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Gas leak position estimation device, gas leak position estimation method and gas leak position estimation program
10 Aug 20
This gas leak position estimation device is provided with a specifying unit and a first determination unit.
Xiaochen Zhang, Motohiro Asano, Toshitsugu Yamamoto
Filed: 27 Feb 17
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Image forming apparatus, non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing display control program, and display control method
10 Aug 20
Disclosed are an image forming apparatus, a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a display control program, and a display control method.
Satoshi Osako
Filed: 4 Apr 19
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Operation processing device, method for controlling information device, and computer-readable storage medium for computer program
10 Aug 20
An operation processing device used to operate an information device is provided.
Takashi Sugaya, Jun Kunioka, Hiroshi Iwamoto, Takeshi Hibino, Yukina Hisada
Filed: 20 Jan 15
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Image processing apparatus, image reading apparatus, and image forming apparatus
10 Aug 20
There are provided an image reader, a noise canceller, and an image processor.
Kosuke Masumoto
Filed: 9 Jan 19
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Light-receiving element and near infrared light detector
10 Aug 20
The present invention addresses the issue of providing: a light-receiving element that has an absorption layer of germanium (Ge), is capable of efficiently receiving near infrared light having a large light-reception sensitivity in the absorption layer, from a free space, and has high productivity and low production cost; and a near infrared light detector comprising said light-receiving element.
Yuichi Takeuchi, Takuji Hatano, Yasuhiko Ishikawa
Filed: 19 Jul 17
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Posture Estimation Device, Behavior Estimation Device, Storage Medium Storing Posture Estimation Program, and Posture Estimation Method
5 Aug 20
A posture estimation device includes: a processor that: obtains detected information indicating a feature of a subject, wherein the feature is detected based on an image that is captured by an imager from a position where the subject is viewed from above, calculates a feature amount based on the obtained detected information, updates, based on a geometric relationship between the imager and the subject, a model parameter for estimating a posture of the subject by machine learning using the calculated feature amount in a time series, and estimates the posture of the subject using the updated model parameter.
Naoki Ikeda
Filed: 22 Jan 20
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Tag Reader, RFID System, and Method for Reading Identification Information
5 Aug 20
This tag reader can be applied to a chipless RFID tag having a plurality of resonance frequencies that are associated with identification information.
Saburou HIRAOKA, Shoichi URATANI
Filed: 19 Aug 18
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Image Inspection Device, Image Formation Device, Image Inspection Method, and Non-transitory Recording Medium Storing a Computer Readable Program
5 Aug 20
To perform an image inspection even when an image formation device performs image processing or image editing.
Yasumasa TSUKAMOTO
Filed: 20 Jan 20
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Information Processing Device, Diagnosis Support System, and Recording Medium
5 Aug 20
An information processing device includes a hardware processor that (i) acquires one or more pieces of examination data concerning a patient targeted to be diagnosed, (ii) specifies candidates for a name of a disease by which the patient targeted to be diagnosed may be affected and a subsequent examination to be executed for determining the name of the disease of the patient targeted to be diagnosed based on the examination data as acquired, and (iii) outputs the candidates for the name of the disease and the subsequent examination as specified.
Eri NEMOTO, Satoshi KASAI, Hitoshi FUTAMURA
Filed: 30 Jan 20
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Image Forming System, Information Processing Device, and Group Setting Method
5 Aug 20
An image forming system includes: a first image forming device; a second image forming device; a third image forming device; and an information processing device, wherein the first image forming device saves document data, the second image forming device acquires a document list indicating document data to present and acquires the document data specified from the document list from the first image forming device to output, the third image forming device manages the first image forming device, the second image forming device, and the third image forming device as a group, and the information processing device selects the image forming device allowed to belong to a group from a floor map in which installation positions and device information of a plurality of image forming devices are registered, and associates the information on the selected image forming device with the group to register in the third image forming device.
Akito OTA
Filed: 6 Jan 20
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Two-dimensional Flicker Measurement Apparatus and Two-dimensional Flicker Measurement Method
5 Aug 20
A two-dimensional flicker measurement apparatus includes: a first calculation unit that calculates a flicker amount of each of a plurality of measurement regions set on a measurement target based on a photometric quantity obtained by performing photometry in the measurement target at a first sampling frequency; a second calculation unit that calculates a flicker amount of a predetermined measurement region set on the measurement target based on a photometric quantity obtained by performing photometry in the predetermined measurement region at a second sampling frequency; and a correction unit that corrects the flicker amount of each of the plurality of measurement regions calculated by the first calculation unit using a correction coefficient defined by the flicker amount calculated by the second calculation unit and a flicker amount of the predetermined measurement region calculated based on a photometric quantity obtained by performing photometry in the predetermined measurement region at the first sampling frequency.
Yoshihiro NISHIKAWA
Filed: 9 Sep 18
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Image Forming Apparatus and Storage Medium
5 Aug 20
An image forming apparatus includes an image holder, an intermediate transfer body, a transfer member, a pressing force changer, and a hardware processor.
