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Utility
Cleaning device and image forming apparatus
10 Feb 20
A cleaning device cleans a surface of a toner carrier carrying a toner, and the cleaning device includes: a first blade in contact with the surface of the toner carrier; a second blade made of a material harder than a material of the first blade and in contact with the surface of the toner carrier; and a lubricant applicator that applies a lubricant to the surface of the toner carrier, wherein the first blade, the second blade and the lubricant applicator are arranged in this order from an upstream side in a moving direction of the toner carrier based on a transfer position of the toner.
Satoshi Nishida
Filed: 10 Feb 19
Utility
Electronic apparatus setting device and non-transitory recording medium storing a computer readable program
10 Feb 20
Disclosed is an electronic apparatus setting device, including: a display; a communicator that communicates with a first electronic apparatus and a second electronic apparatus; a controller that receives an operation for the Web panel of the first electronic apparatus, and that receives an instruction for selecting the second electronic apparatus as an apparatus to be set; and a hardware processor that: sets the first electronic apparatus in accordance with a content of the operation; and prepares setting information for carrying out a setting of the second electronic apparatus with a content which is same as the content of the operation, in accordance with the content of the operation when the controller receives the instruction for selecting the second electronic apparatus as the apparatus to be set, wherein the hardware processor carries out the setting of the second electronic apparatus in accordance with the prepared setting information.
Masao Akimoto
Filed: 29 Nov 17
Utility
Image processing apparatus which performs communication with external apparatus
10 Feb 20
The image processing apparatus performs a communication process targeting an external apparatus via a network.
Taro Yamamoto
Filed: 31 Jan 18
Utility
Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus
10 Feb 20
In an optical scanning device, a housing has a structure divided into an upper stage and a lower stage by a mounting plate on which a deflector, a first optical system and a second optical system are mounted.
Ryo Hasegawa, Hajime Taniguchi
Filed: 11 Jun 19
Utility
Image forming apparatus, developing device, and developer liquid-level detection program
10 Feb 20
An image forming apparatus includes: a developer casing that accommodates a developer; a developer detector that is disposed in the developer casing, and that detects, based on magnetic force, the developer from a plurality of detection ranges that is close to each other and is disposed side by side in a vertical direction in the developer casing; and a hardware processor that performs control of detecting a liquid level position of the developer in the developer casing, based on a detection result detected by the developer detector.
Aiko Kubota, Hiroyuki Saito, Shunichi Takaya, Kazuteru Ishizuka, Kei Okamura
Filed: 28 Nov 18
Utility
Ultrasound processing device
3 Feb 20
An ultrasound processing device including an interleaver that obtains a combined wavefront frame sequence by interleaving a plurality of wavefront frame sequences; and a calculator that calculates shear wave speed and elastic modulus in a subject, by performing calculations using change amounts of propagation positions of a shear wave indicated by the combined wavefront frame sequence.
Yasuaki Susumu
Filed: 9 Feb 16
Utility
Biological substance detection method
3 Feb 20
The present invention provides a biological substance detection method for specifically detecting a biological substance from a pathological specimen, by which method, when immunostaining using a fluorescent label and staining for morphological observation using a staining agent for morphological observation are simultaneously performed, the results of fluorescence observation and immunostaining can be assessed properly even if the fluorescent label and/or the staining agent is/are deteriorated by irradiation with an excitation light.
Kensaku Takanashi, Hisatake Okada, Yasushi Nakano, Kohsuke Gonda, Noriaki Ohuchi, Mika Watanabe
Filed: 4 Jan 17
Utility
Tissue staining method
3 Feb 20
It is an object of the present invention to provide a tissue staining method that makes it possible to observe both information on the morphology of a tissue and information on a biological substance such as an antigen molecule to be detected on a single section and in a single view field.
Hideki Gouda, Hisatake Okada, Yasushi Nakano, Kohsuke Gonda, Noriaki Ohuchi, Mika Watanabe
Filed: 3 Sep 12
Utility
Image recording composition, electrostatic image developing toner, and image forming method
3 Feb 20
Toyoko Shibata, Seijiro Takahashi, Haruo Horiguchi
Filed: 2 Jun 19
Utility
Image forming apparatus and image forming apparatus control program
3 Feb 20
An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier to which a lubricant is applied; a developing device that develops an electrostatic latent image carried on the image carrier with toner, and includes a casing accommodating a toner-containing developer and a developing sleeve supplying the image carrier with the toner contained in the developer accommodated in the casing; and a hardware processor that detects information indicating a state of lubricant adhesion to the developing sleeve, and performs, based on a result of the detection by the hardware processor, a lubricant removing operation as an operation for removing the lubricant adhering to the developing sleeve.
