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Utility
Image Forming Device, Charging Method and Non-Transitory Recording Medium
28 Oct 21
An image forming device includes a hardware processor that: receives a charging job that is an object of charging; searches for a charging information storage that is around the device when the charging job is received; obtains charging information from the searched charging information storage; carries out a charging process for the charging job based on the charging information; and processes the charging job after the charging process is carried out.
Teppei NAKAMURA
Filed: 1 Apr 21
Utility
Ultrasound signal processing device, ultrasound diagnostic device, and ultrasound signal processing method for calculating blood flow and tissue information
26 Oct 21
An ultrasound signal processing device that generates, for each detection wave, a first complex Doppler signal sequence through quadrature detection of a reception signal sequence; generates tissue velocity data by calculating velocity values for each set of coordinates of observation points in a region of interest from the first complex Doppler signal sequence; generates a second complex Doppler signal sequence by performing clutter removal filter processing on the first complex Doppler signal sequence; generates first velocity data by calculating velocity values for each set of coordinates of the observation points from the second complex Doppler signal sequence; and generates, for each set of coordinates of the observation points, second velocity data based on the first velocity data and the tissue velocity data, and third velocity data by applying a correction to velocity values of the second velocity data that have an absolute value equal to or less than a threshold.
Yasuaki Susumu
Filed: 14 Nov 18
Utility
Prism, prism production method, mold, and sensor chip
26 Oct 21
A prism (1090) is configured from a dielectric medium and is used in analysis using surface plasmons.
Yoshihiro Okumura, Takehiko Goshima, Seiji Yuasa
Filed: 7 Sep 15
Utility
Zoom lens, image pickup optical device, and digital apparatus
26 Oct 21
Hiroaki Tanaka
Filed: 5 May 20
Utility
Fixing device and image forming apparatus
26 Oct 21
A fixing device includes: an endless fixing belt; a pad unit and a driven roller disposed opposite to an inner peripheral surface of the fixing belt so as to entrain the fixing belt; a pair of first supports located so as to sandwich the fixing belt in a width direction of the fixing belt, the pair of first supports supporting the pad unit by fixing the pad unit; and a pair of second supports located so as to sandwich the pair of first supports in the width direction of the fixing belt, the pair of second supports rotatably journaling the driven roller.
Naoki Yamamoto
Filed: 28 Apr 20
Utility
Recording medium conveying apparatus and image recording apparatus
26 Oct 21
A recording medium conveying apparatus includes: a mount member having an outer peripheral surface on which a recording medium is placed; a ventilation member provided along part of an inner peripheral surface of the mount member; an air chamber having air permeability to/from the outer peripheral surface side of the mount member through the holes provided in the mount member and the ventilation member; a suction unit; and a side wall member having side wall surfaces covering part of side surfaces of the ventilation member.
Tasuku Asanuma
Filed: 4 Nov 19
Utility
Inkjet recording apparatus and cleaning method of intermediate transfer body
26 Oct 21
An inkjet recording apparatus includes an ink jetter; a transfer unit that has an intermediate transfer body and transfers ink on its transfer surface to a recording medium to record an image; a thickening device that thickens the ink landed on the transfer surface before transfer to the recording medium; a cleaner that removes residual ink remaining on the transfer surface; and a hardware processor.
Yusuke Nishisaka, Hajime Kawakami, Mei Suzuki, Keishi Suzuki
Filed: 25 Feb 20
Utility
Image forming method
26 Oct 21
Provided is an image forming method, including: transferring and fixing a toner onto a recording medium, and forming an image including a plurality of layers, in which an attachment amount of the toner on the recording medium is greater than or equal to 8 g/m2 and less than or equal to 40 g/m2, a toner forming a layer in contact with a fixing member contains at least a first mold release agent containing ester wax and a second mold release agent containing microcrystalline wax, and a special color toner is contained in any layer of the plurality of layers.
Keisuke Asano, Shiro Hirano, Kazuhiko Nakajima
Filed: 21 Apr 20
Utility
Image forming system and post-processing determination method
26 Oct 21
An image forming system includes: an image forming apparatus; a post-processing apparatus that includes post-processors corresponding to at least two post-processes and perform the at least two post-processes stepwise on paper on which an image is formed by the image forming apparatus; a setting receiver that receives post-processing settings corresponding to the at least two post-processes; and a hardware processor that determines whether or not the at least two post-processes are executable based on the post-processing settings corresponding to the at least two post-processes and that, in a case where it is determined that the at least two post-processes are not executable, when a post-processing setting corresponding to one of the at least two post-processes is a setting including numerical value input, provides notification regarding a numerical value input setting change in the post-processing setting corresponding to the one post-processing.
Hiroyuki Konishi
Filed: 13 Mar 20
Utility
Inspection device comparing a scan image to a reference image and deletion of the reference image from storage
26 Oct 21
An inspection device includes an image reader that generates a scan image, an inspector that inspects an inspection target image formed on a storage medium, by comparing a scan image with a reference image, a storage that stores the reference image, and a hardware processor that stores into the storage the reference image generated as the scan image by reading with the image reader an image formed on a recording medium by the image former on a basis of a second print job for generating the reference image, determines whether the reference image stored in the storage satisfies a predetermined condition when a data amount of the reference image stored in the storage becomes equal to or larger than a predetermined amount, and deletes the reference image determined to satisfy the predetermined condition from the storage.
