1367 patents
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Utility
Micro lens array, optical writing device, and image forming device
2 Mar 20
A micro lens array includes: a glass substrate; and a plurality of resin lenses arranged on at least one main surface of the glass substrate, wherein, among the plurality of lenses, resin lenses arranged on one main surface of the glass substrate are such that a plurality of lines of lenses arranged in a first direction is arranged side by side in a second direction different from the first direction, a core thickness, a radius of curvature, and a surface shape of a resin lens in a certain lens line are different from a core thickness, a radius of curvature, and a surface shape of a resin lens of another lens line, and the resin lenses have the same resin volume.
Makoto Ooki, Hideo Uemura, Kazuki Ikeda
Filed: 4 Feb 19
Utility
Infrared optical system, imaging optical device, and digital appliance
2 Mar 20
This infrared optical system using the wavelength range of 3 to 5 μm comprises, in the order from an object side, a first lens having a negative power and formed with a convex meniscus toward an object, a second lens that is convex on both sides, and a cold aperture.
Makoto Jin
Filed: 19 May 16
Utility
Illumination optical system and projector
2 Mar 20
An illumination optical system includes a lens group, a diaphragm, and a prism unit including first to third prisms and a rotationally-asymmetrical curved reflective surface having a positive power and satisfying the conditional formula: PYa/PZa<PYb/PZb, where Pya, Pyb represent powers of the curved reflective surface at positions of points a, b, respectively within a reference plane formed in the prism unit by rays passing through centers of the lens group and the diaphragm, and PZa, PZb represent powers of the curved reflective surface at positions of points a, b, respectively, within a plane including normal lines of the reference plane and the curved reflective surface, points a and b representing where the principal ray of a beam illuminating the area nearest and farthest, respectively, to the lens group impinges on the curved reflective surface, along an intersection line between an image display surface and the reference plane.
Masayuki Imaoka, Yasumasa Sawai
Filed: 21 Jun 16
Utility
Fixing member, fixing apparatus, and image forming apparatus
2 Mar 20
A fixing member comes in contact with a recording material, and the fixing member includes: an inner layer; an outer layer; and a graphite layer provided between the inner layer and the outer layer, wherein the graphite layer is bonded to at least any one of the inner layer and the outer layer, and a surface of the graphite layer to be bonded to the at least any one of the layers is ozone-treated.
Masanori Murakami
Filed: 2 Jul 18
Utility
Image forming device, image forming system, and warning display method having control of overprinting in an overlapping manner
2 Mar 20
An image forming device includes: a conveyer that conveys a recording medium; an image former that forms an image on an image carrier and prints the image on the recording medium conveyed by the conveyer; and a hardware processor that controls to stop a print job when a length of the print job reaches a predetermined threshold and form a cleaning pattern image on the image carrier, and at the time of overprinting to further print in an overlapping manner on continuous paper on which a mark image indicating an image formation position is printed, obtains the length of the print job on the basis of an interval between mark images set in advance before starting printing the print job and displays a warning when the length of the print job is estimated to exceed the predetermined threshold.
Takemasa Ikeda
Filed: 17 Sep 17
Utility
Service use support device, service use method, and computer program
2 Mar 20
A service use support device used for receiving a plurality of services, includes a hardware processor that: acquires one or more of target images to be processed; selects a preferred service from among the plurality of services for each of the one or more of target images on the basis of a degree at which each attribute satisfies a condition set for each of the plurality of services; and transfers each of the one or more of target images to a provider that provides each preferred service.
Minako Kobayashi
Filed: 31 Jan 19
Utility
Image formation apparatus, system, method and computer readable storage medium
2 Mar 20
A system includes: an information processing device having a cooperative application; one or more image formation apparatuses operating in cooperation with the information processing device; and a server configured to distribute the cooperative application via the image formation apparatus.
Kazutoshi Yu
Filed: 11 Dec 18
Utility
Image forming apparatus and conveyance control method
2 Mar 20
An image forming apparatus includes: a transfer section that transfers an image to a sheet; a sheet conveyance member that is provided on an upstream of the transfer section in a sheet conveyance direction and that conveys the sheet; and a hardware processor that controls the sheet conveyance member to displace the sheet, wherein a preset value defining a displacement condition of the sheet conveyance member for providing a correct position of the image on the sheet is set.
Yasuo Shiokawa, Yoshiteru Kawakami, Takahiro Okubo
Filed: 22 Apr 18
Utility
Image forming apparatus, method for controlling image forming apparatus, and recording medium
2 Mar 20
An image processing apparatus includes a main hardware processor capable of controlling a first snapshot data acquisition process of storing to-be-saved information regarding the image forming apparatus as first snapshot data in a non-volatile storage device in response to a turn-off operation of a main power switch, and a sub hardware processor capable of monitoring an operating state of the main power switch in a power-saving state of the image forming apparatus.
Tsutomu Ohata, Tomoaki Yamada
Filed: 29 Aug 17
Utility
Optional device for electrical machine, and electrical machine
2 Mar 20
An optional device is for an electrical machine.
