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Utility
Control device of permanent magnet synchronous motor and image forming device
28 Sep 20
A control device of a permanent magnet synchronous motor that is a control device of a sensorless-type permanent magnet synchronous motor in which a rotor using a permanent magnet rotates by a rotating magnetic field caused by a current flowing in an armature includes: a driver that applies a voltage to the armature and drives the rotor; an initial position estimator that estimates an initial position which is a magnetic pole position of the rotor that is stopped; and a controller that controls the driver so as to apply a pulse train including a voltage pulse for searching the initial position for each of n angle positions dividing a search range of an electrical angle of 360 degrees to the armature, wherein the pulse train includes a first pulse and a second pulse.
Hiroyuki Yoshikawa, Daichi Suzuki, Yuta Tachibana
Filed: 1 May 19
Utility
Processing apparatus performing control of power supply during an inspection process of a device provided to the processing apparatus
28 Sep 20
A processing apparatus to which an option is mountable, the processing apparatus including: a power supply unit; a device that (i) is controlled by the option mounted to the processing apparatus or controls the option and that (ii) performs a process corresponding to an inspection of whether or not the device operates normally; and a switching unit that switches on and off supply of electric power from the power supply unit to the device.
Hisataka Funakawa
Filed: 15 Jul 18
Utility
Image forming apparatus, instruction acceptance method, and computer readable program
28 Sep 20
An image forming apparatus to be used together with equipment to be used by a user with both hands, the image forming apparatus includes: an acceptor that does not accept, by voice, an instruction for processing to be performed by the image forming apparatus before the user holds the equipment but accepts, by the voice, the instruction while the equipment is being used with both of the hands.
Tomohiro Yamaguchi
Filed: 8 Jul 19
Utility
Image forming apparatus, method of displaying screen for selecting application, and computer program
28 Sep 20
Disclosed is an image forming apparatus that may include: an acquisitor that may obtain a first icon of each of a plurality of applications; a generator that may generate a second icon of each of the plurality of applications by superimposing the first icon onto each base image having a same size or a shape; and a display controller that may cause a display to display a selection screen in which the second icon of each of the plurality of applications is arranged to allow a user to select any of the plurality of applications.
Yoichi Kurumasa, Taketoshi Yamahata, Ryosuke Nishimura, Atsushi Kondo, Eisaku Owada
Filed: 24 Jun 19
Utility
Image processing apparatus with malicious code detection processing and control program
28 Sep 20
An image processing apparatus includes: an image processing part; a storage part including a nonvolatile region that stores data in a nonvolatile manner; and a hardware processor that controls the image processing part, wherein the nonvolatile region includes a plurality of storage regions, the storage part stores setting information indicating whether each of the plurality of storage regions is a target of malicious code detection processing, and the hardware processor performs the malicious code detection processing only on a storage region that is the target of the malicious code detection processing based on the setting information among the plurality of storage regions.
Atsushi Tamura, Yuji Okamoto, Hidetaka Iwai, Takehisa Yamaguchi, Nobuhiro Mishima, Katsuyuki Sugita
Filed: 10 Apr 19
Utility
Image forming apparatus with multiple activation modes, activation method and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium encoded with activation program
28 Sep 20
An image forming apparatus includes a hardware resource, and a hardware processor that controls the hardware resource, wherein the hardware processor activates the hardware resource in a first activation mode in response to entry of a user into a first range, and activates the hardware resource in a second activation mode that causes production of sound at a volume level higher than a volume level of sound produced in the first activation mode in response to entry of the user into a second range that is smaller than the first range.
Takehisa Nakao
Filed: 10 Mar 19
Utility
Data processing apparatus with URL risk assessment, data output method and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium encoded with data output program
28 Sep 20
A data processing apparatus includes a hardware processor, wherein the hardware processor acquires data that is input externally as input data, detects link information that is included in the input data and represents a position of another data on a network, in the case where the link information is detected, determines a risk level of the other data represented by the link information, in the case where the risk level of the other data is determined to be equal to or higher than a predetermined risk level, produces correction data by processing a portion representing the link information in the input data, and outputs the correction data externally instead of the input data.
Daisuke Sakiyama, Akihiro Torigoshi
Filed: 2 Jul 19
Utility
Dynamic Analysis Apparatus, Dynamic Analysis System, Expected Rate Calculation Method, and Recording Medium
23 Sep 20
Provided is a dynamic analysis apparatus that predicts a respiratory function value based on frame images showing dynamics of chest.
Kenta SHIMAMURA, Noritsugu Matsutani, Jun Hanaoka
Filed: 27 Feb 20
Utility
Ultrasonic Diagnostic Apparatus and Ultrasonic Diagnostic System
23 Sep 20
Provided is an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus having a source power supplied from an external power supplier, and the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes: a smoother that smoothens a source power which is supplied from the external power supplier having an external battery and on which a signal of battery information showing a state of the external battery is superimposed; a power supply that supplies the smoothened source power to each component within the ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus; a signal extractor that extracts the signal of the battery information from the source power supplied from the external power supplier; a converter that converts the extracted signal to the battery information; and a first hardware processor that performs control according to the converted battery information.
Kenji KAZUI, Tomohiko SATSUKA
Filed: 18 Feb 20
Utility
Powder Material, Method for Manufacturing Three-dimensional Modeled Object, and Three-dimensional-modeling Device
23 Sep 20
The present invention pertains to a powder material used to manufacture a three-dimensional modeled object by selectively radiating laser light to a thin layer of the powder material including powder particles, forming a modeled object layer obtained by melt-binding of the powder particles, and layering the modeled object layer.
