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Resin Composition and Molded Body Using Same
10 Jun 20
Provided is a resin composition containing: a thermoplastic resin having a polar group; and a heterocyclic compound containing two or more heteroatoms, wherein the resin composition exhibits a different behavior in elastic strength with a glass transition temperature as a boundary.
Minori TAMAGAWA, Sho OSAWA, Tatsuya HATTORI
Filed: 21 Nov 19
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Measurement Method, Measurement Apparatus, and Measurement System
10 Jun 20
A specimen containing a substance to be measured is introduced into a flow path of a measurement chip including a flow path which is a cavity for accommodating liquid and a reflecting unit which specularly reflects light which passes through the flow path so as to pass through the flow path again and a measurement value indicating an amount of the substance to be measured in the specimen is acquired.
Fumio NAGAI, Tefsuya NODA, Hideyuki FUJll
Filed: 31 Jul 17
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Image Forming Apparatus, Deterioration State Detection Method and Non-transitory Computer-readable Recording Medium Encoded with Deterioration State Detection Program
10 Jun 20
An image forming apparatus includes a developing device that stores a developer including toner, an image carrier that carries a toner image produced by part of the toner stored in the developing device, and a controller, wherein the controller determines a deterioration state of the toner, immediately before being supplied to a recording medium from the image carrier, based on a deterioration amount correlating to deterioration of the toner stored in the developing device.
Noritoshi HAGIMOTO
Filed: 4 Nov 19
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Method and Kit for Detecting Hepatitis B Surface Antigen
10 Jun 20
The present invention pertains to a method for detecting HBsAg with which it is possible to detect HBsAg with high sensitivity even when blood (whole blood) is used as a sample.
Kotaro TERADA
Filed: 11 Jul 18
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Image Forming Apparatus, Method for Controlling Image Forming Apparatus, and Program
10 Jun 20
An image forming apparatus includes: a plurality of image forming parts each of which transfers a toner image to the transfer medium, the plurality of image forming parts being arranged from an upstream side to a downstream side along a moving direction of the transfer medium; a density detector that detects a density of the toner image; and a hardware processor that performs image stabilization control in which a plurality of patch images is formed while levels of parameters of image formation are changed for each of the image forming parts and the parameters are corrected based on respective densities of the patch images detected by the density detector.
Daiki Yamanaka
Filed: 28 Oct 19
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Image Forming Apparatus
10 Jun 20
An image forming apparatus includes: a fusing device having a pad member and a pressure member that works to form a nip region in the interface with the pad member; a contact condition changing mechanism that optimizes the distribution of interfacial pressure in the nip region by changing the contact condition between the pad member and the pressure member, and that changes the contact condition between the pad member and the pressure member by moving either or both of the pad member and the pressure member; an image information sensor that senses image information from a sheet of paper having passed through the nip region; and a processor that makes the contact condition changing mechanism optimize the distribution of interfacial pressure in the nip region with reference to a sensing result obtained by the image information sensor.
Taizou OONISHI
Filed: 13 Nov 19
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Discrimination Device and Image Forming Apparatus
10 Jun 20
Disclosed is a discrimination device that may serve to discriminate a type of a recording medium and may include: a housing unit provided with an opening so as to face a conveyance path on which the recording medium is conveyed; and a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit that are accommodated in the housing unit.
Akira YAMAMURA, Shogo ASAOKA
Filed: 5 Dec 19
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Spectrophotometer
10 Jun 20
Observation light can be applied to a position for measurement without providing large space in a spectrophotometer, and the position for measurement can be easily known.
Takashi KAWASAKI, Hidehiko FUJII, Katsutoshi TSURUTANI
Filed: 23 Apr 18
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Image Forming Apparatus for Correcting Sheet Conveyance Misalignment
10 Jun 20
An image forming apparatus includes a transfer section that transfers an image onto a sheet, a sheet conveying member that is provided upstream of the transfer section in a sheet conveyance direction and conveys the sheet, and a hardware processor that controls displacement of the sheet conveying member in such a way that the sheet is displaced along the width direction of the sheet.
Yasuo SHIOKAWA, Yoshiteru KAWAKAMI, Takahiro OKUBO
Filed: 2 Jan 20
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Air Duct and Image Forming Apparatus
10 Jun 20
Provided is an air duct for guiding air containing scattered toner to a toner collector including a cyclone that centrifugally separates toner from the air containing scattered toner, and a filter that allows the air after the separation of the toner by the cyclone to pass through, the air duct including a first duct that guides the air downward and a second duct that is provided on the toner collector side relative to the first duct and is in communication with a side surface of the first duct, wherein a bottom surface of the first duct is provided on a lower side relative to a lower end of a communication opening for communication between the first duct and the second duct, thereby forming a reservoir that stores the toner.
Kanehiro WATANABE, Shinichi KAWABATA
Filed: 4 Dec 19
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Image Reading Device
10 Jun 20
Disclosed is an image reading device that may include: a first receiver receiving a reading job execution instruction by voice input; a second receiver receiving an instruction to convert first image data into second image data; and a CPU.
