32nd week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 40 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150220011 | TONER, DEVELOPER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is a toner, including: a crystalline resin; and a colorant, wherein the toner has a sea island structure in which a crystal region containing the crystalline resin is formed as a sea, and a non-crystalline region containing the colorant is formed as an island. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220012 | Hyperpigmented Magenta Toner - Hyperpigmented magenta toner, that is indistinguishable from standard and conventional magenta toner, contains PR122 and PR260 in a 56:44 weight ratio and can be used with reduced TMA as compared to conventional magenta toner. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220013 | TONER - Provided is a toner that shows both developability and electrostatic offset resistance. The toner includes a charge controlling agent that is represented by the following formula (1), and that has peaks at 15.000°±0.150° and 20.100°±0.150° in CuKα X-ray diffraction spectrum obtained in 2θ range of 10° or more to 40° or less where θ represents Bragg angle, one of the peaks being a peak having a maximum intensity and the other being a peak having a second maximum intensity. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220014 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CARRIER CORE PARTICLES FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC DEVELOPER, CARRIER CORE PARTICLES FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC DEVELOPER, CARRIER FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC DEVELOPER, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC DEVELOPER - This invention is directed to a method for manufacturing carrier core particles for electrophotographic developer containing iron, manganese, and calcium as a core composition. The method includes (A) a mixing step of mixing an iron-containing raw material, a manganese-containing raw material, and a calcium-containing raw material to prepare a mixture thereof, (C) a granulation step of granulating the mixture after the mixing step, and (D) a firing step of firing a powdery material, which is obtained by granulating the mixture in the granulation step, at a predetermined temperature to form a magnetic phase. The calcium-containing raw material is provided in a granular form, and primary particles of the calcium-containing raw material have a volume mean diameter of 1 μm or less. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220015 | LIQUID DEVELOPER - A liquid developer includes an insulating liquid and toner particles which are dispersed in the insulating liquid and contain a resin and a coloring agent. The coloring agent contains nigrosine and a pigment derivative, and preferably further contains carbon black. Preferably, Wn and Ws satisfy relation of 0.15≦Ws/Wn≦0.80, where Wn represents a ratio of content (mass %) of nigrosine in the toner particles and Ws represents a ratio of content (mass %) of the pigment derivative in the toner particles. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220016 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an exposure device configured to expose image bearing members charged by charging devices to form latent images on the image bearing members, and a control unit configured to, in ether one or both of an image forming unit A and an image forming unit B, adjust an amount of exposure by which the image bearing member is exposed and a charging voltage based on information about the image bearing members of the image forming units A and B. The control unit is configured to make the charging voltage and the amount of exposure in the image forming unit A different from the charging voltage and the amount of exposure in the image forming unit B. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220017 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device, comprising: a developer bearing member which bears a two-component developer including a toner and carrier; a magnet member disposed inside the developer bearing member, the magnet member making the developer bearing member bear the two-component developer on the developer bearing member by magnetic force; and a developer regulating member which regulates a layer thickness of the developer borne on the developer bearing member, the developer regulating member being made of magnetic material, the developer regulating member being fixed at both end portions in a longitudinal direction, wherein grooves are formed on a surface of the developer bearing member, and a developer conveying force of the grooves at a central portion of the developer bearing member in the longitudinal direction is larger than a developer conveying force of the grooves at an end portion of the developer bearing member in the longitudinal direction. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220018 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes multiple image forming units each accommodating an image bearer and a developer bearer to develop a latent image formed on the image bearer. Each of the image forming units other than a prescribed image forming unit runs in an ordinary reverse rotation mode, in which at least one of the image bearer and the developer bearer rotates in an opposite direction during a non-image formation time period. The prescribed image forming unit runs in a special reverse rotation mode, in which at least one of the image bearer and the developer bearer rotates in the opposite direction during the non-image formation time period based on a differentiated one of a rotation time period, a start timing, a rotational speed, and a frequency of operation from those of the other image forming units, or does not run in the special reverse rotation mode. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220019 | Toner Cartridge Having Positional Control Features - A toner cartridge according to one example embodiment includes a housing that has an elongated shape extending from a first side to a second side. The housing defines a reservoir for containing toner therein. An exit port is in fluid communication with the reservoir and faces downward on the front of the housing near the first side. A first leg portion and a second leg portion each projects from the bottom of the housing and extends along a front-to-rear dimension of the housing. The first leg portion has a first outer side spaced inward from the first side of the housing and the second leg portion has a second outer side spaced inward from the second side of the housing. The first outer side and the second outer side are unobstructed to limit the side-to-side travel of the toner cartridge during insertion into the image forming device. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220020 | DEVELOPER CONTAINER, CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning unit includes a cleaning frame, a drum, a sheet member coming in contact with a surface of the drum, and an adhesive sealing member compressed between the cleaning frame, the drum, and the sheet member. The cleaning unit includes an end seal portion that is integrally molded with the cleaning frame by injection molding of a resin material, and the end seal portion is compressed and deformed between the cleaning frame and the adhesive sealing member and between the cleaning frame and the sheet member. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220021 | Shutter Having an Air Duct Therethrough for use in a Toner Cartridge - A shutter for use in a toner cartridge of an imaging device according to one example embodiment includes a toner path. The toner path includes an entrance opening positioned to receive toner and an exit opening positioned to exit toner from the toner path. An air duct through the shutter is separated from the toner path. The air duct has a first opening positioned next to the exit opening of the toner path. The air duct has a second opening. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220022 | Developing Device, Process Cartridge and Image Forming Apparatus - A developing device includes: a first conveying unit provided within a developing agent storage chamber and that is configured to convey developing agent from one end of the developing agent storage chamber to another end of the developing agent storage chamber in a longitudinal direction of a developing agent carrier that is disposed with in a developing chamber and to supply the developing agent from the developing agent storage chamber to the developing chamber; a second conveying unit provided within the developing chamber and that is configured to convey the developing agent from the other end of the developing chamber to the one end of the developing chamber in the longitudinal direction and to supply the developing agent toward a developing agent carrier; and a third conveying unit provided between the one end of the developing agent storage chamber and the one end of the developing chamber. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220023 | IMAGE FORMING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming unit includes a first developer supply member that is arranged inside a developer container and supplies a developer to a developer carrier, a seal member of which a fixed end is fixed on a case. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220024 | TRANSFER MEMBER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A transfer member includes a shaft and a body. When a measurement member is brought into contact with an outer surface of the body and voltage applied to the measurement member is changed by electrically connecting the shaft to ground, a time constant τv is measured based on a change in electric potential occurring on a surface of the measurement member. When a first measurement member is brought into contact with the outer surface, a second measurement member is brought into contact with the outer surface while being spaced apart from the first member by a predetermined distance in a circumferential direction of the outer surface, and voltage applied to the first member is changed by electrically connecting the shaft to ground, a time constant τs is measured based on a change in electric potential occurring on a surface of the second member. τv is larger than τs. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220025 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a transfer member, plural transfer sections, and a medium transfer section. The transfer member has an endless shape. An image is transferred to the transfer member during circulation of the transfer member. The transfer sections transfer the image to a surface of the transfer member through a first transfer current. The transfer sections include a most-downstream transfer section provided most downstream in a circulation direction of the transfer member. The medium transfer section transfers the image transferred to the transfer member to a recording medium through a second transfer current. A current flows through the most-downstream transfer section even in the case where the image is transferred to the transfer member by at least one of the transfer sections excluding the most-downstream transfer section, and the most-downstream transfer section does not transfer an image to the transfer member. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220026 | TRANSFER MEMBER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An endless belt-shaped transfer member of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes an elastic body layer and a surface layer formed on the elastic body layer. The transfer member has (i) an indentation depth of 400 nm or more and 1,500 nm or less with a load of 100 μN applied to a surface of the transfer member with a Berkovich indenter and (ii) a hardness of 40° or more and 85° or less on the surface of the transfer member measured with a micro-rubber hardness tester. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220027 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier; an intermediate transfer body; a second-transfer member; a support mechanism that supports the second-transfer member in a second-transfer region; a surface-positioning member that is disposed upstream of the second-transfer member in a transport direction; a determination device that determines whether or not a recording medium is a thin medium; and a controller that, in a case where it is determined that the recording medium is a thin medium, controls the support mechanism so as to move the second-transfer member more upstream in the transport direction than in other cases and controls the position of the surface-positioning member so as to move the second-transfer member in a direction such that an angle between the intermediate transfer body and the second-transfer member on the upstream side becomes larger than in other cases. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220028 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a controller including a primary heating control portion to control a heater to perform a primary heating to heat a fixing rotator with a first amount of power determined based on a temperature of the fixing rotator, a secondary heating control portion to control the heater to perform a secondary heating to heat the fixing rotator with a preset second amount of power, and a switch portion to control the heater to switch between the primary heating and the secondary heating during an identical print job and to perform at least one of a primary switching from the primary heating to the secondary heating and a secondary switching from the secondary heating to the primary heating at a time different from a preset control cycle that defines a power supply time in the primary heating and the secondary heating. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220029 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a controller including a primary heating control portion that determines a first amount of power supplied to a heater based on a temperature of a fixing rotator detected by a temperature detector and controls the heater to perform a primary heating to heat the fixing rotator with the first amount of power, a secondary heating control portion that controls the heater to perform a secondary heating to heat the fixing rotator with a preset second amount of power, and a switch portion that controls the heater to switch between the primary heating and the secondary heating during an identical print job without changing a target temperature of the fixing rotator. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220030 | SHEET CONVEYOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING THE SHEET CONVEYOR - A sheet conveyor, which is incorporated in an image forming apparatus, includes a first conveyor to convey a sheet via a first sheet conveying path and move in a direction intersecting a sheet thickness direction, a second conveyor to convey the sheet via a second sheet conveying path and include a third conveyor and a fourth conveyor bringing either one close to and away from the other via the second sheet conveying path in the sheet thickness direction, a first attaching part provided to the first conveyor to attach the first conveyor to the sheet conveyor, and a state changer to change a state of one of the first attaching part to a movement allowed state and the second conveyor to a sheet releasing state in conjunction with a releasing action of the other of the first attaching part and the second conveyor. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220031 | FUSER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fuser for fixing an unfixed toner image on a recording material includes: an endless belt body heated by a heat source; a pressing body moved to be connected to and disconnected from an inner peripheral surface of the belt body; a pressure roller member making pressure-contact with the pressing body through the belt body; a tension body moved to be connected to and disconnected from the inner peripheral surface of the belt body, contrary to the connection and disconnection movement of the pressing body; and a rotation transmitting unit configured to transmit a rotational force of the pressure roller member to the belt body using the tension body, while the pressing body is separated from and the tension body makes contact with the inner peripheral surface of the belt body. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220032 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image information acquisition unit that acquires image information; a toner image formation unit that forms, in response to a control parameter, a toner image on a surface of an image carrier based on the image information; an image density detection unit that produces a detection result indicative of image density of the toner image; and a control unit that determines whether to use a predetermined region in the toner image formed on the surface of the image carrier based on the image information for a detection of the image density of the toner image, and when the predetermined region is determined to be used for the detection of the image density, corrects the control parameter used by the toner image formation unit based on the detection result so as to maintain the image density in the predetermined region within a predetermined range. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220033 | MOVING DEVICE ASSEMBLY AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE MOVING DEVICE ASSEMBLY - A moving device assembly includes a moving device and a shield. The moving device is movable between a first position and a second position, to move a detector including a detection surface relative to an opposing member disposed opposite the detector. The shield shields the detection surface of the detector. As the moving device is at the first position, the detector is at a proximal position at which the detector is near the opposing member, and as the moving device is at the second position, the detector is at a shield position at which the detector is separated from the opposing member and the detection surface of the detector is shielded by the shield. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220034 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - To provide a technique for enabling to calculate a color material consumption amount with higher accuracy, an image processing apparatus comprises: an edge counting unit configured to count a number of edges forming boundaries between recording pixels and non-recording pixels of an image having undergone halftone processing; a pixel counting unit configured to count the number of recording pixels of the image; an image feature determination unit configured to determine an image feature of the image based on the number of edges, the number of recording pixels, and a resolution of the halftone processing; and a toner consumption amount calculation unit configured to calculate a toner consumption amount in the image using a toner consumption amount table corresponding to the image feature determined by the image feature determination unit. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220035 | CALCULATION METHOD OF TONER CONSUMPTION AMOUNT FOR USE IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An edge counter counts an edge count that is the number of edges satisfying a predetermined condition. A pixel counter counts a pixel count that is the number of pixels satisfying a predetermined condition. An image determination unit and a toner amount acquisition unit obtain a toner consumption amount based on the edge count and the pixel count for each area. