1367 patents
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Utility
Toner and image forming method
13 Jul 20
A toner includes toner particles, wherein the toner particles contain a polymer containing a structural unit derived from an azobenzene derivative having a polymerizable group.
Seijiro Takahashi, Haruo Horiguchi, Toyoko Shibata
Filed: 8 Jul 19
Utility
Developer container
13 Jul 20
A developer container includes a container main body that stores a developer, has an outlet for discharging the developer to a downstream side in a conveyance direction in which the developer is conveyed, has a sidewall having a circular cross-section perpendicular to the conveyance direction, and has a first ridge that continuously or intermittently continues to the downstream side in a helical form in a certain winding direction and is formed on an inner surface of the sidewall, and a limiter disposed at a downstream end that is an end on the downstream side of the container main body, to secure a space between the limiter and the sidewall, the space extending to an upstream side of the outlet in the conveyance direction and extending from the upstream side to the outlet.
Takenori Suenaga
Filed: 7 Oct 19
Utility
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13 Jul 20
An image forming apparatus comprises a conveying member configured to convey paper along a paper path, an image reading unit configured to read a surface of the paper conveyed by the conveying member along the paper path, and a color sample member.
Shougo Fukai
Filed: 7 Jan 19
Utility
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13 Jul 20
A non-transitory recording medium storing a computer readable program causes a computer to perform: a) detecting a change from a first area to a second area according to a change in a usage area of a setting control device; b), in a case where the change in the usage area is detected in a), determining whether to change a setting value of each of a plurality of setting items; and c) performing control for the setting values of the plurality of setting items, wherein, in c), a setting value of a change target item, which is a setting item whose setting value is determined to be changed is changed to a value corresponding to the second area, and a setting value of a non-change target item which is a setting item other than the change target item is maintained as a value before the usage area is changed.
Takanobu Sugiyama, Xingyue Li, Masanori Nishida
Filed: 9 Apr 19
Utility
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13 Jul 20
An image display system including a display control device and terminals is provided.
Kenji Matsuhara
Filed: 23 Jul 18
Utility
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13 Jul 20
An image processing apparatus determines a type of a display target content of a browser and acquires information on a size of a display part of the image processing apparatus.
Masayuki Kawamoto
Filed: 27 Mar 17
Utility
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13 Jul 20
A paper conveyance device includes: an upstream roller and a downstream roller being arranged at an interval in a paper conveyance path; paper conveyance guides being arranged between the upstream and downstream roller in the paper conveyance path to guide both surfaces of paper along the paper conveyance path during paper conveyance; drivers that drive the upstream and downstream roller independently; and a processor that measures the load torques on the upstream and downstream roller, that judges whether or not the paper is rubbing against one of the paper conveyance guides with reference to the load torques on the upstream and downstream roller, the load torques being obtained by the processor, and that performs controlled paper conveyance with reference to the load torques on the upstream and downstream roller depending on the result of the judgment being obtained by the processor.
Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Hitoshi Asano, Toshikazu Higashi, Tomonobu Tamura
Filed: 26 Nov 18
Utility
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13 Jul 20
A management server disposed outside a firewall and supporting connection of communications between a control target device disposed inside the firewall and a cloud server disposed outside the firewall, includes a server-side session establishing portion to, based on a request from a relay device disposed inside the firewall, establish a session with the relay device, a device information acquiring portion to acquire device information about the control target device from the relay device via the established session, and an update determining portion to, in response to reception of a request of connecting to the control target device from the cloud server, determine whether to update the device information.
Hisashi Uchida, Kazumi Sawayanagi, Noriaki Asamoto, Masami Yamada, Shuji Yoneda, Kazuya Anezaki, Akihiro Torigoshi, Yasutaka Ito
Filed: 4 Feb 15
Utility
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13 Jul 20
An image forming apparatus of an internal ejection type in which a sheet ejection space is provided between an image reader and an image former, the image forming apparatus includes: an illuminator provided on a wall surface partitioning the sheet ejection space; a detector that detects a position of a work target enabled to move in pulling-out and storing directions within the sheet ejection space; and a controller that performs on/off control of the illuminator depending on a detection position of the detector, wherein in a case where it is detected that the work target is in a work position for performing human work, the controller performs on/off control of the illuminator to illuminate a work target portion that faces an interior of the sheet ejection space of the work target and is subjected to the human work.
Tsutomu Ohata
Filed: 5 Jul 18
Utility
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13 Jul 20
An image processing apparatus includes: a volatile storage device; a hardware processor that executes an information process using the volatile storage device; and a nonvolatile storage device that stores data to be used for the information process, wherein in response to a condition that makes it impossible to continue the information process being satisfied while the information process is being executed, the hardware processor generates a snapshot of the volatile storage device and stores the snapshot in an area of the nonvolatile storage device having a use other than snapshot storage, and in response to a condition that makes it possible to resume the information process being satisfied, the hardware processor reads the snapshot from the nonvolatile storage device and resumes the information process.
