13th week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 31 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160091792 | CONDUCTIVE POLYMER COMPOSITION, COATED ARTICLE, PATTERNING PROCESS, AND SUBSTRATE - The present invention provides a conductive polymer composition which contains (A) a polyaniline-based conductive polymer having a repeating unit represented by the general formula (1), (B) a polyanion, and (C) an amino acid, | 2016-03-31 |
20160091793 | FORMING CONDUCTIVE METAL PATTERNS USING WATER-SOLUBLE POLYMERS - A conductive pattern can be formed using a polymeric layer that contains a reactive composition having a reactive polymer. This reactive polymer comprises pendant photosensitive 1,2-diarylethylene groups. The reactive composition can be patternwise exposed to suitable radiation to induce crosslinking within the reactive polymer. The reactive composition and reactive polymer in the non-exposed regions can be removed due to their aqueous solubility, but the exposed regions of the polymeric layer are contacted with electroless seed metal ions, which are then reduced, followed by electrolessly plating with a suitable metal to form the desired conductive pattern. Various articles can be prepared during this process, and the product article can be incorporated into various electronic devices. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091794 | DRAWING METHOD - A drawing method is to draw a pattern on a substrate. First, cumulative exposure amount distribution data containing a cumulative exposure amount to be applied to each position on the substrate is read. Next, a region R | 2016-03-31 |
20160091795 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HIGH-THROUGHPUT AND SMALL-FOOTPRINT SCANNING EXPOSURE FOR LITHOGRAPHY - The present disclosure provides a lithography system comprising a radiation source and an exposure tool including a plurality of exposure columns densely packed in a first direction. Each exposure column includes an exposure area configured to pass the radiation source. The system also includes a wafer carrier configured to secure and move one or more wafers along a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction, so that the one or more wafers are exposed by the exposure tool to form patterns along the second direction. The one or more wafers are covered with resist layer and aligned in the second direction on the wafer carrier. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091796 | MASKLESS EXPOSURE DEVICE, MASKLESS EXPOSURE METHOD AND DISPLAY SUBSTRATE MANUFACTURED BY THE MASKLESS EXPOSURE DEVICE AND THE MASKLESS EXPOSURE METHOD - A maskless exposure device includes an exposure head that includes a digital micro-mirror device configured to reflect a source beam received from an exposure source to a substrate to scan an exposure beam to the substrate, and a system control part configured to control the digital micro-mirror device using a graphic data system file. The graphic data system file includes data of an align-key. The align-key includes an X-align-key that extends in a direction parallel to a scan direction of the exposure head, and has a bar shape in a plan view, and a Y-align-key disposed adjacent to the X-align-key that has a frame shape in a plan view. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091797 | High Numerical Aperture Objective Lens System - An objective lens system having a high numerical aperture, a large working distance, and low optical aberrations over a wide spectral band of wavelengths is disclosed. The objective lens system includes a first lens group, a second lens group, and a third lens group. The first lens group includes first and second positive meniscus lenses that are positioned at a distance from each other along an optical axis of the objective lens system. The distance may be dependent on a focal length of the objective lens system. The second lens group includes first and second meniscus lenses and a bi-convex lens. The third lens group includes a bi-concave lens and a doublet lens. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091798 | OPTICAL ASSEMBLY - An optical assembly, in particular for a lithography system for imaging lithographic micro- or nanostructures, includes at least two optical elements arranged successively in a beam path of the optical assembly, an acquisition device designed to acquire radiation signals from marking elements on or at the at least two optical elements, and a control device coupled to the acquisition device and which is designed to determine the plurality of properties of the optically active surface of the at least two optical elements as a function of the information contained in the radiation signals originating from the marking elements. The disclosure also relates to a method for operating the optical assembly. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091799 | HIGH-RESOLUTION MICROSCOPY AND PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY DEVICES USING FOCUSING MICROMIRRORS - The invention relates to large-field high-resolution microscopy and photolithography setups operating with polychromatic light. It includes the use of a plurality of focusing micromirrors. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091800 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS, EXPOSURE METHOD, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An exposure apparatus includes: a projection optical system; an adjusting unit configured to adjust imaging characteristics of the projection optical system; and a controller configured to divide the plurality of shot regions into groups based on data of a shift in the pattern of each shot region and an order of the exposure, determine setting amounts of the imaging characteristics for each group, and control the adjusting unit to set the imaging characteristics to the setting amounts for each group. The setting amount is common to a plurality of shot regions in the group and varies among the groups. The controller performs the division such that the shot regions belonging to the same group have a sequential exposure order and all values of the shift in the shot regions belonging to the same group fall within a predetermined range. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091801 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - An exposure apparatus includes an atmosphere maintaining unit which maintains an exposure chamber in an air atmosphere, a gas supply unit which supplies air or a mixed gas containing air and an inert gas to a local space, between a final surface of a projection optical system and a substrate, a detector which detects an alignment mark and a reference mark formed on the substrate stage, and a controller. The controller controls the gas supply unit not to supply the mixed gas to the local space when the detector detects the reference mark, and controls the gas supply unit to supply the mixed gas to the local space when an instruction to detect the alignment mark upon setting the local space in a mixed gas atmosphere, and expose the substrate based on the detection results of the reference mark and the alignment mark is issued from the recipe. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091802 | MASK-MOUNTING APPARATUS FOR EXPOSURE MACHINE - A mask-mounting apparatus for an exposure machine, which comprises: a mask frame ( | 2016-03-31 |
20160091803 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR IN-SITU REPAIR OF REFLECTIVE OPTIC - Method of and apparatus for repairing an optical element disposed in a vacuum chamber while the optical element is in the vacuum chamber. An exposed surface of the optical element is exposed to an ion flux generated by an ion source to remove at least some areas of the surface that have been damaged by exposure to the environment within the vacuum chamber. The method and apparatus are especially applicable to repair multilayer mirrors serving as collectors in systems for generating EUV light for use in semiconductor photolithography. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091804 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - An image forming method satisfies the following Expressions: | 2016-03-31 |
20160091805 | FLUORINATED STRUCTURED ORGANIC FILM PHOTORECEPTOR LAYERS - A method of forming an overcoat layer. The method comprises providing a substrate having an imaging structure formed thereon, the imaging structure comprising (i) a charge transport layer and a charge generating layer, or (ii) an imaging layer comprising both charge generating material and charge transport material. An overcoat composition is deposited on the imaging structure, the overcoat composition comprising a charge transport molecule, a fluorinated building block, a leveling agent, a liquid carrier and optionally a first catalyst. The fluorinated building block is a fluorinated alkyl monomer substituted at the α and ω positions with a hydroxyl, carboxyl, carbonyl or aldehyde functional group or the anhydrides of any of those functional groups. The overcoat composition is cured to form an overcoat layer that is a fluorinated structured organic film, the curing comprising treating an outer surface of the overcoat composition with at least one cross-linking process. The crosslinking process forms a cross-linking gradient in the overcoat layer. If the overcoat composition comprises the first catalyst, there is an insufficient amount of the first catalyst to fully cross-link the overcoat layer. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091806 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The invention provides an image forming apparatus and an electrophotographic photoreceptor, comprising: a conductive support; and at least a charge generation layer and a charge transport layer on the conductive support, wherein said charge generation layer contains a hydroxygallium phthalocyanine synthesized using a halogen solvent, said charge transport layer contains a polyester resin having a specific structural unit, and said charge transport layer is formed using a non-halogen solvent. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091807 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND PHTHALOCYANINE CRYSTAL - The present invention provides an electrophotographic photosensitive member comprising a support, and a photosensitive layer formed on the support, wherein the photosensitive layer contains a phthalocyanine crystal in which a 4-piperidone compound represented by the following formula (1) is contained. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091808 | SUPER LOW MELT TONER HAVING CRYSTALLINE AROMATIC MONOESTERS - A toner includes a polymeric resin, a colorant, and a small molecule crystalline aromatic monoester having a molecular weight less than 1,000 g/mol. The polymeric resin may be an amorphous resin and a mixture of the amorphous resin and the crystalline aromatic monoester may be characterized by a reduction in glass transition temperature from that of the resin and by the lack of a melting point for the crystalline aromatic monoester as determined by differential scanning calorimetry, the enthalpy of fusion for the crystalline aromatic monoester in the mixture being measured to be less than 10% of the enthalpy of fusion of the crystalline aromatic monoester in pure form. Furthermore, the toner may be configured to have a crease fix minimum fusing temperature (MFT) less than or equal to the crease fix MFT of a benchmark ultra-low-melt emulsion aggregation toner. Suitable crystalline aromatic monoesters may include 2-Naphthyl benzoate. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091809 | MAGNETIC TONER - Provided is a magnetic toner in which enhancement of initial transfer efficiency and transfer efficiency that is stable during a long-term use are achieved by simultaneously suppressing the friction force between the toner and a drum and the cohesion between toners, and further the degradation in chargeability and fluidity caused by the deterioration of the toner. The magnetic toner includes: a magnetic toner particle; a first external additive; and a second external additive. The first external additive includes an organic-inorganic composite fine particle, a plurality of convexes derived from an inorganic fine particle being present on a surface of the organic-inorganic composite fine particle, and has a number-average particle diameter of 50 nm or more and 500 nm or less. The second external additive includes a silica fine particle and has a number-average particle diameter of 5 nm or more and 30 nm or less. A shear load calculated from a rotation torque is 0.50 kPa or more and 2.00 kPa or less when a disc-shaped disc is pressed against a surface of a magnetic toner powder layer, the magnetic toner powder layer being produced by applying a vertical load of 9.0 kPa to the magnetic toner, under a vertical load of 5.0 kPa, and the disc which is being pressed is rotated, and an absolute value |ζ(T)−ζ(A1)| of a difference between a zeta potential ζ(T) of the magnetic toner particle dispersed in water and a zeta potential ζ(A1) of the first external additive dispersed in water is 50 mV or less. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091810 | ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE-DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPER, AND TONER CARTRIDGE - There is provided an electrostatic image-developing toner containing a toner particle containing a binder resin and a release agent and having a sea-island structure involving a sea part containing the binder resin and an island part containing the release agent, in which a mode value of the distribution of the eccentricity degree B represented by the specific formula of the release agent-containing island part is from 0.75 to 0.98 and a skewness of the distribution of the eccentricity degree B is from −1.10 to −0.50; and an external additive containing a silica particle having a volume average particle diameter of 80 nm to 200 nm; wherein a bulk density of the toner is from 0.33 g/cm | 2016-03-31 |
20160091811 | ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes a binder resin containing an amorphous polyester resin and a crystalline polyester resin, wherein a ratio of the crystalline polyester resin to a total of the amorphous polyester resin and the crystalline polyester resin is from 12% to 40% by weight, and the toner satisfies the following equations (1) and (2), | 2016-03-31 |
20160091812 | TONER, DEVELOPER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A toner includes a binder resin including a copolymer resin containing structural units derived from crystalline and non-crystalline resins, respectively. Spin-spin relaxation time (t50) of the toner at 50° C. measured by pulse NMR is ≦0.05 msec., spin-spin relaxation time (t130) at 130° C. when warmed from 50° C. to 130° C. is >15 msec., and spin-spin relaxation time (t′70) at 70° C. when cooled from 130° C. to 70° C. is ≦1.00 msec. A binarized image obtained by binarizing a phase image of the toner observed by a tapping mode AFM based on intermediate value between maximum and minimum phase difference values in the phase image includes first phase difference images constituted by large phase-difference portions and a second phase difference image constituted by a small phase-difference portion. The first phase difference images are dispersed in the second phase difference image. The dispersion diameter of the first phase difference images is 150 nm or less. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091813 | TONER - Provided is a toner that uses a crystalline resin, and demonstrates favorable dispersibility of the crystalline resin in the toner, demonstrates superior low-temperature fixability, and is able to inhibit fogging. The toner has a toner particle comprising a resin A, which has a long-chain alkyl group having an average number of carbon atoms of 27 to 50, and a crystalline resin, wherein the SP value (cal/cm | 2016-03-31 |
20160091814 | COLORLESS ULTRAVIOLET SECURITY TONER - In accordance with various embodiments of the invention, a method of forming an ultraviolet security toner for use in printing hardware originally designed to use chemically prepared toner includes melt-blending binder resin particles and optionally a charge-control agent, a colorant and a releasing agent. The fluorescent pigment is then admixed to the melt-blended particles to form a fluorescent pre-toner. A first inorganic material is then blended with the fluorescent pre-toner, coating the particles of the fluorescent pre-toner with the first inorganic material. A second inorganic material is then blended with the coated pre-toner, adding another layer of coating to the fluorescent pre-toner. The first inorganic material has an average particle diameter size that is less than the average particle diameter size of the fluorescent pigment particles and the second inorganic material has an average particle diameter size less than that of the first inorganic material. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091815 | DRIVE RECEIVING MEMBER FOR AN IMAGING CARTRIDGE - A drive receiving member for transferring rotational driving force from an image forming apparatus to components of an imaging cartridge is provided. A distal end of the member includes at least one substantially rigid drive lug for receiving rotational driving force from the imaging device. In some constructions the distal end also includes at least one catch member extending beyond the drive lug to facilitate movement of the coupling member from a retracted position to an extended position when the cartridge is installed in the imaging device. In other constructions, an actuator may be provided to initiate movement of the coupling member from the extended position to a retracted position during removal of the cartridge from the imaging device. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091816 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming station, an intermediate transfer body, a transfer device, a transfer pressure applicator, and a controller. The image forming station forms a toner image. The toner image formed by the image forming station is transferred onto the intermediate transfer body. The transfer device transfers the toner image from the intermediate transfer body onto a recording medium. The transfer pressure applicator applies a secondary transfer pressure to the recording medium upon transfer of the toner image and to apply a lower secondary transfer pressure upon transfer of a toner image including a special color toner than that upon transfer of a toner image without the special color toner. The controller is operatively connected to the transfer pressure applicator to control the transfer pressure applicator. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091817 | EXPOSING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An exposing unit has a plurality of light emitters arranged in a main scanning direction. The exposing unit is configured to form a scanning line by exposing an image surface in the main scanning direction, and to form a plurality of pixels arrayed in the main scanning direction by sequentially forming a plurality of scanning lines shifted in a sub-scanning direction. A clock generator is configured to generate frequency-spread clocks having frequency that is spread with a particular modulation cycle. A driver is configured to drive the exposing unit to emit light during a lighting period based on the frequency-spread clocks. The driver sets an interval of exposure start time of the plurality of scanning lines. At least one interval is different from a reference period obtained by dividing a period for forming the pixels arrayed in the main scanning direction by a number of the plurality of scanning lines. