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Colorimetric device, image forming device, image forming system, and image forming management device
4 Nov 19
A colorimetric device includes: a feeding unit configured to feed a transfer medium; a colorimeter configured to perform colorimetry of an image that is formed on the transfer medium and that has a color boundary in a feeding direction; and a colorimetry control unit configured to control the feeding unit and the colorimeter, wherein the colorimetry control unit acquires color information related to the color boundary of the image and determines the color boundary of the image based on the color information and a result of the colorimetry performed by the colorimeter.
Kenichi Hayashi, Hiroyuki Futami, Katsunori Takahashi, Takashi Nara, Tatsuhiro Noutomi
Filed: 8 Jun 16
Utility
Optical print head and image forming device
4 Nov 19
An optical PH includes: a plurality of current-driven light emitting elements that are arranged in a line-shaped region; a controller that outputs a control voltage instructing an amount of a drive current to be supplied to each of the light emitting elements; and a plurality of drivers that correspond one-to-one with the light emitting elements, and each supply the drive current to a corresponding one of the light emitting elements, wherein the drivers each operate as one of: a high-voltage referring driver that supplies the drive current according to a voltage difference between the control voltage and a reference voltage higher than the control voltage; and a low-voltage referring driver that supplies the drive current according to a voltage difference between the control voltage and a reference voltage lower than the control voltage.
Yoshikazu Watanabe, So Yano, Sotaro Yokota
Filed: 26 Mar 18
Utility
Management device, communication system, and recording medium
4 Nov 19
A management device for an image processing apparatus includes a communication interface and a hardware processor.
Takeshi Minami, Kazuya Anezaki
Filed: 2 Jan 18
Utility
Tandem type image forming apparatus, method for controlling the same, and image forming system
4 Nov 19
A tandem type image forming system includes a first image forming apparatus, and a second image forming apparatus connected in series to the first image forming apparatus and located on a downstream side in a sheet conveyance direction with respect to the first image forming apparatus.
Youichirou Nishi
Filed: 30 Aug 17
Utility
Sheet stacking device, image forming device, and position regulating member
4 Nov 19
A sheet stacking device including a position regulating member movable in a first direction toward a sheet edge and in a second direction away from the sheet edge, in order to regulate position of the sheet.
Kenichi Yamamoto
Filed: 5 Mar 18
Utility
Image forming apparatus and image forming method
4 Nov 19
According to an image forming apparatus and an image forming method of the present invention, an image is formed by arranging powders 200 on a surface of a resin image composed of sheet S and a color toner layer (resin layer 100) arranged thereon.
Michiyo Fujita, Makoto Nomiya, Tomomi Oshiba
Filed: 30 May 18
Utility
Image forming system
4 Nov 19
An image forming system includes a first device and a second device that are connected in series.
Hideo Isohara
Filed: 17 Dec 17
Utility
Developing device, image forming apparatus, and developing condition correcting method
4 Nov 19
A developing device includes a hardware processor that performs control not to cause an image to be formed on an image bearing member by a first developer bearing member and to cause a first image to be formed on the image beating member by a second developer bearing member, in which the hardware processor corrects developing conditions of the plural developer bearing members based on a developability detection result of the first image formed by the second developer bearing member.
Tatsuya Furuta, Hiroshi Morimoto, Keiki Katsumata, Satoru Nagata, Daiki Watanabe
Filed: 18 Feb 19
Utility
Solid lubricant, solid lubricant coater and image forming apparatus
4 Nov 19
The present invention relates to a solid lubricant to be coated on an image bearing member included in an electrophotographic image forming apparatus.
Taiki Amemiya, Yukio Hosoya, Kunihiro Ogura
Filed: 6 Nov 18
Utility
Ink jet recording apparatus
4 Nov 19
Provided is an ink jet recording apparatus capable of easily and more reliably performing fixation processing on a recording medium moved after image recording.
Satoru Osawa, Hiroyuki Tokimatsu
Filed: 7 Nov 16
Utility
Ultrasound signal processing device and ultrasound diagnostic device
4 Nov 19
Ultrasound signal processing device including: transmitter causing transmission array composed of all or some transducer elements of ultrasound probe to transmit ultrasound; reception aperture setter designating reception array having center position corresponding to center position of transmission array; transmission time calculator calculating, for each of measurement points arranged within area of reach of ultrasound, transmission time from transmission of ultrasound until arrival of ultrasound at measurement point; reception time calculator calculating reception time from reflection of ultrasound at measurement point until arrival of ultrasound at reception transducer element; delay amount calculator calculating total propagation time being sum of transmission time and reception time, and calculating delay amount for reception transducer element based on total propagation time; delay processor specifying reception signal value corresponding to delay amount, from reception signal sequence corresponding to reception transducer element; and adder generating acoustic line signal for measurement point based on specified reception signal value.
