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Utility
Image forming apparatus
16 Aug 22
An image forming apparatus includes: a first rotatable member; a second rotatable member that presses against the first rotatable member in a pressed state and separates from the first rotatable member in a separated state; and a hardware processor that sets a target speed of the second rotatable member based on a change in speed of the second rotatable member between a first speed in the separated state and a second speed in the pressed state.
Satoshi Nishida, Nobuhiko Okano, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Yujiro Ishida
Filed: 1 Jun 21
Utility
Image forming method and image forming system
16 Aug 22
Provided is an image forming method using a toner for developing an electrostatic charge image and an electrophotographic photoreceptor, and containing at least a charging step, an exposing step, a developing step and a transferring step, wherein the electrophotographic photoreceptor has a photosensitive layer, and the photosensitive layer contains a triphenylamine derivative having a specific structure as a charge transport material, and the toner for developing an electrostatic charge image contains at least titanic acid compound particles as an external additive.
Seisuke Maeda
Filed: 15 Mar 21
Utility
Image forming apparatus and method for controlling the same
16 Aug 22
An image forming apparatus includes: a photoreceptor that forms a toner image; a light emission element that exposes the photoreceptor; at least one light emission controller that controls light emission of the light emission element; and a hardware processor that transmits a signal including a control parameter for controlling the light emission element with respect to the light emission controller, wherein the light emission controller stops light emission control over the light emission element according to communication that receives the signal including the control parameter from the hardware processor.
Tatsuya Eguchi, Hiroshi Eguchi, Takashi Watanabe, Takeshi Ishida
Filed: 12 Jul 21
Utility
Image forming system including first storage that stores paper ejected after image formation processing and second storage that stores paper transferred from first storage, control method of image forming system, and program for allowing computer to execute control method
16 Aug 22
An image forming system includes: a first storage that stores paper ejected after image formation processing; a second storage that stores the paper transferred from the first storage; a hardware processor that controls an operation of the image forming system; and a notifier that notifies of a state of the image forming system, wherein the hardware processor determines whether the paper remains in the first storage, and allows the notifier to notify that the paper is left untaken based on determination that the paper remains in the first storage.
Hiroaki Aizawa
Filed: 8 Apr 21
Utility
Image forming apparatus and temperature control method
16 Aug 22
An image forming apparatus, includes: a media sensor that detects a sheet type; a fixer that fixes the image on a sheet; a storage that stores a fixing temperature for each sheet type; and a hardware processor that controls power supplied to the fixer by pulse-width modulation (PWM) control and controls a temperature of the fixer to the fixing temperature corresponding to the sheet type detected by the media sensor.
Takahiro Tsujimoto, Takeshi Tamada, Tianhua Xu, Hiroaki Takatsu, Katsuyuki Ikuta, Akihiro Hayashi
Filed: 20 Aug 20
Utility
Image forming system, image forming apparatus, and information processing apparatus
16 Aug 22
An image forming system includes: an image forming apparatus; and a recording material information detecting apparatus provided outside the image forming apparatus, wherein the recording material information detecting apparatus includes a recording material information detector that detects recording material information about a recording material, and the image forming apparatus includes: an image former; an operation detector; and a hardware processor.
Sayaka Ogasawara, Hiroyuki Konishi
Filed: 11 May 21
Utility
Projection optical system and projection apparatus
9 Aug 22
A projection optical system includes: a first optical system and a second optical system disposed in that order from an enlargement side.
Atsuo Masui, Kazuhiko Inoue
Filed: 2 Jun 20
Utility
Dynamic analysis system
9 Aug 22
A dynamic analysis system includes a hardware processor and an output device.
Noritsugu Matsutani
Filed: 9 Sep 20
Utility
Image forming apparatus, control method, and control program including calculation of chromaticity
9 Aug 22
There is provided an image forming apparatus that forms an image with a plurality of coloring materials on a recording medium, and the image forming apparatus includes: a hardware processor that calculates a chromaticity range having a color difference not less than a setting value to respective chromaticities of the plurality of coloring materials for use in formation of the image, as a base color range common between the plurality of coloring materials.
Yorihiro Yamaya
Filed: 12 Apr 21
Utility
Inspection apparatus, image forming system, inspection program, and inspection method
9 Aug 22
An inspection apparatus includes: a hardware processor that: conducts an inspection on an image by comparing a scanned image with a correct image, the image being formed on paper in accordance with a print job, the scanned image being generated by reading the image, the correct image serving as a reference for the inspection of the image; and determines whether a page is a target for the inspection in accordance with a type of the paper on which the image will be formed according to print setting of the print job, wherein the hardware processor conducts the inspection on the image on a page that has been determined to be the target for the inspection by the hardware processor, and does not conduct the inspection on the image on a page that has been determined to not be the target for the inspection.
