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Utility
Image Forming System and Non-transitory Recording Medium Storing Computer Readable Program
29 Apr 20
An image forming system includes: an interface that obtains job information including a plurality of jobs that represent processing contents that are performed on sheets; an image former that forms images on the sheets based on the job information; a plurality of stackers in which the sheets discharged from the image former are stacked so as to be divided for each of the jobs; and a processor that: obtains, from the job information, next processing information of a next processing to be performed on the sheets after the image forming processing, and selects, based on the next processing information, a first stacker among the plurality of stackers for the sheets to be stacked.
Tatsuya Kitaguchi
Filed: 20 Oct 19
Utility
Exposure Apparatus and Image Forming Apparatus
29 Apr 20
An exposure apparatus includes: light source substrates on which light sources aligned in a first direction are aligned in rows and formed on a formation surface; an optical element that causes light emitted from the light sources to form an image on a surface of an image carrier that has a cylindrical shape and rotates with a rotational symmetry axis parallel to the first direction; a microlens array in which the optical elements aligned in the first direction are aligned in rows; and a holder that holds the light source substrates, wherein in each of the light source substrates, at least two of the light sources are formed at different positions in a second direction intersecting with the first direction and being parallel to the formation surface, and the holder holds the light source substrates to cause the formation surfaces of the light source substrates to cross each other.
Takahiro Matsuo, Hajime Taniguchi, Atsushi Nagaoka, Ryo Hasegawa
Filed: 9 Oct 19
Utility
Post-processing Apparatus and Image Forming System
29 Apr 20
Disclosed is a post-processing apparatus configured to be coupled to an image forming apparatus or another post-processing apparatus.
Akira TSUNODA
Filed: 24 Oct 19
Utility
Image Forming Apparatus
29 Apr 20
There is provided an image forming apparatus that includes a color image former that forms a color image with a plurality of process color toners, a spot color image former that forms a spot color image with a spot color toner, a transfer unit that transfers the formed color image and the formed spot color image onto a recording material, a fixing unit that fixes the transferred color image and the transferred spot color image onto the recording material, and a hardware processor that selects a first mode or a second mode depending on whether or not a type of the recording material and an amount of toner to be attached onto the recording material satisfy a predetermined condition.
Shinichi TSUKAMURA
Filed: 21 Oct 19
Utility
Image Forming Apparatus, Lubricant Application Method, and Computer Program
29 Apr 20
An image forming apparatus includes a latent image carrier whose rotational speed changes depending on a printing speed of an image onto a sheet, an applicator that applies a lubricant to a surface of the latent image carrier, and a hardware processor that causes a surface of the applicator to move such that a difference between a first moving speed and a second moving speed is within a certain range, the first moving speed being a speed at which the surface of the latent image carrier moves, the second moving speed being a speed at which the surface of the applicator moves.
Kunitomo SASAKI, Masayasu HAGA, Sayaka MORITA, Tsugihito YOSHIYAMA
Filed: 10 Oct 19
Utility
Image Processing Device, Image Processing Method, and Pathological Diagnosis Assistance System Using Same
29 Apr 20
An image processing device and an image processing method capable of clarifying a specific region, especially a stained region of the cell nucleus, by correcting in consideration of overlap of staining, thereby making discrimination easy, and a pathological diagnosis assistance system using the same are provided.
Yuki KAZAYAMA
Filed: 23 May 18
Utility
Image Forming Apparatus
29 Apr 20
An image forming apparatus includes: a light-emitting element that includes light-emitting point groups; and an optical system that includes imaging systems focusing light from light-emitting points of the light-emitting point groups, wherein the light-emitting point groups and the imaging systems are combined into sets, the light-receiving surface has a cylindrical shape, each imaging system has a negative imaging magnification, light-emitting point groups are arranged at different positions, the imaging systems adjacent to each other have optical axes non-parallel to each other, each optical axis has an angle being not zero relative to the central normal, and a plane including the optical axis and the central normal is perpendicular to a rotational symmetry axis, and an angle between the optical axis and a line normal to the light-receiving surface is smaller than an angle between the central normal and a line normal to the light-receiving surface.
