1367 patents
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Image reading device, image reading method, non-transitory recording medium storing computer readable program, and image formation device
5 Sep 23
It is intended to allow whether or not a noise included in a read image is a noise due to an ink ejection failure to be more reliably determined.
Yasuyuki Kamai
Filed: 12 May 21
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Printing apparatus and control method and control program for printing apparatus
5 Sep 23
A printing apparatus includes: an image former that forms an image on a pre-cutting sheet; a cutter that cuts the pre-cutting sheet on which the image is formed; and a hardware processor that controls the image former, wherein the hardware processor acquires image deviation information related to a deviation of an image with respect to a post-cutting sheet, and corrects at least one of a position, a tilt, or a shape of an image formed on the pre-cutting sheet so as to eliminate the deviation of the image based on the image deviation information.
Kazuto Tanaka
Filed: 8 Apr 21
Utility
Resin composition and molded body using same
5 Sep 23
Provided is a resin composition containing: a thermoplastic resin having a polar group; and a heterocyclic compound containing two or more heteroatoms, wherein the resin composition exhibits a different behavior in elastic strength with a glass transition temperature as a boundary.
Minori Tamagawa, Sho Osawa, Tatsuya Hattori
Filed: 22 Nov 19
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Glossiness detector, image forming apparatus, and sheet conveyance system
5 Sep 23
A glossiness detector includes a glossiness sensor, a glossiness corrector, and a reference plate.
Yasunori Inaba
Filed: 5 Aug 22
Utility
Control apparatus, control method, and storage medium that associate color conversion parameter with job
5 Sep 23
A control apparatus includes a controller that obtains a first job associated with first document image data, obtains read image data of a color sample associated with the first document image data, generates a first color conversion parameter regarding a color conversion of the first document image data based on the first document image data and the read image data, and automatically associates the first color conversion parameter with the first job.
Toshiki Tsukano
Filed: 8 Jul 21
Utility
Cleaning apparatus, image forming apparatus, and storage medium
5 Sep 23
A cleaning apparatus includes a plate shaped cleaner that comes into contact with a belt shaped member that rotates supported by a roller in a position not opposed to the roller in a surface on an opposite side of a surface where the roller comes into contact with the belt shaped member, wherein the plate shaped cleaner cleans the surface of the belt shaped member, and a hardware processor.
Taichi Meguro
Filed: 22 Mar 22
Utility
Image forming apparatus, belt adjustment method and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium encoded with belt adjustment program
5 Sep 23
An image forming apparatus includes a developer that forms a toner image on an endless belt that is suspended over outer portions of a plurality of rollers, a driver that rotates at least one driving roller out of the plurality of rollers, a position adjustment mechanism that corrects relative positions of the plurality of rollers relative to one another, and a hardware processor, wherein the hardware processor controls the position adjustment mechanism to correct a relative position between the belt and the driving roller with tension applied to the belt being a second tension smaller than a first tension that is applied in a developing state in which a toner image is formed on the belt by the developer.
Hidetoshi Noguchi, Kazuki Shimizu
Filed: 11 May 22
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Image analysis apparatus, image analysis system, and storage medium
22 Aug 23
Provided is an image analysis apparatus including a hardware processor that analyzes at least one dynamic radiograph formed from a plurality of two-dimensional images acquired by radiographing dynamics of a subject including a trachea and/or a bronchus to measure a feature amount representing a stenotic state of the trachea and/or the bronchus, and estimates the stenotic state of the trachea and/or the bronchus based on a result of the measurement.
Noritsugu Matsutani
Filed: 10 Mar 20
Utility
Post-processor and image forming system
22 Aug 23
Yuji Fujita
Filed: 28 Mar 22
Utility
Voice operation system, voice operation method, and program
15 Aug 23
A voice operation system includes: an image forming apparatus that forms an image on a recording material; a server that accepts voice information related to an operation on the image forming apparatus, and gives an operation instruction to the image forming apparatus; and a voice input/output device that converts an input voice into voice information, sends the voice information to the server, receives voice information as a response to the voice information related to the operation on the image forming apparatus, and emits a sound of the voice information, wherein the server has a hardware processor that stores information on a part of a function or configuration of the image forming apparatus, and the server determines executability of an operation associated with voice information transmitted from the voice input/output device, and causes the image forming apparatus to execute determination of executability of an operation that is not determinable.