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220036 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus, including a conveyer, an image forming unit, and paired bearings, is provided. The conveyer unit includes a first roller, a second roller, and a belt strained around the first and second rollers. The belt includes a first surface to contact the sheet. The image forming unit forms an image on the sheet being conveyed in an image forming area. The image forming area has a width which is larger than a width of the belt along a direction of rotation axis of the first and second rollers. The paired bearings support the first roller rotatably. The paired bearings are arranged on both sides of the belt with regard to the direction of rotation axis. A distance between the paired bearings is shorter than the width of the image forming area. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220037 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus, including a conveyer, an image forming unit, and a guide member to guide a sheet, is provided. The conveyer includes a first roller, a second roller, and a belt strained around the first and second rollers and including a first surface to contact the sheet. The image forming unit forms an image on the sheet in an image forming area, which includes at least a part of an overlapping area coincident with the belt and at least a part of a displaced area being displaced from the belt along a direction of rotation axis of the rollers. The guide member is arranged in a position displaced from the belt along the direction of rotation axis and at least in a position displaced from the image forming area along a direction of conveyance to convey the sheet by the conveyer. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220038 | BELT TRANSPORT APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A belt transport apparatus includes a first computation unit that computes a first deviation between a surface speed of a belt and a target speed of the belt, a position controller that computes a speed correction value based on the first deviation, a speed deviation ratio computation unit that computes a ratio of the belt surface speed and a rotational speed of a driving roller, a second computation unit that selectively computes according to predetermined conditions one of a second deviation between the rotational speed and a sum of an increment of the speed correction value and the target speed and a third deviation between the rotational speed and a sum of a value corrected according to the ratio stored in a storage unit and the target speed, and a control unit that controls the rotational speed based on the one of the second and third deviations. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220039 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus, including a conveyer unit, an image forming unit, and a registration unit, is provided. The conveyer includes a first roller, a second roller, and a belt having a first surface to contact the sheet. The image forming unit forms an image on the sheet in an image forming area. The registration unit is on an upstream side of the image forming area and includes a third roller and a fourth roller. A rotation axis of the third roller is on a side of the first surface, and a rotation axis of the fourth roller is on a side of a second surface of the belt, which is a reverse surface of the first surface. The registration unit manipulates the third and fourth rollers to align the sheet with a reference orientation and convey the sheet to the belt. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220040 | GLOSS MANAGEMENT - The present invention provides a method for printing a color image with a predefined local gloss appearance, using a printer having means to control an amount of colorant in dependence on a position on a receiving material and having means to control an amount of gloss appearance in dependence on a position on said receiving material using at least one process control parameter, wherein a color of the color image is converted into a colorant composition, the method comprising the step of determining a colorant composition and at least one process control parameter in dependence on both a predefined color and a predefined amount of local gloss appearance. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220041 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL SYSTEM, AND PRINT CONTROL METHOD - A print control apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store therein a plurality of surface-effect selection tables for respective pieces of recording medium information on a recording medium. Different types of same surface effects are registered in each of the surface-effect selection tables. The print control apparatus also includes a determining unit configured to determine a surface-effect selection table corresponding to a piece of recording medium information from the storage unit; an image data generating unit configured to generate image data based on the determined surface-effect selection table and based on gloss-control plane data in which a type of a surface effect to be applied to the recording medium and an area of the recording medium to which the surface effect is to be applied are specified; and an output unit configured to output the image data. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220042 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus includes a control unit for converting image information into an image signal and output the image signal with reference to a timing signal, a sheet feeding control unit for feeding a recording material, an image forming unit for forming the image on a photosensitive drum based on the image signal output from the control unit, a transmission unit for transmitting a length of the image corresponding to a length of an output period of the image signal, an automatic sheet length detection mechanism for acquiring a length of the recording material in a conveyance direction thereof, and an image control unit for controlling a time interval at which the timing signal is output based on the size of the image and the size of the recording material. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220043 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image forming apparatus for heating and fixing a toner image formed on a recording medium, comprising: a feeding unit configured to respectively set the recording medium of different sizes; a plurality of heating units with heat generation parts, which generates heat by receiving power supply, each of the heat generation part is provided at different positions on the respective heating unit; a control unit configured to individually control power supply or power interruption to the plurality of heating units in accordance with a size of the recording medium set in the feeding unit; and a detection unit configured to detect a current value of the heating unit to which power is supplied. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220044 | POWER CONTROLLER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A power controller includes: a measuring unit that measures outputs from plural power generating devices outputting power to a common load in parallel; an adjusting unit that controls the outputs of the plural power generating devices to adjust output voltages of the plural power generating devices to a predetermined value; and a matching control unit that calculates power-voltage characteristics of the plural power generating devices based on values measured by the measuring unit, determines a target value of output voltage to be shared by all the plural power generating devices based on the power-voltage characteristics thus calculated and corresponding to the whole parallel connection of the plural power generating devices, and allows the adjusting unit to match the predetermined value with the target value. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220045 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes: a rotatable member; a web; a mechanism; a contact portion; a plurality of displacing portions; a detecting portion; a notifying portion; a first counting portion; a prohibiting portion; and a second counting portion. The prohibiting portion prohibits an image forming process when the detecting portion detects displacement of the contact portion when the number of times of the image forming process counted by the second counting portion is less than a predetermined number. The notifying portion prompts an exchange of the web when the detecting portion detects the displacement of the contact portion when the number of times is not less than the predetermined number. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220046 | ROLLER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF CYLINDRICAL SHAFT - A roller to be provided in a main assembly of an image forming apparatus or in a cartridge detachably mountable to the main assembly includes: a cylindrical shaft supported by the main assembly or the cartridge, wherein the cylindrical shaft includes, in at least one position on a circumference thereof, a separation region where a pair of end portions thereof which oppose to or contact each other with respect to a circumferential direction, and wherein the separation region extends in an axial direction of the cylindrical shaft; and a rotatable cylindrical member mounted around an outer circumference of the cylindrical shaft, wherein the rotatable cylindrical member is rotatable about the cylindrical shaft while an inner peripheral surface thereof is press-contacted to an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical shaft in a region other than the separation region with respect to the circumferential direction. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220047 | FRAME FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A frame for an image forming apparatus, includes: first and second plate members; a bent portion provided as a part of the first plate member and bent along the second plate member; a portion-to-be-fixed provided as a part of the bent portion; a positioning portion, provided on the first plate member, for positioning the second plate member relative to the first plate member by being abutted vertically against the second plate member, wherein a free end projects toward the second plate member more than the portion-to-be-fixed; and a fixing portion, provided as a part of the second plate member, to which the portion-to-be-fixed is fixed. The second plate member is deformed to contact and deform the fixing portion to the portion-to-be-fixed while the second plate member is in contact to the positioning portion, so that the first plate member and the second member are fixed to each other. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220048 | Image Forming Apparatus - There is provided an image forming apparatus including a main casing, an opening-closing member configured to open and close an opening on a side of the main casing and to move between an open position and a closed position, a belt unit configured to move between a first position and a second position, a drum unit configured to move between a third position and a fourth position, a developing device unit configured to move in an arrangement direction of developing rollers, and an interlock mechanism configured such that in response to a movement of the opening-closing member from the closed position to the open position, the belt unit moves from the first position to the second position and the drum unit moves from the third position to the fourth position. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220049 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a sheet includes a drum cartridge including an image bearing drum; a developing cartridge including a developing device for developing the image on the drum; a cartridge mounting member to which the drum cartridge and the developing cartridge are detachably mountable; a transferring device for transferring an image provided by the developing device on the drum, onto the sheet fed along a feeding path; and an opening and closing cover provided across the feeding path from the drum, wherein the cartridge mounting member is capable of permitting the developing cartridge to be mounted thereto and dismounted therefrom across the feeding path through an opening provided by opening the opening and closing cover, without removing the drum cartridge. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220050 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a main assembly; a first unit openable relative to the main assembly; a second unit which is provided inner than the first unit and which is openable relative to the main assembly; two engaging portions, provided on the second unit, for placing the second unit in a closed state in engagement with the main assembly; and an urging portion, provided in the first unit, for urging the second unit. The second unit is urged by the urging portion of the first unit so that a state of the second unit is capable of being changed from an open state to the closed state. The urging portion urges a region in a neighborhood of a central portion of the second unit with respect to a direction of arrangement of the two engaging portions. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220051 | CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A process cartridge includes: a first unit including a photosensitive drum; a second unit, including a process member, movable to a spaced position and to a close position; and a spacer member for holding the second unit at the spaced position. The spacer member includes a contact portion for holding the second unit at the spaced position and includes a portion-to-be-phase-determined for preventing rotation of the spacer member by being engaged with a phase-determining portion provided in the second unit. The spacer member is rotated, by receiving a force from the drum at the contact portion when the drum is rotated, against a force with which the phase-determining portion determines a rotational position of the spacer member, and eliminates a contact state of the contact portion with the drum to permit movement of the second unit from the spaced position to the close position. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220052 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING A SCHEME FOR COOLING, AND MINIMIZING CURL IN, OUTPUT IMAGE RECEIVING MEDIA SUBSTRATES IN IMAGE FORMING DEVICES - A system and method are provided for cooling and de-curling output image receiving media substrates prior to stacking them in output trays of office-sized image forming devices. Customer requirements are met by providing a cooling capacity with a simple module that is particularly adaptable to a standard office-sized image forming device without increasing a vertical footprint of the device. The substrate de-curling and cooling capacity is able to be retrofit on typical office-sized image forming devices as, for example, an upgraded output catch tray to provide an all stocks at rated speed capacity in the image forming device. A substrate and de-curling unit cools sheets of image receiving media substrate via conduction by pressing the sheets individually and in order to a pair of rotating cooling drums with a pair of cooperating belts supported by appropriate idler rollers in a paper path having a horizontal “S” shape. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220053 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, INTERMEDIATE CONVEYING APPARATUS, AND ADJUSTING METHOD OF AMOUNT OF HEAT RADIATION FROM SHEET - In an image forming apparatus of a tandem type including an intermediate conveying apparatus which conveys a sheet conveyed from a first image forming apparatus to a second image forming apparatus using a sheet conveying member, there are provided with a detecting portion configured to detect a state of the sheet conveying member, and an adjusting portion configured to adjust the state of the sheet conveying member so that the amount of heat radiation from the sheet in the sheet conveying member becomes constant, according to a detection result of the detecting portion. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220054 | SHEET FEEDING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet feeding device includes an attracting mechanism and a changing mechanism. The attracting mechanism includes a lifting section and a maintaining section. The lifting section attracts a portion of a sheet material that is fed and lifts the portion of the sheet material. The maintaining section attracts an edge of the sheet material that is lifted by the lifting section and maintains an orientation of the edge of the sheet material. The changing mechanism changes at least one of an attraction force that is generated at the lifting section and an attraction force that is generated at the maintaining section. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220055 | Device for the Projection of Images, at Point of Sales, Simulating a Holographic Image - The present application for a patent of utility model, an image projection equipment, in points of sale, simulating holography, aims to provide a new way to interact with consumers in points of sales, making the holographic simulation of an image related to the product to be marketed, have interactivity with the consumer, the moment he gets in that space where the product is exposed, as for example, supermarket gondola, branches of all types, shop Windows and any other form and place of marketing. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220056 | POLYCARBONATE-BASED SECURITY DOCUMENTS AND/OR DOCUMENTS OF VALUE WITH A HOLOGRAM IN THE CARD BODY - The invention relates to polycarbonate-based or copolycarbonate-based security documents and/or documents of value which contain at least one hologram integrated in the card body, and to a method for producing such security documents and/or documents of value. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220057 | SECURITY DOCUMENT AND/OR DOCUMENT OF VALUE CONTAINING A VISUALLY CHANGEABLE WINDOW WITH A HOLOGRAM - The present invention relates to a security document and/or document of value with a hologram in a visually changeable window as a novel security element, and also to a method for producing the same. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220058 | MOBILE DEVICE CAPABLE OF DISPLAYING HOLOGRAM AND HOLOGRAM DISPLAY METHOD - A mobile device is provided which is capable of displaying a hologram. The mobile device includes a main body including a screen; a light guide member disposed above the screen; an entrance optical member disposed on a surface of the light guide member; and an image hologram disposed on a surface of the light guide member and laterally spaced apart from the entrance optical member. When an area of the screen corresponding to the entrance optical member emits a light, a holographic image stored in the image hologram is displayed above the light guide member. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220059 | TIMEPIECE BARREL - A timepiece barrel for pivotal assembly between a plate and a bar and including at least one spring housed between a pivoting drum and a cover and hooked between, at the outer end thereof, the drum and at the inner end thereof, an arbor which pivots integrally with a ratchet about a pivot axis. The barrel includes a one-piece sub-assembly coaxial to the arbor and including the arbor and a boss including a collar for limiting axial shake of the drum, the collar carrying pivotal drive mechanisms for driving pivoting of the ratchet which is axially free in a direction of the pivot axis. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220060 | ESCAPEMENT MECHANISM - An escapement mechanism for a timepiece, includes an escapement wheel ( | 2015-08-06 |