Yoshihiro Inagaki, Makoto Ooki, Daisuke Kobayashi, Kazuki Ikeda, Nurnabila Mohdmakhtar
Filed: 16 Oct 19
Utility
Developer Container
29 Apr 20
A developer container includes a container main body that stores a developer, has an outlet for discharging the developer to a downstream side in a conveyance direction in which the developer is conveyed, has a sidewall having a circular cross-section perpendicular to the conveyance direction, and has a first ridge that continuously or intermittently continues to the downstream side in a helical form in a certain winding direction and is formed on an inner surface of the sidewall, and a limiter disposed at a downstream end that is an end on the downstream side of the container main body, to secure a space between the limiter and the sidewall, the space extending to an upstream side of the outlet in the conveyance direction and extending from the upstream side to the outlet.
Takenori SUENAGA
Filed: 7 Oct 19
Utility
Spectrophotometric Device
29 Apr 20
A spectrophotometric device includes a photoreceptor that receives light reflected from an object.
Yasutaka TANIMURA
Filed: 28 Oct 19
Utility
Ultrasound diagnostic imaging apparatus and ultrasound image display method
27 Apr 20
Disclosed is an ultrasound diagnostic imaging apparatus including an ultrasound probe which outputs transmission ultrasound to a subject according to a drive signal, a puncture needle being inserted in the subject, and which outputs a received signal obtained by receiving reflected ultrasound from the subject.
Yoshihiro Takeda
Filed: 21 Apr 14
Utility
Image forming apparatus, belt driving device, and belt driving device control method
27 Apr 20
In an image forming apparatus, in which a belt driving device, provided in an image forming part, has: plural rollers including a driving roller; an endless belt; a driver, with one roller as a tension control roller to control tension applied to the endless belt, that moves the tension control roller in a vertical direction to an axis of another roller; a position detector that detects the position of the tension control roller; a pressure detector that detects pressure added with the endless belt to the tension control roller; and a controller that controls movement of the tension control roller.
Ryoichiro Kanno
Filed: 12 Jul 18
Utility
Air cushioning material
27 Apr 20
An air cushioning material includes: a belt-like part between a first and second air cells into which air is sealed, wherein side edges of the first and second air cells are connected to each other via the belt-like part; and an air flow passage that is formed in the belt-like part and communicates the first and second air cells, wherein at least a part including the air flow passage in the belt-like part is in a shape folded in a way from the first air cell to the second air cell.
Takeshi Hashimoto, Hiromi Mizuguchi
Filed: 5 Feb 18
Utility
Control device, image forming apparatus, and program
27 Apr 20
A control device that controls an image former, includes: a second power supply that performs power feeding to a detector during a power feeding suspension period during which power feeding from a first power supply to the image former and the detector is not performed, the detector detecting an environment variable around the image former, the environment variable affecting quality of an image formed by the image former; and a determiner that determines a control condition for the image former in accordance with a result of detection performed by the detector during the power feeding suspension period, when power feeding from the first power supply to the image former is started at an end of the power feeding suspension period and the image former enters an image formation ready state in which the image former can perform image formation.
Katsuyuki Ikuta, Takeshi Tamada, Yoshihito Sasamoto, Masahiro Kamiya, Shota Igo
Filed: 6 Mar 18
Utility
System for providing image data via a server, image processing apparatus, server, method for providing image data via a server, and non-transitory recording medium storing computer readable program
27 Apr 20
An image processing apparatus reads an image depicted on paper to create image data of the image and saves the image data in a storage; selects an intermediary from among one or more servers based on an e-mail address designated; sends location data indicating a saving location of the image data or the image data to the intermediary in order to provide a terminal with the image data via the intermediary; sends, to the e-mail address, an message including access information for accessing the location data or the image data saved to the intermediary; and sends, when the intermediary is accessed by the terminal based on the access information and reques4USts the image data, and further, when data corresponding to the access information is the location data, the image data to the requesting server.