Takeo Katsuda, Yusuke Mikoshiba
Filed: 15 Feb 22
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Ink heating device and printing apparatus
15 Aug 23
An ink heating device, which is incorporated in an inkjet printing apparatus, includes: a planar heating member bonded in a state where one surface of the planar heating member is thermally bonded to an outer surface of an ink tank storing ink; an elastic member, having a heat insulation property, is provided on the other surface of the planar heating member and presses the planar heating member against the ink tank; and a hardware processor that performs heating control on the planar heating member in a stepwise manner according to a stop time of a main body of the printing apparatus at a time of starting the main body of the printing apparatus.
Yutaka Hosono
Filed: 25 Apr 22
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Distance measuring device, control method of distance measuring device, and control program of distance measuring device
8 Aug 23
Masanori Yoshizawa, Hideki Morita
Filed: 28 Aug 18
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Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, panoramic image generation method, and recording medium
8 Aug 23
An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes: an image generator that generates ultrasound image data based on a reception signal obtained from a moving ultrasound probe; an evaluator that evaluates an index regarding suitability of combining a plurality of pieces of ultrasound image data generated by the image generator and generates an evaluation result; and a combiner that selects ultrasound image data according to the generated evaluation result and combines the ultrasound image data to generate panoramic image data.
Ryota Torii
Filed: 22 May 20
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Radiographic image processing apparatus, radiographic image processing method, and storage medium
8 Aug 23
A radiographic image processing apparatus includes a hardware processor and an image processor.
Atsushi Taneda
Filed: 30 Jul 21
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Image inspection apparatus, image inspection method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for indicating areas to be inspected and areas exempt from inspection
8 Aug 23
An image inspection apparatus is provided to allow a user to check a really-inspected area.
Tetsu Kawasaki
Filed: 13 Apr 22
Utility
Operation receiving apparatus, control method, image forming system, and recording medium that perform print setting based on voice and manual operations
8 Aug 23
An apparatus includes: a display; and a controller that: causes the display to display a plurality of operation items that can be instructed by a user, receives an instruction by a voice operation with respect to at least one of the operation items, and receives an instruction by a manual operation with respect to at least one of the operation items.
Tomoko Kuroiwa
Filed: 8 Feb 22
Utility
Paper sheet sensing device, paper sheet conveying device, and image forming apparatus
25 Jul 23
A paper sheet sensing device includes: a sheet thickness sensor that includes a reference member and a displacement sensor, and senses a sheet thickness of a conveyed recording medium by bringing the reference member into contact with the recording medium and sensing a position of a height of the reference member with the displacement sensor, the position of the height having changed with the recording medium; a first attacher to which the sheet thickness sensor is attached; a conveyor that nips and conveys the recording medium, and is disposed adjacent to the sheet thickness sensor at a predetermined distance equal to or shorter than a length of the recording medium being conveyed, in a conveyance direction of the recording medium; and a displacement preventer that prevents a change in an output of the displacement sensor due to a shift of a relative position of the height of the reference member.
Kazutoshi Yoshimura, Satoshi Ogata, Masayuki Watanabe, Hidenori Mine
Filed: 27 Apr 21
Utility
Organic borane complex, composition containing organic borane, and organic electroluminescent element
25 Jul 23
An organic borane complex contains, as a component, triarylborane having an enhanced bonding between a boron atom and a carbon atom on an aryl group.
Takatugu Suzuki, Hiroshi Kita, Yuichi Kitamoto, Shuichi Oi
Filed: 28 Sep 17
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Automatic copy operation based on timing of detection of document and recoding medium
25 Jul 23
An image forming apparatus includes a document tray in which a document is to be set, a medium container that contains a recording medium, a document detection sensor that detects a document set in the document tray, a medium detection sensor that detects a recording medium contained in the medium container.
Hidekazu Takahama, Hiroyuki Suzuki
Filed: 19 Oct 21
Utility
Inspection apparatus, image forming system, inspection program, and inspection method
25 Jul 23
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: 3 May 22