Posture detecting device, recording apparatus including the same, lenticular sheet, and method for detecting posture of medium

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8684480
APP PUB NO 20120236050A1
SERIAL NO

13360025

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There is provided a posture detecting device including: a detecting mechanism movable in a scanning direction relatively to a medium to detect a detection target; and a posture determining mechanism determining a tilt of the medium from a reference posture based on a detection result of the detection target, wherein as the detection target, the medium has a plurality of first detection targets each extending in an intersecting direction intersecting with the scanning direction at a predetermined angle and arranged at equal intervals in the scanning direction; and a plurality of second detection targets each extending in the scanning direction and arranged at equal intervals in the intersecting direction, under a condition that the medium is in the reference posture.

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  • BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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Sugahara, Hiroto Ama, JP 337 2364

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