Mineo Tsushima
Filed: 26 Oct 15
Utility
Ink jet head and ink jet recording apparatus
28 Oct 19
An object of the present invention is to provide an ink jet head and the like that are small, are capable of achieving a higher resolution, increasing ejection stability, and lowering production costs, and include flow paths capable of circulating ink.
Takashi Matsuo
Filed: 11 Sep 16
Utility
Image forming apparatus, method of discharging toner, and program for discharging toner
28 Oct 19
An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier that carries a toner image; a developing part that accommodates two-component developer containing toner and a carrier, and supplies the toner to the image carrier; a transferor that transfers the toner image on the image carrier onto paper; a cleaning member that removes the toner remaining on the image carrier; and a hardware processor that controls toner discharge operation in the developing part according to a toner discharge condition, in which the hardware processor sets the toner discharge condition so that a replacement time of the cleaning member overlaps with a replacement time of another consumable.
Takenobu Kimura, Shota Sakurai, Tomohiro Kawasaki, Wataru Watanabe, Ryoei Ikari
Filed: 6 Feb 19
Utility
Method for detecting biological material
28 Oct 19
The present invention provides a staining method in which the fluorescent staining properties in a fluorescently-immunostained specimen are not reduced even when an oil-based mounting medium is used.
Kensaku Takanashi, Hideki Gouda, Keizou Takano, Hideki Hoshino, Yasushi Nakano, Kohsuke Gonda, Noriaki Ohuchi, Mika Watanabe
Filed: 12 Jul 18
Utility
Image forming apparatus and program compensating for eccentric components
28 Oct 19
An image forming apparatus includes: a driving roller that conveys a paper sheet; a detector that detects a desired point on the driving roller; and a hardware processor that: acquires a waveform signal indicating one of a change in an image forming position with respect to the paper sheet and a change in a sheet conveyance velocity; extracts a synchronous waveform signal from the waveform signal acquired by the hardware processor, the synchronous waveform signal being synchronized with one revolution of the driving roller, the one revolution being detected by the detector; and inputs a drive signal to a drive source of the driving roller, the drive signal being input to weaken an amplitude of the synchronous waveform signal extracted by the hardware processor.
Takashi Fujiwara, Jun Onishi, Masahito Takano
Filed: 26 Apr 18
Utility
Fixing device and image forming apparatus
28 Oct 19
A fixing device has a fixing member, a cleaning roller, and a web, a first drive mechanism, a rotation drive unit, and a control unit.
Masashi Saito, Atsushi Nakamura
Filed: 14 Mar 19
Utility
Image forming apparatus
28 Oct 19
Conventionally, it has been impossible to adjust a transportation direction magnification correspondingly to jobs, causing an image to be formed in an unintended size, while the transportation direction magnification for the image formed on the sheet varies with jobs.
Ryosuke Fujii
Filed: 17 Jan 19
Utility
Information processing apparatus and information processing method
28 Oct 19
An information processing apparatus is capable of setting favorite function information in an image forming apparatus, the information processing apparatus including: a collector that collects function setting item information from models of image forming apparatuses; a candidate selector that selects combinations of candidates of the function setting item information to be included in the favorite function information from the function setting item information and sets a specified function to each of the selected candidates of the function setting item information; an availability display that displays availability in the models of image forming apparatuses, of each of the specified functions of the candidates of the function setting item information selected and set by the candidate selector; and a storage that stores, a combination of allowed candidates, of the combinations of the candidates of the function setting item information to which the specified functions displayed in the availability display have been set.
Shin Igawa
Filed: 30 Apr 18
Utility
Image reading apparatus
28 Oct 19
An image reading apparatus includes a light source that emits light in a main scanning direction to a subject to be read, a light receiving unit that receives light reflected by the subject to be read, and an optical system that images the light reflected by the subject to be read and guides the light to the light receiving unit.
Akira Yamamura, Shogo Asaoka
Filed: 7 Nov 17
Utility
Image forming apparatus, image forming system, management apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium that stores program
21 Oct 19
An image forming apparatus used for an image forming system that outputs a job in a plurality of image forming apparatuses in a distributed manner, the image forming apparatus including: a communication unit that communicates with other image forming apparatuses; and a control unit that controls the communication and a distributed output of the job and includes state information on the plurality of the image forming apparatuses.
Mikimasa Honma
Filed: 17 Oct 17