Toshiki HAYAMI, Takeshi MAEYAMA, Tomo KITADA, Takashi KAWANAGO, Daisuke MURAKAMI
Filed: 28 Jan 20
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Optical Writing Device, Image Formation Apparatus, and Computer-implemented Method
5 Aug 20
An optical writing device includes a lens, a plurality of light emitting elements that form one pixel on a photoreceptor through the lens, and a control circuit that controls a light emitting state of each of the plurality of light emitting elements.
Masayuki IIJIMA, Takaki UEMURA, Yoshikazu WATANABE, Sotaro YOKOTA
Filed: 27 Jan 20
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Image Forming Apparatus, Image Forming System, and Information Processing Method
5 Aug 20
An image forming apparatus includes: a hardware processor that: receives, by voice of a first user, a setting instruction related to a setting of a job executed by the image forming apparatus; receives, by voice of a second user, an operation instruction for executing the job; specifies the first user and the second user based on the voices; associates and stores, in a storage, a setting according to the setting instruction and identification information of the first user; and extracts from the storage, upon receiving the operation instruction after receiving the setting instruction, the setting associated with identification information of the second user, and executes the job based on the extracted setting.
Masaki Nakata
Filed: 12 Jan 20
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Dropping Nozzle and Molding Apparatus
5 Aug 20
A dropping nozzle includes: a flow passage part that includes a flow passage that molten glass passes through; and an opening part that includes an opening that communicates with the flow passage, the opening part dropping the molten glass as a glass drop, wherein the opening includes a plurality of inclined parts in which adjacent inner inclination angles are different from each other in a section parallel to a center axis of the flow passage part, and from among the plurality of inclined parts, a first inclined part that is closest to the flow passage part has an inner inclination angle that is smaller than an inner inclination angle of a second inclined part that is farthest from the flow passage part.
YASUO OOMORI, CHIAKI MACHIDA, TAKAYUKI KAMIKURA
Filed: 15 Jan 20
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Method for Detecting Analyte
5 Aug 20
A method for detecting an analyte according to the present invention includes: a first step of supplying a specimen to a detection device having a first ligand that is immobilized on a substrate and is capable of specifically binding to the analyte, the specimen being supplied onto the substrate of the detection device, and then causing the analyte included in the specimen to bind to the first ligand; a second step of supplying, onto the substrate, a second ligand that is labeled with a marker and is capable of specifically binding to the analyte, and then causing the second ligand to bind to the analyte bound to the first ligand; and a third step of measuring the second ligand bound to the analyte, wherein in the second step, carboxymethyl dextran is supplied onto the substrate.
Makiko OTANI, Koji MIYAZAKI
Filed: 1 Oct 18
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Fixing Apparatus, Image Forming Apparatus, Method of Controlling Fixing Apparatus, and Non-transitory Recording Medium Storing Computer Readable Program
5 Aug 20
A fixing apparatus includes: a first rotating body that contacts a sheet for printing and heats the sheet; a second rotating body that rotates while pressing the first rotating body; a motor that rotates the first rotating body; and a hardware processor that determines whether an abnormal noise occurs on the basis of a plurality of condition values including a torque value of the motor, wherein the hardware processor performs abnormal noise prevention control that increases the rotation of the first rotating body or weakens pressing applied by the second rotating body to the first rotating body in a case where it is determined that the abnormal noise occurs.
Yoshikazu TSUBOTANI
Filed: 23 Jan 20
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Image Forming Device
5 Aug 20
An image forming device includes: a photoreceptor that forms a toner image; a brush that abuts the photoreceptor to clean a surface of the photoreceptor; an operator that changes a toner residual amount in the brush; and a hardware processor that performs in-brush toner amount control to allow the operator to operate such that the residual amount approaches a set value when a toner image for printing according to a print job is not formed on the photoreceptor as the toner image.
Motoki Nakano
Filed: 25 Dec 19
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Radiography supporter and radiography support method
3 Aug 20
A radiography supporter supports a radiography system including a radiation generator and a radiography apparatus in taking radiographic images, and the radiography supporter includes a hardware processor that: acquires an examination order; transmits corresponding radiation irradiation conditions to the radiation generator, for each examination order; and restricts transmission of irradiation conditions corresponding to a second examination order to be executed after a specific first examination order in a case where a plurality of the examination orders has been acquired for a same examination object, and the irradiation conditions corresponding to the first examination order have been changed.
Takahisa Uehara
Filed: 10 Sep 18
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X-ray imaging system containing X-ray apparatus having gratings and object housing for setting environmental condition independent of external environment
3 Aug 20
An X-ray imaging system including: an X-ray Talbot imaging apparatus which is provided with an object table, an X-ray source, a plurality of gratings, and an X-ray detector side by side in a direction of an X-ray radiation axis, and irradiates the X-ray detector with an X-ray from the X-ray source through an object and the plurality of gratings to obtain a moire image required for forming a reconstruction image of the object; and an object housing inside which the object is housed and an environmental condition independent of an external environment is set, wherein the object housing is provided detachably with respect to the object table.
Mitsuharu Kitamura, Yasunori Tsuboi
Filed: 18 Nov 18