Kengo Fushiya, Hideaki Tanaka
Filed: 24 Jan 19
Utility
Image forming apparatus and recording medium
3 Feb 20
An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of types of parts, and forms an image on a sheet using the plurality of parts.
Junichi Isamikawa
Filed: 14 Jan 19
Utility
Image processing apparatus with shared operation panel and program for controlling the shared operation panel
3 Feb 20
An image processing apparatus includes: a first device; a second device; and an operation display part, wherein the operation display part includes: an operation panel; and a hardware processor that controls operations of the operation panel, the hardware processor is: capable of sending operation input information on the operation panel to the first device via a first interface; sending the operation input information on the operation panel to the second device via a second interface; and receiving a switch request of switching a device, the first interface and the second interface are of mutually different types, and when receiving the switch request, the hardware processor: changes a source device from which display contents of the operation panel are sent, and changes a destination device to which the operation input information on the operation panel is sent, and sends the operation input information to a post-changing destination device.
Hisataka Funakawa
Filed: 24 Jan 18
Utility
Apparatus, method, and program for causing multicore processor to execute tasks, and recording medium storing the program
3 Feb 20
An apparatus capable of executing a system control application generating system control tasks for system control and a machine control application for machine control under a general-purpose operating system includes a control unit configured to generate a plurality of identical periodic tasks of periodically performing a predetermined process related to the machine control, and cause at least two cores of a multicore processor to execute the generated periodic tasks, the multicore processor having a plurality of cores including the at least two cores.
Keishi Sakuma
Filed: 17 Mar 16
Utility
Paper conveying device and image forming apparatus
3 Feb 20
A paper conveying device includes: a roller shaft having a first engaging portion and configured to rotate integrally with the first engaging portion; and a roller unit having a second engaging portion and provided on the roller shaft, the roller unit being configured to convey a sheet of paper as the roller unit rotates while being in contact with the sheet of paper.
Yusuke Hirano
Filed: 9 Sep 18
Utility
Talbot imaging apparatus
27 Jan 20
A Talbot imaging apparatus includes a radiation source, a plurality of gratings, a capturing control unit, a radiation detector, a setting unit and an irradiation control unit.
Yoshihide Hoshino
Filed: 25 May 17
Utility
Optical scanning object detection device detecting object that invades detection area
27 Jan 20
An object detection device includes a first optical transceiver that generates a first beam flux and receives a scattered portion of the first beam flux, a second optical transceiver that generates a second beam flux and receives a scattered portion of the second beam flux, and a mirror unit that rotates around a rotation axis.
Shuhei Hayakawa, Hikaru Nagasawa, Masashi Kageyama, Ryouta Ishikawa
Filed: 1 Feb 17
Utility
Immunoassay method and immunoassay system
27 Jan 20
An immunoassay method in which, by using a sensor chip on which a plurality of capture regions which capture a material to be detected by a first capturing body are arranged separated from each other, the material to be detected captured by the first capturing body is individually detected, wherein the plurality of capture regions are formed by using a different type of first capturing body depending on the type of a material to be detected to be captured, the method having: a detection processing order determination step of determining a detection processing order between the capture regions based on information about a detection processing order between the plurality of the capture regions; and a detection processing step of performing a detection processing for each of the capture regions according to the detection processing order between the plurality of the capture regions, and an immunoassay system using the method.
Tetsuya Noda
Filed: 6 Jan 15
Utility
Fixing apparatus which moves a roller to change a peak surface pressure at a nip portion, image forming apparatus, and method of designing fixing apparatus
27 Jan 20
A fixing apparatus includes a first pressing roller, a belt wound around the first pressing roller, a second pressing roller, and a roller position changer that changes a position of the second pressing roller.
Toshihiro Wazumi, Kazunori Nishinoue
Filed: 30 Jul 18
Utility
Printing system in which print setting profile is transmitted to printing apparatus, portable terminal device, and print control program
27 Jan 20
A printing system includes: a printing apparatus; a portable terminal device; and a server, which are connectable to each other, the printing apparatus including a profile creation unit, and a transmission unit, the portable terminal device including a display unit, a transfer request unit, a transfer unit, and a print instruction unit, the server including a saving unit, a reception unit, and a transmission unit, the printing apparatus further including a reception unit, and a print performing unit.
Takeshi Maekawa, Katsuhiko Akita, Kenro Hama, Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Kazusei Takahashi, Daisuke Sakiyama, Yuki Asai, Yuji Tanaka
Filed: 3 Aug 15
Utility
Scintillator
20 Jan 20
Naoyuki Sawamoto, Takehiko Shoji
Filed: 12 Jul 18