Shoichi Ayukawa
Filed: 14 Jan 20
Utility
Radiography control apparatus, radiographic imaging apparatus, and radiographic imaging system
9 Aug 22
A console 3 included in a radiographic imaging system 100 includes a hardware processor that acquires a plurality of radiographs from a radiographic imaging apparatus 2 that repeatedly generates radiographs in a predetermined cycle, determines whether there is an anomaly that occurred during radiography of the acquired radiographs, and on determining that there is an anomaly, performs a predetermined anomaly operation.
Takahisa Uehara
Filed: 26 Sep 19
Utility
Cradle apparatus
9 Aug 22
A cradle apparatus configured to detachably support an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, the cradle apparatus including: a base portion configured to support a bottom portion of the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus; a back supporting portion extending from the base portion along an attaching/detaching direction of the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, the back supporting portion being configured to support a back portion of the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus on a side opposite to a front portion of the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, the front portion being provided with a display device; and a guide disposed in the back supporting portion and configured to be fitted with a rail provided in the back portion of the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus so as to allow the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus to slide along the attaching/detaching direction.
Takahiko Shiraishi, Tatsushi Chihara, Shinya Noguchi
Filed: 19 Nov 18
Utility
Image processing system, device, and product forms reference images on a sheet by first and second imaging forming devices and determines image positional deviation
9 Aug 22
Provided is an image forming system including a first image forming device, a second image forming device; and an image reading device.
Tomomi Izawa
Filed: 17 Aug 21
Utility
Image processing apparatus and storage medium
2 Aug 22
An image processing apparatus includes a hardware processor.
Tatsuya Takagi
Filed: 10 Feb 20
Utility
Radiation imaging system and imaging guide pattern selection device
2 Aug 22
Hiromu Ohara
Filed: 2 May 19
Utility
Ultrasound diagnostic device and ultrasound signal processing method
2 Aug 22
An ultrasound diagnostic device detecting shear wave propagation velocity through push pulse transmission.
Yasuhito Watanabe
Filed: 2 Jun 17
Utility
Stable image formation apparatus utilizing toner release agents
2 Aug 22
An image forming apparatus forms a stable image on a recording material by using toner containing a release agent.
Yasuo Shiokawa
Filed: 15 Jun 21
Utility
Image forming apparatus and lubricant supply control method
2 Aug 22
Provided is an image forming apparatus including: a transfer member; a first image carrier on which a first toner image using toner of a first color is formed; a second image carrier which is provided on a downstream side relative to the first image carrier in a moving direction (rotating direction) of the transfer member, and on which a second toner image using toner of a second color is formed; a lubricant supply section that supplies a lubricant to the second image carrier; and a control section that controls a supply amount of the lubricant to the second image carrier in accordance with an overlap amount between the first toner image and the second toner image which are transferred from the first image carrier and the second image carrier to the transfer member.
Kei Yuasa, Takenobu Kimura, Takashi Akazawa, Kei Okamura
Filed: 7 Oct 21
Utility
Fixing device and image forming device
2 Aug 22
A fixing device including: a heating rotating body; a pressure member pressed against the heating rotating body to form a nip; a first acquisition unit that acquires a first index value indicating a change in coefficient of friction between the heating rotating body and the pressure member; a second acquisition unit that acquires a second index value indicating a change in rigidity of an elastic layer in the heating rotating body and/or the pressure member; and a controller that executes at least one of two controls according to the index values: a first control during idling rotation after fixing job execution, for controlling temperature of the heating rotating body and time from a start of the idling rotation to an end of the idling rotation and a second control during idling rotation before and/or after fixing job execution, for controlling rotation speed of the heating rotating body.
Yutaka Otsuka, Tomoya Sato
Filed: 29 Jul 21
Utility
Recording medium conveyance device, recording medium conveyance method and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium encoded with recording medium conveyance program
2 Aug 22
A recording medium conveyance device includes storage that stores a recording medium, a conveyer that takes out the recording medium stored in the storage and conveys the recording medium as a conveyed object, an ultrasonic sensor that outputs a value indicating an attenuation amount of an ultrasonic wave caused by the conveyed object and a hardware processor, wherein the hardware processor executes an overlay detection process of detecting whether the conveyed object is in an overlay state in which a gap is present based on a result of output by the ultrasonic sensor, and prevents execution of the overlay detection process with respect to a first conveyed object that is to be conveyed first by the conveyer.
Taku Kimura, Masahiro Nonoyama, Junichi Masuda, Masahiro Kamiya, Katsuhide Sakai
Filed: 6 May 21