20150220061 | PALLET LEVER MECHANISM FOR TIMEPIECE ESCAPEMENT - A pallet lever mechanism for an escapement mechanism including a structure carrying a balance and an escape wheel, the pallet lever including pallet stones cooperating with the escape wheel, and a flexible, multistable element, and the pallet lever cooperates with the balance with horns of a first portion of the pallet lever connected by one such flexible element to the structure or to a second portion of the pallet lever carrying the pallet stones connected by one such flexible element to the fixed structure or to the first portion. One flexible element includes a prestressed beam buckled in an S or Z shape, the pallet lever mechanism including a pivot forcing the beam to have a node at the middle thereof. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220062 | BALANCE STOP DEVICE FOR WATCH PIECES WITH TOURBILLON CAGE - A device for stopping a balance of a regulating organ mounted in a tourbillon of a timepiece. The device can be controlled by a setting device of the timepiece. The device includes at least two stop levers which are each secured pivotably to a respective lever pivot axis in such a manner that they can be brought from a rest position, in which the balance and the tourbillon are freely rotatable into a stop position, in which at least one of the stop levers acts via its free end on the balance such that the balance is stopped. The device additionally includes for each of these stop levers pre-loading structure, in such a manner that the force exerted onto the balance by each of the stop levers can act separately. The present invention also relates to a corresponding movement module equipped with such a device, respectively to a corresponding timepiece. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220063 | DATE DISPLAY DEVICE FOR A TIMEPIECE - Device for displaying a date indication in an aperture of a watch dial including:
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20150220064 | MOVEMENT FOR MECHANICAL CHRONOGRAPH WITH QUARTZ REGULATOR - Movement for chronograph watch comprising: a barrel ( | 2015-08-06 |
20150220065 | CIRCUIT FOR DETECTING AND CORRECTING TIMING ERRORS - A circuit for detecting and correcting timing errors. A timing circuit includes an interpolator. The interpolator includes a fine counter, a coarse counter, and stop correction logic. The coarse counter is incremented by a rollover output of the fine counter to generate a coarse count value. The stop correction logic is coupled to the fine counter and the coarse counter. The stop correction logic divides each cycle of the rollover output into first, second, and third time intervals, and selects a coarse counter output value to represent a time interval measured by the coarse counter based on a one of the first, second, and third intervals in which a time measurement stop signal is detected. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220066 | Electronic Timepiece - An electronic timepiece includes a case formed of a metal case barrel and a metal bezel, and the case accommodates an antenna body made of a resin mixed with a dielectric material and having an annular shape. A dielectric auxiliary member made of a dielectric having a dielectric constant greater than that of the antenna body and having an annular shape is disposed between the antenna body and the bezel. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220067 | MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING INTERPOLATION ERROR OF POSITION DETECTOR - A motor control apparatus comprises a position detector for detecting the position of a rotor of a motor, a speed detection unit for calculating a speed detection value based on a position detection value detected by the position detector, a speed command generation unit for generating a speed command which commands a rotation speed of the rotor of the motor, a correction amount calculation unit for calculating a correction amount based on the position detection value detected by the position detector, a correction processing unit for correcting the speed detection value by using the correction amount, and a torque command generation unit for generating a torque command which commands a rotational torque of the motor based on the speed command and the speed detection value corrected by the correction processing unit. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220068 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CONVERTING USER INPUT ACCURATELY TO A PARTICULAR SYSTEM FUNCTION - An apparatus for use in adjusting a controllable system based on a user-communication input, such as non-detailed or indiscriminate input. The apparatus includes a processor and a computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations for determining an objective system command, corresponding to the user input, for use in adjusting the controllable system. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220069 | System and Method for Modeling, Simulation, Optimization, and/or Quote Creation - A computer may display on a graphical user interface (GUI) a component library including a set of components relating to a compressed air system. The GUI may have a modeling interface for configuring a virtual model using the set of components. The computer may simulate the virtual model to determine one or more optimizations to the compressed air system. The computer may also determine the cost of implementing the compressor system optimization. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220070 | VARIABLE SPEED DEVICE AND VARIABLE SPEED SYSTEM - A variable speed device that drives an electric motor includes a first acquiring unit that acquires a first parameter concerning an operation state of the electric motor, a second acquiring unit that acquires a second parameter concerning the operation state of the electric motor, the second parameter being related to the first parameter, a third acquiring unit that acquires a third parameter concerning a setting state of the electric motor, and a display control unit that simultaneously displays, on one display screen, a first display item corresponding to the acquired first parameter, a second display item corresponding to the acquired second parameter, and a third display item corresponding to the acquired third parameter. The display control unit graphically displays the first display item and the second display item in association with each other. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220071 | OPERATOR SYSTEM FOR A MACHINE - An operator system for a machine, in particular for a beverage processing machine, having a mobile operator device for the machine, a signal emitter for reporting alarm and/or warning signals, and a carrying device for the operator device, wherein the operator device has a coupling element for attaching to the machine and/or to the carrying device and a transmitter for transmitting alarm and/or warning signals, wherein the signal emitter has an attachment element for attaching to an article of clothing and/or to a body part of a user and a receiver for the alarm and/or warning signals, and wherein the carrying device has a mounting element for attaching to an article of clothing and/or to a body part of the user and a receptacle for the operator device . | 2015-08-06 |
20150220072 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing device includes to a receiver, a display controller, an acquisition module, a storage module, and a setting module. The receiver receives a selection of a control target device and an input of control information to be set for the control target device. The display controller controls display of a first screen for inputting the control information on a display. The acquisition module detects an activated external device and acquires a unique identifier after the receiver receives the input of the control information completely. The storage module stores the unique identifier for each registered device for which the control information is already set. The setting module sets the received control information for the external device when a first device of the registered device is selected as the control target device and the identifier of the external device coincides with the identifier of the first device. When the identifier of the first device does not coincide with the identifier of the external, the display controller controls display of a notification relating to non-coincidence on the display. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220073 | PROGRESSIVE PROFILING IN AN AUTOMATION SYSTEM - A computer-implemented method for progressive profiling in a home automation system is described. Data related to a premises and an occupant of the premises may be analyzed and one or more observations may be made based on the analysis of the data. Upon detecting one or more conditions associated with the one or more observations made, an offer to perform one or more actions may be communicated to the occupant. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220074 | CONVERSION DEVICE, PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEM, CONVERSION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, a conversion device converts a first automaton into a second automaton, which both are weighted finite state automatons. The first automaton has a boundary of a path assigned with an input symbol, an appearance position of the boundary, and identifiers for identifying paths. The second automaton has path(s) except unnecessary path(s). The device includes a specifying unit and a search unit. The specifying unit is configured to specify, as a start position, a state of the head of a retrieved path in which a combined weight, which is obtained by adding an accumulated weight from an initial state to the state of the head of the retrieved path in the first automaton and a weight of the best path from the state of the head of the retrieved path to a final state, is best. The search unit is configured to search for a path in which a weight from the start position to a final state in the first automaton is best until reaching next boundary. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220075 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE CONTROL OF HOME APPLIANCES WITHOUT INFRASTRUCTURE CHANGES - The present invention relates to a system and method for controlling a plurality of appliances, which may be part of a smart home or environment. The method and system according to embodiments of the invention enable using a single easily programmable controller to control a plurality of appliances, each appliance using its own pre-existing control application, with no changes of infrastructure required. Additionally, a single controller, according to embodiments of the invention may enable remote control of appliances over a wide area. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220076 | SYSTEM CONSTRUCTION SUPPORT TOOL AND SYSTEM - In a system construction support tool, an allocating unit allocates one piece of template information selected from among a plurality of template information to each of a plurality of apparatuses to perform, concerning each of the apparatuses, tying by tag names among monitoring screen setting data, PLC project setting data, and tag server setting data. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220077 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING A TOOL RECEIVED IN A WORKPIECE PROCESSING MACHINE - The invention relates to a method for measuring a tool received in a workpiece processing machine, the method having the following steps: providing a contact or noncontact tool sensing device for detecting positional data on the tool and for outputting signals representative of the positional data; providing an evaluation device for receiving and processing the signals and for outputting a tool geometry determined from the processed signals; detecting a sequence of a first number of positional data on the tool and outputting signals representative of said positional data to the evaluation device; processing the signals representative of the first number of positional data in order to obtain a first approximation of the tool geometry; comparing the first number of positional data to said first approximation of the tool geometry and excluding a subset of the first number of positional data depending on a predetermined criterion, in order to obtain a second number of positional data; processing the second number of positional data in order to obtain a second approximation of the tool geometry; and outputting said second approximation of the tool geometry as the tool geometry determined for the tool. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220078 | CAM and NC CODE INTEGRATION - Methods for systems and methods for integrating and linking of NC-machine operations and programming modifications to the CAM system and the CAM model, and corresponding systems and computer-readable mediums. A method includes maintaining a computer-aided-manufacturing (CAM) model in a CAM environment and a numerically-controlled (NC) program for an NC machine that corresponds to the CAM model. The method includes receiving a modification to the NC program in an NC system interface and automatically identifying a geometry of the CAM model that corresponds to the modification and linking the identified geometry to the modification. The method includes automatically modifying the CAM model according to the modification to the NC program to produce an updated CAM model and automatically generating an updated NC program according to the updated CAM model. The method includes displaying, in the NC system interface, a preview corresponding to the updated NC program. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220079 | AUTOMATIC PROGRAMMING DEVICE AND METHOD - An automatic programming device includes: a machining-area-shape generation unit that generates machining-area shape data that is a machining area shape machined on the basis of machining-area data; and a chamfering tool-path generation unit that, when the machining area shape is a chamfering target part, generates chamfering tool-path data for chamfering according to chamfering data including the machining-area shape data, data on tool-to-be-used, and data on machining condition. When performing chamfering on a boundary of the shaped raw material and the machining area shape defined on a curved surface that is a shaped raw material, the chamfering tool-path generation unit generates a machining path, as the chamfering tool-path data, for realizing chamfering by using 2-axis machining of a rotating axis parallel to a central axis of the shaped raw material and with a linear axis parallel to a bottom surface of the machining area shape. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220080 | Managing Big Data In Process Control Systems - A big data network or system for a process control system or plant includes a data storage device configured to receive process control data from control system devices and store the process control data. The big data network or system identifies various parameters or attributes from the process control data, and creates and uses rowkeys to store the parameters according to various combinations, such as combinations using timestamps. The big data network or system may also store certain aggregate data analyses associated with time periods specified by the timestamps. Accordingly, the big data network or system efficiently stores real-time data having measurements within a database schema, and users or administrators can leverage the aggregate data to analyze certain data associated with certain time periods. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220081 | PRODUCTION SYSTEM AND PROGRAM SWITCHING METHOD USED IN THE SAME - A production system acquires a program list on the basis of Kanban information and switches programs of production facilities and a program switching method used in the production system are disclosed. The production system includes: program list acquisition means for acquiring a product name from a Kanban information management table and acquiring a program list corresponding to a combination of the acquired product name and a production line name from a product information management table; and program switching means for searching for a corresponding program from a program storage unit on the basis of the program list acquired by the program list acquisition means, transmitting the searched program to each production facility of a plurality of production lines, and switching the program. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220082 | FLEXIBLE TIME MODELING OF A FACILITY - A decision support tool to assist decision-making in the operation of a facility. The decision support tool allows a user to perform planning and scheduling of the events within a facility so that established economic goals do not collide with feasibility of a schedule. This is achieved by flexible time modeling, which introduces a “look-ahead” planning and scheduling technique. This technique analyzes several time periods of the schedule in light of upcoming dominant events, in order for each segment of the schedule to remain as consistent with the planning objectives as possible. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220083 | OPERATIONAL PROGRAMMING OF A FACILITY - A decision support tool to assist decision-making in the operation of a facility. The decision support tool allows a user to perform operational programming of the facility so that the analysis of specific operational events is flexible and “on-demand.” This is achieved by allowing the user to set scope and timeframe of the analysis according to business needs. As a result, the organization can make better-informed judgments whether to add operational activities and how to adjust the ones already formulated in the program. The decision support tool can also allow for the application of strategies to communicate intent behind the programming instructions and to improve the quality of business decisions. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220084 | MONITORING DEVICE, MONITORING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A monitoring device includes: a physical quantity acquisition section for acquiring physical quantities indicative of a state of a device; an abnormality determination section for determining, in accordance with whether or not the acquired physical quantities fall within a predetermined range, whether or not there is an abnormality; an abnormal waveform data generation section for, in a case where the abnormality determination section determines that there is an abnormality, generating abnormal waveform data indicative of a change over time in the physical quantities acquired during an abnormal waveform period containing at least a period from a point in time at which the abnormality determination section determines that there is an abnormality to a point in time at which a predetermined accumulation time elapsed; and a reporting section for causing a display section to display an abnormal waveform indicated by the abnormal waveform data. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220085 | Measuring System - The invention provides a measuring system comprising a remotely controllable flying vehicle system with a GPS device and a measuring device installed thereon, a position measuring device installed at an arbitrary position and able to measure distance and angle and to track, a ground base station for controlling a flight of a flying vehicle, a remote controller able to give and take data to and from the ground base station and able to perform wireless communication to and from the flying vehicle system, and a control unit provided on the flying vehicle system or the ground base station, wherein the flying vehicle system has a retro-reflector as an object to be measured and the position measuring device is constructed so as to track the retro-reflector and perform distance measurement and angle measurement, wherein the flying vehicle system obtains GPS coordinates by the GPS device at least at two points during flight, the position measuring device measures positions of the two points of the flying vehicle system from an installation point, wherein the position measuring device measures positions of the flying vehicle system at the two points from the installation points, and either one of the control units are configured so as to obtain an absolute coordinate or GPS coordinate of the installation point of the position measuring device based on the GPS coordinates of the two points and based on distance measurement results and on angle measurement results by the position measuring device. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220086 | Mower with Object Detection System - A method for processing object detection-related information may include receiving information indicative of an encounter between a robotic vehicle and an object responsive to communication received from a sensor of the robotic vehicle while the robotic vehicle transits a parcel, determining a location of the robotic vehicle at a time corresponding to occurrence of the encounter, determining whether the location corresponds to a location associated with a known object associated with the parcel, and classifying the object as an unknown object based on the location not corresponding to the location associated with the known object. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220087 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AUTOMATIC QUANTITATIVE FLUID SUPPLY - A method and a system for controlling automatic quantitative fluid supply are disclosed, and the method and the system automatically control the quantitative fluid supply by timing a period of time t required for introducing gas ( | 2015-08-06 |
