvoidadjustment operation ease

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically adjusts the placement portion's position based on the detected medium characteristics. The placement portion can be adjusted to different positions (first adjusted position, second adjusted position) depending on the medium's front end position and thickness, providing adaptability while maintaining ease of operation through automatic control

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS12138910B2Recording device and control method for recording device

Publication Date: 2024.11.12 SEIKO EPSON CORP

AI summary

A recording device includes a recorder, a placement portion, an adjustment mechanism, a movement mechanism, a medium detector, an input portion, and a notification portion. The recorder performs a first operation of moving the placement portion to a first position to cause at least a portion of the placement portion to be located at a detection position, causing the medium detector to detect, at the first position, whether or not the medium is at a reference position, and causing the notification portion to notify information based on a detection result of the medium detector, and a second operation of moving the placement portion to cause an entire region of the placement portion in a second direction to pass through the detection position, causing the medium detector to detect whether or not the medium is at the reference position while the medium is passing through the detection position, and causing the notification portion to notify the information based on the detection result of the medium detector.