38th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 39 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150261139 | INTERMEDIATE TRANSFERER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An intermediate transferer a toner image formed by developing a latent image on an image bearer with a toner is transferred onto includes a substrate including a polycarbonate resin and a carbon black. The intermediate transferer has a surface resistivity of from 10 to 12 Log Ω/□ when applied with a volt of 500 V, a volume resistivity of from 7.5 to 9.5 Log Ω·cm when applied with a volt of 100 V, and a difference between the surface resistivity and the volume resistivity of from 1.5 to 4.0 digits. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261140 | TRANSFER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A transfer device includes at least one pair of lateral plates, an intermediate transfer belt, a plurality of rollers, and a dynamic vibration absorber. The intermediate transfer belt is formed into an endless loop and is entrained about the plurality of rollers. The dynamic vibration absorber is disposed on at least one of the plurality of rollers and includes an inertial body. The inertial body is disposed inside the endless loop of the intermediate transfer belt, and both ends of the inertial body in an axial direction of the inertial body are rotatably supported by the at least one pair of lateral plates via shaft bearings. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261141 | Image Forming Apparatus and Developing Agent Cartridge - An image forming apparatus may include a casing, and a plurality of image carriers arranged in parallel along one direction in the casing and formed with an electrostatic latent image. The apparatus can further include a plurality of developing agent carriers opposed to the image carriers, for visualizing the electrostatic latent image by feeding a developing agent to the image carriers, and a plurality of developing agent cartridges, arranged in parallel in the one direction to be opposed to the developing agent carriers in the longitudinal direction of the developing agent carriers, and configured to be together attachable/detachable to/from the casing along the one direction, for accommodating the developing agent fed to the developing agent carriers. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261142 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A steering roller autonomously steers an intermediate transfer belt. A pre-secondary-transfer roller is disposed at a position upstream of and adjacent to a driving roller also functioning as a transfer inner roller, and includes a rubber material on at least a surface thereof. This suppresses movement of the intermediate transfer belt even when a lateral-deviation converging position is changed by the change of position of the driving roller having large frictional force due to the pressing force of a secondary transfer roller. Hence, the belt deviation amount is reduced, and the time until lateral deviation converges is shortened. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261143 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND TRANSFER BIA APPLICATION DEVICE THEREIN - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a transfer member disposed facing the image bearing member to form a transfer region therebetween, a transfer bias application device to apply to the transfer region a transfer bias including a direct current (DC) component and an alternating current (AC) component to transfer the toner image onto the recording medium as the recording medium passes through the transfer region, and a controller operatively connected to the transfer bias application device to allow, during a bias change period in a sheet absent period in which the image bearing member rotates and no recording medium passes through the transfer region, the transfer bias application device to selectively apply to the transfer region one of the transfer bias without the AC component and the transfer bias with a peak-to-peak voltage of the AC component less than that applied in image formation. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261144 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus, including: photoconductor; charging unit; exposing unit; developing unit containing toner; transfer unit; and fixing unit, wherein the toner includes external additive and base particles containing binder resin, colorant, and release agent, the toner has melt viscosity at 100° C. of 500 Pa·s to 8,000 Pa·s and the release agent has melt viscosity at 100° C. of 20 mPa·s to 30 mPa·s, the fixing unit includes fixing member that has roller or belt shape and contacts toner image transferred onto recording medium, and the fixing member includes release layer on surface thereof that is to be brought into contact with the toner image transferred onto the recording medium, and wherein the release layer satisfies the following expressions: | 2015-09-17 |
20150261145 | FIXING DEVICE - A fixing device includes a tubular film; a heater including a substrate and a heat generating resistor, the heater having a first region on which the heat generating resistor is formed and a second region, located outside of the first region in a longitudinal direction of the substrate, on which the heat generating resistor is not formed; and a heat conductive member configured to contact a surface of the heater opposite to a surface of the heater that contacts the film, the heat conductive member having a higher heat conductivity than the substrate. The heat conductive member contacts the heater in a region extending across the first region and the second region, and an amount of heat generated by the heat generating resistor at its end portion is greater than that at its middle portion in the longitudinal direction. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261146 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD USING DECOLORABLE INK - An image forming apparatus includes: a first image forming unit which forms a first image on a first recording medium with a first material which is not thermally decolorized; a second image forming unit which forms a second image on a second recording medium with a second material which is thermally decolorized; a fixing unit which is on a common carrying path shared by the first recording medium and the second recording medium and fixes the first image to the first recording medium; and a control unit which controls the fixing unit so that the temperature of the second recording medium passing through the fixing unit becomes lower than a decolorizing temperature of the second material. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261147 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a fixing member configured to be revolvable while being heated by a heat source; a counter rotator configured to form a nip between the fixing member and the counter rotator by applying a pressure to the fixing member in a contact state with the fixing member; a shield member disposed inside the fixing member to partially shield heat from the heat source; and a holding member attached to an end of the fixing member. The shield member includes a spacer configured to define a clearance to allow the holding member to be inserted into the fixing member from an end of the fixing member, the clearance being between the shield member and an inner surface of the end of the fixing member. