Medium processing apparatus and method of controlling the medium processing apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorRyota Kondo
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Abstract
A medium processing apparatus includes a sensor that is intermittently energized and detects a predetermined physical quantity and outputs the detection value in the energization period, the sensor stabilizing its output after an output stabilization period, which is shorter than the energization period, has lapsed, a storage unit that stores the detection value that has been detected by the sensor before the lapse of the energization period and after the lapse of the output stabilization period, and a controller that reads the detection value from the storage unit and performs a predetermined process by using the detection value read.
Claims16
A medium processing apparatus comprising:
- a sensor configured to detect a medium and output a detection value;
- a storage configured to store the detection value;
- and
- a controller configured to control the sensor and the storage,
- the controller being configured to intermittently energize the sensor, acquire the detection value from the sensor after a lapse of a predetermined period of time from start of energization, and acquire the detection value from the storage after start of energization and before the lapse of the predetermined period of time, wherein the period of time is determined in accordance with characteristics of the sensor.
A method of controlling a medium processing apparatus including a sensor configured to detect a medium and output a detection value and a storage configured to store the detection value, the method comprising:
- intermittently energizing the sensor;
- and
- acquiring the detection value from the sensor after a lapse of a predetermined period of time from start of energization, and acquiring the detection value from the storage after start of energization and before the lapse of the predetermined period of time,
- wherein the period of time is determined in accordance with characteristics of the sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.