185 patents
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Utility
Circuit board
15 Jun 20
A circuit board has a base layer composed of multiple layers, and the base layer includes a connector to which a wire harness carrying a signal is coupled, the connector being fixed to a slot for mounting, and a plurality of GND plane patterns arranged in a plurality of layers and electrically coupled to each other through at least one via.
Daisuke Fujioka
Filed: 14 Jun 18
Utility
Conveyed object detector, conveyance device, device including movable head, conveyed object detecting method, and non-transitory recording medium storing program of same
15 Jun 20
A conveyed object detector includes first and second image obtaining units disposed at first and second positions different in a conveyance direction, to image a conveyed object to obtain first and second image data; respectively; a recognition unit to recognize an object adhering to the first and second image obtaining units based on imaging at the first and second positions to generate first and second stain data, respectively; a removal unit to remove the first and second stain data from the first and second image data, respectively; and a calculator to generate at least one of a position, a movement amount, and a moving speed of the conveyed object based on first and second corrected image data.
Katsuhiro Tobita, Koichi Kudo
Filed: 7 Jun 17
Utility
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15 Jun 20
An operation device is connected to a device main body through a communication channel to operate the device main body.
Tomoya Tanizaki
Filed: 20 Dec 16
Utility
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15 Jun 20
A diagnosis system includes circuitry configured to form an image to be used for diagnosing the image forming apparatus, receive designation of a first diagnosis condition for detecting abnormality of the image formed by using the image forming apparatus, scan the image formed by the image forming apparatus, using a scanner, extract feature information representing the abnormality from the scanned image in accordance with the designated first diagnosis condition, diagnose the abnormality of the image forming apparatus based on the extracted feature information in accordance with the designated first diagnosis condition, and determine, in response to receiving designation of a second diagnosis condition different from the first diagnosis condition after performing a diagnosis under the first diagnosis condition, whether the feature information extracted for the diagnosis under the first diagnosis condition is usable for a diagnosis under the second diagnosis condition.
Koji Hayashi
Filed: 2 Jan 19
Utility
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15 Jun 20
An intermediary device includes circuitry to: transmit, to a server, device information on a device to be monitored acquired from the device via a network; monitor a state of another intermediary device, the another intermediary device being configured to acquire from another device to be monitored device information on the another device and transmit the acquired device information to the information processor; and take over monitoring of the another device, which the another intermediary device kept monitoring, based on setting information for monitoring the another device monitored by the another intermediary device, when the state of the another intermediary device indicates that the another intermediary device has an abnormality.
Satoshi Aoki
Filed: 5 Feb 19
Utility
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15 Jun 20
An information processing apparatus to convert setting information described in a first format matched to a first electronic apparatus into setting information described in a second format matched to a second electronic apparatus includes circuitry to acquire the setting information related to settings of the first electronic apparatus, refer to first conversion information associating information related to a data storage of a set value and identification information of each setting item set for the first electronic apparatus to acquire the set value of each setting item set for the first electronic apparatus, refer to second conversion information associating the identification information of each setting item set for the first electronic apparatus and identification information of each setting item common to a plurality of models of electronic apparatuses, associate the set value acquired from the setting information of the first electronic apparatus and the common identification information.
Daigo Miyaguchi
Filed: 1 May 18
Utility
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15 Jun 20
An image forming apparatus includes a rotating body to form an image, a sensor to detect a home position of the rotating body, a processor to acquire image density data of the image formed by the rotating body in odd-numbered rotation and even-numbered rotation of the rotating body separately based on a rotation home position signal output by the sensor, extract an image density fluctuation caused by a rotation of the rotating body, and correct an image forming condition based on the image density fluctuation.
Mitsutaka Iwasaki, Hidetoshi Suzuki
Filed: 27 Jun 18
Utility
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8 Jun 20
A fixing device includes a fixing rotator being rotatable and a heater to heat the fixing rotator.
Yasunori Ishigaya, Kazuya Saito, Keitaro Shoji, Toshihiko Shimokawa, Hiromasa Takagi
Filed: 8 Nov 18
Utility
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8 Jun 20
The present invention provides methods, processes, and systems for the manufacture of three-dimensional articles made of polymers using 3D printing.
Andrew J. Boydston, Mark Ganter, Duane Storti, Adam Edward Goetz, Mete Yurtoglu, Michael Byrnes Larsen, Gregory Isaac Peterson
Filed: 11 Sep 17
Utility
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8 Jun 20
An image processing apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to generate a map formed of pixels that indicate information including left and right position information, distance information, and frequency values associated with the pixels; detect a pixel block formed of a plurality of the pixels having a common feature amount in the map; and generate a detection frame defining a search target region used for detecting a body from the distance information, based on the information indicated by the pixels forming the detected pixel block.
