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Utility
Image forming method
31 Aug 21
Provided is an image forming method using an electrophotographic photoreceptor provided with a photosensitive layer and a protective layer in this order on a conductive support, and a toner, and the image forming method containing a charging step, an exposure step, a development step, a transfer step, a fixing step, and a cleaning step, wherein the protective layer contains at least a cured resin obtained by curing a polymerizable compound; the toner contains 50% by number or more of toner particles having a shape factor calculated by the equation (1) in the range of 1.2 to 1.6, and a variation coefficient of the shape factor is 16% or less; and the toner contains alumina particles having a number average particle diameter in the range of 5 to 60 nm and silica particles having a number average particle diameter in the range of 80 to 200 nm.
Tomoko Mine, Michiyo Fujita, Ryuichi Hiramoto, Kaori Matsushima
Filed: 3 Feb 20
Utility
Image forming apparatus and conveyance control method
31 Aug 21
An image forming apparatus includes: a conveyer that conveys a recording medium; a transfer part that forms a transfer nip between with the conveyer, and conveys, toward the transfer nip, an image to be transferred onto the recording medium; and an inclination part that inclines the recording medium conveyed by the conveyer with respect to a conveyance direction of the recording medium in the conveyer.
Shuri Mizoguchi
Filed: 14 Aug 20
Utility
Transparent electrode and electronic device
31 Aug 21
A transparent electrode includes a conductive layer and at least one metal affinity layer adjacent to the conductive layer.
Noboru Sekine, Hiroki Kurata
Filed: 4 Aug 17
Utility
Image test apparatus, image forming system and recording medium
31 Aug 21
An image test apparatus includes an image reader which reads paper on which an image is formed from an image formed surface side to acquire test image data including an entire region of the paper, and a hardware processor which detects a defect in the test image data by comparing the test image data acquired by the image reader with correct image data, the hardware processor detecting a defect in the test image data in a region where the test image data overlaps with the correct image data after aligning positions of the test image data and the correct image data by aligning positions of images to each other.
Keisuke Morita
Filed: 10 Jun 19
Utility
Finisher, non-transitory computer-readable recording medium and method for controlling transportation of media sheets
24 Aug 21
Provided are a finisher, a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium and a method for controlling transportation of media sheets.
Tomohiro Kiriyama
Filed: 6 Jun 19
Utility
Image forming apparatus, sheet type determination method and program in the apparatus
24 Aug 21
An image forming apparatus includes: a sheet feeding tray that stores a sheet; a sheet thickness measurement device that measures a sheet thickness of the sheet fed from the sheet feeding tray; a hardware processor that: determines a type of the sheet of which the sheet thickness is measured, a sheet type associated with each of sheet thickness ranges, and the sheet thickness measured by the sheet thickness measurement device; and adjusts a first sheet thickness range to cause the first sheet thickness range to be expandable to at least one of an upper limit value side or a lower limit value side; and an image former that forms an image on the sheet fed from the sheet feeding tray under image forming conditions corresponding to the sheet type determined by the hardware processor.
Mie Kawabata, Akira Murakawa, Atsushi Kawai
Filed: 20 Jul 20
Utility
Image forming apparatus which uses a toner containing a wax component and which includes a cleaning roller
24 Aug 21
An image forming apparatus includes: an image former that forms a toner image on paper using a toner containing a wax component; a fixer that fixes the toner image formed on the paper; a cleaner including a cleaning roller that contacts a surface of the paper that has passed through the fixer and causes the wax component to adhere to an outer peripheral surface of the cleaning roller; a cooler that supplies air at least over the outer peripheral surface of the cleaning roller; and a hardware processor that controls operations of the cleaner and the cooler.
Yuji Hayashi
Filed: 7 Jul 20
Utility
Image processing device and non-transitory recording medium
24 Aug 21
An image processing device capable of repeatedly sending internal data stored inside the device to a server at a predetermined timing, comprises: a hardware processor that: obtains the internal data from the inside the device at every data transmission timing; determines whether or not to send the latest internal data obtained at the current data transmission timing to the server based on a change in an operation status during a period from the previous data transmission timing to the current data transmission timing; and sends the latest internal data to the server when determining to send the latest internal data to the server.
Akito Ota
Filed: 29 Jan 19
Utility
Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, ultrasound image generation method and storage medium
24 Aug 21
An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes a transmitter, a receiver and a hardware processor.
Yoshihiro Takeda
Filed: 26 Oct 18
Utility
Electronic device having functional layer including particles and binder material
24 Aug 21
Provided are an electronic device and an organic electroluminescence element both of which are excellent in optical properties as well as long-term storage stability and scratch resistance.
