1367 patents
Utility
Image forming system, image forming apparatus, and recording medium
16 Jan 24
An image forming system includes: an image forming apparatus that includes a transfer device that transfers a toner image onto a sheet and a fixing device that fixes the toner image; a sheet heating device that heats the sheet on an upstream of the fixing device in a sheet conveyance direction; a first detector that detects a temperature inside the image forming apparatus; a second detector that detects a temperature of the sheet before the sheet heating device heats the sheet; and a controller that causes the sheet heating device to heat the sheet based on a detection result by the second detector and a sheet passing condition of the sheet, and corrects at least one of a transfer current and a transfer voltage in the transfer device based on a detection result by the first detector in a case where the sheet heating device heats the sheet.
Takashi Kawanago
Filed: 6 Jul 22
Utility
Image forming device and fogging margin determination method
16 Jan 24
An image forming device including an image carrier, a charge device, a developer device, power supply circuitry that applies a charge bias and a developer bias to the charge device and the developer device, respectively, a detector, and a hardware processor that operates as: a control unit that changes a fogging margin, which is a difference between charge bias and developer bias, and controls the power supply circuitry to set the charge bias and developer bias accordingly; a calculation unit that calculates amounts of change between detected values; and a determination unit that obtains differences between amounts of change, determines whether each difference is less than a defined value, and determines a position of a boundary between a first range greater than or equal to the defined value and a second range less than the defined value as a fogging margin to be used in forming a print image.
Futoshi Okazaki
Filed: 24 Aug 22
Utility
Image forming apparatus, method, and program
16 Jan 24
An image forming apparatus enables utilizing an output of proof printing as an output of final printing, wherein the image forming apparatus includes an image former forming an image on a sheet, an image reader reading an image formed on the sheet, and a controller, wherein the controller acquires a determination result of whether or not a sheet, on which an image read by the image reader is formed before the final printing by the image former in order to create a reference image to be used for inspecting an output matter of a printing job, can be used for an output matter of the final printing and controls the number of sheets or copies on which the images are to be formed using the image former at the final printing.
Yoko Shiraki
Filed: 3 Mar 23
Utility
Nozzle plate nozzle plate manufacturing method and inkjet head
9 Jan 24
A nozzle plate includes, on a substrate: at least a base layer; an intermediate layer; and a liquid repellent layer.
Akihisa Yamada
Filed: 30 Jul 19
Utility
Image forming apparatus
9 Jan 24
An image forming apparatus includes an image former that forms an image on a sheet of paper, a detector that detects a physical property of a sheet of paper, a receiver that receives paper identification information used in identification of a sheet of paper designated by a user, and a hardware processor.
Atsushi Takahashi, Hitoshi Asano, Yumiko Izumiya, Hirotada Seki, Akimasa Ishikawa
Filed: 18 Nov 21
Utility
Image forming method and image forming system
9 Jan 24
An image forming method for forming an image on a base material by using powder includes: attaching a protective material to a surface of the base material on which the image is to be formed; forming an attachment layer on at least one of the base material and the protective material attached to the base material; attaching the powder to the attachment layer after attaching the protective material; and removing excess powder attached to the protective material from the protective material without attaching to the attachment layer.
Yuya Sato
Filed: 9 Jun 22
Utility
Image forming system and storage medium
9 Jan 24
An image forming system includes the following.
Yuki Yamauchi
Filed: 6 Oct 22
Utility
Information processing apparatus, medical information management system, and information processing method
9 Jan 24
An information processing apparatus that sends and receives data to and from an image storage apparatus that manages a medical file for each examination includes a first hardware processor.
Seiji Nomura
Filed: 6 Aug 20
Utility
Post-processing device, image forming system, controlling method and non-transitory recording medium
2 Jan 24
A post-processing device, includes a tray that accepts a carried sheet and places thereon; a post-processing unit that performs a post-processing to the sheet placed on the tray; and a controller that controls an operation of the post-processing unit.
Yasuomi Mitsui
Filed: 30 Nov 22
Utility
Toner set and image forming method
2 Jan 24
Hiroshi Nagasawa, Yusuke Takigaura, Takaki Kawamura, Ami Motohashi, Natsuki Ito, Shiro Hirano
Filed: 7 Jun 21
Utility
Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, method of controlling ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing therein computer-readable program for controlling ultrasound diagnostic apparatus
19 Dec 23
An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes: a hardware processor that search for a blood vessel position of a subject in a tomographic image and automatically setting a region corresponding to the blood vessel position detected in the tomographic image as a measurement region for generating a Doppler image.
