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Utility
Post-processing Device, Image Forming Device, Adjustment Method for Post-processing Device, and Recording Medium
10 Feb 22
A post-processing device includes: multiple types of post-processing modules that are disposed at predetermined installation positions within the post-processing device and each execute post-processing to an output sheet on which an image is formed; and a controller that (i) detects the post-processing modules at the installation positions and (ii) determines and controls adjustment contents of the post-processing modules based on a detection result.
Masayuki Watanabe, Hidenori Mine, Satoshi Ogata, Kazutoshi Yoshimura
Filed: 22 Jul 21
Utility
Maintenance Device and Inkjet Recording Device
10 Feb 22
Provided is a maintenance device that performs maintenance of a recording head with a nozzle face on which an opening of a nozzle for ink discharge is provided.
Kodai KIRIISHI
Filed: 4 Aug 21
Utility
Photoresponsive Compound
10 Feb 22
Yukiko NAKAI, Kouji SUGAMA, Haruo HORIGUCHI, Kazuaki NAKAMURA, Toyoko SHIBATA
Filed: 15 Jul 21
Utility
Fixing Device and Image Forming Device
10 Feb 22
A fixing device including: a heating rotating body; a pressure member pressed against the heating rotating body to form a nip; a first acquisition unit that acquires a first index value indicating a change in coefficient of friction between the heating rotating body and the pressure member; a second acquisition unit that acquires a second index value indicating a change in rigidity of an elastic layer in the heating rotating body and/or the pressure member; and a controller that executes at least one of two controls according to the index values: a first control during idling rotation after fixing job execution, for controlling temperature of the heating rotating body and time from a start of the idling rotation to an end of the idling rotation and a second control during idling rotation before and/or after fixing job execution, for controlling rotation speed of the heating rotating body.
Yutaka OTSUKA, Tomoya SATO
Filed: 29 Jul 21
Utility
Photoresponsive Polymer
10 Feb 22
Kouji SUGAMA, Yukiko NAKAI, Haruo HORIGUCHI, Kazuaki NAKAMURA, Toyoko SHIBATA
Filed: 15 Jul 21
Utility
Measurement device and computer readable storage medium
8 Feb 22
A measurement device including a hardware processor that: extracts a frame image at a time of deep inspiration from a plurality of frame images of a dynamic image obtained by performing radiation imaging of a dynamic state of a chest of a subject; and performs cardiothoracic ratio measurement to the extracted frame image at the time of deep inspiration.
Kenji Nagao
Filed: 22 Nov 19
Utility
Device and system for determining a bone strength indicator
8 Feb 22
Disclosed is a way to provide a medical image processing device that may include a hardware processor that calculates at least one of trabecular connectivity, trabecular width, trabecular number, mineralization degree, osteoid volume, cortical width, and cortical porosity as a bone characteristic indicator of a subject from reconstructed image data generated from moiré image data acquired by photographing the subject.
Yuko Shinden, Yoshihide Hoshino
Filed: 17 Jul 19
Utility
Reaction method
8 Feb 22
Disclosed is a reaction method that includes a reaction process using a pipette tip to allow substances to cause a reaction, the method including: providing a heater for heating the pipette tip in accordance with a preset temperature; attaching the pipette tip to a pipette nozzle and heating the pipette tip by a first preset temperature; when a period of heating by the first preset temperature exceeds a preset period, switching an output of the heater from the first preset temperature to a lower second preset temperature; detecting a distal end position of the pipette tip at or after the switching; and executing the reaction process while controlling the distal end position of the pipette tip with reference to the detected distal end position, in which the temperature of the pipette tip is kept by the second preset temperature at least until operation of the pipette tip.
Youichi Aoki, Yuuya Shouji, Tetsuya Noda, Atsuo Iwashita
Filed: 15 Oct 18
Utility
Inkjet recording device and program
8 Feb 22
An inkjet recording device includes: an inkjet head that includes a nozzle for discharging ink on a recording material, and forms an image by discharging the ink from the nozzle on the recording material based on image data; and a hardware processor that performs image processing of the image data, wherein the hardware processor calculates a difference in ink adhesion amount between a target region and an adjacent target region adjacent to the target region in the image data, determines whether the difference in the ink adhesion amount exceeds a threshold based on a calculation result of the hardware processor, and performs a responding process for occurrence of a wrinkle on the recording material based on a determination result of the hardware processor.
Yuichi Omori
Filed: 9 Jan 20
Utility
Image forming system, method for controlling power supply, and computer-readable recording medium
8 Feb 22
An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus having an image reading device, and a post-processing apparatus having a manual staple mechanism.