Yasunobu Kobayashi, Takeshi Hakii, Shun Furukawa
Filed: 26 Sep 17
Utility
Ultrasound diagnostic device and ultrasound image generating method
24 Aug 21
An ultrasound diagnostic device including: a transmitter which outputs a driving signal for a C-mode image to an ultrasound probe sending and receiving ultrasound; a receiver which obtains a reception signal from the ultrasound probe; and a controller which: calculates an inner product value of packet data of the reception signal and a first orthonormal basis for each degree; sets a conversion function to convert the inner product value into a removal rate to remove a clutter component; converts the calculated inner product value into the removal rate for each degree by using the set conversion function; and generates image data from which a signal component of the C-mode image is removed according to the removal rate for each degree.
Yoshihiro Takeda
Filed: 13 Apr 18
Utility
Image inspection device, image forming device, and computer-readable recording medium storing a program
17 Aug 21
An image inspection device which enables the user to know the cause of an abnormality in a read image.
Yasumasa Tsukamoto
Filed: 25 Jun 19
Utility
Gesture-based menu scroll operation on a display apparatus
17 Aug 21
An image forming apparatus displays part of function keys for menu items of basic functions so as to be stopped at a predetermined stop position.
Yoshiyuki Tamai, Yoichi Kurumasa, Mitsutaka Morita, Ryosuke Nishimura, Mie Kawabata
Filed: 23 Oct 13
Utility
Posture adjusting apparatus and inkjet image forming apparatus
17 Aug 21
A posture adjusting apparatus includes: an ink ejector that has a detachable inkjet head that ejects ink; and a posture adjuster for adjusting a posture of the ink ejector.
Akira Naruse, Ryo Goto, Kenichi Yamamoto
Filed: 9 Oct 19
Utility
Image forming apparatus
17 Aug 21
An image forming apparatus includes: a transfer unit, a fixing unit, a sway roller pair constituted of a pair of rollers, a first detector and a hardware processor.
Yasuo Shiokawa, Yoshiteru Kawakami, Takahiro Okubo
Filed: 5 Jun 18
Utility
Image forming apparatus and method of supplying toner to photoconductor cleaner
17 Aug 21
An image forming apparatus includes: a photoconductor; a transfer portion; a photoconductor cleaner that removes residual toner from a surface of the photoconductor; and a first processor that forms a toner patch on the surface of the photoconductor.
Yusuke Murakami
Filed: 12 Aug 20
Utility
Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, a transmission condition setting method, and program
10 Aug 21
First transmission information in which an optimum transmitting voltage and a transmitting waveform are associated with each other for each display mode, and second transmission information in which a plurality of transmitting voltage candidates and pulse-width modulation transmitting waveforms that are pulse-width-modulation controlled to respectively correspond to the plurality of transmitting voltage candidates are associated with each other for each display mode are used to extract a maximum transmitting voltage candidate that does not exceed an optimum transmitting voltage of a first display mode from a plurality of transmitting voltage candidates included in the second transmission information of a second display mode so as to determine a common transmitting voltage used in common for the first display mode and the second display mode based on the optimum transmitting voltage of the first display mode and/or the maximum transmitting voltage candidate.
Kazushi Ota, Akihiro Kawabata, Tomohito Sakai, Takashi Sakai
Filed: 8 Jun 18
Utility
Paper stacking device and image forming system
10 Aug 21
A paper stacking device includes: a stacker on which paper is stacked; a paper ejector that ejects the paper; an aligning plate that is provided on a side of the paper, and aligns a side end of the paper; a paper floating member that is provided in the aligning plate, and supports, from below, the side end of the paper; and a blower that is provided on the side of the paper across the aligning plate, and blows air, wherein the aligning plate includes a blowing opening through which air from the blower is blown, the paper floating member is switched between: a paper floating position; and a retreat position, when the paper floating member is located in the paper floating position, the blowing opening is opened, and when the paper floating member is located in the retreat position, the blowing opening is shielded.
Tsuyoshi Tsuchiya
Filed: 13 Nov 19
Utility
Optical measuring device, image generating method, and image generating program
10 Aug 21
An optical measuring device comprises: a lens to form an image with reflected light from a measuring object; an image sensor to receive the reflected light that has passed through the lens and generate an image representing the measuring object; a driver to drive a drive object, the drive object being at least one of the lens and the image sensor; and a controller to control the optical measuring device.
Koji Yamamoto, Satoshi Yokota, Norimasa Kubota, Yoshihisa Abe, Yuta Yamanoi, Masaaki Chigasaki, Osamu Toyama
Filed: 5 Apr 17
Utility
Diagnosis assistance device for optical characteristic measurement device, and diagnosis assistance method for optical characteristic measurement device
10 Aug 21
A diagnosis assistance device assists a diagnosis of an optical characteristic measurement device which operates on the basis of the content of setting stored in a setting storage unit of an optical characteristic measurement device, and includes a first storage unit, a second storage unit, a processing unit, a first command unit, a diagnosis unit, and a second command unit.
Satoshi Deishi, Takuya Matsumoto, Hironori Chono
Filed: 2 Oct 17