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261148 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a first rotator and a second rotator pressed against the first rotator to form a fixing nip therebetween, through which a recording medium bearing a toner image is conveyed. A thermal insulation cover is disposed opposite the second rotator. A mover is connected to the second rotator to move the second rotator with respect to the first rotator. The mover is coupled with the thermal insulation cover to move the thermal insulation cover while retaining a predetermined interval between the thermal insulation cover and the second rotator. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261149 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a fixing member, a heat source, a nip forming member, a pressing member, a recording medium conveyor, a first temperature detector to detect a temperature of a non-sheet-passing area of the fixing member through which a recording medium does not pass, a second temperature detector to detect a temperature of the recording medium, and a controller to adjust a time to drive the recording medium conveyer to control a time interval between successive recording media and a changing time to change the time interval, according to a temperature detected by the second temperature detector in response to a temperature rise in the non-sheet-passing area of the fixing member detected by the first temperature detector. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261150 | IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS - An image heating apparatus includes first and second rollers; an external heating unit including a heating belt, first and second belt supporting rollers for urging the belt toward the first roller, an urging member for urging the first supporting roller away from the second supporting roller, a holder for the first and second supporting rollers and for permitting movement of the first supporting roller relative to the second supporting roller, and a temperature sensor, provided interposing the belt between itself and the first supporting roller; and a moving mechanism for moving the unit between a first position where the belt contacts the first roller and a second position where the belt does not. The temperature sensor is disposed such that when a detected temperature at a predetermined position between the first position and the second position is higher than those at the first position and the second position. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261151 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a pressure rotator pressed against a fixing rotator to form a fixing nip therebetween, through which a recording medium bearing a toner image is conveyed. A first heater is disposed opposite and heats a first heated span on the fixing rotator spanning in an axial direction thereof. A second heater is disposed opposite and heats a second heated span on the fixing rotator spanning in the axial direction thereof. A temperature sensor unit is disposed opposite an outer circumferential surface of the fixing rotator and includes a first temperature detection element to detect a first temperature of the first heated span on the outer circumferential surface of the fixing rotator and a second temperature detection element to detect a second temperature of the second heated span on the outer circumferential surface of the fixing rotator. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261152 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus includes a first thermoelectric converter that converts thermal energy dissipated from a heat source into electrical energy, a second thermoelectric converter provided on a side of a low-temperature portion of the first thermoelectric converter and that converts electrical energy into thermal energy, and a power supply controller that controls supply of power to the second thermoelectric converter such that the low-temperature portion of the first thermoelectric converter is cooled or heated. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261153 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a heating rotator and a pressure rotator pressed against the heating rotator to form a fixing nip therebetween, through which a recording medium bearing a toner image is conveyed. A plurality of first recesses is scattered on a circumferential face of the heating rotator. A plurality of second recesses is scattered on a circumferential face of the pressure rotator. Each of the second recesses is greater than each of the first recesses. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261154 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a first roller contacting a fixing belt to generate a rotation friction force therebetween to rotate the fixing belt and a second roller contacting the fixing belt to exert a first inhibition force to the fixing belt in a direction opposite a direction of rotation of the fixing belt. A separation aid is disposed downstream from a fixing nip formed between the fixing belt and a pressure rotator in the direction of rotation of the fixing belt to decrease a curvature of the fixing belt and exert a second inhibition force to the fixing belt in the direction opposite the direction of rotation of the fixing belt. The second inhibition force is added to the first inhibition force to obtain a combined inhibition force that is smaller than the rotation friction force between the fixing belt and the first roller. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261155 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes: a rotatable fixing member formed as an endless belt; a heat source to heat the fixing member; a nip-forming member being not rotatable and arranged inside the fixing member; and a pressure member arranged outside the fixing member and forming a nip between the pressure member and the fixing member. The nip-forming member is formed of a first heat transmission unit and a sliding sheet. The first heat transmission unit includes an abutting part abutting the fixing member with the sliding sheet therebetween, and a bent part or bent parts extending inside the fixing member at upstream or upstream and downstream of the nip in a transport direction of a recording medium. A retaining part to catch and retain the sliding sheet is provided at a tip of at least the bent part at upstream of the nip in the transport direction. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261156 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a sheet feeding section configured to feed a roll sheet; a sheet feeding path along which a roll sheet is conveyed; an image forming section configured to transfer a toner image to a roll sheet; a fixing section configured to fix the toner image by applying heat and pressure to a roll sheet on which the toner image is transferred at a fixing nip; a winding section configured to wind up a roll sheet; a guide member disposed along the sheet feeding path on both sides in a sheet width direction and on a downstream side of the fixing nip in a sheet conveyance direction; and a guide adjusting section configured to adjust a guide width of the guide member in accordance with an amount of shrinkage or an amount of expansion of a roll sheet passed through the fixing nip. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261157 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes: a fixing member that is rotatable and in an endless shape; a heat source that heats the fixing member; a nip forming member that is arranged inside the fixing member; and a pressurizing member that is pressurized to be in contact with the nip forming member through the fixing member, to form a fixing nip. The fixing device fixes an unfixed image on a recording medium by passing the recording medium that carries the unfixed image through the fixing nip. The nip forming member includes a base layer, and a high thermal-conductive layer that is arranged on a surface layer of the base layer on a fixing nip side, and that has higher thermal conductivity than the base layer, and in the high thermal-conductive layer, a low thermal-conductive portion is arranged near an end portion in an axial direction of the fixing member. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261158 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a serial data output unit configured to convert image data into serial data and output the serial data along with first data for detecting unique data in the image data and second data so that the first data is arranged before the image data and the second data is arranged after the image data; a data length change unit configured to change data lengths of the first data and the second data; a parallel data output unit configured to convert the image data of the serial data output from the serial data output unit into parallel data, and output the parallel data; and a data controller configured to control the data length change unit to change the data lengths of the first data and the second data to be arranged before and after the image data according to a condition of image formation. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261159 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus that shifts between a first power state and a second power state where power consumption is less than in the first power state. The image forming apparatus includes a detecting unit that includes a plurality of elements arranged on a line or in a grid to detect heat emitted from an object and a determination unit that determines whether to shift the image forming apparatus from the second power state to the first power state based on a detection result of the detecting unit and that controls the shift. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261160 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a sheet feeding unit, a detecting unit, and a control unit. The sheet feeding unit feeds a recording material. The detecting unit is disposed on a downstream side of the sheet feeding unit in a conveyance direction of the recording material and detects the recording material. The control unit controls the sheet feeding unit to feed the recording material at a speed. In a case where the sheet feeding unit is feeding the recording material at a first speed and the recording material has not been detected by the detecting unit before predetermined time elapses since the sheet feeding unit began feeding the recording material, the control unit controls the sheet feeding unit, before the recording material is detected by the detecting unit, to feed the recording material at a second speed that is higher than the first speed. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261161 | RECORDING MEDIA SMOOTHNESS DETECTOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A recording media smoothness detector includes a sensor and a calculator. The sensor includes a light source to emit light toward a recording medium and a light-detecting device to detect an amount of light reflected by the recording medium. The calculator includes a first memory to store an initial output value of the sensor and a second memory to store a decreased output percentage of the sensor relative to the initial output value per number of recording media detected. The calculator is configured to calculate a decreased output amount of the sensor from the decreased output percentage of the sensor per number of recording media detected, according to number of recording media detected by the sensor, to adjust a luminosity of the sensor based on the calculated decreased output amount of the sensor and determine smoothness of the recording medium based on an output of the sensor after the adjustment. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261162 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a latent image bearer, a toner image forming unit, and a transfer device. The toner image forming unit includes a charger, a latent image forming device, and a developing device, and is configured to form a test latent image pattern on a surface of the latent image bearer, and to develop the test latent image pattern into a test toner pattern. The test latent image pattern includes a plurality of test latent image parts partly offset from one another in a main scanning direction. The image forming apparatus also includes a developing current detector and a processor to detect uneven image density in the main scanning direction using the test latent image pattern, based on the developing current detected by the developing current detector, to adjust the uneven image density in the main scanning direction. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261163 | OPTICAL SENSOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical sensor includes a light source; and an optical detector detecting intensity of light that is reflected by a recording medium, the light from the light source and irradiated onto the recording medium. Further, when an incident angle of the light incident the recording medium from the light source relative to a normal line of the recording medium is given as θ | 2015-09-17 |
20150261164 | APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An apparatus according to the present invention includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire, based on the results of reading a test pattern output by a printing unit, tone level correction data for bringing the reproduction characteristics of an image that is output by the printing unit close to a target value; a unit configured to generate adjusted tone level correction data obtained by adjusting the tone level correction data so that a predetermined density area increases in density; and a unit configured to generate color material amount correction data adjusted so that the amount of color material that is used for image formation becomes small in accordance with a degree of the adjustment in the adjusted tone level correction data. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261165 | IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS - An image formation apparatus includes a transfer unit configured to transfer a second material with different solubility from that of a first material to a second position of a print medium where the second material comes into contact with the first material in a first position of the print medium, and a fixation unit configured to melt the second material transferred to the second position of the print medium, and fix the second material to the print medium. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261166 | SHEET TRANSPORT DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is a sheet transport device including a device main body on which one of a first transport roller pair that transports sheets is provided, an opening and closing door that is movably and rotatably supported between a closing position where a part of a sheet transport path formed on a side surface of the device main body is covered and an opening position where a part of the sheet transport path is open, and on which one of a second transport roller pair provided on the sheet transport path is provided, and a transport unit that includes another one of the first transport roller pair and another one of the second transport roller pair, and is swingably supported by the opening and closing door. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261167 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An information processing apparatus is connected to a print control apparatus for generating image data. The information processing apparatus includes a generating unit configured to generate gloss control plate data for specifying a type of a surface effect imparted to a recording medium and a region in the recording medium to which the surface effect is imparted; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the gloss control plate data to the print control apparatus. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261168 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a detection unit that detects a user of the image forming apparatus, a power supply control unit that, when a person approaching the image forming apparatus is detected by the detection unit when the image forming apparatus is in a power saving state where power supply to a function unit included in the image forming apparatus is stopped, activates the function unit while maintaining the display unit in a non-display state, and a display control unit that, when the user of the image forming apparatus instructs the display unit to present display after power is supplied to the function unit by the power supply control unit, changes the display unit to a display state. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261169 | Interlock/Connector System for a Replaceable Item for an Image Forming Device - A connector having a magnetically attractable support loosely attachable to an exterior surface of the replaceable item for use in an image forming device. The connector is interconnectable with a second connector of the image forming device, the second connector having a magnet adjacent to an operating position of the replaceable item wherein when the connector is attached to the replaceable item and the replaceable item is in the operating position, a magnetic field draws the support away from the replaceable item and the connector into operational contact with the second connector. The mounting of the support allows the support to be drawn away from the replaceable item and remain attached thereto. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261170 | CLEANING BLADE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning blade includes a member in which, in thermal analysis with a differential scanning calorimeter, a heat of crystal fusion ΔH1 (mJ/mg) in a crystal fusion peak 1 in a range of about 70° C. or higher and lower than about 110° C., a heat of crystal fusion ΔH2 (mJ/mg) in a crystal fusion peak 2 in a range of about 110° C. or higher and lower than about 170° C., and a heat of crystal fusion ΔH3 (mJ/mg) in a crystal fusion peak 3 in a range of about 170° C. or higher and about 200° C. or lower satisfy formulae (1) to (4), the member constituting at least a contact portion that comes in contact with a member to be cleaned. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261171 | CLEANING BLADE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE USING THE CLEANING BLADE - A cleaning blade includes a supporting member, and a tabular elastic member. One end portion of the elastic member is fixed to the supporting member, and the other end portion is a free end portion whose tip edge is to be contacted with a member to be cleaned while rubbing the surface to remove a residual material therefrom. The tip portion of the free end portion of the elastic member ranging in length from 0 to 500 μm from the tip surface thereof includes at least a cured material of a curable compound and an elastic material of the elastic member. The elastic member satisfies the relationship, 0.05(%)≦[(t | 2015-09-17 |
20150261172 | WASTE TONER CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The waste toner container includes: a waste toner detection unit configured to detect a state in which a toner surface of waste toner at that position is displaced up to a ceiling portion or near the ceiling portion. The waste toner detection unit includes: a flexibility member installed so as to cover an opening portion formed in the ceiling portion or a side wall and is configured to be deformed by a direct or indirect push by the waste toner; and a movable member formed so as to contact the flexibility member from outside of the container and so as to be displaced by the direct or indirect push by the waste toner interposing the flexibility member such that displacement thereof is detected by a detection unit. The displacement of the movable member is limited by a regulating member. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261173 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There is provided an image forming apparatus including a main body, a process unit, an exposure unit, and a developing agent container unit. The main body includes a first end portion and a second end portion. The process unit is disposed at the first end portion and includes a photosensitive drum and a developing roller. The exposure unit is disposed at the second end portion and is configured to expose the photosensitive drum. An optical path of light irradiated from the exposure unit extends above the developing roller. The developing agent container unit includes a developing agent storage configured to store a developing agent and a waste developing agent storage configured to store the developing agent collected from a surface of the photosensitive drum. The developing agent container unit is disposed above the optical path and is detachably attachable to the process unit. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261174 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus, including a main body and a driving force transmission, is provided. The main body supports an image forming unit which includes an image carrier. The driving force transmission transmits a driving force to the image carrier. The main body includes a first frame, a second frame, and a connecting member. The first frame is made of resin, disposed on one side of the image carrier with regard to a direction of rotation axis of the image carrier, and supports the driving force transmission disposed thereon. The second frame is made of metal and disposed on the other side of the image carrier with regard to the direction of rotation axis. The connecting member connects the first frame and the second frame with each other. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261175 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium, an image reading unit that is provided above the image forming unit so as to read an image of a document, a frame that accommodates the image forming unit therein, including a pair of front and rear planar members disposed so as to face each other and a beam portion that connects the pair of planar members and supports upward the image reading unit, and a cover that covers at least a portion of the frame, provided with an opening portion of which an upper edge portion is supported by the beam portion. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261176 | CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A cartridge is attached to or detached from a main body of an image forming apparatus that has an opening portion and a door that opens or closes the opening portion. The cartridge includes: a memory unit with a contact portion via which the cartridge is connected to the main body to transmit information of the cartridge to the main body; and a moving member on which the contact portion is mounted, wherein the moving member is moved to a first position where the contact portion is hidden inside the cartridge and a second position where the contact portion protrudes out of the cartridge to be connected to a connection portion provided in the main body, the moving member being moved to the second position in connection with closing of the door. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261177 | CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A cartridge that is attached to or detached from a main body of an image forming apparatus, including: a memory unit that includes a contact portion via which the cartridge is connected to the main body and that is connected to the main body to transmit information of the cartridge to the main body; and a moving member on which the contact portion is mounted, wherein the moving unit is moved to a second position where the contact portion is protruded out of the cartridge in order to be connected to a connection portion provided in the main body and a first position that is hidden inside the cartridge. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261178 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of photosensitive members and a plurality of developing units, each of which includes a developing roller actable on the photosensitive member and movable relative to the photosensitive member. A movable member moves between an inside and an outside of a main assembly, and a mounting portion, provided in the movable member, supports the plurality of developing units, which are detachably mountable to the mounting portion. An interrelating member, movable in interrelation with movement of the movable member, moves the plurality of developing units in an upward direction relative to the plurality of photosensitive members when the movable member is moved from the inside to the outside of the main assembly. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261179 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There is provided an image forming apparatus including a main body, a drum cartridge attachable to and detachable from the main body and including a photosensitive drum, a developing agent cartridge attachable to and detachable from the main body and containing a developing agent to be supplied to the photosensitive drum, and an exposure unit configured to expose a surface of the photosensitive drum. The main body includes a drum cartridge guide which is configured to guide the drum cartridge such that the drum cartridge passes above the exposure unit, when the drum cartridge is attached to or detached from the main body, and a developing cartridge guide which is configured to guide the developing agent cartridge such that the developing agent cartridge passes below the exposure unit, when the developing agent cartridge is attached to or detached from the main body. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261180 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING ENDLESS BELT DISPOSED ABOVE PHOTOSENSITIVE DRUM - An image forming apparatus includes a frame, a photosensitive drum, an endless belt disposed above the photosensitive drum, and a pressing member. The photosensitive drum includes a drum body and a flange portion that is provided on one end portion of the drum body. The flange portion has a contacted portion and a pressed portion. The pressing member presses the pressed portion upward to permit the photosensitive drum to be in contact with the endless belt. The frame has a positioning portion disposed above the pressing member and above the photosensitive drum. The positioning portion is configured to be in contact with the contacted portion and to position the photosensitive drum when the pressing member presses the pressed portion. The pressed portion is disposed farther from the drum body in an axial direction of the photosensitive drum than the contacted portion. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261181 | CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A cartridge that is attached to or detached from a main body of an image forming apparatus. The cartridge includes a memory unit that includes a contact portion via which the cartridge is connected to the main body and is connected to the main body to transmit information of the cartridge to the main body. The contact portion is moved to a first position at which the contact portion is hidden inside the cartridge and a second position at which the contact portions is protruded out of the cartridge to be connected to a connection portion provided in the main body. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261182 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CHARGING DEVICE - An image forming apparatus includes: a charging section configured to charge a surface of an image bearing member; an air-intake duct having an air-supply port, and configured to guide air sucked from an outside to the charging section through the air-supply port; an exhaust duct having an air-intake port, and configured to suck air around the charging section through the air-intake port and eject the air thus sucked. The air-intake duct has a configuration in which air guided to the charging section through the air-supply port flows in a direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the charging section, or flows toward a center of the charging section in the longitudinal direction. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261183 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes an elastic rotator and a cooler disposed opposite the rotator to cool the rotator with cooling air. A mover contacts and moves the rotator to a first position where the rotator is disposed opposite the cooler with an increased first interval therebetween and a second position where the rotator is disposed opposite the cooler with a decreased second interval therebetween. A rectification plate is movably mounted on the cooler to contact the rotator constantly to guide the cooling air to the cooler. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261184 | Holocam Systems and Methods - Aspects of the present invention comprise holocam systems and methods that enable the capture and streaming of scenes. In embodiments, multiple image capture devices, which may be referred to as “orbs,” are used to capture images of a scene from different vantage points or frames of reference. In embodiments, each orb captures three-dimensional (3D) information, which is preferably in the form of a depth map and visible images (such as stereo image pairs and regular images). Aspects of the present invention also include mechanisms by which data captured by two or more orbs may be combined to create one composite 3D model of the scene. A viewer may then, in embodiments, use the 3D model to generate a view from a different frame of reference than was originally created by any single orb. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261185 | METHODOLOGY FOR A PRACTICAL FLAT PANEL FORMAT HOLOGRAPHIC DISPLAY UTILIZING THE NARROW HOLOGRAM AND HOLODOT CONCEPTS - An apparatus for creating a holodot comprising of a low resolution 2 dimensional spatial light modulator (SLM) and two crossed striped high resolution spatial light modulators. The first SLM creates a 2D image and the second two focus the light into an observer's pupil. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261186 | DIGITAL HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGE RECORDING METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON HIERARCHICAL HOGEL - A method and apparatus for enhancing a recording speed in digital holographic image recording is provided, the method including analyzing a target image, generating a plurality of hogels from the target image, and recording the plurality of hogels on a recording medium based on a light modulation scheme, wherein the target image includes a plurality regions, and a size of the plurality of hogels differs based on the plurality of regions of the target image. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261187 | ILLUMINATED BALANCE SPRING - A watch or timepiece regulating member includes a balance, a balance-cock, at least one light energy source, and at least one balance spring attached between the balance and the balance-cock. The balance spring is made of quartz or of glass or of ceramic or is partially transparent to visible and/or ultraviolet wavelengths or made of an at least partially amorphous material and transmits and diffuses light emitted by the light energy source. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261188 | ILLUMINATED TIMEPIECE DISPLAY DEVICE - A watch including a mechanical movement with a display device including a light energy source and a slender, elastic, mobile component that is deformable during operation, or a balance spring, at least partially transparent, which transmits and diffuses light that varies with stress in the elastic and deformable portion. The light source is active or passive and injects light into one portion of the mobile component which conveys and diffuses light over at least one portion of the mobile component, or throughout the entire mobile component, to make it visible in the dark. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261189 | Wrist-Worn Device with Removable Head Unit - A system including a wearable device such as a smart watch with a removable head unit is provided. The wristband of the system may be useable independently of the head unit, such as to collect data via a sensor while the head unit is disconnected. Upon reconnecting to the head unit, the head unit can analyze data collected by the wristband. Different wristbands may be used with a single head unit, such as to provide different sensors, additional capabilities, and the like. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261190 | TIMEPIECE - The invention relates to a timepiece comprising: a casing ( | 2015-09-17 |
20150261191 | WELDED BIMETAL EXTERNAL TIMEPIECE COMPONENT - A method of manufacturing an external timepiece component, including: a metallic base made of a first material including titanium and/or a first titanium alloy; at least one metallic cover plate made of a second material, this second material including a second metal selected from among gold and platinum and palladium, and/or a second alloy including at least gold or platinum or palladium, this at least one cover plate being of a thickness greater than or equal to 0.5 millimetres; the at least one cover plate is welded to the base to form a bimetallic blank; and the bimetallic blank is shaped and/or machined to give the structural component its final form. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261192 | ELECTRICAL TIMER ATTACHABLE TO PERISHABLE GOODS - Various embodiments relating to miniature timers, which may be used to measure a fixed or variable period of time using a combination of multiple physical effects. These effects generally include, for example, (1) the charge generated by a matrix of piezoelectric crystals by the application of kinetic force, the motion of a permanent magnet through an inductive coil, a photovoltaic element, or by the harvesting of local energies such as heat, radio frequency waves or sonic energy; (2) the effect of storing a charge in a capacitor; and (3) the effect of certain materials to indicate the presence of an electrical charge, such as liquid crystal matrix, organic LED matrix, electroluminescent material or other material. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261193 | LIQUID POWERED WATCH - A liquid powered device, including a housing assembly configured to be worn on the wrist of a user. The housing assembly includes a front portion and a back portion. The front portion includes an upper liquid seal member. A liquid tank assembly is secured within the housing assembly. The liquid tank assembly has a fluid inlet. A power assembly is secured within the liquid tank assembly. An electronic module assembly is secured within the upper liquid seal member. The power assembly is in fluid communication with the fluid inlet to provide filling of the power assembly. The power assembly and the electronic module assembly are each separately liquid sealed. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261194 | RADIO-CONTROLLED TIMEPIECE - A radio-controlled timepiece is shown including the following. A receiving unit receives a transmitting radio wave including date/time information from a positioning satellite. A date/time information obtaining unit obtains a week number and elapsed time within a week as the date/time information. An operating unit receives operation. A term obtaining unit obtains a value of a 10 year digit of a present date and time. A first term setting unit sets a first date/time specified range including 10 years corresponding to the obtained value of the 10 year digit and a term adjacent to the 10 years with a predetermined length. A first date/time calculating unit calculates the present date and time within the set first date/time specified range. A date/time correcting unit corrects the date and time of a timekeeping unit based on the present date and time. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261195 | ARRIVAL TIME DISTRIBUTION CONTROL SYSTEM, ARRIVAL TIME DISTRIBUTION CONTROL DEVICE, AND INCENTIVE DESIGN METHOD - An arrival time distribution control device, in an environment wherein users arrive at arbitrary times at a prescribed hub on the basis of compensation which is granted corresponding to each respective determination reference and arrival time, repeats, on the basis of the arrival times of the plurality of users who arrive at the prescribed hub, an arrival time distribution computation, and, for each the computation, on the basis of either a first difference between the current computed arrival time distribution and the previous computed arrival time distribution, or a third difference between the first difference and a second difference between the immediate previous computed arrival time distribution and the arrival time distribution computed prior to the previously computed arrival time distribution, causes fluctuations in the content of the compensation which is granted to the users who next arrive at the prescribed hub, reaching a target arrival time distribution. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261196 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING INCLUDING LAYER-BY-LAYER IMAGING - In some examples, a technique includes forming, on a surface of a first layer of material, a second layer of material using an additive manufacturing process. The technique also may include imaging the second layer using a laser imaging device to generate a second layer image. Further, the technique may include determining, by a computing device, whether a thickness of the second layer, in a direction substantially normal to the surface of the first layer of material, is within a defined range of thickness for the second layer. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261197 | Method and apparatus for growing life forms under remote influence - A remote site has an associated state monitoring sub-system for monitoring environmental conditions of a remote site. A local site has an associated state generating sub-system for setting environmental conditions for life forms at the local site. A communication link connects the sub-systems. In response, to monitoring the state of an environmental condition at the remote site, a corresponding environmental condition is generated at the local site which depends on the monitored state. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261198 | Monitoring Apparatus and System - A monitoring system and associated methodology for response to incidents sensed by at least one sensor of an individual signal unit includes transmission to a central control facility by the individual signal unit, of at least a unique identifying code for that individual signal unit, over a communication network; the response includes a transmission of data from said central control facility to one or more recipients nominated by a registered owner of the individual signal unit wherein registration of the individual signal unit and configuration of sensing and of said response is via a web-based interface. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261199 | CONTROL AND SERVO CONTROL INTERCOMMUNICATOR APPARATUS AND METHOD - Control and servo control intercommunicator apparatus, of the type comprising at least input means to detect data from at least one external apparatus connected thereto, means for memorizing and processing said data and means for transmission of the data processed to a remote central command and/or processing system. The apparatus further comprises integrated therein servo control means for said apparatus/apparatuses to be controlled. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261200 | UPDATING AND UTILIZING DYNAMIC PROCESS SIMULATION IN AN OPERATING PROCESS ENVIRONMENT - A simulation system that includes interconnected simulation blocks which use process models to perform simulation activities for a process plant is integrated into a process control environment for the process plant in a manner that makes the simulation system easy to use and easily updated for on-line process simulation. The disclosed simulation system enables future predicted values as well as the current predicted values of process parameters produced by the simulation system to be made available for performance evaluation as well as to guide plant operations. Additionally, the simulation system is connected to the operating process plant to receive various on-line process plant measurements, and uses these measurements to automatically update the process models used in the simulation system, to thereby keep the simulation system coordinated with the actual operating conditions of the process plant. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261201 | PROCESSING MACHINE WHICH TAKES INTO ACCOUNT POSITION ERRORS DURING COLLISION CHECKING - A numerical controller of a processing machine determines corresponding setpoint axis values based on setpoint position values for position-regulated axes operating on machine elements. Before controlling the position-regulated axes, volumes to be occupied by protection bodies associated with the machine elements, a workpiece and a tool are defined and it is checked whether the protection bodies remain disjoint while controlling the position-regulated axes. Depending on the result of the checks, the controller either controls the position-regulated axes in accordance with the setpoint position values or merely executes an error response without control. The controller contains a position error field which specifies for any given setpoint axis value an actual position the tool relative to the workpiece. The position error field is taken into consideration, at least for a subset of the protection bodies, when defining the volumes to be occupied by the protection bodies upon activation of the position-regulated axes. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261202 | Automated Manufacturing of Shoe Parts - Manufacturing of a shoe or a portion of a shoe is enhanced by executing various shoe-manufacturing processes in an automated fashion. For example, information describing a shoe part may be determined, such as an identification, an orientation, a color, a surface topography, an alignment, a size, etc. Based on the information describing the shoe part, automated shoe-manufacturing apparatuses may be instructed to apply various shoe-manufacturing processes to the shoe part. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261203 | SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER POSITION DISPLAY SYSTEM, SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER POSITION DISPLAY METHOD, AND SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER POSITION DISPLAY PROGRAM - A semiconductor wafer position display system, a semiconductor wafer position display method, and a semiconductor wafer position display program with which a deviation from an appropriate placement position of a semiconductor wafer mounted in a wafer mounting part can be displayed to a user in an easily understood manner are provided. The semiconductor wafer position display system includes: a data reception unit for receiving measurement data obtained by a semiconductor wafer position measurement device for measuring the deviation from the appropriate placement position of the semiconductor wafer mounted in the wafer mounting part; and a screen display control unit for controlling a display screen for visibly displaying the deviation from the appropriate placement position of the semiconductor wafer based on the measurement data received by the data reception unit, wherein the screen display control unit includes a circumference display screen control unit for presenting the deviation from the appropriate placement position of the semiconductor wafer by displaying a circumference of the semiconductor wafer based on the measurement data received by the data reception unit. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261204 | INTERFACE SYSTEM OF INDUSTRIAL MACHINE - This interface system comprises a processing program computer ( | 2015-09-17 |
