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Utility
Method for Deploying Service In Cluster System, Program, and System
9 Dec 21
There is provided a method for deploying a service to a cluster system, and the method includes: obtaining a first run level of a first node; obtaining a second run level of a second node; obtaining a required run level for the service; comparing the required run level with the first and second run levels; determining whether or not the service is deployable to each of the first and second nodes on the basis of a result of the comparing; and updating at least one of the first and second run levels on the basis of deployment of the service to at least one of the first and second nodes.
Yuchen SHEN, Nordes MENARD-LAMARRE
Filed: 28 May 21
Utility
Image Forming Apparatus, Image Forming Method, and Program
9 Dec 21
An image forming apparatus includes: a conveyor that transports a sheet; an image former that forms an image on front and back surfaces of the sheet being transported in a transportation path and forms marks on the front and back surfaces; a reader that comprises a first line sensor that is disposed on a front surface side and reads the front surface; and a second line sensor that is disposed on a back surface side and reads the back surface; and a controller that: calculates a positional deviation between the images formed on the front and back surfaces based on positions of the marks on the front surface read by the first line sensor and positions of the marks on the back surface read by the second line sensor, and controls the image former to adjust positions of the images formed on the front and back surfaces.
Yoshihiro Esumi
Filed: 15 Apr 21
Utility
Image Forming System, Management Server, and Recording Material Information Detecting Apparatus
9 Dec 21
An image forming system includes: a recording material information detecting apparatus; an image forming apparatus; and a management server, wherein the recording material information detecting apparatus includes: a first hardware processor that detects recording material characteristic information; and a second hardware processor that acquires first environmental information, the image forming apparatus includes: an image former that forms an image on a second recording material; a third hardware processor that acquires second environmental information; a fourth hardware processor that transmits the second environmental information to the management server and requests the recording material characteristic information corresponding to the second environmental information; and a fifth hardware processor that sets an image formation condition for the image former to form the image on the second recording material, and the management server includes a sixth hardware processor.
FUSAKO OZAWA
Filed: 21 May 21
Utility
Gas detection device, information processing device, and program
7 Dec 21
Provided are a gas detection device, an information processing device, and a program which enable a user himself/herself to easily determine whether a gas leak has occurred.
Saori Hirata
Filed: 4 Mar 19
Utility
Dynamic Image Processing Apparatus and Storage Medium
2 Dec 21
A dynamic image processing apparatus processes image data of a medical dynamic image that includes a plurality of frame images obtained from successively imaging a subject and that shows a dynamic state of the subject.
Takafumi NANJO
Filed: 28 May 21
Utility
Cleaning Device and Image Forming Apparatus
2 Dec 21
A cleaning device may include a cleaning blade that is in contact with an image carrier for cleaning, an applicating roller that is in contact with the image carrier at a position upstream compared to the cleaning blade, and a plate-like member that is in contact with the applicating roller.
Taichi MEGURO
Filed: 24 May 21
Utility
Radiography Apparatus and Radiography System
2 Dec 21
A radiographic image capturing apparatus includes: a two-dimensional array of radiation detecting elements that generate one or more electric charges in proportion to a dose of incident radiation; and a control unit that performs control, at least, to read the electric charges from the radiation detecting elements and generate image data.
Akira HIROSHIGE, Wataru MATSUSHITA, Nobuyuki MIYAKE, Hidetake TEZUKA, Tetsu HOSOKI, Tomonori GIDO
Filed: 16 Aug 21
Utility
Inspection Device, Image Forming System, Inspection Method, and Inspection Program
2 Dec 21
There is provided an inspection device that performs quality inspection of a printed matter, the inspection device including: a first hardware processor that obtains a document image; a first reader that reads the printed matter obtained by forming a printed image on one surface of a transparent material based on the document image from a side of the other surface opposite to the one surface; and a second hardware processor that detects an abnormality of the printed matter based on the document image and a read image by the first reader.
Tatsuya NAKANO
Filed: 29 Apr 21
Utility
Screw Tightening Apparatus and Screw Tightening Method
2 Dec 21
There is provided a screw tightening apparatus that fastens, with a screw, two objects to be fastened including a first member provided with a first screw hole and a second member provided with a second screw hole for screwing, and the screw tightening apparatus includes: a distance measuring device that measures a relative position between the first member and the second member in a vertical direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the second screw hole; a screw tightening part that holds the screw inserted into the first screw hole and screws the screw into the second screw hole for screwing; a moving mechanism that moves the screw tightening part along the vertical direction; and a hardware processor that controls the screw tightening part and the moving mechanism according to a measured value of the distance measuring device.
Daichi SUZUKI, Kiyohito TSUJIHARA, Shogo ASAOKA
Filed: 12 Apr 21
Utility
Recording Medium Conveyance Device, Recording Medium Conveyance Method and Non-transitory Computer-readable Recording Medium Encoded with Recording Medium Conveyance Instructions
2 Dec 21
A recording medium conveyance device includes a storage, a conveyer that conveys a conveyed object, an ultrasonic sensor that outputs a value indicating an attenuation amount of an ultrasonic wave caused by the conveyed object, and a hardware processor.
Katsuyuki Ikuta, Hiroaki Takatsu, Takeshi Tamada, Takahiro Tsujimoto, Akihiro Hayashi
Filed: 28 May 21
Utility
Dose Management Device and Recording Medium
2 Dec 21
A dose management device manages dose information of radiation doses in radiation events where radiographic images are generated in response to radiation on a subject.
