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Utility
Meeting Support System, Meeting Support Device, and Meeting Support Program
18 Mar 21
There is provided a meeting support system that supports the progress of a meeting, the meeting support system including a hardware processor that: determines a first feature value based on information about a meeting, the first feature value corresponding to a range of a subject of a meeting, the information about a meeting having been registered in advance; stores a weight, the weight corresponding to each type of meeting; extracts a word or phrase from speech of participants in a meeting; determines a second feature value corresponding to the extracted word or phrase; and determines whether a speech is off topic from a subject of a meeting, depending on whether the second feature value is included in an allowable range, the allowable range being specified by the first feature value and the weight corresponding to a type of an ongoing meeting.
Yoshimi NAKAYAMA
Filed: 20 Aug 20
Utility
Intermediate Transfer Body and Electrophotographic Image Forming Apparatus
18 Mar 21
Provided is an intermediate transfer body comprising a layer containing ferroelectric particles, wherein the ferroelectric particles has an average primary particle diameter in the range of 200 nm or less; and when three-dimensional axes of crystal lattices of the ferroelectric particles are a-axis, b-axis, and c-axis, a ratio of lattice constants of the c-axis and the a-axis (c/a) is in the range of 1.006 or more.
Daisuke IKEDA, Sadaaki SAKAMOTO, Ito KOGA, Shiori TSUGAWA
Filed: 24 Aug 20
Utility
Color Conversion Table Corrector, Color Conversion Table Correction Program, and Color Conversion Table Correction Method
18 Mar 21
A color conversion table corrector corrects a color conversion table used in an image data generation device, and the color conversion table corrector includes a hardware processor that: obtains data related to a print image; obtains first target data based on a first captured image obtained by capturing an image of a first color matching target corresponding to the print image; decides a specific area, in the first captured image, which is not used to correct the color conversion table; and corrects the color conversion table according to the data related to the print image and the first target data based on the first captured image excluding the specific area.
TAKESHI YAMAGUCHI
Filed: 1 Sep 20
Utility
Recording Medium Detection Device and Image Forming Apparatus
18 Mar 21
Provided is a recording medium detection device which prevents a recording medium from jamming.
Yumiko Izumiya, Satoshi Ogata, Kazutoshi Yoshimura, Hitoshi Asano, Hirotada Seki, Akimasa Ishikawa, Masashi Sugano, Tsuyoshi Yoneyama, Hiroyuki Maruyama
Filed: 14 Sep 20
Utility
Precoat Liquid, Image Forming Method Using the Precoat Liquid, and Image Forming Apparatus Using the Precoat Liquid
18 Mar 21
A precoat liquid used in an intermediate-transfer image forming method in which an actinic radiation-curable ink and an intermediate transfer member are used, the precoat liquid being applied onto a surface of the intermediate transfer member before the actinic radiation-curable ink is applied onto the surface of the intermediate transfer member, includes a water-soluble organic solvent having two or more hydroxyl groups per molecule.
Akihiro HONYA, Yoshiyasu MATSUMOTO, Akiko KAWAMURA, Hiroyuki YASUKAWA
Filed: 24 Aug 20
Utility
Image Forming Device and Image Forming Device Diagnostic System
18 Mar 21
An image forming device including an image former, a primary controller, a secondary controller, one or more sensors, an interface, and a writer.
Masatoshi HITAKA, Yasufumi NAITOU
Filed: 2 Sep 20
Utility
Pattern Forming Method
18 Mar 21
A pattern forming method capable of easily removing a discontinuous portion in a pattern while keeping resistance of the pattern low.
Masayuki USHIKU, Hidenobu OHYA, Hideki HOSHINO, Masayoshi YAMAUCHI, Takenori OMATA, Naoto NIIZUMA, Ryo AOYAMA, Kazuho URAYAMA
Filed: 22 Feb 18
Utility
Recording material characteristic detecting device and image forming device
16 Mar 21
A recording material characteristic detecting device that irradiates a first light and a second light to a recording material carried along a predetermined carrying path and detects a transmitted light generated when the first light transmits the recording material and a reflection light generated when the second light is reflected by the recording material, and detects a characteristic of the recording material, comprises: a reflection light source that irradiates the second light toward the carrying path; a reference plate for reflection light arranged oppositely to the reflection light source across the carrying path to reflect the second light; and a light detector arranged oppositely to the reference plate for reflection light across the carrying path to detect at least a reflection light generated in response to reflection of the second light.
Satoko Ohzawa
Filed: 30 Jul 19
Utility
Electrophotographic image forming apparatus and electrophotographic image forming method
16 Mar 21
Kengo Ikeda, Hiroki Takao, Tomoko Sakimura, Mayuko Matsusaki
Filed: 2 Oct 19
Utility
Image forming apparatus, image forming system, image forming method, and image forming apparatus-specific program
16 Mar 21
An image forming apparatus connectable to a post-processing apparatus via a carriage path for carrying continuous paper includes: a hardware processor that accepts a stop position of the continuous paper on the carriage path; a carrier that carries the continuous paper along the carriage path; an image former that forms an image on the continuous paper; a fuser that heats and presses the continuous paper passing through a nip portion formed by pressing bodies of revolution against each other to fix the image; and the hardware processor that switches between first control that, after the last image among the images formed on the continuous paper passes the fuser, stops carriage of the continuous paper and then separates the pressed bodies of revolution, and second control that separates the pressed bodies of revolution and then stops the carriage of the continuous paper, on the basis of the accepted stop position.
