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Utility
Image forming apparatus and diagnostic system increasing frequency of acquiring diagnostic data
11 Oct 22
An image forming apparatus includes: an image former that executes image forming processing; a primary controller; a secondary controller that controls the image former; a sensor that detects a state of at least a unit of the image forming apparatus and transmits sensor data indicating the state to the secondary controller; a first transmission path for duplex communication between the primary and secondary controllers; and a second transmission path.
Masatoshi Hitaka
Filed: 21 Dec 21
Utility
Operation target switching apparatus, operation target switching method, and operation target switching program
11 Oct 22
An operation target switching apparatus includes: a display part that displays an operation target that a user can select and operate; an operation input part that receives an input of a touch operation on an operation part not dedicated to an instruction for switching selection of the operation target; and a hardware processor that switches the selection of the operation target, in accordance with a mode of the touch operation.
Jo Shikama
Filed: 2 Nov 20
Utility
Post-processing apparatus
11 Oct 22
A post-processing apparatus performs post-processing on a paper sheet conveyed from a previous stage side, and includes: a corrector that performs bend correction on the paper sheet, in accordance with one of a plurality of bend correction methods; a post-processor that performs the post-processing on the paper sheet subjected to the bend correction performed by the corrector; and a hardware processor that selects one of the plurality of bend correction methods, on the basis of a bend correction accuracy corresponding to a product to be created by the post-processing being performed by the post-processor, and a productivity of the product, wherein from the plurality of bend correction methods, the hardware processor selects a bend correction method that reduces a difference between a post-processing time required for the post-processor to perform the post-processing and a correction time required for the corrector to perform the bend correction on the paper sheet.
Hiroyuki Wakabayashi
Filed: 19 Aug 19
Utility
Image forming apparatus
11 Oct 22
An image forming apparatus includes: an imaging device that captures a reference facial image used for determining a change in a facial expression, and a user facial image; a processor that determines an emotion in the user facial image based on an amount of the change in the facial expression from the reference facial image, and performs message support corresponding to the emotion in the user facial image; and a user interface that detects an input operation by a user without delay in setting a printing condition when a print job is executed in response to a request made by the user.
Ayana Kutsuzawa
Filed: 27 Mar 20
Utility
Radiographic imaging apparatus, radiographic imaging system, and recording medium
4 Oct 22
A radiographic imaging apparatus includes a hardware processor.
Takanori Kakigi, Masahiro Kuwata, Kentaro Hara, Takeshi Saito
Filed: 24 Jun 20
Utility
Abrasive slurry regeneration method
4 Oct 22
An object of the present invention is to provide an abrasive slurry regeneration method capable of efficiently regenerating an abrasive slurry having a high polishing rate.
Chie Inui, Akihiro Maezawa, Yuuki Nagai, Natsumi Hirayama
Filed: 1 Dec 16
Utility
Inkjet recording method and inkjet recording apparatus
4 Oct 22
Provided is an inkjet recording method comprising the step of forming an image by applying an ink containing at least a coloring material and a processing liquid containing at least a flocculant to a surface of a recording medium by a droplet discharge device, respectively, to coalescence the ink and the processing liquid, wherein the processing liquid is applied to an image forming region on which the image is formed and a peripheral region of the image forming region, and an application amount of the processing liquid to be applied to the peripheral region of the image forming region is controlled to be the same as an application amount of the processing liquid to be applied at an end portion of the image forming region.
Naoto Niizuma
Filed: 9 Apr 21
Utility
Image forming apparatus and image forming method
4 Oct 22
An image forming apparatus includes: a hardware processor that forms an image on a conveyed recording medium; and a determining device that determines whether a type of the recording medium is a first recording medium or a second recording medium, wherein if the type of the recording medium is determined to be the first recording medium, the hardware processor forms a normal image on the recording medium, whereas if the type of the recording medium is determined to be the second recording medium, the hardware processor forms a test image on the recording medium.
Masakazu Date
Filed: 11 Jun 20
Utility
Image forming apparatus, method, and program
4 Oct 22
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: 23 Jun 21
Utility
Dynamic image analysis system and dynamic image processing apparatus
4 Oct 22
A dynamic image analysis system includes a modality and a hardware processor.