Shin Ohba
Filed: 21 Mar 19
Utility
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6 Jul 20
A dynamic analysis system includes: an analytic value calculation unit configured to calculate an analytic value in a plurality of time phases on the basis of a dynamic image in the plurality of time phases obtained by performing dynamic photography on the chest of a subject; a ventilation state calculation unit configured to calculate, using a non-linear function, an index value representing a ventilation state of a lung field from the analytic value in the plurality of time phases; a display unit; and a control unit configured to display the index value calculated on the plurality of time phases, on the display unit.
Masayuki Nakazawa, Keiko Itaya
Filed: 11 Jun 17
Utility
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6 Jul 20
An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus that transmits an ultrasound beam using an ultrasound probe including transducers and generates acoustic line signal subframe data, includes: a transmitter that causes transmission transducer arrays to transmit the ultrasound beam; a receiver that generates a reception signal sequence; and a delay-and-sum part that performs delay-and-sum operation, wherein the receiver includes part receivers, the delay-and-sum part includes: part delay-and-sum parts that perform delay-and-sum to generate an acoustic line signal so as to generate acoustic line signal partial subframe data; part folding parts that extract an acoustic line signal sequence and arrange the acoustic line signals to generate acoustic line signal partial subframe folded data; a main summing part that sums the acoustic line signal partial subframe folded data to generate acoustic line signal subframe folded data; and a re-sequence part that re-sequences the acoustic line signals to generate the acoustic line signal subframe data.
Mineo Tsushima
Filed: 1 Apr 18
Utility
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6 Jul 20
An inkjet recorder includes at least one nozzle ejecting ink, at least one piezoelectric element, a power unit, and a processor.
Kyohei Hayashi, Akira Takeya
Filed: 20 Jun 18
Utility
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6 Jul 20
A degassing apparatus includes a hollow fiber disposed on a supply path for a liquid, the hollow fiber including a gas permeable film permeable to dissolved gas in the liquid.
Satoru Osawa
Filed: 14 Jan 19
Utility
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6 Jul 20
A sheet feeding parameter management system includes: a plurality of air sheet feeding apparatuses each including an air sheet feeder that feeds a sheet and enabled to change a sheet feeding parameter; and a management apparatus connected to the plurality of air sheet feeding apparatuses, wherein each of the plurality of air sheet feeding apparatuses includes: a sheet type information acquisitor that acquires sheet type information; and a hardware processor that: adjusts the sheet feeding parameter; and transmits the sheet type information and the sheet feeding parameter to the management apparatus, and the management apparatus includes the hardware processor that: causes a storage to store an adjustment result associated with the sheet type information and the sheet feeding parameter; and sets, based on the adjustment result, for an air sheet feeding apparatus to be processed among the plurality of air sheet feeding apparatuses.
Eiji Nishikawa, Takahiro Yokoya, Noritaka Shimizu
Filed: 6 Dec 18
Utility
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6 Jul 20
Provided is a laser sensor including an optical window with high accuracy and having excellent dustproof and waterproof properties.
Hajime Mori, Tomokazu Taguchi, Norihiro Nagai
Filed: 19 Apr 16
Utility
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6 Jul 20
Hiromichi Shindou, Kiyoshi Hagiwara
Filed: 16 Apr 19
Utility
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6 Jul 20
A toner supply device includes: a device body; and a toner bottle, wherein a toner supply port is formed in each of the device body and the toner bottle, either one of the device body and the toner bottle includes: a shutter that can be selectively moved between a shielding position and an open position; and a first engagement part, the other one of the device body and the toner bottle includes a second engagement part, the shutter is moved from the shielding position to the open position and the shutter opens the toner supply port, and then the first engagement part is engaged with the second engagement part, and the shutter is moved from the open position to the shielding position and the shutter closes the toner supply port, and then engagement between the first engagement part and the second engagement part is disengaged.
Keiko Yasuda, Hideaki Ikeda
Filed: 4 Apr 19
Utility
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6 Jul 20
An image forming apparatus includes the following.
Satoru Nagata
Filed: 7 Jul 19
Utility
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6 Jul 20
An image forming apparatus includes a fixer that fixes toner adhering to a sheet that passes through a fixing nip, the fixer including: an endless fixing belt that rotates; and a presser that presses the fixing belt to form the fixing nip between the fixing belt and the presser.
Junichi Arai
Filed: 12 Feb 19