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Utility
Image forming apparatus and computer-readable recording medium storing program
31 Aug 20
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that has multiple developing units, arranged in series for basic colors in a rotational driving direction of a transfer body, for developing toner images of the basic colors based on input image data and forms the overlapped toner images on a surface of the transfer body in a state in which the toner images are aligned; a transferring unit that transfers the toner images onto a sheet; and a controller that calculates a difference between color information of an image obtained by reading the toner images and color information of the input image data, calculates a color change direction of the toner images with respect to a color of the input image data based on the difference, and refers to a table and determines a shape of a surface of the sheet based on information of the color change direction.
Takahiro Kusunoki
Filed: 8 May 19
Utility
Fixing device for setting the glossiness of the toner image
31 Aug 20
A fixing device includes: a fixing member that heats a toner image formed on a recording sheet in order to fix the toner image on the recording sheet; a pressurizing member that nips the recording sheet together with the fixing member to pressurize the toner image on the recording sheet; a heater that heats the pressurizing member; and a hardware processor that controls a heating temperature of the pressurizing member by the heater, wherein the hardware processor acquires setting of glossiness of the toner image and controls the heating temperature to be higher as the glossiness in the setting is lower.
Chiaki Yamada, Naoki Yoshie, Hirofumi Nakagawa
Filed: 5 Jun 19
Utility
Image sensor unit, image reading device, and image forming device having rod-shaped light guide
31 Aug 20
An image sensor unit includes: a light source that illuminates a document; a rod-shaped light guide including a reflection surface that reflects light from the light source and an emission surface provided on a side opposite to the reflection surface that emits light reflected by the reflection surface to the document; a thermal conductor provided so as to cover the reflection surface of the light guide; an image forming element that forms an image of reflected light from the document on a photoelectric conversion element; a sensor substrate on which the photoelectric conversion element is mounted; and a frame including a locator for mounting the light guide.
Hiroshi Uga
Filed: 25 Nov 18
Utility
Image forming apparatus that performs an accomplishment determination process and non-transitory recording medium storing computer readable program
31 Aug 20
An image forming apparatus includes: a determination part that performs an accomplishment determination process which is a process of determining whether or not a job is accomplishable prior to a billing process using a pre-billing method which is a billing method of billing for execution of the job before completion of the job; and a decision part that decides whether or not to perform the billing process based on the determination result of the accomplishment determination process, wherein the decision part decides that the billing process is to be performed for the execution of the job when it is determined that the job is accomplishable, and decides that the billing process is not to be performed for the execution of the job when it is determined that the job is not accomplishable.
Yuji Kawamura, Yoichi Kurumasa, Takatsugu Kuno
Filed: 22 Aug 19
Utility
Image Processing Apparatus, Radiographic Imaging System, Recording Medium, and Exposure Index Calculation Method
26 Aug 20
An image processing apparatus includes a hardware processor that acquires image data of a radiograph, calculates an exposure index related to noise in the radiograph on the basis of the image data that is acquired, and causes a notifier to notify of a matter based on the exposure index that is calculated.
Koutarou KANAMORI
Filed: 4 Feb 20
Utility
Analysis Method and Analysis Device
26 Aug 20
An analysis method for detecting an amount of a substance by irradiating an analysis chip containing the substance and detecting a quantity of light output from the analysis chip.
Tetsuya NODA, Masanao MAJIMA, Yuuya SHOUJI
Filed: 21 Jun 18
Utility
Ink Jet Recording Device
26 Aug 20
Disclosed is an ink jet recording device including: a conveyer that conveys a long sheet-shaped base material in a flatly extended state; a single-pass ink jet printer that ejects ink from multiple nozzles that are arranged in a width direction of the base material, so as to performs printing on the base material conveyed by the conveyer; and a controller that controls the conveyer to change a conveyance speed of the base material relative to the printer between a first conveyance speed and a second conveyance speed that are different from each other, wherein the controller controls the printer to form cut position information on the base material before start of changing the conveyance speed between the first conveyance speed and the second conveyance speed and after completion of changing the conveyance speed between the first conveyance speed and the second conveyance speed.
Hiroaki ARAKAWA, Fujio MIYAMOTO
Filed: 16 Oct 17
Utility
Fixing Device and Image Forming Apparatus
26 Aug 20
A fixing device includes a fixing rotation body heated by a heat source, a pressure rotation body that comes into pressure contact with the fixing rotation body to form a nip, a cooling fan that blows cooling air toward any one rotation body of the fixing rotation body and the pressure rotation body, a duct that forms a flow area in which the cooling air is flowable so as to cool a non-passage area of a recording medium in the one rotation body, and a movable flow passage adjusting member that is disposed in the flow area and, while guiding the cooling air flowing through the flow area, adjusts a flow passage through which the cooling air flows.
Hirotaka KANOU
Filed: 2 Feb 20
Utility
Image Forming Apparatus and Sheet Management System
26 Aug 20
An image forming apparatus that assists classification of printed sheets of documents of print jobs includes: a correspondence table showing correspondence between sticky note attributes and keywords; and a hardware processor.
