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Utility
Toner and image forming method
13 Jul 20
A toner includes toner particles, wherein the toner particles contain a polymer containing a structural unit derived from an azobenzene derivative having a polymerizable group.
Seijiro Takahashi, Haruo Horiguchi, Toyoko Shibata
Filed: 8 Jul 19
Utility
Image forming apparatus
13 Jul 20
An image forming apparatus comprises a conveying member configured to convey paper along a paper path, an image reading unit configured to read a surface of the paper conveyed by the conveying member along the paper path, and a color sample member.
Shougo Fukai
Filed: 7 Jan 19
Utility
Setting control device that changes from one area to another, setting control method, and program
13 Jul 20
A non-transitory recording medium storing a computer readable program causes a computer to perform: a) detecting a change from a first area to a second area according to a change in a usage area of a setting control device; b), in a case where the change in the usage area is detected in a), determining whether to change a setting value of each of a plurality of setting items; and c) performing control for the setting values of the plurality of setting items, wherein, in c), a setting value of a change target item, which is a setting item whose setting value is determined to be changed is changed to a value corresponding to the second area, and a setting value of a non-change target item which is a setting item other than the change target item is maintained as a value before the usage area is changed.
Takanobu Sugiyama, Xingyue Li, Masanori Nishida
Filed: 9 Apr 19
Utility
Paper conveyance device, image forming apparatus, paper conveyance control method, and recording medium
13 Jul 20
A paper conveyance device includes: an upstream roller and a downstream roller being arranged at an interval in a paper conveyance path; paper conveyance guides being arranged between the upstream and downstream roller in the paper conveyance path to guide both surfaces of paper along the paper conveyance path during paper conveyance; drivers that drive the upstream and downstream roller independently; and a processor that measures the load torques on the upstream and downstream roller, that judges whether or not the paper is rubbing against one of the paper conveyance guides with reference to the load torques on the upstream and downstream roller, the load torques being obtained by the processor, and that performs controlled paper conveyance with reference to the load torques on the upstream and downstream roller depending on the result of the judgment being obtained by the processor.
Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Hitoshi Asano, Toshikazu Higashi, Tomonobu Tamura
Filed: 26 Nov 18
Utility
Management server, connection support method, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium encoded with connection support program
13 Jul 20
A management server disposed outside a firewall and supporting connection of communications between a control target device disposed inside the firewall and a cloud server disposed outside the firewall, includes a server-side session establishing portion to, based on a request from a relay device disposed inside the firewall, establish a session with the relay device, a device information acquiring portion to acquire device information about the control target device from the relay device via the established session, and an update determining portion to, in response to reception of a request of connecting to the control target device from the cloud server, determine whether to update the device information.
Hisashi Uchida, Kazumi Sawayanagi, Noriaki Asamoto, Masami Yamada, Shuji Yoneda, Kazuya Anezaki, Akihiro Torigoshi, Yasutaka Ito
Filed: 4 Feb 15
Utility
Image forming apparatus including an illuminator to illuminate a work target located in a space between an image reader and an image former
13 Jul 20
An image forming apparatus of an internal ejection type in which a sheet ejection space is provided between an image reader and an image former, the image forming apparatus includes: an illuminator provided on a wall surface partitioning the sheet ejection space; a detector that detects a position of a work target enabled to move in pulling-out and storing directions within the sheet ejection space; and a controller that performs on/off control of the illuminator depending on a detection position of the detector, wherein in a case where it is detected that the work target is in a work position for performing human work, the controller performs on/off control of the illuminator to illuminate a work target portion that faces an interior of the sheet ejection space of the work target and is subjected to the human work.
Tsutomu Ohata
Filed: 5 Jul 18
Utility
Image processing apparatus
13 Jul 20
An image processing apparatus includes: a volatile storage device; a hardware processor that executes an information process using the volatile storage device; and a nonvolatile storage device that stores data to be used for the information process, wherein in response to a condition that makes it impossible to continue the information process being satisfied while the information process is being executed, the hardware processor generates a snapshot of the volatile storage device and stores the snapshot in an area of the nonvolatile storage device having a use other than snapshot storage, and in response to a condition that makes it possible to resume the information process being satisfied, the hardware processor reads the snapshot from the nonvolatile storage device and resumes the information process.
