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Surface plasmon-enhanced fluorescence measurement device and surface plasmon-enhanced fluorescence measurement method
22 Jun 20
The surface plasmon-enhanced fluorescence measurement device has: a light source that irradiates the diffraction grating with a linearly polarized excitation light; a rotating part that changes the direction of the optical axis of the excitation light with respect to the diffraction grating when seen in plan view, or changes the polarization direction of the excitation light with respect to the diffraction grating; a polarizer that extracts linearly polarized light from the fluorescence emitted from the fluorescent substance; and a light detection unit that detects the linearly polarized light extracted by the polarizer.
Yukito Nakamura, Kosuke Nagae, Takatoshi Kaya
Filed: 30 Nov 15
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Wide-angle optical system, lens unit, and imaging apparatus
22 Jun 20
A wide-angle optical system including, in order from an object side: a negative first lens that is a glass lens having a convex shape on the object side, a concave shape on an image side, and a spherical surface on either side; a negative second lens that has an aspherical surface on at least one side, and a concave shape on the image side; a positive third lens; an aperture; a fourth lens that has an aspherical surface on at least one side; and a fifth lens that has an aspherical surface on at least one side.
Kentarou Nakamura
Filed: 23 Mar 17
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Image forming apparatus, lubricant application method, and computer program
22 Jun 20
An image forming apparatus includes a latent image carrier whose rotational speed changes depending on a printing speed of an image onto a sheet, an applicator that applies a lubricant to a surface of the latent image carrier, and a hardware processor that causes a surface of the applicator to move such that a difference between a first moving speed and a second moving speed is within a certain range, the first moving speed being a speed at which the surface of the latent image carrier moves, the second moving speed being a speed at which the surface of the applicator moves.
Kunitomo Sasaki, Masayasu Haga, Sayaka Morita, Tsugihito Yoshiyama
Filed: 10 Oct 19
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Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer-readable non-transitory recording medium storing image processing program
22 Jun 20
Image processing apparatus 1 includes a hardware processor that acquires a bright-field image of a cell and a fluorescence image in which fluorescent spots of a fluorescent reagent applied dropwise to a region including the cell are imaged, and that uses a convolutional neural network to extract respective image features of the bright-field image and the fluorescence image and to output classification information concerning the cell.
Takehiko Sashida
Filed: 2 Apr 18
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Data reception apparatus, method for controlling data reception apparatus, program, data transmission/reception system, and data transmission apparatus
22 Jun 20
A data reception apparatus includes: a receiver that receives first compressed data from a data transmission apparatus and second compressed data from the data transmission apparatus; and a hardware processor that: starts decompression processing of the first compressed data; calculates a scheduled completion time point of the decompression processing of first unit compressed data, and calculates a scheduled completion time of decompression processing as decompression processing of second unit compressed data; and executes processing for determining, as data to be decompressed that is compressed data to be subject to the decompression processing, unit compressed data presumed that the decompression processing is to be complete earlier out of the first unit compressed data and the second unit compressed data, wherein the hardware processor executes the decompression processing of the unit compressed data determined to be the data to be decompressed.
Hirotsugu Hiramoto
Filed: 30 Oct 18
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Information processing device and program for remote browser operation
22 Jun 20
An information processing device in which a first browser is installed, includes a hardware processor that determines whether or not displaying of a web page by the first browser conforms to predetermined criteria, and when the displaying does not conform to the criteria, remotely operates a second browser installed in an information terminal, and remotely operates the second browser to cause the second browser to display the web page.
Masayuki Kawamoto, Hikaru Muto
Filed: 29 Aug 17
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Image forming apparatus selectively operable as a gateway, method for supporting access, and non-transitory recording medium storing computer readable program
15 Jun 20
An image forming apparatus for use in a network to establish a first session with a server external to the network in order to allow access from the server and connected to a relay device provided in the network is provided.
Yoshiki Watanabe
Filed: 2 Jan 18
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Toner stirring device and image forming apparatus
15 Jun 20
A toner stirring device includes: a toner storage that stores toner; a stirring member that is rotated around a rotation axis to stir the toner inside the toner storage and extends to a radially outer peripheral side; and an elastic sheet that has one end fixed to a front side part in a rotation direction of the stirring member and extends to an outer peripheral side along the stirring member, wherein the elastic sheet includes a through hole at a position corresponding to a tip part of the stirring member, and the tip part of the stirring member passes through the through hole when the elastic sheet is rotated together with the stirring member in a state in which an outer peripheral side part of the elastic sheet contacts, on a more rear side in the rotation direction than the stirring member, an inner wall of the toner storage.
Yusuke Hashimoto
Filed: 28 May 19
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System for predicting occurrence of defective image and non-transitory computer readable medium
15 Jun 20
A system for predicting occurrence of a defective image includes an observation distance obtainer which obtains an observation distance of an image to be formed by an image forming apparatus.