Seiji Nomura
Filed: 7 May 21
Utility
Cushioning Member, Method for Manufacturing Cushioning Member, and Packing Body
2 Dec 21
A cushioning member includes a medium-filled cushioning component and a surrounding member.
Takeshi HASHIMOTO, Narutaka YOSHIDA, Hiromi MIZUGUCHI
Filed: 24 Mar 21
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Color Parameter Generation Apparatus, Execution Apparatus and Non-transitory Computer-readable Recording Medium
2 Dec 21
A color parameter generation apparatus includes a hardware processor that generates color parameters to be used for printing a sample image based on a read image, in which the hardware processor determines a flare degree at a predetermined position of the read image, and executes predetermined processing for correcting the color parameters in the predetermined position based on the determined flare degree.
Kouyo SUZUKI
Filed: 21 May 21
Utility
Medical Diagnosis Support System, Medical Diagnosis Support Program, and Medical Diagnosis Support Method
2 Dec 21
A medical diagnosis support system including a hardware processor configured with a program to perform operations including: operation as an acquisition part configured to acquire lifestyle habit information of a subject; operation as an estimation part configured to estimate, using a trained identifier, future lung function of the subject from information on the subject, the information on the subject including the lifestyle habit information acquired from the acquisition part; and operation as a control part configured to control an output part to output a result that has been estimated by the estimation part.
Hiroaki MATSUMOTO
Filed: 28 May 21
Utility
Zoom lens, image pickup optical device, and digital apparatus
30 Nov 21
Hiroaki Tanaka
Filed: 5 May 20
Utility
Method of producing blade, blade, image forming apparatus, and image forming method
30 Nov 21
There is provided a method of producing a blade for cleaning a toner image retainer, the method including: binding an abutting layer that abuts against the toner image retainer and a supporting layer that supports the abutting layer, wherein the maximum value D of a difference between a first loss tangent at 1 Hz and a second loss tangent at 100 Hz of the blade that includes the abutting layer and the supporting layer satisfies the formula: 0.2≤D≤0.7, wherein the maximum value D is a maximum value of a difference between the first loss tangent and the second loss tangent at temperatures within a range of 0° C. to 50° C.
Kunihiro Ogura, Yukio Hosoya, Taiki Amemiya, Teruo Sasaki
Filed: 6 Apr 21
Utility
Moving body risk assessment device, and moving body monitoring system
30 Nov 21
There is provided a moving body risk assessment device including a moving body detection unit that detects presence or movement of a moving body within an imaging range on the basis of image information imaged in a wavelength region different from a visible region, and a risk assessment unit that assesses a risk to the detected moving body from the image information and a result of the moving body detection obtained by the moving body detection unit.
Takashi Morimoto, Motohiro Asano, Seiichi Tsuzuki, Hiroaki Suzuki, Teruo Hioki, Hideaki Hotta, Akifumi Toki
Filed: 9 Apr 18
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Dynamic image analysis apparatus, dynamic image analysis method, and recording medium
30 Nov 21
A dynamic image analysis apparatus includes a hardware processor that acquires an X-ray dynamic image including continuous frame images acquired by continuously capturing a living body having a heartbeat in time series; performs logarithmic conversion for a pixel value of the acquired X-ray dynamic image to create a logarithmically converted image; sets, as a reference frame image, one frame image based on a heartbeat phase in at least one of the X-ray dynamic image and the logarithmically converted image; calculates (i) a difference or ratio between the X-ray dynamic image as the reference frame image and the X-ray dynamic image as a comparative frame image which is another frame image or (ii) a difference or ratio between the logarithmically converted image as the reference frame image and the logarithmically converted image as the comparative frame image; and generates a blood flow analysis image.
Kenta Shimamura
Filed: 16 Jul 19
Utility
Control device of ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and control method for ultrasound diagnostic apparatus
30 Nov 21
Control device 10 of an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes a hardware processor that sets, among a plurality of operation modes in which pulse waveforms of ultrasound pulses to be transmitted are different from one another, at least first and second operation modes for which observation results are to be simultaneously displayed on a screen, sets at least one operation type that defines transmission timing of ultrasound pulses, and sets a switching frequency of a switching signal.
Mutsuhiro Akahane, Yasuhiro Nakamura, Yosuke Kimura, Kazuya Osada
Filed: 23 Oct 17
Utility
Sheet conveyance apparatus, image reading apparatus, and image forming apparatus
30 Nov 21
Provided is a sheet conveyance apparatus armored with a housing, the sheet conveyance apparatus includes: a sheet conveyor that feeds a sheet to a downstream side in a direction of conveyance; a conveyance guide that guides the sheet to be conveyed; an ultrasonic sensor that detects the sheet guided by the conveyance guide; and a shield member that is conductive, wherein the ultrasonic sensor includes: a transmitter that transmits an ultrasonic wave having a predetermined frequency; and a receiver that receives the ultrasonic wave, the transmitter and the receiver are arranged along the conveyance guide, and the shield member is disposed between the housing and the receiver in a sheet-face perpendicular direction at an ultrasonic-irradiation position of the sheet being conveyed, the shield member covering an entirety of the receiver in plan view in the sheet-face perpendicular direction.
Masahiro Nonoyama, Masahiro Kamiya, Katsuhide Sakai, Junichi Masuda, Taku Kimura
Filed: 30 Mar 20