Makiko Urabe, Yoshihiro Takeda, Akihiro Kawabata
Filed: 18 Dec 20
Utility
Inkjet head, method of manufacturing inkjet head, and inkjet recording method
19 Dec 23
Provided is an inkjet head containing a nozzle plate having at least a substrate, wherein the nozzle plate has a liquid-repellent layer on an outermost surface of the substrate on an ink ejection surface side; a liquid-repellent layer base film is provided between the substrate and the liquid-repellent layer; and the liquid-repellent layer base film contains at least silicon (Si) and carbon (C), and having a maximum peak P of a binding energy of a Si2p orbital of a surface portion measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy is in the range represented by the following Formula (1), Formula (1): 99.6 (eV)≤P≤101.9 (eV).
Yohei Sato, Akihisa Shimomura, Hiroaki Kozai
Filed: 11 Jan 19
Utility
Optical lens with antireflective film, projection lens, and projection lens optical system
19 Dec 23
An optical lens with an antireflective film includes: a lens substrate; and an antireflective film disposed on the lens substrate.
Yoshihiro Nakano, Koji Takahara
Filed: 18 Dec 20
Utility
Zoom lens, imaging optical device, and digital apparatus
19 Dec 23
A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side: a first lens group having positive power; a second lens group having negative power; a third lens group having positive power; a fourth lens group having positive power; a fifth lens group having negative power; and a sixth lens group having positive power.
Hiroaki Tanaka
Filed: 8 Apr 22
Utility
Spectrophotometer
19 Dec 23
A spectrophotometer having a light-receiving optical system that images light to be measured from a position for measurement and generates imaged light to be measured; a slit formation including a slit that causes the imaged light to be measured to pass and that generates light to be measured, which travels along a measurement optical path; a grating that diffracts the light to be measured, which travels along the measurement optical path, and generates diffracted light; a sensor that receives the diffracted light and outputs a signal representing a spectral spectrum; and an observation light source that is disposed on an optical path of zeroth light among the diffracted light and that emits observation light toward the grating at a time of observing the position for measurement.
Takashi Kawasaki, Hidehiko Fujii, Katsutoshi Tsurutani
Filed: 3 Jun 21
Utility
Image forming apparatus, correction method, and correction program
19 Dec 23
An image forming apparatus includes: an image former that forms, on an end surface of each layer of a layered printed matter or on a layered surface formed by layering cross sections of printed matter cut in the post-processing step, a layer image for expressing a predetermined image on each layer; and a hardware processor that corrects a printing position of the layer image on each layer.
Keiki Katsumata
Filed: 28 Sep 22
Utility
Image forming apparatus
12 Dec 23
An image forming apparatus is provided, including a conveying member configured to convey a long paper along a paper path; an image forming unit which forms an image on the long paper being conveyed by the conveying member along the paper path; an image reading unit which reads a surface of the long paper, the surface having the image formed by the image forming unit; and a color sample member which is arrangeable at a position facing the image reading unit, such that the long paper is conveyed by the conveying member to avoid passing through between the image reading unit and the color sample member.
Shougo Fukai
Filed: 9 Oct 19
Utility
Ultrasound diagnostic imaging training apparatus, ultrasound diagnostic imaging apparatus, identification model training method, non-transitory recording medium storing computer readable training program, and ultrasound diagnostic apparatus
12 Dec 23
An ultrasound diagnostic imaging training apparatus for training an identification model to be used for identifying a target in an ultrasound image generated based on reflected ultrasound reflected from inside a subject includes a first hardware processor that extracts a first image from the ultrasound image used for training and generates teacher data in which a feature value of a second image included in the first image is associated with information relating to a likelihood of the target, the generation of the teacher data being based on the first image and preset reference data; and a second hardware processor that trains the identification model through machine learning using the teacher data.
Yoshihiro Takeda
Filed: 30 Sep 20
Utility
Ultrasound diagnostic device and ultrasound signal processing method
5 Dec 23
An ultrasound diagnostic device including a transmitter, a first image processor, a second image processor, and an image synthesizer.
Akihiro Kawabata, Yoshihiro Takeda
Filed: 2 Jul 21
Utility
Paper feeder, image forming apparatus, and control method
5 Dec 23
A paper feeder, includes: a sheet storage that stores sheets; a pick roller that delivers the sheets stored in the sheet storage to a downstream side of a conveyance path; a pair of conveyance rollers that is located on a downstream side of the pick roller in the conveyance path and conveys the sheets delivered from the pick roller to further downstream side in the conveyance path; a drive source that drives the pair of conveyance rollers; and a hardware processor that cleans the pair of conveyance rollers by driving the drive source to rotate the pair of conveyance rollers in a state of being in contact with each other, when the pick roller cannot deliver sheets.
Toshiyuki Tokuno, Masatoshi Hitaka
Filed: 31 Jul 20