Sadao Takahashi, Hiroyoshi Sekiguchi
Filed: 10 Sep 18
Utility
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8 Jun 20
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head including a nozzle plate including at least one nozzle configured to discharge liquid; at least one individual liquid chamber respectively communicating with the at least one nozzle; at least one individual supply channel respectively communicating with the at least one individual liquid chamber; and at least one individual collecting channel respectively communicating with the at least one individual liquid chamber.
Ryuji Tsukamoto
Filed: 26 Mar 19
Utility
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8 Jun 20
An information providing apparatus installed in a moving body includes one or more processors, and a memory, the memory storing instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to display, by a display unit, an information providing image as a virtual image, and control the display unit to change a display position of the information providing image.
Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Kenichiroh Saisho, Masato Kusanagi, Yuuki Suzuki, Keita Katagiri
Filed: 6 Aug 18
Utility
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8 Jun 20
A liquid discharging device includes: a recording head that has nozzles discharging liquid, and forms an image on a target surface with the liquid while performing scanning of the target surface for multiple times; a moving unit that moves the recording head in main-scanning direction while making the head discharge liquid, and moves the head in sub-scanning direction after the head has discharged liquid; a drive waveform applying unit that applies a drive waveform to the respective nozzles; a temperature detecting unit that detects temperature about the head; a correcting unit that corrects drive waveform based on detected temperature; and a control unit that, when temperature about the head changes from first temperature to second temperature, performs control in such a way that, during the multiple scans, use of second-type drive waveform corresponding to the second temperature gradually increases against use of first-type drive waveform corresponding to the first temperature.
Yusuke Nonoyama, Yoshiyuki Ishiyama, Masanori Hirano, Shinichi Hatanaka
Filed: 14 Mar 19
Utility
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8 Jun 20
A shared terminal includes: circuitry to control a display to display an image to a plurality of users, the plurality of users sharing a use of the shared terminal, and obtain, from a first privately-owned terminal owned by a first user of the plurality of users, first terminal identification information for identifying the first privately-owned terminal; a transmitter to transmit, to a terminal management server, an authentication request for authenticating the first privately-owned terminal to allow login of the first user into the shared terminal, the authentication request including the first terminal identification information of the first privately-owned terminal; and a receiver to receive an authentication result indicating whether the first privately-owned terminal is authenticated to allow login of the first user, from the terminal management server.
Shiho Katsuragi, Yoshinaga Kato
Filed: 7 Sep 17
Utility
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8 Jun 20
A detector includes a light source to irradiate an object with light, a sensor to image a first pattern and a second pattern formed on the object with the light irradiated by the light source to generate image data, the first pattern and the second pattern imaged by the sensor at different times, and a circuit to control the light source to adjust a light quantity of the light according to a type of the object and irradiate the object with the light quantity adjusted according to the type of the object, and calculate a relative position of the object between the first pattern and the second pattern.
Takeo Shirato, Mitsunobu Gohda, Tomoaki Hayashi
Filed: 11 Jun 18
Utility
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8 Jun 20
An imaging device includes: an optical system which obtains an optical image of a photographic subject; an image sensor which converts the optical image to an electric signal; a digital signal processor which produces image data based on the electric signal; a display section which displays a photographic subject image expressed by the image data; and an operating section which performs a necessary setting regarding imaging, the digital signal processor including: an autofocus operation section which performs an autofocus operation based on data of an autofocus area set in the photographic subject image; a main area setting section which sets a main area in the photographic subject image; and a blurring operation section which performs a blurring operation on an area other than the main area in the photographic subject image, wherein the autofocus area is set automatically to overlap with at least a part of the main area.
Seiji Nagao
Filed: 17 Jul 18
Utility
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8 Jun 20
Takuya Saiga, Satoyuki Sekiguchi, Ryo Miyakoshi, Daisuke Asahina
Filed: 14 May 17
Utility
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8 Jun 20
An imaging system includes an imaging unit, a detecting unit, a recording unit, a correcting unit, and a video generating unit.
Hideaki Yamamoto
Filed: 12 Nov 15
Utility
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8 Jun 20
A fixing device includes a heater including a heat generator that is divided into a plurality of heat generating portions in an axial direction of the endless belt.
Yuusuke Furuichi, Yukimichi Someya, Tomoya Adachi
Filed: 30 Jan 19
Utility
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8 Jun 20
An apparatus, system, and method are provided, each of which: obtains a first image in a first projection, and a second image in a second projection; obtains area specification information specifying an area in the second image; and associates location information to be used for superimposing the second image on the first image with the area specification information, or generates location information based on the area specification information.
Hiroshi Suitoh, Takahiro Asai, Keiichi Kawaguchi, Kazuhiro Yoshida
Filed: 14 Mar 18