ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,179, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).
"Printing apparatus and method of controlling printing apparatus" was invented by Keita Hanawa (Matsumoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control unit performs stop control for stopping an interference detection unit to stop at a stop position when the interference detection unit detects interference as a result of performing first movement control for moving the interference detection unit to one side in a second direction, and performs second movement control for moving the interference detection unit to a predetermined position to the other side opposite to...