Kunihiro MIWA, Kazuhiro ISHIGURO
Filed: 25 Nov 19
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Image Display Apparatus, Image Display Method, and Storage Medium
10 Jun 20
An image display apparatus includes an image obtainer, a hardware processor, and a display.
Takafumi NANJO
Filed: 5 Dec 19
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Image Forming Device, Image Forming System, Image Forming System Control Method, and Non-transitory Computer-readable Recording Medium Storing a Program
10 Jun 20
An image forming device and an image forming system which can perform a sheet setting process for a sheet on which an image or text has already been formed, an image forming system control method, and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program.
Tatsuyoshi HAGA
Filed: 8 Oct 19
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Inkjet Image Formation Method
10 Jun 20
This inkjet image formation method has: a precoat liquid application step in which a precoat liquid is applied to a film substrate, the precoat liquid including a curing agent, a resin having a function group that reacts with the curing agent, and water; a precoat liquid drying step in which the precoat liquid applied to the film substrate is dried to form a precoat layer; an ink application step in which an ink is applied to the precoat layer by an inkjet method, the ink containing at least a coloring material, an organic solvent, and water; and an ink drying step in which the ink applied to the precoat layer is dried to form an image.
Masayuki USHIKU, Haruka MORIYAMA, Hirotaka TAGORI
Filed: 23 Aug 18
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Decorative Print Inspection Apparatus, Decorative Print Inspection System, Method of Inspecting Decorative Print, and Non-transitory Computer-readable Storage Medium Storing Program
10 Jun 20
A decorative print inspection apparatus includes: a type selecting unit that selects a type of decoration; a region selecting unit that selects a decorative region regarding the type of decoration based on data for inspection for a printed material; a setting unit that sets a determination criterion in accordance with the type of decoration; and an inspection unit that determines a state of decoration by inspecting the decorative region in an image acquired by reading the printed material, based on the determination criterion that is set in accordance with the type of decoration.
Koji KITA
Filed: 26 Nov 19
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Image Forming Apparatus, Virus Checking Method and Non-transitory Computer-readable Recording Medium Encoded with Virus Checking Program
10 Jun 20
An image forming apparatus to which an external storage device is attachable and from which the external storage device is detachable, includes a hardware processor, wherein the hardware processor, in response to detection of attachment of the external storage device, checks presence of a computer virus in a plurality of data pieces stored in the external storage device, determines a target data piece to be processed from among the plurality of data pieces stored in the external storage device, and in response to determination of the target data piece while the plurality of data pieces stored in the external storage device are being checked, checks presence of a computer virus in such a manner that the target data piece is given a higher priority than other data pieces.
Kazuhiro TOMIYASU, Kaoru FUKUOKA, Hiroaki SUGIMOTO
Filed: 4 Nov 19
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Foil-stamped Print Inspection Apparatus, Foil-stamped Print Inspection System, Method of Inspecting Foil-stamped Print, and Non-transitory Computer-readable Storage Medium Storing Program
10 Jun 20
A foil-stamped print inspection apparatus includes: a region selecting unit that selects a foil-stamped region based on data for inspection for a printed material; and an inspection unit that inspects a foil-stamped state of the printed material and determines that foil is unsatisfactory if the foil-stamped region in an image acquired by reading the printed material has a gray level that falls outside a predetermined range.
Koji KITA
Filed: 5 Dec 19
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Voice Operation System, Voice Operation Method, and Voice Operation Program
10 Jun 20
A voice operation system includes: a processing device; and a receiver that receives a user's voice instruction given to the processing device, wherein the receiver includes: a voice recognizer that performs voice recognition of the voice instruction; and a notifier that, when the voice recognizer has partially failed in voice recognition of a portion of the voice instruction, notifies the processing device of an operation command corresponding to the portion of the voice instruction for which voice recognition has been successful, and the processing device includes a processor that performs processing corresponding to a command content of the operation command.
Takuya KAWANO
Filed: 5 Nov 19
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Transparent electrode and organic electronic device including the same
8 Jun 20
A transparent electrode has excellent adhesion between a substrate and a conductive layer.
Takatoshi Suematsu, Kazuaki Nakamura
Filed: 6 Sep 16
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Head cleaning device, image forming device, and head cleaning method of image forming device
8 Jun 20
A head cleaning device includes: a porous cleaning roller that rotates around a cylindrical axis while a cylindrical side circumferential surface is in pressure contact with a nozzle surface of an ink head to clean the nozzle surface; a storage tank that immerses a lower part of the cleaning roller in a cleaning liquid stored therein; a unit moving mechanism that moves a cleaning unit including the storage tank and the cleaning roller in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the cleaning roller; a hardware processor that controls a rotation speed [vr] of the cleaning roller and a moving speed [vx] of the storage tank and the cleaning unit; and a composition acquisition part that acquires a change in composition of the cleaning liquid in the storage tank due to mixing of ink supplied from the nozzle surface through the cleaning roller.
Hiroshi Akita, Taku Mitsuhashi
Filed: 29 May 19