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Utility
Quality inspection method
2 Nov 21
Provided is a quality inspection method in which an inner state of a three-dimensional laminated molding can be quickly and easily inspected without destroying the three-dimensional laminated molding.
Keisuke Mizoguchi, Mitsuharu Kitamura, Kenji Goto
Filed: 30 Mar 18
Utility
Method for suppressing nonspecific signals from contaminants in an immunoassay using surface plasmon-field enhanced fluorescence spectroscopy (SPFS)
2 Nov 21
Provided is at least one method of suppressing, in an immunoassay using surface plasmon-field enhanced fluorescence spectroscopy (SPFS), nonspecific signals generated by nonspecific adsorption of contaminants contained in a sample to an SPFS sensor section (e.g., a primary antibody, a solid-phase layer and a metal thin film).
Tomonori Kaneko, Takeshi Isoda
Filed: 8 Nov 13
Utility
Fixing apparatus and image forming apparatus
2 Nov 21
A fixing apparatus comprises: a fixing member and a pressing member; and a pressing mechanism that forms a fixing nip part by pressing the pressing member against the fixing member.
Yoshito Hashimura, Shimpei Kanamori
Filed: 14 Aug 20
Utility
Image forming apparatus and storage medium for high-accuracy colorimetry
2 Nov 21
An image forming apparatus that prints an adjustment pattern on a sheet includes a generator and an image former.
Masanori Yoshizawa
Filed: 18 May 20
Utility
Ultrasound signal processing device, ultrasound diagnostic device, and ultrasound signal processing method for calculating blood flow and tissue information
26 Oct 21
An ultrasound signal processing device that generates, for each detection wave, a first complex Doppler signal sequence through quadrature detection of a reception signal sequence; generates tissue velocity data by calculating velocity values for each set of coordinates of observation points in a region of interest from the first complex Doppler signal sequence; generates a second complex Doppler signal sequence by performing clutter removal filter processing on the first complex Doppler signal sequence; generates first velocity data by calculating velocity values for each set of coordinates of the observation points from the second complex Doppler signal sequence; and generates, for each set of coordinates of the observation points, second velocity data based on the first velocity data and the tissue velocity data, and third velocity data by applying a correction to velocity values of the second velocity data that have an absolute value equal to or less than a threshold.
Yasuaki Susumu
Filed: 14 Nov 18
Utility
Prism, prism production method, mold, and sensor chip
26 Oct 21
A prism (1090) is configured from a dielectric medium and is used in analysis using surface plasmons.
Yoshihiro Okumura, Takehiko Goshima, Seiji Yuasa
Filed: 7 Sep 15
Utility
Zoom lens, image pickup optical device, and digital apparatus
26 Oct 21
Hiroaki Tanaka
Filed: 5 May 20
Utility
Fixing device and image forming apparatus
26 Oct 21
A fixing device includes: an endless fixing belt; a pad unit and a driven roller disposed opposite to an inner peripheral surface of the fixing belt so as to entrain the fixing belt; a pair of first supports located so as to sandwich the fixing belt in a width direction of the fixing belt, the pair of first supports supporting the pad unit by fixing the pad unit; and a pair of second supports located so as to sandwich the pair of first supports in the width direction of the fixing belt, the pair of second supports rotatably journaling the driven roller.
Naoki Yamamoto
Filed: 28 Apr 20
Utility
Recording medium conveying apparatus and image recording apparatus
26 Oct 21
A recording medium conveying apparatus includes: a mount member having an outer peripheral surface on which a recording medium is placed; a ventilation member provided along part of an inner peripheral surface of the mount member; an air chamber having air permeability to/from the outer peripheral surface side of the mount member through the holes provided in the mount member and the ventilation member; a suction unit; and a side wall member having side wall surfaces covering part of side surfaces of the ventilation member.
Tasuku Asanuma
Filed: 4 Nov 19
Utility
Inkjet recording apparatus and cleaning method of intermediate transfer body
26 Oct 21
An inkjet recording apparatus includes an ink jetter; a transfer unit that has an intermediate transfer body and transfers ink on its transfer surface to a recording medium to record an image; a thickening device that thickens the ink landed on the transfer surface before transfer to the recording medium; a cleaner that removes residual ink remaining on the transfer surface; and a hardware processor.
Yusuke Nishisaka, Hajime Kawakami, Mei Suzuki, Keishi Suzuki
Filed: 25 Feb 20
Utility
Image forming method
26 Oct 21
Provided is an image forming method, including: transferring and fixing a toner onto a recording medium, and forming an image including a plurality of layers, in which an attachment amount of the toner on the recording medium is greater than or equal to 8 g/m2 and less than or equal to 40 g/m2, a toner forming a layer in contact with a fixing member contains at least a first mold release agent containing ester wax and a second mold release agent containing microcrystalline wax, and a special color toner is contained in any layer of the plurality of layers.