Masaharu SHIRAISHI, Kazuya ISOBE, Akiko HARA, Kazufumi YAMAZAKI
Filed: 3 Oct 16
Utility
Image Forming Apparatus and Image Inspection Method
23 Sep 20
An image forming apparatus includes: an image former that divides a first image into a plurality of second images and forms the second images on an image carrier; a test image reader that reads the second images formed on the image carrier; and a hardware processor that: selects a number of the second images from among the second images read by the test image reader, the number of the second images being smaller than a number of division of the first image; combines the selected second images into a combined image; and detects an image defect in the combined image.
Takashi Tsuchiya, Daisuke Genda
Filed: 4 Mar 20
Utility
Inkjet Head and Inkjet Storage Device
23 Sep 20
An inkjet head includes, an ink ejector in which an opening of a nozzle is provided in an ink ejection surface, and which includes an actuating element that performs an operation for ejecting ink; a wiring board that is provided with a circuit wiring electrically connected to the actuating element, and is disposed in a direction crossing the ink election surface on a side opposite to the ink ejection surface of the ink ejector; an exterior member that covers the ink ejector and the wiring board while exposing the ink ejection surface of the ink ejector and a part of the wiring board; and a wiring cable that is attached to a connection terminal disposed in an area exposed front the exterior member on one surface of the wiring board so as to be electrically connected to the circuit wiring.
Toshiki WATANABE, Masahiro SAITO, Zen KAYABA
Filed: 19 Sep 17
Utility
Information Processing Apparatus, Software Keyboard Display Method, and Program
23 Sep 20
An information processing apparatus may be capable of communicating with a terminal device, the information processing apparatus including a hardware processor that may: cause a display to selectively display one software keyboard of a plurality of software keyboards of different types; acquire, from the terminal device, first specifying information for specifying a software keyboard being used in the terminal device; select one software keyboard from the plurality of software keyboards, based on the acquired first specifying information; and cause the display to display the selected software keyboard.
Haruna SASAKUMA
Filed: 18 Mar 20
Utility
Image Forming Apparatus and Image Forming Method
23 Sep 20
An image forming apparatus includes a precoating layer forming unit that forms a precoating layer on a surface of a recording medium, an image forming unit that forms an image on the precoating layer with ink, and a light energy emitter that emits light energy for drying the ink to the recording medium.
Kazuko FUKUMOTO, Eiji TABATA, Makiko WATANABE
Filed: 27 Jan 20
Utility
Voice Information Processing Apparatus and Recording Medium
23 Sep 20
A voice information processing apparatus includes: a hardware processor that: receives a user question; acquires answer information responsive to the received question; acquires state information on a user state; and selects an output mode of the answer information from among a plurality of output modes, based on the answer information and the state information, the plurality of output modes including a voice output mode; and an output device that outputs the answer information in the selected output mode.
Hirokazu Kubota, Junichi Hase
Filed: 27 Feb 20
Utility
Image Forming System and Stacking Apparatus
23 Sep 20
An image forming system includes: an image former that forms an image; a stacker that stacks a recording medium on which an image has been formed by the image former and which has been discharged from the image former; a lifter that raises or lowers the stacker between a stacking position where the recording medium is stacked and a lower position located below the stacking position; a recording medium detector that detects the recording medium stacked on the stacker; and a hardware processor that controls driving of the lifter so as to lower the stacker from the stacking position to the lower position when it is determined that the recording medium is on the stacker on the basis of a detection result of the recording medium detector within start-up time from a time when power is switched on to a time of shifting to an image formable state.
Kenichi YAMADA
Filed: 17 Mar 20
Utility
Image Forming Apparatus, Method of Controlling Image Forming Apparatus, and Recording Medium
23 Sep 20
An image forming apparatus includes: a microphone that detects a voice; an executing device that executes a job; and a hardware processor that controls switching of a position of voice detection by the microphone, depending on the job.
Tomohiro Yamaguchi
Filed: 4 Mar 20
Utility
Recording Medium Feeder and Image Forming Apparatus
23 Sep 20
A recording medium feeder includes: a first cassette and a second cassette that are disposed side by side in a cross direction and can be pulled out in the same pull-out direction; a housing that houses the first cassette and the second cassette; a transport unit that is disposed above the second cassette in the housing and transports a recording medium sent from the first cassette; and a feeding unit that is disposed in the housing and feeds a recording medium stored in the first cassette toward the transport unit, wherein the transport unit can be pulled out in the same direction as the first cassette and the second cassette, the feeding unit includes a first roller and a second roller that sandwich and transport a recording medium, and the first roller or the second roller releases the sandwiching when the first cassette is pulled out.
Makoto FUJIMOTO
Filed: 17 Mar 20
Utility
Image Forming Apparatus, Method of Controlling the Same, and Storage Medium
23 Sep 20
An image forming apparatus includes circuitry that binarizes image data, a memory, and a print engine unit that forms an image of the binarized image data.
Hisashi UCHIDA
Filed: 9 Mar 20
Utility
Image-forming Apparatus and Image-forming
23 Sep 20
An image-forming apparatus contains a hardware processor for forming first and second reference marks on both surfaces of a first recording medium by using respective recorder.
Kazuhiko IMANISHI
Filed: 26 Mar 17