Masahiro Matsuo
Filed: 6 Jun 18
Utility
Inkjet recording apparatus, inkjet recording method, and inkjet recording program
16 Mar 21
An inkjet recording apparatus includes: a recorder having a line head, the recorder ejecting ink through each of the ink ejection ports toward a recording medium; a mover that moves the recording medium and the line head relative to each other in a direction intersecting the arrangement direction of the ink ejection ports in the line head, and causes each pair of ink ejection ports of two adjacent head modules facing each other in the overlapping region to pass through a same place on the recording medium; and a recording controller that controls ink ejection operations of the plurality of head modules on the recording medium in accordance with dot data, and causes either of a pair of ink ejection ports of two adjacent head modules to eject ink to implement complementary ink ejection operations by the pair of ink ejection ports of the two head modules.
Toshiyuki Mizutani, Yorihiro Yamaya
Filed: 13 Jan 20
Utility
Organic electroluminescent element, display device, lighting device, PI-conjugated compound, and light-emitting thin film
16 Mar 21
An object of the present invention is to provide an organic electroluminescent element containing an organic layer interposed between an anode and a cathode, the organic layer containing at least one light emitting layer, wherein the at least one light emitting layer contains a π-conjugated compound having an electron donor portion and an electron acceptor portion in the molecule; the π-conjugated compound has a direction vector from an atom having a HOMO orbital in the electron donor portion to an electron cloud of the HOMO orbital, and a direction vector from an atom having a LUMO orbital in the electron acceptor portion to an electron cloud of the LUMO orbital, and the two direction vectors form an angle θ in the range of 90 to 180 degrees; and the π-conjugated compound has a plurality of the electron donor portions or a plurality of the electron acceptor portions.
Yasuo Miyata, Taketo Namikawa, Hiroshi Kita
Filed: 30 Jul 15
Utility
Image Forming Apparatus, Image Forming Method, and Image Forming Program
11 Mar 21
An image forming apparatus includes: an image former that prints a foil stamping image on a recording material in accordance with a job for printing the foil stamping image, the foil stamping image being a target to which foil is transferred in foil stamp printing; and a hardware processor that trims an image on a page identical to at least one page included in the job such that the image on the identical page does not overlap an image adjustment mark that is printed for adjusting an image to be overprinted, and causes the image former to print, together with the job, the identical page having the trimmed image.
Ken MIYAZAKI
Filed: 27 Jul 20
Utility
Inkjet Recording Liquid Set, Printed Matter, and Inkjet Recording Method
11 Mar 21
Takayuki TOEDA, Haruka MORIYAMA
Filed: 24 Aug 20
Utility
Distance Measuring Device, Control Method of Distance Measuring Device, and Control Program of Distance Measuring Device
11 Mar 21
Masanori YOSHIZAWA, Hideki MORITA
Filed: 28 Aug 18
Utility
Temperature Adjustment Stage
11 Mar 21
To provide a temperature adjustment stage that can efficiently heat a cartridge in accordance with necessity of heating each well.
Koji MIYAZAKI, Hideyuki FUJII, Ko OSAWA, Takanori MURAYAMA
Filed: 24 Oct 18
Utility
Projection Display Apparatus
11 Mar 21
A projection display apparatus includes a reflective image display element having an image display surface including micromirrors, a prism unit bending an optical path of illumination light and transmitting image light, and a projection optical system.
Masayuki Imaoka
Filed: 6 Feb 17
Utility
Inspection Device, Control Method, Sheet Conveyor, Printing Apparatus, and Image Reading Apparatus
11 Mar 21
Provided is an inspection device that performs inspection using ultrasonic waves transmitted on the basis of a burst signal including a plurality of pulses, the inspection device includes: a decider that decides the number of pulses included in the burst signal, or a burst cycle of the burst signal, on the basis of an atmospheric pressure at an installation position of the inspection device; a generator that repeatedly generates the burst signal including the decided number of pulses, or the burst signal having the decided burst cycle; a transmitter that transmits ultrasonic waves on the basis of the burst signal repeatedly generated; and a receiver that receives ultrasonic waves.
Akinori KIMATA, Yukinobu IGUCHI, Satoru SASAKI, Kenichi HAYASHI, Shiro UMEDA, Noriyuki JINBO
Filed: 4 Sep 20
Utility
Input Device, Image Forming Device, Input Device Control Method, and Recording Medium
11 Mar 21
An input device includes: a display having a display area; a touch panel having an operation surface that overlaps the display area; a vibrator that generates a vibration causing the operation surface to vibrate; and a hardware processor.
Hisataka Funakawa
Filed: 11 Sep 20
Utility
Image Inspection Device, Image Forming Device, Image Inspection Method and Recording Medium
11 Mar 21
An image inspection device includes a capture unit and an image inspection unit.
Katsunori TESHIMA, Yasushi TSUE
Filed: 28 Aug 20