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091818 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There is provided an optical scanning device and an image forming apparatus including the optical scanning device. The optical scanning device includes an optical box containing light source units, a rotating polygon mirror, and a motor. In order to prevent the entire optical box from being deformed by deformation occurring in the installation region due to heat of the driving unit, the optical box includes a connection region between a second sidewall and an installation region where a driving unit is installed. The optical box further includes regions provided next to the connection region and having heights different from each other. A concave portion is formed in the connection region. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091819 | POWDER STORAGE DEVICE - A powder storage device includes a powder container that has an opening at one end, stores powder therein, and has, on an inner peripheral surface, a rib configured to transport the powder toward the opening with rotation of the powder container, a lid member that is configured to cover the opening, has an outflow opening through which the powder flows, and is held in a non-rotatable state, and a driving-force transmission member interposed between the powder container and the lid member and having a driving-force receiving portion penetrating the lid member in a rotation axis direction, the driving-force transmission member transmitting a rotating force to the powder container. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091820 | LIQUID CONSUMING APPARATUS - There is provided a liquid consuming apparatus including: a tank having a liquid storing chamber, an erected wall through which the liquid inside the liquid storage chamber is visible from outside of the tank, and an inlet which is formed to penetrate through the erected wall and via which the liquid is poured into the liquid storage chamber; a liquid consuming section which consumes the liquid stored in the liquid storing chamber; and a cover. A transmitting section and a checking section are formed in an upper surface, of the cover, under a condition that the cover is in the exposure position, the transmitting section configured to transmit information optically to a user of the liquid consuming apparatus and the checking section configured to prevent the liquid moving on a particular surface of the cover from arriving at the transmitting section. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091821 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DEVELOPER CONTAINER - A method of manufacturing a developer container including a frame configured to define a developer containing portion, a first electrode, and a second electrode arranged on a surface of the frame and having a surface opposed to the first electrode, a developer amount in the developer containing portion being detected based on a capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode, the method including: holding a conductive resin member constituting the second electrode on a mold configured to mold the frame, a surface of the conductive resin member being in contact with a surface of the mold configured to mold a surface of the frame on a side of the developer containing portion; injecting a resin to be formed into the frame, into the mold on which the conductive resin member is held; and curing the resin to form the frame to which the second electrode is fixed. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091822 | PACKING MEMBER AND CARTRIDGE PACKED IN THE PACKING MEMBER - A packing member for packing a cartridge detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus is molded with a thin resin material plate and includes: (i) a frame portion including an opening as an entrance for the cartridge, a first recessed portion for accommodating the cartridge, and a first limiting portion for limiting a position of the cartridge with respect to a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the cartridge; and (ii) a cap portion for openably covering the opening. The cap portion includes a second limiting portion for limiting movement of the cartridge, positionally-limited by the first limiting portion, in a direction in which the cartridge is spaced from the first limiting portion. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091823 | DEVELOPING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device usable with a first image forming apparatus and a second image forming apparatus which have image forming process speeds different from each other, includes a developer container configured to accommodate a developer; a feeding member configured to feed the developer in the developer container; a discharge opening provided in the developer container and configured to permit discharging of an excessive developer in the developer container produced with supply of the developer into the developer container; and a switching mechanism configured to selectively switch a condition of an opening area of the discharge opening or a level of a lower end of the discharge opening between a first condition and a second condition. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091824 | DEVELOPER SUPPLY CARTRIDGE - A developer supply cartridge includes a developer supply container. The developer supply container includes a developer accommodation section, a developer in the developer accommodation section, a discharging port configured to discharge the developer toward a developer supply apparatus, a pump unit configured to perform an exhaust operation through the discharging port, a developer storage section configured to store a certain amount of developer before discharge, the developer storage section communicating with the developer accommodation section and being in contact with the discharging port, and a suppression part configured to control inflow and suppression of inflow of the developer from the developer accommodation section to the developer storage section and suppress the inflow of the developer during the exhaust operation of the pump unit. The developer has a compressibility Ct of 30.0% or more and 45.0% or less. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091825 | POWDER CONTAINER DEVICE - A powder container device includes a powder container that contains powder and has an opening at one end, the powder container being installed in a substantially horizontal orientation and having a projection on an inner peripheral surface of the powder container, the projection transporting the powder toward the opening when the powder container rotates; and a lid member that covers the opening and has an outlet through which the powder flows, the lid member being held in a non-rotatable manner. The powder container device does not have a structure for scooping the powder, which has been transported by the rotation of the powder container, toward a rotational axis, and discharges the powder through the outlet. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091826 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A collection roller and a developing sleeve rotate in the same direction at proximal portions thereof. A distal end of a magnetic brush formed of developer born on a surface of the developing sleeve by an importing magnetic pole of a magnet roller is set so as to make contact with the surface of the collection roller. A first gap is set between the collection roller and the developer-bearing region of the developing sleeve and a second gap larger than the first gap is set between the collection roller and the non-developer-bearing region of the developing sleeve. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091827 | POWDER STORAGE DEVICE AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a powder storage device including: a powder container that stores a powder, the powder container including an opening at one end, being horizontally installed and including a protruding line provided on an inner circumferential surface of the powder container; and a lid member that covers the opening, the lid member including an outflow opening for the powder and being held in an irrotational state, wherein the protruding line is capable of transporting the powder to the opening due to rotation of the powder container, a structure for scooping the powder transported through the rotation of the powder container toward near a rotation shaft is not provided, and the powder is made to flow out through the outflow opening. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091828 | Cleaning Unit and Image Forming Apparatus Provided with the Same - A cleaning unit includes a first accommodating chamber, a first conveyer, a cleaner, and a developing agent conveyer. The accommodating chamber is configured to accommodate therein developing agent. The accommodating chamber has one end portion and another end portion. The first conveyer is configured to convey the developing agent from the one end portion toward the another end portion. The cleaner is configured to collect developing agent from a belt in contact with a photosensitive member. The developing agent conveyer has a collection opening through which developing agent collected from a component other than the belt. The developing agent conveyer is configured to convey the developing agent from the collection opening toward the first accommodating chamber. The cleaner and the developing agent conveyer are positioned at the one end portion. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091829 | DEVELOPING UNIT - A multipolar magnet is arranged inside a developer bearing member. A partitioning wall is arranged such that an apex position thereof is located between the developer bearing member and a first conveying member, and is extended up to a position which is located below an upper end position of a zero-gauss zone. A plurality of concaved portions is formed on the surface of the developer bearing member at an interval. Each of the plurality of concaved portions has such an opening shape that a maximum diameter of an inscribed circle is equal to or greater than a diameter of an average grain size of a carrier, and is formed such that the carrier with the average grain size is able to enter each of the concaved portions by a depth that is equal to or greater than a radius thereof. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091830 | DEVELOPMENT DEVICE - A development device including a plurality of development sleeves and conducting development sleeve end portion seal using magnet members, a second magnetic pole and a third magnetic pole of a magnet incorporated in a second developer bearing member form repulsive poles. A position on the magnet member facing a rotation direction downstream end of the second developer bearing member is configured to be included in a zero Gauss zone. As a result, developer leak in the development sleeve rotation direction from between two development sleeves is suppressed. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091831 | End Sealing and Magnetic Field Truncation of a Magnetic Roll of a Dual Component Development Electrophotographic Image Forming Device - A developer unit according to one example embodiment includes a housing having a reservoir for storing a developer mix that includes toner and magnetic carrier beads. A magnetic roll includes a stationary core and a sleeve positioned around the core that is rotatable relative to the core. The stationary core includes at least one permanent magnet having circumferentially spaced magnetic poles. An upper and a lower magnetically permeable metal shunt are positioned at each axial end of the magnetic roll. Each upper shunt and each lower shunt is positioned axially outboard of the core and in close proximity to the outer surface of the sleeve. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091832 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Relationships of LB1>LR1 and LN12016-03-31 | |
20160091833 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a transferring member and a guiding part. The transferring member is configured to form a transferring nip with an image carrier and to transfer a toner image from the image carrier to a sheet at the transferring nip. The guiding part has an upper guiding member and a lower guiding member which are disposed oppositely to both faces of the sheet in a vertical direction along a sheet conveying path toward the transferring nip. The lower guiding member has a movable lower guiding plate and a plurality of elastic members. The movable lower guiding plate is made of a thin elastic material. The plurality of elastic members are disposed along a sheet width direction crossing the sheet conveying direction and supports the movable lower guiding plate to be displaceable in a direction apart from the image carrier. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091834 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A controller measures a stop duration time when an intermediate transfer belt and a secondary transfer belt are stopped, and based on a measurement result, rotates and stops the intermediate transfer belt such that the stretched position by stretch rollers of the intermediate transfer belt is changed. At the same time, the controller rotates and stops the secondary transfer belt such that a stretched position by stretch rollers of the secondary transfer belt is changed. A time from starting to stopping the rotation of the intermediate transfer belt and a time from starting to stopping the rotation of the secondary transfer belt are overlapped with the other. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091835 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an image forming apparatus including a pressing member arranged on an inner circumferential surface of an intermediate transfer belt, configured to correct a position of the intermediate transfer belt in the width direction to be fit within a movable region, positions of both ends of the pressing member in the width direction are respectively arranged outside positions of both ends of the movable region. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091836 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - When a drive roller is at a stopped state, an execution portion executes a move mode in which a time from when a rotation of a drive roller has been stopped is measured, and based on the measured result, rotation of the drive roller is started and stopped. In the move mode, a portion of a secondary transfer belt having been at a first contact position in the stopped state is moved to a position other than the first contact position and the second contact position, and the rotation of the drive roller is stopped. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091837 | DRIVE TRANSMITTER, DRIVING DEVICE INCORPORATING THE DRIVE TRANSMITTER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING THE DRIVING DEVICE - A drive transmitter, which can included in a driving device and an image forming apparatus, includes a drive transmitter including a drive coupling and a driven coupling. The drive coupling is mounted on a drive output shaft to which a driving force is transmitted and includes a drive claw projecting in an axial direction. The driven coupling is mounted on a driven shaft, faces the drive coupling in the axial direction, and includes a driven claw projecting in the axial direction. A height of at least one of the drive claw and the driven claw in the axial direction gradually decreasing from one end to the other end in a rotation direction of at least one of the drive coupling and the driven coupling. The drive claw and the driven claw come into either one of line contact and point contact with each other in the axial direction. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091838 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING IMAGE CARRIERS - An image forming apparatus includes: a driving source including only a first driving motor and a second driving motor; a first transfer system that transfers a first driving force generated by the first driving motor; and a second transfer system that transfers a second driving force generated by the second driving motor. The first transfer system transfers the first driving force only to each image carrier and each developing roller. The second transfer system transfers the second driving force to at least a belt driving roller of an intermediate transfer unit, a fixing roller, and a sheet conveyance roller. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091839 | TRANSFER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes at least one image carrier that carries a toner image, an intermediate transfer body that is rotatable and that faces the image carrier, an opposing member that is positioned upstream of a second transfer section in a rotation direction of the intermediate transfer body and that faces the intermediate transfer body, and a voltage application unit that applies an AC voltage, whose polarity reverses, and forms an AC electric field between the intermediate transfer body and the opposing member. A first transfer section in which the toner image on the image carrier is transferred onto a surface of the intermediate transfer body is formed. The second transfer section that is positioned downstream of the first transfer section in the direction of rotation of the intermediate transfer body and in which the toner image on the intermediate transfer body is transferred onto a medium is formed. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091840 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is a fixing device including a fixing unit that includes a pipe-shaped fixing member which includes an outermost layer including at least one selected from a group consisting of a hydrogenated nitrile rubber and a denatured hydrogenated nitrile rubber, and heats and pressurizes the recording medium to fix an unfixed developer image on a recording medium by bringing the outermost layer into contact with a surface of the recording medium which holds the developer image, the recording medium being transported while holding the unfixed developer image, and a heating unit that is disposed on an upstream side of the fixing unit in a transport direction of the recording medium, and heats the recording medium transported while holding the unfixed developer image. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091841 | MEMBER FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY, IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MEMBER FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY - Provided is a member for electrophotography, where an elastic layer including a silicone rubber and a release layer including a fluorine resin are bonded sufficiently without any adhesive layer interposed therebetween. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091842 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a sheet conveyance section configured to convey a long sheet; a toner image forming section configured to form a toner image on the long sheet conveyed by the sheet conveyance section; a fixing section configured to fix the toner image formed by the toner image forming section on the long sheet; and an information presenting section configured to display information relating to sheet conveyance, the information relating to sheet conveyance including waste sheet information indicating a conveyance amount of the long sheet conveyed by the sheet conveyance section during a non-image formation period. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091843 | FIXING DEVICE - A fixing device includes a temperature detection unit that detects temperature associated with temperature of an abutting section of a fixing roller and a pressing roller, and a control unit that controls a driving motor based on detection temperature by the temperature detection unit. When the fixing device is activated, if it is determined that detection temperature by the temperature detection unit is not equal to or less than predetermined temperature, the control unit drives the driving motor at a setting speed set in advance, and if it is determined that the detection temperature is equal to or less than the predetermined temperature K, the control unit drives the driving motor at a predetermined low speed lower than the setting speed. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091844 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a sheet conveyance unit which conveys a long sheet having such a length as to extend at least from a sheet feed opening to a sheet output opening of an apparatus body, an image forming unit which transfers a toner image onto the sheet, a fixing unit including a heater to fix the transferred toner image, a temperature detector which detects a temperature of the fixing unit, and a control unit which controls the sheet conveyance unit in such a way that, when the front edge of the sheet is to be conveyed from the sheet feed opening to the sheet output opening with no toner image transferred onto the sheet, the front edge is prohibited from being conveyed into the fixing unit if the temperature of the fixing unit is higher than a first predetermined temperature. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091845 | Fixing Device - A fixing device includes a guide member including a guide portion, which is disposed downstream from a nip in a rotational direction of an endless belt and is in contact with an endless belt, and a gap forming portion, which is disposed between the nip and the guide portion in the rotational direction of the endless belt and which forms a gap from the endless belt, wherein the gap forming portion includes an inclined surface that extends from the guide portion toward upstream in the rotational direction and has a predetermined area, on which a lubricant is provided, and wherein a maximum inclination angle between the predetermined area and a plane that is defined to contact a downstream end, in the rotational direction, of the contact portion of the nip member and the guide portion is less than 90 degrees. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091846 | FIXING APPARATUS - A fixing apparatus includes a rotating member including a conductive layer; a helical coil arranged inside the rotating member, a helical axis of the coil extending in a generatrix direction of the rotating member; and a magnetic member provided inside the coil, the magnetic member including a first magnetic member and a second magnetic member arranged in a line extending in the generatrix direction. A toner image is fixed on a recording material by heat which the conductive layer generates by electromagnetic induction. In the generatrix direction, a protruded portion is provided on an end surface of the first magnetic member and a recessed portion is provided in an end surface of the second magnetic member. The protruded portion and the recessed portion are disposed so as to oppose each other and overlap each other in the generatrix direction. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091847 | HEATING ELEMENT, PROCESS OF PRODUCING HEATING ELEMENT, HEATING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An endless-belt shaped heating element made of a heat resisting resin in which stainless-steel fibers subjected to annealing treatment is dispersed is prepared. The heating element is adopted as a heating belt of a fixing device of an image forming apparatus. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091848 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus includes a printing section, a storage section, and a control section. The printing section prints a toner image on paper. The storage section stores prescribed image data for which printing is permitted using disposal-scheduled toner that is scheduled for disposal as waste toner. The control section determines whether or not a preset disposal condition is satisfied. Upon determining that the disposal condition is satisfied, the control section determines whether or not prescribed image data is stored in the storage section. Upon determining that prescribed image data is stored in the storage section, the control section sets the operating mode of the printing section as a waste toner reduction mode in which the printing section uses the disposal-scheduled toner to perform printing based on the prescribed image data. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091849 | ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electric power supply device for supplying electric power to a load, the electric power supply device includes a first relay connected with a live line of an AC voltage source; a second relay connected with a neutral line of the AC voltage source; a controller for executing a starting sequence for rendering On the first relay and the second relay from Off state; and a storing portion for storing information relating to the starting sequence executed by the controller; wherein when the electric power supply device is actuated, the controller switches the starting sequence on the basis of the information stored in the storing portion. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091850 | IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMATION METHOD - An image formation device includes: an image formation unit configured to perform image formation processing of forming a print image based on a print job on a medium using developers of different colors; a misregistration check image formation unit configured to control the image formation unit to cause the image formation unit to form a misregistration check pattern on the medium; a misregistration correction amount input unit configured to receive input of an amount of misregistration correction to be applied to the image formation unit; and a controller configured to correct misregistration in the image formation processing by the image formation unit, based on the amount of misregistration correction received by the misregistration correction amount input unit. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091851 | Image Forming Apparatus That Reduces Variation of Count of Printable Sheets per Toner Container, Image Forming Method, and Recording Medium - An image forming apparatus includes a print mode setting circuit, an average printing amount identifying circuit, a parameter setting circuit, and an image processing circuit. The print mode setting circuit sets to normal print mode or ecological print mode whose toner usage is less than a toner usage of the normal print mode. The average printing amount identifying circuit identifies an average printing rate in a predetermined count of printed sheets or an average amount of toner consumption per sheet. The parameter setting circuit decreases a printing rate parameter value in the ecological print mode based on a ratio of a predetermined reference value to the identified average printing rate or the identified average amount of toner consumption. The image processing circuit multiplies tone values of a print image by the printing rate parameter value in the ecological print mode to reduce a printing rate of the print image. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091852 | Fixing Device - A fixing device includes: an endless belt; a heater; a nip plate; a backup member, a reflective plate, a stay and a heat insulating member, wherein the heat insulating member includes: an upstream support face, which supports the nip plate; and a downstream support face, which is disposed separated downstream in the conveyance direction from the upstream support face and supports the nip plate, and wherein a gap in the conveyance direction between the upstream support face and the downstream support face at a central portion in the longitudinal direction of the heat insulating member is smaller than a gap in the conveyance direction between the upstream support face and the downstream support face at an end portion in the longitudinal direction of the heat insulating member. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091853 | MEDIUM CARRYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A medium carrying device that carries a medium includes a first roller, a second roller, a rotation transmitting part that drives its rotation by a driving force transmitted from a driving force source, and moves between at a transmitting position and at a releasing position, at the transmitting position, the rotation transmitting part transmits the driving force to the first roller, at the releasing position, the rotation transmitting part does not transmit the driving force, a transmission releasing part that is connected to the rotation transmitting part. When the medium is bowed between the first and second rollers, the transmission releasing part moves the rotation transmitting part from the transmitting position to the releasing position according to the bowing of the medium. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091854 | Image Forming Apparatus Having Tray for Receiving Recording Medium - In an image forming apparatus, a tray having first and second receiving portions is configured to move between a first position, at which at least part of the tray is positioned inside an apparatus body, and a second position, at which the tray is outside the apparatus body. The tray in the first position allows a first recording medium to be conveyed from the first receiving portion. When the tray is in the first position, the second receiving portion is configured to move between a third position, which is at an upstream side relative to a first opening of the apparatus body in a second direction, and a fourth position, which is at a downstream side relative to the third position in the second direction. The second receiving portion at the third position allows a second recording medium to be conveyed from the second receiving portion in the second direction. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091855 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a storage section and a job executing section including a printing section and a finishing processing section. The finishing processing section performs stapling processing on a paper sheaf based on a stapling pattern designated by a user that stipulates position and number of one or more stapling points. The storage section stores a threshold sheet number as a determination criterion for whether to execute damage restriction processing. When a target paper sheaf is smaller than the threshold sheet number, the job executing section executes, as the damage restriction processing, one or more of: first processing of ejecting paper without stapling processing; second processing of performing stapling processing after increasing the number of sheets in the target paper sheaf to the threshold sheet number; and third processing of performing stapling processing at a larger number of stapling points than stipulated by the designated stapling pattern. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091856 | PUNCHING DEVICE, PAPER SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A punching device includes: a punching member opens a punch hole on a sheet material on a die plate by penetrating a die hole provided to the die plate; a discharging member discharges static electricity charged on a punching chip generated by opening of the punch hole when the punching chip is guided to fall on the discharging member arranged on a lower side of the die hole and brought into contact with the discharging member; and a pressing member that presses the punching chip on the discharging member against the discharging member. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091857 | Image-Forming Apparatus Provided with Interlocking Mechanism for Inputting Drive Force to Drive Roller of Belt Unit - An image-forming apparatus includes a main body, a drive source, an image forming section, a coupling and an interlocking mechanism. The image forming section includes a trigger part and a belt unit including: a belt; and a drive roller and a follow roller opposing each other in a first direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the drive roller. The belt is stretched over the drive roller and the follow roller to extend in the first direction. The coupling includes a movable part movable between a transmitting position transmitting a drive force from the drive source to the drive roller and an interrupting position interrupting transmission of the drive force from the drive source to the drive roller. The interlocking mechanism is configured to interlock movement of the movable part between the transmitting position and the interrupting position with movement of the trigger part. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091858 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus including a main body, a photoconductive drum, a development cartridge including a development roller, a switching mechanism configured to switch between a contact state where the development roller and the photoconductive drum are in contact with each other, and a separate state where the development roller and the photoconductive drum are separated away from each other, and a controller configured to perform a preparatory mode to make preparations for forming a developer image on the photoconductive drum and transferring onto a transfer object the developer image formed on the photoconductive drum, and during execution of the preparatory mode, rotate the development roller while maintaining the separate state between the development roller and the photoconductive drum. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091859 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND COOLING DEVICE THEREIN - An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, an image forming device provided in the apparatus body and forming an image on a surface of a recording medium, a cooler to cool the image forming device, a temperature detector to detect a temperature around the apparatus body, and a controller including a computing part to count a driving period of the image forming device and a memory to store a computed value obtained by the computing part as a counter value. The controller controls driving of the image forming device and driving of the cooler based on a detected temperature obtained by the temperature detector and the counter value. The controller adjusts the driving of the image forming device irrespective of the counter value to a regular driving speed when the detected temperature is lower than a reference temperature. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091860 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus, including: an exposure unit configured to expose an image bearing member to light according to image data to form an electrostatic latent image; a developing unit configured to develop the electrostatic latent image into a toner image; a transfer unit configured to transfer the toner image onto a recording medium; a fixing unit configured to fix the toner image to the recording medium by heat; a determination unit configured to determine a state of at least one of a temperature and a humidity in an inside of the image forming apparatus; a blower unit configured to generate an airflow in the inside of the image forming apparatus; and a control unit configured to reduce an airflow volume of the blower unit based on a determination result of the determination unit as a degree of occurrence of dew condensation increases. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091861 | DISPLAYING METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGES TO A PLURALITY OF VIEWERS SIMULTANEOUSLY - A displaying method, a displaying apparatus and a displaying system for providing holographic images to a plurality of viewers simultaneously are provided. The displaying method comprises: tracking motions of M viewers and eye positions thereof, adjusting rotation angles of programmable mirrors allocated to each of the viewers according to the motions of the eye positions of the viewer, it is predefined that each pixel position of the projection screen corresponds to N adjacent ones of the programmable mirrors; modulating a corresponding left-eye 3D image and a corresponding right-eye 3D image according to the tracked motions of the eye positions of each of the viewers and the rotation angles of the programmable mirrors allocated to the viewer, and projecting the left-eye 3D image and the right-eye 3D image onto the projection screen to control optical projections incident to the left eyes and the right eyes of different viewers. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091862 | ISOCHRONOUS PARAXIAL TIMEPIECE RESONATOR - A timepiece resonator including one weight connected by flexible strips to fixed attachment points of a fixed structure, this weight being subjected to a torque and/or a stress, and oscillating with at least two degrees of freedom in translation, and these flexible strips maintain the oscillations of this weight about a virtual pivot. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091863 | SYNCHRONIZATION OF TIMEPIECE RESONATORS - Coupling mobile member for synchronising two resonators, each including an interface pin periodically following a plane, closed trajectory, including grooves for holding the pins equidistant from an axis on a structure subjected to a torque about the axis, on which the grooves are coplanar grooves, radial with respect to the axis, for reception of the pins in symmetrical pairs with respect to a main, straight groove passing through the axis, in a plane perpendicular to the axis, and in which slides a main slide-block, which cooperates with a plurality of bars, each hinged on one side to one of the pins, and hinged on the other side to the main slide-block. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091864 | WRISTWATCH STRUCTURE WITH PHYSICAL HANDS AND METHOD FOR OFFERING COMMUNICATION FUNCTION TO WRISTWATCH - The present invention provides a wristwatch structure with physical hands and a method for offering a communication function to a wristwatch, which uses remaining room in a traditional wristwatch (such as a mechanical watch and a quartz watch) to dispose an electronic module. By way of wireless transmission, the electronic module is utilized to receive wireless signals transmitted from a device (such as a smart phone) near a wristwatch user, and to provide a prompt message (such as vibration or an audio sound) based on the wireless signals. The present invention gives a new function to the traditional wristwatch, and is also capable of solving the problem of prompt function not working in large-scale cell phone. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091865 | TIME ZONE NOTIFICATION - One embodiment provides an information handling device, comprising: an output device; a processor operatively coupled to the output device; and a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to: obtain data including a time associated with a location of an entity; and provide, using the output device, a notification, wherein the notification comprises the data including a time associated with a location of the contact. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091866 | SMART CLIP - A method and apparatus for receiving an expiry time in a smart clip and one of timing and counting down to the expiry time comprises coupling an electronic receiver to the smart clip and connecting a timer to the electronic receiver are disclosed. Receiving the expiry time by the electronic receiver, and one of timing and counting down to the expiry time by the timer are also disclosed. Other features and embodiments of the invention are also disclosed. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091867 | DIGITAL ANALOG DISPLAY WITH ROTATING BEZEL - A wearable device is described herein. The wearable device includes a display. The display can be a digital display with analog components. The wearable device also includes an input device. The input device is to control the digital display and the analog components correspond to the digital display. In some cases, the input device is a bezel. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091868 | TAP SENSITIVE ALARM CLOCK - A tap sensitive alarm clock has a housing ( | 2016-03-31 |
