3025 patents
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Utility
Image Processing Apparatus and Computer-readable Storage Medium
20 May 20
An image processing apparatus includes a hardware processor.
Shinsuke KATSUHARA
Filed: 17 Oct 19
Utility
Paper Stacking Device and Image Forming System
20 May 20
A paper stacking device includes: a stacker on which paper is stacked; a paper ejector that ejects the paper; an aligning plate that is provided on a side of the paper, and aligns a side end of the paper; a paper floating member that is provided in the aligning plate, and supports, from below, the side end of the paper; and a blower that is provided on the side of the paper across the aligning plate, and blows air, wherein the aligning plate includes a blowing opening through which air from the blower is blown, the paper floating member is switched between: a paper floating position; and a retreat position, when the paper floating member is located in the paper floating position, the blowing opening is opened, and when the paper floating member is located in the retreat position, the blowing opening is shielded.
Tsuyoshi TSUCHIYA
Filed: 12 Nov 19
Utility
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20 May 20
A dynamic image analysis apparatus includes a hardware processor that extracts a heart region or a lung region from a dynamic image obtained by radiographing a dynamic state of a chest of a subject and calculates, based on an area, a diameter, or a pixel value of the extracted heart region or a pixel value of the extracted lung region, an evaluation value of a cardiac function or an evaluation value of a water content of the subject.
Noritsugu MATSUTANI, Tohru TANI
Filed: 20 Nov 19
Utility
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20 May 20
An optical writing device includes: a deflector that deflects and scans light; optical elements; and a housing that holds the deflector and the optical element, wherein a support plate of the housing has an enclosed inner region that is substantially surrounded by a vibration suppressor and a vibration transmission blocker and supports the deflector, and the support plate also has a flat portion having a peninsular shape facing the vibration transmission blocker in the enclosed inner region, and an element holder for at least one or more of the optical elements having optical sensitivity in a vibration direction of the housing is disposed outside the enclosed inner region.
Akira TANIYAMA, Masahiko TAKAHASHI, Naoki TAJIMA, Takashi KUROSAWA, Hajime TANIGUCHI
Filed: 3 Nov 19
Utility
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20 May 20
A motor drive device controls driving of a plurality of motors that rotate a common drive shaft, and includes: a motor drive device that outputs the same drive power to each motor of the plurality of motors, and includes a motor drive controller that controls the drive power, using a rotation speed detection signal of a motor of the plurality of motors as a feedback signal; and a controller that determines a drive abnormality from the rotation speed detection signal of the motor or the drive power of the motor, wherein the controller determines a motor abnormal state and an overloaded state, from the drive power of the motor.
Takumi SHIRAKUMA, Kenji IZUMIYA
Filed: 17 Nov 19
Utility
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20 May 20
An image forming apparatus has a pad type fixing device in which a lubricant is interposed between a fixing belt for heating a sheet and a pad for holding the fixing belt, and includes: a controller that controls a heater of the fixing belt to maintain a fixing temperature to be set in accordance with printing modes, at a set temperature; an acquisitor that acquires torque of a motor for rotating the fixing belt as acquired torque for each of the set temperatures; a transition predictor that predicts transition of the torque of the motor for each of the set temperatures based on the acquired torque; and a point predictor that predicts a point at which at least two transition curves based on the predicted transition intersect each other as a torque rise point at which the torque of the motor starts rising due to a decrease in the lubricant.
Katsuhide SAKAI, Yasuhiro KOIDE, Toshiaki TANAKA, Akihiro HAYASHI
Filed: 19 Nov 19
Utility
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20 May 20
A zoom lens includes: in order from an object side, a first lens group having positive refractive power; a second lens group having negative refractive power; a third lens having positive refractive power; a fourth lens group having negative refractive power; a fifth lens group having positive refractive power; and a sixth lens group having negative refractive power.
Hiroaki TANAKA
Filed: 12 Nov 19
Utility
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20 May 20
An image forming apparatus includes: a band electrode that electrically charges a surface of a photoreceptor, the band electrode being disposed along an axial direction of the photoreceptor, a suction port that sucks air and ejects a discharge product generated at the band electrode; and a first blowing port that blows air, wherein the air blown from the first blowing port flows along the band electrode from one end of the band electrode toward the other end, and is sucked through the suction port.
Eriko KOZAKI, Shinichi KAWABATA
Filed: 3 Nov 19
Utility
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20 May 20
An intermediate transfer member that is used for electrophotographic image formation, includes carbon nanotubes and ferroelectric fillers in a base material layer containing a resin material as a principal component.
Shiori Tsugawa, Sadaaki Sakamoto, Shinichi Hamaguchi, Ito Koga
Filed: 9 Oct 19
Utility
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18 May 20
A structural color changeable material includes a strain body and surface plasmon generating particles.