Hideki Narahashi, Shogo Asaoka, Sho Karakama, Yasuaki Tomoda, Naoki Matsui
Filed: 22 Mar 16
Utility
Radiation imaging apparatus and radiation imaging system
24 Feb 20
A portable radiation imaging apparatus including: a detection section which includes a plurality of radiation detection elements for accumulating electric charges corresponding to a radiation amount, the radiation detection elements being two-dimensionally arranged; and a control section which controls accumulation of the electric charges in the radiation detection elements and reading of the accumulated electric charges from the radiation detection elements and generates a plurality of frame images of a subject, the electric charges to be accumulated corresponding to the radiation amount of radiation emitted in a pulsed manner by a radiation source and transmitted through the subject, wherein the control section adjusts a synchronization timing between the radiation source and the detection section by using a waveform of radiation emitted by the radiation source, the waveform being obtained by reading electric charges from at least a part of the plurality of radiation detection elements.
Tetsu Hosoki, Tomonori Gido, Nobuyuki Miyake
Filed: 8 Nov 16
Utility
Cassette holder, and capturing platform and mobile radiation capturing apparatus including cassette holder
24 Feb 20
A cassette holder capable of being loaded with a radiation image capturing apparatus including a housing, a two-dimensional array of radiation detecting elements accommodated in the housing, and a connection port is shown.
Atsushi Yamanishi, Hidehiko Takahashi, Takafumi Matsuo
Filed: 30 May 17
Utility
Ultrasound image processing method and ultrasound diagnostic device using ultrasound image processing method
24 Feb 20
An ultrasound image processing method including: calculating motion amounts of pixel regions in one frame receive signal, based on receive signal units corresponding to identical pixel regions included in at least two frame receive signals; calculating cumulative motion amounts, each corresponding to a target pixel region in the one frame receive signal, by cumulating motion amounts corresponding to pixel regions in the one frame receive signal located substantially along a direction of transmission of the ultrasound beam from a pixel region located at an upstream end of an ultrasound beam to the target pixel region; calculating enhancement amounts for receive signal units corresponding to the pixel regions included in the one frame receive signal, the enhancement amounts being based on the motion amounts and the cumulative motion amounts; and enhancing the receive signal units based on the enhancement amounts.
Kazuya Takagi, Yoshihiro Takeda
Filed: 29 Apr 15
Utility
Radiation image processing apparatus
24 Feb 20
An image processing apparatus includes the following.
Takuya Yamamura, Tatsuya Takagi
Filed: 22 Mar 18
Utility
Method of manufacturing high aspect ratio structure and method of manufacturing ultrasonic probe
24 Feb 20
A method of manufacturing a high aspect ratio structure includes: a hole forming step of forming a plurality of holes in at least one principal surface of a substrate; a resist forming step of forming a first area with a resist layer and a second area without the resist layer on the principal surface provided with the plurality of holes after the hole forming step ends; and a concave portion forming step of immersing the substrate into an etching solution to form a concave portion in the substrate corresponding to the second area.
Mitsuru Yokoyama
Filed: 28 Jul 16
Utility
Image forming apparatus for correcting sheet conveyance misalignment
24 Feb 20
An image forming apparatus includes a transfer section that transfers an image onto a sheet, a sheet conveying member that is provided upstream of the transfer section in a sheet conveyance direction and conveys the sheet, and a hardware processor that controls displacement of the sheet conveying member in such a way that the sheet is displaced along the width direction of the sheet.
Yasuo Shiokawa, Yoshiteru Kawakami, Takahiro Okubo
Filed: 22 Apr 18
Utility
Information processing terminal, information processing system, program, and control method
24 Feb 20
An information processing terminal capable of communicating with a sensor terminal including a first biological sensor which measures a first type of biological information includes: a reception unit receiving a measurement result of the first biological sensor from the sensor terminal; a second biological sensor measuring the first type of biological information; and a control unit authenticating the sensor terminal and establishing connection with the sensor terminal when the measurement result of the first biological sensor satisfies a predetermined condition on a measurement result of the second biological sensor.
Kazusei Takahashi, Takehisa Yamaguchi, Hirokazu Kubota
Filed: 10 Jun 17
Utility
Colorimetric device
24 Feb 20
A colorimeter includes an integrating sphere, a light source, a light receiver and a low reflectance unit.
Masayuki Yamada
Filed: 4 Dec 16
Utility
Radiographic image capturing system
24 Feb 20
A radiographic image capturing system includes: a radiation irradiating apparatus which emits radiation and provides notification of radiation emission while emitting the radiation; a radiographic image capturing apparatus which includes two-dimensional matrix radiation detecting elements and reads electric charges accumulated in the radiation detecting elements as image data; an exposure switch capable of two-step manipulations, the exposure switch transmitting an activation signal in response to a first-step manipulation and transmitting a radiation start signal in response to a second-step manipulation; a signal transceiver which receives the activation signal and transfers the received activation signal to the radiation irradiating apparatus; and a delay time calculating device which calculates, as a delay time, a difference between a time of reception of the activation signal at the signal transceiver and a time of start of the notification of radiation emission at the radiation irradiating apparatus.
Kenroku Ubukata
Filed: 7 Mar 17
Utility
Developer supplying device and image forming apparatus
24 Feb 20
A developer supplying device for supplying a developer to a subject to be supplied includes: a housing; and a stirring member rotatable around a rotational axis in the housing, wherein the stirring member includes: a main body that includes a flexible sheet, extends away from the rotational axis, and is in contact with an inner wall surface of the housing; and a cut part formed in the main body, and the cut part projects from the main body when the main body is bent along with rotation of the stirring member.
Hiroshi Tanimoto, Yasuaki Tomoda, Youichi Itagaki
Filed: 25 Jul 18