Shin Ohba
Filed: 21 Mar 19
Utility
Fixing Device, Image Forming Apparatus, Control Method, and Computer Program
8 Jul 20
A fixing device includes: an endless fixing belt; a heat source that is disposed on an inner circumferential side of the fixing belt and is capable of adjusting an amount of heat generation with supplied electric power; a pressure receiver disposed on the inner circumferential side of the fixing belt; a pressure applier that presses the pressure receiver, to form a fixing nip with the fixing belt; a temperature detector that detects a temperature of an outer circumferential surface of the fixing belt in the heat source; a controller that controls power supply to the heat source, to adjust a detected temperature to be detected by the temperature detector to a target temperature; a temperature difference detector that detects a temperature difference between an inner circumferential surface and the outer circumferential surface of the fixing belt; and a corrector that corrects the target temperature of the controller.
Takuto SHIBUYA
Filed: 12 Dec 19
Utility
Image Processing Device, Method for Controlling Image Processing Device, and Program
8 Jul 20
An image processing device includes a displayer; and a hardware processor that obtains voice recognition data that is a voice recognition result related to a voice vocalized in a state in which at least one operation screen is displayed in the displayer, determines a search target character string on the basis of the voice recognition data, executes search processing of searching for one voice operation command that agrees with the search target character string among a plurality of voice operation commands including a voice operation command group related to a first screen related to the image processing device, and a voice operation command group related to a second screen displayed according to user's operation for the first screen, and executes processing corresponding to the one voice operation command that has been searched for by the hardware processor.
Hozuma NAKAJIMA
Filed: 12 Jan 20
Utility
Image Forming Apparatus
8 Jul 20
An image forming apparatus includes a cleaning unit that includes a cleaning blade, a coating roller that comes in contact with an image carrier on an upstream side, in a conveyance direction, of the image carrier than the cleaning blade and coats toner onto the image carrier, and a plate member that comes in contact with the coating roller and coats toner onto the coating roller, and controls a contact force changer that changes a contact force of the plate member relative to the coating roller and/or a contact force of the coating roller relative to the image carrier, correspondingly to a change of an index with regard to the contact force of the coating roller.
Hiroyuki UI
Filed: 7 Jan 20
Utility
Image Forming Method
8 Jul 20
An image forming method includes: discharging an inkjet actinic ray curable white ink containing an actinic ray polymerizable compound, a gelling agent, and titanium oxide from a nozzle of an inkjet head to attach the inkjet actinic ray curable white ink to a surface of a recording medium; irradiating the inkjet actinic ray curable white ink attached to the surface of the recording medium with an actinic ray to cure the inkjet actinic ray curable white ink; discharging an inkjet actinic ray curable ink containing an actinic ray polymerizable compound from a nozzle to attach the inkjet actinic ray curable ink to a surface of a white cured film obtained by curing the inkjet actinic ray curable white ink; and irradiating the inkjet actinic ray curable ink attached to the surface of the white cured film with an actinic ray to cure the inkjet actinic ray curable ink.
Shogo Watanabe, Go Yamaguchi, Masashi Ikeda
Filed: 21 Nov 19
Utility
Orthosis Manufacturing System, System for Generating Correction Data for Manufacturing Orthosis, and Orthosis Manufacturing Method
8 Jul 20
This orthosis manufacturing system is designed to manufacture an orthosis to be fitted on a human body and provided with: an orthosis modeling data generation unit (2) for generating orthosis modeling data (D4) for the orthosis on the basis of three-dimensional data (D1) of the human body generated by measuring the shape of a portion of the human body to which the orthosis is to be fitted, a model shape data (D2) for the orthosis, and manufacture history data (D3) relating to other orthoses manufactured in the past; and an orthosis formation unit (3) for three-dimensionally forming the orthosis on the basis of the modeling data (D4).
Takashi WASHIZU, Yoshikazu TANAKA, Atsushi TAKAHASHI, Takuya ISHIGAI
Filed: 7 Jun 18
Utility
Liquid Ejection Head and Liquid Ejection Device
8 Jul 20
Provided is a liquid ejection head including: a liquid ejection part including a pressure chamber, a nozzle, and a liquid discharge flow path; a liquid storage part including a supply liquid chamber and a discharge liquid chamber; and a flow path part including an intermediate supply flow path and an intermediate discharge flow path.