Kazuki Ikeda, Makoto Ooki, Hideo Uemura
Filed: 5 Sep 17
Utility
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18 May 20
A method of quantifying a specific biological material in a specimen stained using fluorescent dye accumulating particles capable of binding to the material includes: inputting a first fluorescence image obtained by capturing an image of the specimen; extracting a certain region from the first fluorescence image and calculating a first luminance integrated value by integrating luminance values of the certain region; and calculating the number of the particles included in the certain region from the first luminance integrated value and an average luminance value per fluorescent dye accumulating particle, wherein the average luminance value is calculated from a distribution of second luminance integrated values obtained by integrating luminance values for individual bright spot regions, which indicate emission of light by the fluorescent dye accumulating particles, in a second fluorescence image obtained by capturing an image of a preparation onto which the fluorescent dye accumulating particles are dispersed without agglomerating.
Yuichi Ozaki, Kensaku Takanashi, Daisuke Tomioka
Filed: 1 Jun 17
Utility
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18 May 20
An image forming apparatus includes: a photoreceptor; a charging member that charges the photoreceptor; a charging power supply that outputs an AC bias as a charging bias to be applied to the charging member during image formation, and outputs a DC bias as the charging bias during a non-image forming operation, the AC bias being obtained by superimposing an alternating current voltage and a direct current voltage, the image formation forming a latent image, the DC bias being a direct current voltage, the non-image forming operation rotating and driving the photoreceptor; a processor that performs predetermined processing on the photoreceptor; and a controller that controls the charging power supply and the processor such that a value of a potential difference of the photoreceptor before and after being charged by the DC bias is a value equal to or less than a setting value during the non-image forming operation.
Tsugihito Yoshiyama, Masayasu Haga, Sayaka Morita, Kunitomo Sasaki
Filed: 22 Aug 19
Utility
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18 May 20
An intermediate transfer member that is used for electrophotographic image formation, includes carbon nanotubes and ferroelectric fillers in a base material layer containing a resin material as a principal component.
Shiori Tsugawa, Sadaaki Sakamoto, Shinichi Hamaguchi, Ito Koga
Filed: 9 Oct 19
Utility
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18 May 20
Prevention of an image defect due to discharging in a transfer portion and ensured transfer efficiency are both achieved.
Makiko Watanabe, Eiji Tabata, Nofumi Mizumoto, Toshiya Natsuhara
Filed: 21 Apr 19
Utility
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18 May 20
A fixing device including a heated endless belt, a first member, a second member, a pressure roller, a guide member, a sliding member, and a lubricant application member.
Naoki Kataoka
Filed: 25 Feb 19
Utility
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18 May 20
An image forming apparatus includes: a sheet conveyance unit which includes a sheet conveyance path and conveys a sheet; a sheet detector which detects the sheet in the sheet conveyance path; a job acquiring unit which acquires a print job related to the sheet; an image forming unit which forms an image on the sheet; and a processor which controls the sheet conveyance unit to perform one of first sheet conveyance and second sheet conveyance, the first sheet conveyance being performed to convey the sheet in accordance with sheet information, the second sheet conveyance being performed to convey the sheet and discharge the sheet to outside in accordance with a result of detection, wherein when sheet conveyance is resumed after suspension, the processor controls the sheet conveyance unit to perform the second sheet conveyance on a remaining sheet.
Minoru Asakawa
Filed: 14 Feb 17
Utility
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18 May 20
One information processing apparatus among a plurality of information processing apparatuses performs virus detection processing for detecting a computer virus.
Katsuhiko Akita, Yuji Okamoto, Kazumi Sawayanagi, Masami Yamada, Atsushi Tamura, Yasutaka Ito, Yoshikazu Ikenoue
Filed: 9 Oct 17
Utility
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18 May 20
An information processing apparatus capable of displaying an image on a predetermined display unit, includes: a reception unit that receives a written input on an image according to an operation of a user in a state where the image is displayed on the display unit; a generation unit that generates a written object according to the written input received by the reception unit; a reference detection unit that detects a reference direction of the image displayed on the display unit; a correction unit that corrects the written object on the basis of the reference direction detected by the reference detection unit; and a display control unit that displays the written object generated by the generation unit.
Akira Murakawa
Filed: 21 May 17
Utility
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18 May 20
An image forming apparatus, includes: an image former that forms an image on a sheet; an inspector that inspects an object; and a feed path that conveys the object to the inspector, wherein the feed path is installed to bypass the image former.
Hiroshi Isokawa
Filed: 22 Feb 19
Utility
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18 May 20
Provided is an image forming apparatus capable of detecting a type of a sheet accommodated in a sheet feeding tray in advance.
Dong Wei
Filed: 21 Jan 19