Hidetaka IWAI
Filed: 18 Feb 20
Utility
Image Forming Apparatus
26 Aug 20
There is provided an image forming apparatus that is capable of forming an image on a continuous paper, and the image forming apparatus includes: an image former including an image carrier on which a toner image is formed as being driven; and a hardware processor that controls conveyance of the continuous paper and driving of the image carrier, wherein the hardware processor starts the conveyance of the continuous paper while stopping the drive of the image carrier.
Masahiro MATSUO
Filed: 24 Feb 20
Utility
System, Image Forming Apparatus, Method, and Program
26 Aug 20
A system includes: an image forming apparatus; a voice processing device that collects spoken voice; and a server, wherein the image forming apparatus includes an apparatus-side generator that recognizes spoken voice and generates an operation command for the image forming apparatus, the server includes a hardware processor that controls the server, and a communication circuit that communicates with the image forming apparatus and the voice processing device, the hardware processor includes a server-side generator that recognizes voice received from the voice processing device and generates the operation command, and the image forming apparatus processes one of the operation command received from the server and the operation command generated by the apparatus-side generator.
Yi-Tsung CHANG
Filed: 23 Jan 20
Utility
Composite Particles for Imaging, Method for Producing Composite Particles, Cells, Cell Structure, and Mixed Dispersion
26 Aug 20
The purpose of the present invention is to provide composite particles for imaging that have high biodegradability after imaging.
Chie INUI, Yasuhiko TABATA, Akihiro MAEZAWA, Makoto MOCHIZUKI, Natsumi HIRAYAMA
Filed: 18 Oct 18
Utility
Ultrasound Diagnostic Apparatus, Ultrasound Diagnostic Method, and Non-transitory Computer-readable Recording Medium
26 Aug 20
An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus transmits ultrasound toward a subject by driving an ultrasound probe in which multiple transducers are arranged in an array, receives a reception signal that is based on waves reflected within the subject from the ultrasound probe, and generates an ultrasound image.
Tomohito SAKAI, Akihiro KAWABATA
Filed: 11 Feb 20
Utility
Ultrasound Probe, Ultrasound Diagnostic Apparatus, and Method for Producing Backing Material
26 Aug 20
An ultrasound probe of the present invention has a piezoelectric element and a backing material disposed on one direction side with respect to the piezoelectric element, the backing material containing heat conductive particles.
Kiyokazu MORITA
Filed: 17 Feb 20
Utility
Image Processing Apparatus and Storage Medium
26 Aug 20
An image processing apparatus includes a hardware processor.
Tatsuya TAKAGI
Filed: 9 Feb 20
Utility
Reaction Method
26 Aug 20
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: 14 Oct 18
Utility
Inkjet Image Forming Apparatus and Image Quality Adjustment Method
26 Aug 20
An inkjet image forming apparatus, includes: a transfer part that transfers ink ejected from an inkjet head and carried on an intermediate transfer body to a recording medium; and a hardware processor that: detects a transfer rate when the ink is transferred by the transfer part; and controls a control parameter that influences how the ink spreads when being transferred to the recording medium, according to the transfer rate detected by the hardware processor.
Hiroaki UMEMOTO, Yukimasa Azuma
Filed: 23 Feb 20
Utility
Image forming apparatus
24 Aug 20
An image forming apparatus includes an image former, an informing unit, and a hardware processor.
Masahiro Matsuo
Filed: 4 Jul 19
Utility
Fixing belt, fixing device, image forming apparatus, and image forming method capable of coping with both low glossiness and high glossiness
24 Aug 20
Provided is a fixing belt that is used in a fixing device, the fixing device nipping, between a heated fixing belt and a roller, a recording material in which an unfixed toner image is formed on a surface, and fixing the toner image onto the recording material, and the fixing belt has a fixing temperature that causes a tipping point in a characteristic of a change in glossiness of the toner image that has been fixed with respect to a change in the fixing temperature.
Susumu Sudo
Filed: 17 Oct 19
Utility
Image forming apparatus which corrects torque based on temperature or conveyance speed and predicts a life of the fixer based on a corrected torque
24 Aug 20
An image forming apparatus including: a fixer that fixes a toner image formed on a recording medium by pressing and heating the recording medium nipped in a nip portion formed by causing two rotating bodies to pressedly abut on each other, and conveying the recording medium by rotating the rotating bodies; a motor that drives the rotating bodies by transmitting a torque to at least one of the rotating bodies; a torque detector that detects the torque transmitted to the rotating body by the motor; a temperature detector that detects temperature of the rotating body; a speed detector that detects a conveyance speed for conveying the recording medium by the fixer; and a controller that corrects the detected torque based on at least any one of the detected temperature and the detected conveyance speed and predicts a life of the fixer based on the corrected torque.
Masayuki Fukunaga, Toshiaki Tanaka, Masayuki Watanabe, Mineo Yamamoto
Filed: 13 Feb 19