Sumiya Nagatsuka, Naoki Hayashi
Filed: 24 Feb 20
Utility
Image forming apparatus and image forming method that perform inspection using line sensors
27 Sep 22
An image forming apparatus includes: a conveyor that transports a sheet; an image former that forms an image on front and back surfaces of the sheet being transported in a transportation path and forms marks on the front and back surfaces; a reader that comprises a first line sensor that is disposed on a front surface side and reads the front surface; and a second line sensor that is disposed on a back surface side and reads the back surface; and a controller that: calculates a positional deviation between the images formed on the front and back surfaces based on positions of the marks on the front surface read by the first line sensor and positions of the marks on the back surface read by the second line sensor, and controls the image former to adjust positions of the images formed on the front and back surfaces.
Yoshihiro Esumi
Filed: 15 Apr 21
Utility
Inspection device comparing a scan image to a reference image, image forming apparatus, and program for inspection device
27 Sep 22
An inspection device includes an image reader that generates a scan image, an inspector that inspects an inspection target image formed on a storage medium, by comparing a scan image with a reference image, a storage that stores the reference image, and a hardware processor that stores into the storage the reference image generated as the scan image by reading with the image reader an image formed on a recording medium by the image former on a basis of a second print job for generating the reference image, determines whether the reference image stored in the storage satisfies a predetermined condition when a data amount of the reference image stored in the storage becomes equal to or larger than a predetermined amount, and deletes the reference image determined to satisfy the predetermined condition from the storage.
Tatsuya Nakano
Filed: 22 Sep 21
Utility
Information processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, information processing system, attribute identification method, and recording medium
27 Sep 22
An information processing apparatus connected to one or more user terminals including a first user terminal installed at a place of a social group, via a communication network, includes: a storage that stores social group attribute information that associates a unique ID uniquely identifying the first user terminal with attribute information pertaining to the social group where the first user terminal assigned the unique ID is installed; and a hardware processor, wherein the hardware processor obtains information pertaining to the first user terminal and including the unique ID, the information having been transmitted from the first user terminal, obtains the attribute information pertaining to the social group associated in the storage with the unique ID transmitted from the first user terminal, and identifies a social group attribute of the user of the first user terminal.
Kenichiro Ohki
Filed: 11 Aug 20
Utility
Image processing device, job management method, and non-transitory recording medium storing computer readable program
20 Sep 22
An image processing device reduces influence from delay due to one or more post processors and efficiently utilizes resources of an image former, to improve productivity.
Nobuhiro Nojima
Filed: 5 May 21
Utility
Image processing method, image processing apparatus, and storage medium
20 Sep 22
An image processing method includes image inputting, auxiliary information inputting, image processing, feature quantity extracting, and discriminating.
Takehiko Sashida
Filed: 15 Feb 19
Utility
Color conversion table corrector that corrects the color conversion table according to data related to a first captured image excluding a specified area
20 Sep 22
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
Inkjet recording liquid set, printed matter, and inkjet recording method
20 Sep 22
Takayuki Toeda, Haruka Moriyama
Filed: 24 Aug 20
Utility
Ink jet recording apparatus and ink jet recording method
13 Sep 22
There is provided an ink jet recording apparatus including an ink jet head and a drive circuit.
Kenji Mawatari, Masanori Shimazoe, Ryohei Kobayashi
Filed: 9 Aug 17
Utility
Organic electroluminescent element
13 Sep 22
Provided is an organic electroluminescent element having high efficiency, a long lifetime, and bending resistance.
Kazuhiro Oikawa, Akihiro Kimura
Filed: 17 Oct 17
Utility
Control system and radiographic imaging system
6 Sep 22
A control system includes a radiation emission apparatus and a radiographic imaging apparatus that generates image data by receiving radiation A first apparatus of the radiation emission apparatus and the radiographic imaging apparatus includes a first timer that performs time measurement to periodically generate first time measurement information.
Kohei Isogai, Hidetake Tezuka, Nobuyuki Miyake, Kentaro Hara, Masahiro Kuwata, Koji Kashima
Filed: 23 Oct 20