Hironobu YAMAGUCHI, Takashi MATSUO
Filed: 29 May 18
Utility
Image Forming Apparatus and Program
8 Jul 20
An image forming apparatus includes: a restriction information acquisition part that acquires print function restriction information corresponding to a user; a document acquisition part that acquires an HTML document from a Web server; a print command receiver that receives a print command; an analyzer that analyzes whether designated print setting information is included in the HTML document; a print setting determination part, in which in a case where an analysis result indicates that the designated print setting information is included in the HTML document, the print setting determination part determines, in accordance with the designated print setting information, a print setting, and in a case where an analysis result indicates that the designated print setting information is not included in the HTML, document, the print setting determination part determines the print setting in accordance with the print-function restriction information; and a print execution part that prints the print object.
KEISHI SAKUMA
Filed: 3 Dec 19
Utility
Dynamic analysis system
6 Jul 20
A dynamic analysis system includes: an analytic value calculation unit configured to calculate an analytic value in a plurality of time phases on the basis of a dynamic image in the plurality of time phases obtained by performing dynamic photography on the chest of a subject; a ventilation state calculation unit configured to calculate, using a non-linear function, an index value representing a ventilation state of a lung field from the analytic value in the plurality of time phases; a display unit; and a control unit configured to display the index value calculated on the plurality of time phases, on the display unit.
Masayuki Nakazawa, Keiko Itaya
Filed: 11 Jun 17
Utility
Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and an ultrasound signal processing method
6 Jul 20
An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus that transmits an ultrasound beam using an ultrasound probe including transducers and generates acoustic line signal subframe data, includes: a transmitter that causes transmission transducer arrays to transmit the ultrasound beam; a receiver that generates a reception signal sequence; and a delay-and-sum part that performs delay-and-sum operation, wherein the receiver includes part receivers, the delay-and-sum part includes: part delay-and-sum parts that perform delay-and-sum to generate an acoustic line signal so as to generate acoustic line signal partial subframe data; part folding parts that extract an acoustic line signal sequence and arrange the acoustic line signals to generate acoustic line signal partial subframe folded data; a main summing part that sums the acoustic line signal partial subframe folded data to generate acoustic line signal subframe folded data; and a re-sequence part that re-sequences the acoustic line signals to generate the acoustic line signal subframe data.
Mineo Tsushima
Filed: 1 Apr 18
Utility
Sheet feeding parameter management system
6 Jul 20
A sheet feeding parameter management system includes: a plurality of air sheet feeding apparatuses each including an air sheet feeder that feeds a sheet and enabled to change a sheet feeding parameter; and a management apparatus connected to the plurality of air sheet feeding apparatuses, wherein each of the plurality of air sheet feeding apparatuses includes: a sheet type information acquisitor that acquires sheet type information; and a hardware processor that: adjusts the sheet feeding parameter; and transmits the sheet type information and the sheet feeding parameter to the management apparatus, and the management apparatus includes the hardware processor that: causes a storage to store an adjustment result associated with the sheet type information and the sheet feeding parameter; and sets, based on the adjustment result, for an air sheet feeding apparatus to be processed among the plurality of air sheet feeding apparatuses.
Eiji Nishikawa, Takahiro Yokoya, Noritaka Shimizu
Filed: 6 Dec 18
Utility
Image forming apparatus capable of evaluating the consumption of a fixing belt, control method and control program thereof
6 Jul 20
An image forming apparatus includes a fixer that fixes toner adhering to a sheet that passes through a fixing nip, the fixer including: an endless fixing belt that rotates; and a presser that presses the fixing belt to form the fixing nip between the fixing belt and the presser.
Junichi Arai
Filed: 12 Feb 19
Utility
Inkjet recorder and method of detecting malfunction
6 Jul 20
An inkjet recorder includes at least one nozzle ejecting ink, at least one piezoelectric element, a power unit, and a processor.
Kyohei Hayashi, Akira Takeya
Filed: 20 Jun 18
Utility
Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and storage medium
6 Jul 20
An image forming apparatus includes the following.
Satoru Nagata
Filed: 7 Jul 19