20160091869 | Placement Apparatus and Placement Method - The invention relates to a placement apparatus for the positionally accurate alignment and/or fitting of a first placement partner with at least one second placement partner complementary thereto, wherein the placement apparatus has at least one camera apparatus ( | 2016-03-31 |
20160091870 | REDUNDANCY-READY CONTROL APPARATUS, REDUNDANCY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING REDUNDANT LOGICS FOR ASSURING LOW POWER CONSUMPTION AND RELIABILITY AT THE SAME TIME - A redundancy-ready control apparatus, a redundancy system, and a method for configuring redundant logics are disclosed. The redundancy-ready control apparatus includes a plurality of function blocks, a redundancy configuration determining unit, a function block activating unit, and a synchronizing unit. The plurality of function blocks respectively performs a predetermined function. The redundancy configuration determining unit determines function blocks to be included in a redundancy configuration based on the priorities of the respective function blocks. According to the redundancy configuration, the function block activating unit activates the function blocks corresponding to the redundancy configuration to connect power and operational clocks to the activated function blocks, or deactivates function blocks excluded from the redundancy configuration to disconnect power or operational clocks to the deactivated function blocks. The synchronizing unit synchronizes each of the function blocks of the redundancy configuration with a function block that performs an identical redundant function. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091871 | AUTOMATED ENVIRONMENT PROVIDING FEEDBACK BASED ON USER ROUTINE - A device in an automated environment can detect patterns in the user's interactions with accessories in the automated environment and can provide feedback to the user based on the patterns. Examples include: suggesting automation of particular actions based on the patterns; suggesting actions that conform to the pattern when the user performs part of the pattern; or suggesting changes to a pattern to conform to a preferred pattern. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091872 | MODIFICATION OF AUTOMATED ENVIRONMENT BEHAVIOR BASED ON USER ROUTINE - An automated environment can include an accessory device that operates according to an automation rule, to take a prescribed action when a triggering condition occurs. A controller device for the automated environment can determine a user's regular routine and can detect when the user is deviating from the regular routine. The controller device can communicate with accessory devices in the automated environment to modify their behavior relative to the automation rules. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091873 | PROCESS CONTROL METHOD - The invention relates to method for controlling a process, the method comprising an adaptive control model and at least one process input and at least one process output, the control model comprising predicting the relevant targets in the process; and selecting the relevant drivers for the process based on the target prediction, where the method preferably comprises adapting a number of parameters based on one or more inputs, and using the adapted parameters as an input for the target prediction. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091874 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONICALLY TAGGING ITEMS FOR USE IN CONTROLLING ELECTRICAL DEVICES - A system and method for electronically tagging items for use in controlling electrical devices are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: a controller; a tag reader interface in data communication with the controller, the tag reader interface being configured to receive item information read from an electronically readable tag attached to an item placed in an electrical device; a display device driver in data communication with the controller for driving the display of operational messages for a user/operator of the electrical device, the operational messages being based on the item information; and an appliance interface in data communication with the controller for receiving control commands from the controller and for issuing corresponding control signals for controlling the electrical device, the control commands being based on the item information. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091875 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADVANCED CONFIRMATION OF CONTROL OPERATIONS - Verification systems are provided for verification of proper execution of control commands on remote devices. In some embodiments, the verification systems can include video cameras, audio sensors, thermal detectors, etc., to provide secondary sources of information by which to verify primary reports on a state of a remote device. Each device can be associated with a device profile defining operating characteristics of the remote device in various states. In some examples, device properties can also be defined based on a current state of the device and a received control command. In some examples, the device profiles are models of expected device properties that can used to verify proper execution of control commands. In some embodiments, detection of state mismatch can trigger a variety of actions by the system to mediate the mismatched state according to a variety of control rules. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091876 | Embedded Shared Logical Instrument - System and method for controlling a custom modular measurement system. An editor may receive user input specifying one or more system definitions, each mapping message based commands, parameters, variables and/or metadata (“information”) accordant with a control protocol for standalone instruments to functions and data in a programming language, and generates the definitions accordingly, each being useable by a client application to interface with a custom modular measurement system that includes multiple logical instruments via the message based information. At least one of the definitions may be deployed onto the measurement system. A run-time engine of the measurement system may accept a message based command from the application, and call a corresponding function, which may invoke operation of at least one of the logical instruments. The logical instruments may be operated concurrently, including sharing use of a single physical measurement device by at least two of the logical instruments. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091877 | ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL VIA WEARABLE COMPUTING SYSTEM - Various embodiments relating to controlling ambient environmental conditions to affect one or more human subjects wearing wearable computing systems are disclosed. In one example, a head-mounted computing system includes a see-through display configured to present an augmented reality image in front of an environment when viewed through the see-through display, a logic subsystem, and a storage subsystem. The storage subsystem may hold instructions executable by the logic subsystem to present the augmented reality image via the see-through display, and during presentation of the augmented reality image, send a command to control an environmental control system external to the head-mounted computing system. The command may be configured to trigger adjustment of an environmental parameter of the environment to enhance presentation of the augmented reality image. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091878 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for controlling electronic device includes the following blocks. A control signal is received from an earphone jack. A predefined control command corresponding to the control signal is obtained. At least one application associated with the predefined control command is determined whether is initialized. The predefined control command is executed when the at least one application is initialized. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091879 | AGGREGATING AUTOMATED-ENVIRONMENT INFORMATION ACROSS A NEIGHBORHOOD - Behavior information can be aggregated across multiple automated environments (e.g., across homes in a neighborhood). The automated environments can provide information about detected environment-level behavior patterns to a server. The server can aggregate the patterns across environments in a defined neighborhood and can provide neighborhood-level information back to the participating automated environments. The neighborhood-level information can be used to drive decisions and behavioral changes in individual automated environments. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091880 | Control Device and Control Method - A control device includes a primary control unit which computes a manipulated variable and outputs it to an actuator of the primary control system; a secondary control unit which takes as input an equilibrium point setpoint representing an equilibrium point which is the desired manipulated variable output in steady state of primary control, takes the manipulated variable of the primary control system as process variable input, computes an adjusted manipulated variable, and outputs it to an actuator of the secondary control system; and an equilibrium point setpoint determination functional unit which detects a state in which the setpoint of the primary control system is maintained at the same value for a pre-specified period of time or longer as a steady state, computes an equilibrium point, and sets this equilibrium point setpoint in the secondary control unit. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091881 | VLF BAND SENSOR ARRAY FOR POWER DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS - An apparatus, network system, and method for detecting network phenomena of a power distribution network. A signal injection device adapted to be connected to the power distribution network injects a signal having signal parameters onto the power distribution network. A signal receiving device adapted to be connected to the power distribution network receives the injected signal on the power distribution network. The signal receiving device is adapted to determine the signal parameters of the received signal and is adapted to evaluate the signal parameters of the injected signal with respect to the determined signal parameters of the received signal. An output device connected to the signal receiving device provides an indication of the determined evaluation. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091882 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MULTI-CORE BASED SOFTWARE EXECUTION FOR PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS - Real-time programmable logic controller software is executed on a multicore processor system. An organizational block executer is executed on a first core, and system service functions associated with the programmable logic controller software are executed on the second core. The organizational block executer includes I/O scanning and logic solving in a single-threaded execution. Core-switch operations may be cyclically performed to move execution of the organizational block executer from the first core to the second core and back to the first core. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091883 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL PROGRAM - An information processing device collects information on an operating state of a communication system formed of a master device that manages communication over a network and at least one slave device connected to the network and capable of performing communication as instructed by the master device. The master device and the slave device record communication log entries regarding time information and a communication state in accordance with communication processing. The information processing device includes an acquiring section that acquires communication log entries from at least one of the master device and the slave device, a log entry rearranging section that rearranges the acquired communication log entries based on the time information, and a log entry extracting section that extracts, out of the rearranged communication log entries, any communication log entry recorded within a predetermined period of time from occurrence of a communication log entry including communication abnormality information. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091884 | WIRE CUT DISCHARGE MACHINE WITH MACHINING INFORMATION MANAGEMENT FUNCTION - A control unit of a wire cut discharge machine with machining information management function determines an item set to be a facility setting item and inhibits change of the setting value of the item set to be the facility setting item, when a machining information stored in a machining information storing unit is called to and all setting values of the called machining information are set altogether. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091885 | MACHINING APPARATUS FOR MACHINING WORKPIECE WITH TOOL - In a machining apparatus, a tool has a specified point for machining a workpiece, and a support supports the tool while a position and an orientation of the specified point of the tool are changeable. A actuator actuates the support to move the tool, and a sensor measures a magnitude and an orientation of force upon the force being applied to the tool. A determiner determines, upon the force being applied to the tool, a target orientation of the specified point of the tool according to the magnitude and the orientation of the force measured by the sensor. The force applied to the tool having an orientation to separate the tool from the workpiece. A controller controls the actuator to move the tool according to the determined target orientation. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091886 | NUMERICAL CONTROL DEVICE - In a numerical control device | 2016-03-31 |
20160091887 | CUTTING APPARATUS - A cutting apparatus including a cutting unit on which a cutting blade is detachably mounted, a control unit for controlling the cutting unit, and a blade case holder for holding a blade case for storing the cutting blade is provided. The blade case is provided with an IC tag allowing reading and writing of use history information of the cutting blade. The control unit is connected to a read/write unit for reading the use history information from the IC tag of the blade case held by the blade case holder and writing the use history information to the IC tag. The use history information read from the IC tag by the read/write unit is reflected in processing conditions for a workpiece to be processed, and the use history information after processing of the workpiece is written to the IC tag by the read/write unit. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091888 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO AUTOMATICALLY FABRICATE FILLERS - Methods and apparatus to automatically fabricate fillers are disclosed. An example method includes aligning rigid surface data with flexible surface data, the rigid surface data and the flexible surface data being permitted to overlap when aligned; when aligned, defining the rigid surface data and the flexible surface data based on a same parameter space; calculating a displacement function based on differences between corresponding ones of first points in the flexible surface data and second points in the rigid surface data; determining a modified position of a first one of the first points by modifying the first one of the first points based on a value of the displacement function; calculating a gap between the modified position of the first one of the first points and a second one of the second points; and creating a physical filler to fill a physical gap corresponding to the calculated gap. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091889 | NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEM - A numerical control system for controlling a plurality of machining tools by a host computer connected to the machining tools via communication line, having a host-computer-side numerical control device including a control information generation unit, and a machining-tool-side numerical control device, installed in each machining tool, including a shaft control unit configured to control a shaft of the machining tool based on the control information sent from the host computer and a machining-tool-side network control unit configured to send the feedback information to the host computer. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091890 | INFORMATION-LINKAGE SUPPORTING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION-LINKAGE SUPPORTING PROGRAM - An information-linkage supporting apparatus includes: a schema-information acquiring unit acquiring schema information concerning the configuration of numerical control data stored by a numerical-control-data storing apparatus as a database, from the numerical-control-data storing apparatus; a memory-map-information acquiring unit acquiring memory map information concerning memory allocation in the data memory of the numerical control data stored by a numerical control apparatus in an inside thereof, from the numerical control apparatus; a mapping-table generating unit generating, on the basis of association instruction information inputted from the outside for instructing association between constituent elements of the schema information and constituent elements of the memory map information, a mapping table, which is information for information linkage obtained by associating and mapping the constituent elements of the schema information and the constituent elements of the memory map information; and a mapping-table transmitting unit transmitting the mapping table to the numerical control apparatus. | 2016-03-31 |
20160091891 | SYSTEM AND METOHD FOR DISPATCHING LOT - A method is disclosed that includes the operations below. A lot is dispatched for N process stages of process stages, according to arrival durations of the lot arrived at the N process stages and process durations of the lot predetermined to be processed at the N process stages, in which N is a positive integer. A first tool of tools at each one of the N process stages are assigned for the lot, in which the lot is configured to be dispatched to the first tool at a first process stage of the N process stages according to a first arrival duration of the arrival durations of the lot arrived at the first process stage and remain operation durations of the tools at the first process stage. | 2016-03-31 |