20150220088 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REPORTING AIR MOVER EVENTS TO AN OPERATING SYSTEM DURING OPERATING SYSTEM RUNTIME - In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an information handling system may include a processor, a controller, a driver, and a basic/input output system. The controller may be associated with an air mover and configured to generate an interrupt responsive to an event associated with the air mover. The driver may be embodied in an operating system configured for execution on the processor, the driver configured to, during a runtime execution of the operating system in which the event occurred, receive at least one of the interrupt from the controller or an indication of the interrupt from a basic input/output system. The basic input/output system may comprise a program of instructions executable by the processor and configured to cause the processor to, responsive to the event, receive air mover data from the air mover, and communicate the air mover data to the driver. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220089 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FLUID DELIVERY - A systems and methods for delivering fluid to a site using a mobile fluid delivery machine are disclosed. The method includes determining a location of the mobile fluid delivery machine on the site, and determining a fluid delivery rate based on the location of the mobile fluid delivery machine using information related to the site. The method further includes delivering the fluid to a surface of the site at the location of the mobile fluid delivery machine, at the determined fluid delivery rate. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220090 | THERMOSTATIC MIXER VALVE - A thermostatic valve for mixer taps comprising a body provided with a chamber for mixing water, is described. Inflowing side openings for separately inflowing hot water and cold water to the mixing chamber are provided at different heights of the body. Automated means for regulating the flow rates of hot water and cold water operate to intercept the inflowing side openings. The automated means comprise in their turn a thermostatic bulb operating in the mixing chamber and a movable piston to feedback close completely or partially, and selectively, the inflowing side openings in response to the expansions the thermostatic head is subjected to. The valve body comprises a first quick—coupling portion shaped so as to mechanically and fluidically couple with a pressure regulator adapted to regulate the flows of hot water and cold water. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220091 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING WATER HEATERS - A water heater includes a storage tank, a sensor configured to measure a temperature of water in the storage tank, a burner configured to heat the water in the storage tank, and a controller communicatively coupled to the sensor and the burner. The controller is configured to initiate a call for heat when the measured temperature reaches a trigger temperature, wherein the trigger temperature is a differential amount less than a set-point temperature, calculate a reduced activation time when the call for heat results in a predetermined number of calls for heat occurring within a predetermined time period, and control the burner based on the reduced activation time. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220092 | INTERNAL VOLTAGE GENERATION CIRCUITS - Internal voltage generation circuits are provided. The internal voltage generation circuit includes a drive controller and an initialization unit. The drive controller detects a level of an internal voltage signal in response to a reference voltage signal to generate a drive signal and drives the internal voltage signal in response to the drive signal. The initialization unit initializes the drive signal in synchronization with an internal command signal and terminates an initialization of the drive signal during a predetermined period. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220093 | NEGATIVE VOLTAGE FEEDBACK GENERATOR - Embodiments of the invention generally provide an device that regulates a negative output voltage from a power supply using a positive representation of the negative output voltage. To convert the negative voltage to a positive voltage, the device changes the negative voltage into a current using, for example, a current generator that outputs a current corresponding to the negative voltage received from the power supply. This current is then transferred from the negative voltage domain to the positive voltage domain and is fed through a voltage generator that outputs a positive voltage corresponding to the current. By doing so, the negative voltage output is transformed into a corresponding positive voltage. This positive voltage may then be compared to a positive reference voltage to determine an error signal for adjusting the power supply. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220094 | BUFFER CIRCUITS AND METHODS - In one embodiment, a circuit includes a first transistor having a control terminal, a first terminal, and a second terminal where the first transistor is a first device type. The control terminal of the first transistor receives an input signal. The circuit also includes a second transistor having a control terminal, a first terminal, and a second terminal where the second transistor is a second device type. The control terminal of the second transistor is coupled to the second terminal of the first transistor. A voltage shift circuit has an input coupled to the first terminal of the first transistor and an output coupled to the first terminal of the second transistor and a voltage between the input of the voltage shift circuit and an output of the voltage shift circuit increases as a current from the output of the voltage shift circuit increases. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220095 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a plurality of output transistors each controlling the magnitude of an output voltage relative to the magnitude of a load current according to a control value indicated by an impedance control signal applied to a control terminal, a voltage monitor circuit outputting an output voltage monitor value indicating a voltage value of the output voltage, and a control circuit controlling the magnitude of the control value according to the magnitude of an error value between a reference voltage indicating a target value of the output voltage and the output voltage monitor value, and controls based on the control value whether any of such transistors be brought to a conducting state. The control circuit increases a change step of the control value relative to the error value during a predetermined period according to prenotification signals for notifying a change of the load current in advance. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220096 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURES FOR ENHANCED TRANSIENT RESPONSE IN LOW DROPOUT (LDO) VOLTAGE REGULATORS - Systems, semiconductor structures, electronic circuits and methods for enhanced transient response in Low Dropout (LDO) voltage regulators are disclosed. For example, a semiconductor structure for enhanced transient response in an LDO voltage regulator is disclosed, which includes a first current mirror circuit coupled to an input connection and an output connection of the LDO voltage regulator, a second current mirror circuit coupled to the input connection of the LDO voltage regulator. A first input of a first amplifier circuit is coupled to the second current mirror circuit, a second input of the first amplifier circuit is coupled to the output connection of the LDO voltage regulator, and a third input of the first amplifier circuit is coupled to a reference voltage. An input of a second amplifier circuit is coupled to an output of the first amplifier circuit, an output of the second amplifier circuit is coupled to the first current mirror circuit, an input of a third amplifier circuit is coupled to the output of the first amplifier circuit, and an output of the third amplifier circuit is coupled to the second current mirror circuit. In some implementations, the semiconductor structure is an adaptively-biased LDO voltage regulator formed in a power management integrated circuit (PMIC) or in a power supply on a semiconductor IC, wafer, chip or die. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220097 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR JUST-IN-TIME LEARNING-BASED PREDICTIVE THERMAL MITIGATION IN A PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE - Various embodiments of methods and systems for just-in-time learning-based predictive thermal management (“JLPTM”) techniques implemented in a portable computing device (“PCD”) are disclosed. Embodiments of JLPTM systems and methods recognize that multiple thermal aggressors affect temperature readings of individual temperature sensors and that thermal events measured by those sensors may be predicted based on historical thermal behavior of the PCD. By monitoring various factors that contribute to thermal energy generation and/or dissipation in the PCD, JLPTM systems and methods may predict thermal events from historical thermal behavior data, identify optimum performance level settings combinations that will reduce thermal energy generation, and set a time in the future to apply an optimum performance level settings combination just-in-time to prevent the thermal event from occurring. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220098 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, POWER-CONSUMING BODY, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A time point range setting unit ( | 2015-08-06 |