Tatsuya Nakano
Filed: 26 Sep 19
Utility
Inspection system, inspection method, and inspection program
26 Oct 21
An inspection system includes: an inspection part that compares a scanned image obtained by scanning a sheet on which an image is formed on the basis of a job with a reference image prepared in advance and thereby performs inspection of the scanned image; and a hardware processor that sets an inspection target page to be a target of inspection and a non-inspection target page to be excluded from inspection, for the job, wherein the hardware processor causes the inspection part to perform inspection for the inspection target page and not to perform inspection for the non-inspection target page on the basis of the setting of the hardware processor, and the hardware processor creates an inspection report including scanned images of all pages of the job including the non-inspection target page.
Takao Kurohata
Filed: 4 Mar 20
Utility
Air Cushioning Material
21 Oct 21
An air cushioning material includes: a first module including a first air cell containing air, a second air cell containing air, and a first belt-like part connecting the first air cell and the second air cell to each other; a second module including a third air cell containing air, a fourth air cell containing air, and a second belt-like part connecting the third air cell and the fourth air cell to each other; a coupling part that couples a part of the second air cell and a part of the fourth air cell in a second direction, where a direction from the second air cell toward the first air cell and a direction from the fourth air cell toward the third air cell are defined as a first direction, and a direction intersecting the first direction is defined as the second direction.
Tomoaki ITO, Yuichi ANDO, Masato SHIMOKAWARA, Hiroaki TAKADA, Tsuyoshi TAMARU, Masato SHINOMURA
Filed: 6 Apr 21
Utility
Image Forming Device, Gloss Measuring Method, and Program
21 Oct 21
The present invention is directed to detect gloss of a toner image from which the influence of heat applied to a sheet by a fixing unit is eliminated.
Akimasa ISHIKAWA, Atsushi TAKAHASHI, Hitoshi ASANO, Yumiko IZUMIYA, Hirotada SEKI
Filed: 31 Mar 21
Utility
Image Forming Device
21 Oct 21
An image forming device forms images of a plurality of pages on a continuous sheet, and the image forming device includes: a hardware processor that: stores the images to be formed on the sheet in a page unit; writes image data to be stored to the hardware processor from the images of the plurality of pages in the hardware processor as pieces of information on a plurality of pixels arrayed in a first direction and a second direction; reads the image data written in the hardware processor, and acquires a correction amount to correct a deviation between a conveying direction of conveying the sheet to an image former and the second direction of the image data; and the image former that forms the images on the sheet based on the image data read by the hardware processor.
Masato SAKURAI
Filed: 16 Mar 21
Utility
Radiation Detecting Device
21 Oct 21
A radiation detecting device includes a radiation detector and a supporter.
Junichiro OTAKI, Takafumi MATSUO, Makoto SUMI, Hajime ISHIMOTO, Masaki SUZUKI
Filed: 30 Mar 21
Utility
Method of Producing Blade, Blade, Image Forming Apparatus, and Image Forming Method
21 Oct 21
Kunihiro OGURA, Yukio HOSOYA, Taiki AMEMIYA, Teruo SASAKI
Filed: 6 Apr 21
Utility
Information Processing Apparatus, Computer-readable Recording Medium Storing Control Program, and Control Method
21 Oct 21
An information processing apparatus includes a determiner and a provider.
Yasuaki SUGIMOTO
Filed: 4 Mar 21
Utility
Image Forming Apparatus
21 Oct 21
When image data is stored in a storing device, the writing speed of the image data is avoided from being lowered.
Takashi TSUCHIYA
Filed: 31 Mar 21
Utility
Image Forming Device
21 Oct 21
An image forming device that executes a preview display of an image to be printed, including: a projector; a panel display; a receiver that receives an instruction indicating whether or not to implement security in the preview display; and a controller that, when an instruction to implement security is not received, controls the projector to execute the preview display according to a first mode that represents the image to be printed at a display area equal to or larger than a defined size, and when an instruction to implement security is received, controls the projector and the panel display to execute the preview display according to a second mode that represents the image to be printed at a display area less than the defined size.
Tatsuya SHINNO
Filed: 11 Mar 21
Utility
Method for Forming Conductive Thin Wire, Method for Producing Transparent Conductor, Method for Producing Device, and Set of Conductive Ink and Base Material
21 Oct 21
An object of the present invention is to provide a method for forming a conductive thin wire, the method being capable of improving thin wire formability, conductivity, adhesion, and transmittance of a conductive thin wire, a method for producing a transparent conductor, a method for producing a device, and a set of a conductive ink and a base material.
Hirotaka TAGORI, Masayoshi YAMAUCHI, Ryo AOYAMA
Filed: 27 Aug 18