Keisuke Asano, Shiro Hirano, Kazuhiko Nakajima
Filed: 21 Apr 20
Utility
Image forming system and post-processing determination method
26 Oct 21
An image forming system includes: an image forming apparatus; a post-processing apparatus that includes post-processors corresponding to at least two post-processes and perform the at least two post-processes stepwise on paper on which an image is formed by the image forming apparatus; a setting receiver that receives post-processing settings corresponding to the at least two post-processes; and a hardware processor that determines whether or not the at least two post-processes are executable based on the post-processing settings corresponding to the at least two post-processes and that, in a case where it is determined that the at least two post-processes are not executable, when a post-processing setting corresponding to one of the at least two post-processes is a setting including numerical value input, provides notification regarding a numerical value input setting change in the post-processing setting corresponding to the one post-processing.
Hiroyuki Konishi
Filed: 13 Mar 20
Utility
Inspection device comparing a scan image to a reference image and deletion of the reference image from storage
26 Oct 21
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: 26 Sep 19
Utility
Inspection system, inspection method, and inspection program
26 Oct 21
An inspection system includes: an inspection part that compares a scanned image obtained by scanning a sheet on which an image is formed on the basis of a job with a reference image prepared in advance and thereby performs inspection of the scanned image; and a hardware processor that sets an inspection target page to be a target of inspection and a non-inspection target page to be excluded from inspection, for the job, wherein the hardware processor causes the inspection part to perform inspection for the inspection target page and not to perform inspection for the non-inspection target page on the basis of the setting of the hardware processor, and the hardware processor creates an inspection report including scanned images of all pages of the job including the non-inspection target page.
Takao Kurohata
Filed: 4 Mar 20
Utility
Motor control device, method of estimating initial position of magnetic pole of rotor, and image forming apparatus
19 Oct 21
In a motor control device, when estimating an initial position of a magnetic pole of a rotor of a motor, a drive circuit continuously or intermittently applies a voltage to a stator winding at each of a plurality of energization angles while sequentially changing the energization angles, and at a voltage value and for an energization time period, the voltage value and the energization time period being set such that the rotor does not rotate.
Yuta Tachibana, Hiroyuki Yoshikawa, Daichi Suzuki
Filed: 10 Feb 20
Utility
Dynamic analysis system
19 Oct 21
A dynamic analysis system includes: a hardware processor that: extracts an extended lung field region formed of one region including two lungs and a region between the two lungs from a dynamic image obtained by radiography of a dynamic state of a chest of a subject; and generates an analysis result image illustrating an analysis result of a pulmonary function in the extended lung field region by analyzing the dynamic image.
Noritsugu Matsutani
Filed: 11 May 18
Utility
Image inspecting apparatus and image forming system
19 Oct 21
An image inspecting apparatus includes a reader that reads an image on a recording material formed in an image forming apparatus and generates read image data and an image analyzer that performs analysis to determine abnormality for the read image data by using a threshold value and creates an analysis result.
Makoto Ikeda
Filed: 29 Jan 20
Utility
Color accuracy vertfication device that manages color accuracy of plurality of printers
19 Oct 21
A color accuracy verification device includes: a hardware processor that: acquires a colorimetric value for each color patch of color accuracy verification charts generated by a plurality of printers; stores the colorimetric value in time series; sets a target printer to carry out color accuracy verification; and verifies color accuracy based on: the colorimetric value of the target printer stored in the hardware processor; and a verification reference value set in advance; and a display that displays a verification result by the hardware processor for the target printer.
Ryohei Inada
Filed: 22 Aug 19
Utility
X-ray imaging system
19 Oct 21
An X-ray imaging system includes the following.
Yasunori Tsuboi, Hiromichi Shindou
Filed: 10 Apr 19
Utility
Exposure device and image forming apparatus
19 Oct 21
An exposure device includes: a first lens array unit and a second lens array unit each including a plurality of optical elements formed in a formation surface with respective optical axes parallel to each other, the formation surface of the first lens array unit being not perpendicular to the optical axes; a first lens array holder and a second lens array holder that hold the first lens array unit and the second lens array unit with the respective optical axes of the plurality of optical elements parallel to each other; and a light source assembly in which optical element groups each including a plurality of light-emitting devices aligned in a direction perpendicular to the optical axes are disposed at different positions in a direction parallel to the optical axes, wherein the first lens array unit is provided with a first seating surface and a second seating surface.
Takahiro Matsuo, Atsushi Nagaoka, Hajime Taniguchi, Ryo Hasegawa
Filed: 30 Apr 20