Natsuko Kawai
Filed: 27 Feb 18
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Document viewing apparatus and program
15 Jun 20
A document viewing apparatus, having a touch screen, capable of receiving a handwritten input operation by the user in a state where a document image is displayed on a touch screen, a character string detection unit for detecting a character string included in the document image, a reference position determination unit that sets the reference position when an object is assigned to the character string in accordance with the operating position or operation trace of the handwritten input operation, a guide line drawing unit for drawing and displaying a guide line in accordance with an operation trace with respect to the reference position, and an object assignment unit that assigns a guide line as an object to the character string with the completion of the handwritten input operation.
Akira Murakawa
Filed: 5 Sep 17
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Ink-jet image forming device
15 Jun 20
An ink-jet image forming device includes: an ink flow path; a degassing unit provided in the middle of the ink flow path including a gas-permeable degassing membrane one surface of which is brought into contact with ink in the ink flow path; a vacuum sucker that evacuates the degassing unit; and a vacuum path connecting the vacuum sucker and the degassing unit, wherein the vacuum path is arranged so as to evacuate on a surface side opposite to a surface side brought into contact with the ink of the degassing membrane in the degassing unit, a storage space for storing an inflow flowing into the degassing membrane and the vacuum path is included in the middle of the vacuum path, and the storage space may be maintained at a raised temperature by a heat source.
Ryoichi Yamamoto
Filed: 19 Mar 19
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Heating device and inkjet recording device
15 Jun 20
A heating device includes rollers, a heating belt, a heater and a hardware processor.
Takanobu Shiki, Masashi Sugano, Takashi Nara
Filed: 3 Feb 19
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Information processing apparatus and program
15 Jun 20
An information processing apparatus includes a central processing unit (CPU) that: transmits and receives a message via a network; manages the message received; discriminates reply necessity to the message being managed; discriminates a message type according to a content of the message discriminated as a message that requires a reply; and calculates an estimated time required by a recipient of the message to reply to the message according to the message type discriminated.
Hideaki Shimizu
Filed: 3 Apr 18
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Input assisting method, non-transitory computer-readable recording medium and setup-information input system improves accuracy of settings value to be inputted in setting fields using a rule by using machine learning
15 Jun 20
Provided are an input assisting method, a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium and a setup-information input system including an information input apparatus.
Tatsuro Yamamuro
Filed: 7 Feb 19
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Image forming apparatus and program for inspecting quality of printed images
15 Jun 20
An image forming apparatus includes: an image former that forms an image on a sheet on the basis of print image data obtained by performing image processing on raster data subjected to raster image processing; an image reader that reads the image formed on the sheet on the basis of the print image data by the image former to acquire uncorrected read image data; and a hardware processor that compares the raster data with read image data generated from the uncorrected read image data acquired by the image reader to inspect a print state of the image formed on the sheet, wherein the hardware processor, when inspecting the print state of the image formed on the sheet, offsets an amount of adjustment adjusted by the image processing performed on the raster data.
Hiroaki Aizawa
Filed: 14 Oct 18
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Image forming apparatus and program for determining an output mode
15 Jun 20
The present disclosure pertains to an image forming apparatus that may include a hardware processor that may: receive a print job; acquire position information of a user; determine an output mode of a printed matter on the basis of the acquired position information; and execute the print job and output the printed matter in the determined output mode.
Kenji Manabe
Filed: 5 Mar 19
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Authentication system, recording medium having recorded therein computer program controlling authentication system, and reader for use in authentication system
15 Jun 20
An authentication system includes: a reading unit that (i) reads ID information as a response to a first read command being a command to which only a first type of contactless communication terminal responds, and outputs the ID information and type information indicating that a contactless communication terminal is of the first type, and (ii) reads ID information as a response to a second read command being a command to which both the first and second types of contactless communication terminals respond, and causes additional issuance of the first read command, and when succeeding in reading ID information as a response to the additionally issued first read command, outputs the ID information and type information indicating the first type; an authentication unit that, when a user list includes an output pair of ID information and type information of the communicating contactless communication terminal, authenticates a user associated with output pair.
Keita Minami
Filed: 21 Jun 18
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Image processing apparatus and method of controlling the same
15 Jun 20
An image processing apparatus that executes a plurality of processes related to a file, includes: a memory that stores a file; a processor that executes virus checking on the file.
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Shinya Hashimoto, Yuki Asai
Filed: 29 May 19
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Transparent electrode and organic electronic device including the same
8 Jun 20
A transparent electrode has excellent adhesion between a substrate and a conductive layer.
Takatoshi Suematsu, Kazuaki Nakamura
Filed: 6 Sep 16
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Head cleaning device, image forming device, and head cleaning method of image forming device
8 Jun 20
A head cleaning device includes: a porous cleaning roller that rotates around a cylindrical axis while a cylindrical side circumferential surface is in pressure contact with a nozzle surface of an ink head to clean the nozzle surface; a storage tank that immerses a lower part of the cleaning roller in a cleaning liquid stored therein; a unit moving mechanism that moves a cleaning unit including the storage tank and the cleaning roller in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the cleaning roller; a hardware processor that controls a rotation speed [vr] of the cleaning roller and a moving speed [vx] of the storage tank and the cleaning unit; and a composition acquisition part that acquires a change in composition of the cleaning liquid in the storage tank due to mixing of ink supplied from the nozzle surface through the cleaning roller.
Hiroshi Akita, Taku Mitsuhashi
Filed: 29 May 19