Takeshi Hibino, Taketoshi Yamahata
Filed: 9 Apr 20
Utility
Pressure Variation Suppressor and Image Forming Apparatus
3 Feb 22
A pressure variation suppressor includes: a liquid flow chamber through which liquid flows, the liquid flow chamber having an inlet through which the liquid flows in and an outlet through which the liquid flows out; and a flexible film that partitions the liquid flow chamber into a storage chamber in which the liquid is stored and a non-storage chamber in which the liquid is not stored, wherein the flexible film is slack in a state where the liquid flows through the liquid flow chamber.
Tasuku ASANUMA
Filed: 28 Jul 21
Utility
Sheet Feeding Device and Image Forming Device
3 Feb 22
A sheet feeding device includes: a sheet stacking unit that stacks a bundle of sheets; a pick-up roller that is enabled to move up and down and sends a sheet of the bundle of sheets toward downstream side in a carrying direction; a pair of rollers that is arranged at downstream side in the carrying direction, and when multiple sheets are sent out by the pick-up roller, that separates the first sheet from the second sheet or later; a separation member that is arranged between the pick-up roller and the pair of rollers and that is in contact with a leading end of the sheet and limits the number of the sheet carried to the pair of rollers; and a hardware processor that determines a height position of the pick-up roller corresponding to a type of the sheet and sets the pick-up roller to be at the determined height position.
Takao SHIBAZAKI, Masataka OONO, Yasuo NAKAMURA
Filed: 9 Jul 21
Utility
Image Forming Apparatus
3 Feb 22
An image forming apparatus includes an image former that forms a plurality of adjustment images on a sheet.
Daiki HIRATA
Filed: 28 Jul 21
Utility
Image Forming Apparatus and Method for Controlling the Same
3 Feb 22
An image forming apparatus includes: a photoreceptor that forms a toner image; a light emission element that exposes the photoreceptor; at least one light emission controller that controls light emission of the light emission element; and a hardware processor that transmits a signal including a control parameter for controlling the light emission element with respect to the light emission controller, wherein the light emission controller stops light emission control over the light emission element according to communication that receives the signal including the control parameter from the hardware processor.
Tatsuya EGUCHI, Hiroshi EGUCHI, Takashi WATANABE, Takeshi ISHIDA
Filed: 12 Jul 21
Utility
Inkjet Printing Apparatus
3 Feb 22
Provided is an inkjet printing apparatus for printing an aqueous ink on a fabric containing: a printing device for ejecting the aqueous ink onto the fabric; a coating device located downstream of the printing device for applying a cleaning liquid containing no eluate from the fabric to the fabric; and a removing device located downstream of the coating device of the cleaning liquid for removing the cleaning liquid.
Takuya OKADA, Ken NITO, Masaki NAKAMURA
Filed: 26 May 21
Utility
Image Forming Apparatus and Method for Controlling Image Forming Apparatus
3 Feb 22
An image forming apparatus includes: a hardware processor that: estimates a remaining amount of toner in a cartridge; registers a required replacement time corresponding to a time required by an operator to replace the cartridge; calculates a toner consumption speed when an image is printed, on the basis of data of the image to be printed and a printing speed when the image is printed; predicts a first timing at which the cartridge reaches a toner runout state during printing of the image, on the basis of the remaining amount of toner and the toner consumption speed; and makes notification for prompting the operator to replace the cartridge at a second timing before the first timing by the required replacement time.
Ken MIYAZAKI
Filed: 2 Aug 21
Utility
Local Gonio-reflection Characteristics-acquiring Method, Image Processing Method, Image Display Method, and Local Gonio-reflection Characteristics-acquiring Apparatus
3 Feb 22
Takayuki ISHIKAWA, Akihiko ITAMI
Filed: 9 Jul 21
Utility
Image Data Setting Apparatus, Image Data Setting Method and Non-transitory Computer-readable Recording Medium
3 Feb 22
Provided is an image data setting apparatus capable of setting image data related to a foil forming image.
Tatsuro YAMAMURO
Filed: 2 Jul 21
Utility
Information Processing Apparatus and Recording Medium
3 Feb 22
An information processing apparatus includes a hardware processor which (i) performs learning by a learning data set associated with a correct answer label for a preset problem and creates a machine learning model for estimating a correct answer to the preset problem for input data, (ii) estimates the correct answer to the preset problem for the input data by using the machine learning model, (iii) in response to a user operation, determines a label indicating a result of the estimation as a correct answer label of the input data or corrects the label to determine the corrected label as a correct answer label of the input data, and (iv) additionally registers the determined correct answer label as learning data in association with the input data in the learning data set.
Hirotake MINAMI
Filed: 19 Oct 21
Utility
Radiographic Image Processing Apparatus, Radiographic Image Processing Method, and Storage Medium
3 Feb 22
A radiographic image processing apparatus includes a hardware processor and an image processor.
Atsushi TANEDA
Filed: 30 Jul 21