Hiroyuki Kawabata
Filed: 12 Mar 17
Utility
Print head and image forming device having the same
27 Apr 20
A print head for writing data onto a photoreceptor, including a light source panel of light emitting elements arranged in a matrix, optical systems arranged in a matching matrix, light receiving elements, and a corrector.
Takaki Uemura, Makoto Obayashi, Masayuki Iijima
Filed: 28 Aug 18
Utility
Developing device and image forming apparatus, wherein the developing roller includes a magnetic pole forming part to be formed with a plurality of magnetic poles along a circumference direction of the developing roller
27 Apr 20
There is provided a developing device for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on a photoreceptor with a developer to form an image, including: a developing container that contains the developer; and a developing roller that faces the photoreceptor, is arranged adjacent to the developing container, and conveys the developer contained in the developing container to the photoreceptor, wherein the developing roller includes a magnetic pole forming part to be formed with a plurality of magnetic poles along a circumferential direction of the developing roller, at least a catch pole is formed as one of the plurality of magnetic poles, and in the catch pole, an amount of a total magnetic charge in an axial direction of the developing roller is kept constant, and a part of magnetic flux density distribution is different from another part of magnetic flux density distribution along the axial direction of the developing roller.
Kazuteru Ishizuka, Hiroyuki Saito, Shunichi Takaya, Kei Okamura, Aiko Kubota
Filed: 20 Nov 18
Utility
Image forming method
27 Apr 20
The present invention provides an image forming method for forming a decorated image having a resin layer and a powder contacted with each other, the method including: forming a resin layer on a recording medium; and supplying a powder onto the recording medium, in which the recording medium has a surface with an arithmetic mean height Sa of 1.000 or more.
Michiyo Fujita, Ryuichi Hiramoto, Tomoko Mine, Kaori Matsushima
Filed: 10 Sep 19
Utility
Cleaning device and image forming apparatus
27 Apr 20
Provided is a cleaning device that prevents abrasion of a cut surface of a cleaning blade by stably supplying toner to the cleaning blade.
Taichi Meguro
Filed: 10 Apr 19
Utility
Fixing device and image forming apparatus providing adjustable gloss to toner image
27 Apr 20
A fixing device for fixing a toner image on a paper sheet by conveying the paper sheet on which the toner image has been formed while holding the paper sheet at a fixing nip, the fixing device includes an endless belt that rotates, a pressing member that presses the belt from the inner side, a pressure member that forms the fixing nip between the pressure member and the belt by pressing, from the outer side of the belt, a portion of the belt pressed by the pressing member, and a hardware processor that controls glossiness of the toner image formed on the paper sheet by changing a shear force to be applied to the toner image formed on the paper sheet within a predetermined range from a nip inlet that is an end of the fixing nip, located upstream in a direction in which the paper sheet is conveyed.
Noboru Oomoto
Filed: 28 May 19
Utility
Image forming apparatus and failure point estimation method
27 Apr 20
An image forming apparatus, including: an image former; a sheet detection sensor; an image reader; and a hardware processor that: detects an image abnormality by analyzing the read image data and obtains a position in a sheet conveyance direction of the detected image abnormality in the read image data for each piece of the read image data corresponding to each of the sheets; estimates a conveyance interval of the plurality of sheets based on a detection result by the sheet detection sensor, and determines whether a specific periodicity exists based on the estimated conveyance interval and the position of the image abnormality detected from the read image data corresponding to each of the sheets; and when the specific periodicity is determined to exist, estimates a part corresponding to the specific periodicity as a failure point.
Makoto Ikeda
Filed: 23 Oct 18