20150220099 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DECENTRALIZED ENERGY RESOURCE BASED ACTIVE VIRTUAL POWER ENERGY MANAGEMENT - The present invention relates to a system and method for decentralized energy resource based active virtual power energy management. According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a system for decentralized energy resource based active virtual power energy management comprising: a meter data management device receiving a customer load profile from a customer; a resource aggregator obtaining energy generation resource state information and position information of a decentralized energy resource from at least one decentralized energy resource; and a virtual energy generation resource management device generating a decentralized energy resource load profile using the energy generation resource state information and providing energy required to the customer based on the customer load profile, the decentralized energy resource load profile and the position information. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220100 | CURRENT SOURCE CALIBRATION TRACKING TEMPERATURE AND BIAS CURRENT - In an example embodiment, a circuit is provided that includes a current source with a calibrated trim circuit whose output current varies with transconductance of the current source, and tracks a current mismatch between the current source and another current source under varying bias currents and temperatures. The trim circuit may include at least one calibration digital to analog converter (CAL DAC), which may be driven by a bias circuit generating current proportional to the transconductance of the current source. In an example embodiment, the trim circuit may include at least two CAL DACs, whose output current may vary with bias current only, and with bias current and temperature. A method to calibrate the CAL DACs includes varying calibration settings of the CAL DACs under different bias currents until the output current of the trim circuit substantially accurately tracks the current mismatch under disparate bias currents and temperatures. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220101 | ELECTRICAL HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE SYSTEM - An electrical appliance having at least one electrical load, and a digital control system managing flows of electric current of supply of the at least one electrical load, wherein the digital control system of the electrical appliance transmits information to an external control device, wherein said information comprises first information regarding authorization or non-authorization for an interruption of the supply of electric voltage to the electrical appliance by the external control device, the digital control system of the electrical appliance generating the first information of its own operating state. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220102 | LEVEL DETECTION CIRCUITS AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES INCLUDING THE SAME - Level detection circuit includes a reference voltage generator, a level signal generator, and a comparator. The reference voltage generator includes a temperature dependent element and generates a reference voltage signal whose level varies according to a temperature characteristic of the temperature dependent element. The level signal generator includes a temperature compensation element and generates a level signal from a target voltage signal. A level of the level signal varies according to a temperature characteristic of the temperature compensation element. The comparator compares a level of the level signal with a level of the reference voltage signal to generate a detection voltage signal. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220103 | Method and mobile terminal for correcting power of mobile terminal - A method and mobile terminal for correcting the power of a mobile terminal is provided, including reading the register of a coulometer chip for acquiring a first power of a battery; matching the first power with a preset power level, each of power levels corresponding to a preset service logic; correcting the first power by a preset service logic matched with the first power to form and display a second power. In this way, it is only necessary to compensate the actual power according to a certain criterion to acquire a second power after the acquisition of the actual power, without need of adding additional devices or changing hardware arrangement in a hardware system, thereby enabling a user to use battery power as much as possible, and reducing unnecessary charging operations. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220104 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A WATERJET-DRIVEN MARINE VESSEL - A method for controlling a marine vessel having a first steering nozzle, a reversing deflector and at least one of a bow thruster and a second steering nozzle is disclosed. The method comprises any of the acts of inducing a net transverse thrust to the marine vessel in response to a transverse thrust component signal, without substantially inducing any forward-reverse thrust or rotational thrust to the marine vessel, or inducing a net forward-reverse thrust to the marine vessel in response to a forward-reverse thrust component signal without substantially inducing any transverse thrust or rotational thrust to the marine vessel, or inducing a net rotational thrust to the marine vessel in response to the rotational thrust component signal without substantially inducing any forward-reverse thrust or transverse thrust to the marine vessel. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220105 | REACTION FORCE GENERATOR - A reaction force generator includes: a base member mounted on a supporter supporting an operating member pivotably; a dome member protruding from the base member; and a top member provided on a protruding-side end of the dome member to be pressed by the operating member toward the base member. The dome member is deformed to produce a reaction force when the top member is pressed by the operating member. A basal-end-side plane and a distal-end-side plane intersect each other at a position located on one of opposite sides of the dome member which is nearer to a pivot fulcrum of the operating member. The basal-end-side plane includes a line of intersection between the base member and the dome member adjacent to each other. The distal-end-side plane includes a line of intersection between the dome member and the top member adjacent to each other. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220106 | Connection Box with Integrated Multi-port Connectors for Laptop and Mobile Devices - A connection box with novel integrated multi-port connectors provides a convenient and low cost method to fast connect/disconnect multiple external devices to/from the laptop or mobile devices simultaneously. It also allows fast switching connection of the external devices among connected desktop, laptops and mobile devices. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220107 | CONDUCTIVE SUBSTRATE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING SAME - Disclosed are an electric conducting substrate, comprising a transparent substrate and an electric conducting pattern comprising an electric conducting line provided on the transparent substrate, and an electronic device comprising the same. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220108 | LATCH FOR A COMPUTER CASE - A latch is disclosed. The latch has a hook that rotates to engage with a case for a computer. The hook has one side fabricated from a ferrous material. The hook is unlatched by placing a magnet near the ferrous material thereby causing the hook to rotate and disengage with the top case. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220109 | WEARABLE COMPUTING DEVICE - The present disclosure describes a wearable computing device (WCD) in the form of a ring that can be worn on the finger of a human user. | 2015-08-06 |
20150220110 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PORTABLE PROCESSING AND APPLICATION EXECUTION - A portable computing device, such as a wristwatch, is described. The portable computing device contains ample processing, battery and memory resources for executing applications, but provides insufficient display output capability to render a graphical user interface during application execution. Instead, the device includes a short-range wireless communication system for relaying real-time display data to an external display device for rendering a graphical user interface on the external device. By not incorporating power-hungry display technology, speakers, other communication components, such as cellular, or other battery-draining components, the portable computing device avoids the need for bulky batteries and maintains a suitable charge over a reasonable period of time. In addition, the easy portability of the device means that it can turn any external display device into its own user input/output device such that users need not mirror their applications and data to multiple devices. | 2015-08-06 |