20150261205 | NUMERICAL CONTROLLER - In a numerical controller, alarm mask information is preset. The alarm mask information is compared with alarm factor information generated by any of control circuits, and depending on a comparison result, an alarm is masked so as not to be delivered to a central processing unit. Thus, depending on the type of the alarm factor information, delivery of an alarm to the central processing unit is omitted when processing need not be stopped. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261206 | ROBOT SYSTEM - A robot system according to an aspect of an embodiment includes a touch panel (display device), a camera, a tape position identification unit (identification unit), a fine adjustment unit, and an instruction unit. The camera captures images of a workpiece with and without a member thereon to be handled by a robot. The tape position identification unit identifies a position of the member based on image data captured by the camera. The fine adjustment unit is provided as an interface by which an operator conducts a fine adjustment of a teaching point for the robot based on the position of the member while viewing the workpiece displayed on the touch panel. The instruction unit instructs the robot to perform an operation for a predetermined process on the basis of teaching information generated by reflecting the teaching point finely adjusted through the fine adjustment unit. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261207 | METHOD FOR SETTING AND/OR MONITORING OPERATING PARAMETERS OF A WORKPIECE PROCESSING MACHINE - A method for setting or monitoring operating parameters of a workpiece processing machine having a tool holder and means for moving a workpiece and the holder relative to one another along a first axis. During milling of the holder fitted with a workpiece and during application of the tool to a workpiece, values for at least one measured variable are registered and recorded. The variables include an axial force acting in a direction parallel to the first axis, a torque relative to the first axis or to an axis oriented parallel to the first axis, and bending torques or bending torque components according to direction and amount. The values are used to set the operating parameters with respect to an extended service life of the tool in conjunction with a processing time falling below a maximum machining time, monitoring tool wear or a machine error. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261208 | ENGRAVED PRODUCT DESIGN SOFTWARE - The present invention provides, in at least one embodiment, a computer software program configured to receive information from a customer, provide one or more design template choices, and receive an order of a design of an engraved product from the customer. The design can be created by the customer as opposed to a professional artist and can allow the customer to see with confidence what the finished engraved product is going to look like prior to ordering. The computer software program includes an order tracking module which allows the customer to track the order throughout production and delivery. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261209 | JOB PLAN DISPLAY SYSTEM - Provided is a job plan display system capable of displaying a job plan on a product, and displaying a thumbnail as image information on the product on a display area of the job plan based on design data of the product, allowing an appropriate thumbnail to be displayed while suppressing an increase in system load. The job plan display system is configured to determine whether or not to display or update the thumbnail on a display area of the job plan based on at least one of intention of a designer who created the design data, such intention being assigned to the design data of the product, a predetermined update time, progress information on the design data created and a relationship between a changing part of the design data when the design data is changed and viewpoint coordinates when creating the thumbnail. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261210 | SCALING AND PARAMETERIZING A CONTROLLER - Controller scaling and parameterization are described. Techniques that can be improved by employing the scaling and parameterization include, but are not limited to, controller design, tuning and optimization. The scaling and parameterization methods described here apply to transfer function based controllers, including PID controllers. The parameterization methods also applies to state feedback and state observer based controllers, as well as linear active disturbance rejection controllers. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the application. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261211 | WORKPIECE PROCESSING METHOD - A method of processing a workpiece which includes metal in a work surface by a processing unit including a grindstone or a polishing pad includes a processing step of grinding or polishing the workpiece by the processing unit while supplying a processing fluid to the work surface of the workpiece. The processing fluid contains an organic acid and an oxidizing agent. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261212 | CONTROL APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM - A control apparatus is configured to control an operation of a substrate processing apparatus configured to place at least a monitor substrate therein. The control apparatus controls the operation of the substrate processing apparatus based on a difference between a processing result of the monitor substrate processed by the substrate processing apparatus and a predictive result so as to optimize the monitor substrate loading frequency. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261213 | NC PROGRAM CREATING DEVICE - An NC program creating device is provided that can automatically insert in an NC program a code that can be executed simultaneously with feeding in a non-cutting state. If it is determined by a determination unit that there is a standard code M03, M06, M10 before or after a non-cutting feed code G00 or G30 in an NC program, a new code placement unit places, instead of the standard code M03, M06, M10, a simultaneous execution code M103, M805, M110 corresponding to the standard code M03, M06, M10 before the non-cutting feed code G00 or G30, and places after the non-cutting feed code G00 or G30 a code that performs at least a prescribed operation of the standard code M03, M06, M10 other than an operation of the simultaneous execution code M103, M805, M110. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261214 | NUMERICAL CONTROL UNIT AND NC PROGRAM CREATING UNIT - A numerical control unit is provided that can change an override value according to various workpiece materials and can extend the tool life. A numerical control unit includes a variation storage unit that stores a variation in override value of a feed speed or a spindle speed for each workpiece material, an override value setting unit that sets the override value based on the variation in override value according to the material of a workpiece being machined; and a control unit that changes the feed speed or the spindle speed based on the override value. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261215 | DETERMINING ASSOCIATIONS AND ALIGNMENTS OF PROCESS ELEMENTS AND MEASUREMENTS IN A PROCESS - Techniques for automatically determining, without user input, one or more sources of a variation in the behavior of a target process element operating to control a process in a process plant include using a process element alignment map to determine process elements upstream of the target process element in the process; performing a data analysis on data corresponding to the upstream elements with respect to the target element to determine behavior time offsets, strengths of impact, and impact delays; and determining the source(s) based on the data analysis outputs. Techniques may include automatically defining the process element alignment map by obtaining and processing data from a plurality of diagrams or data sources of the process and/or plant. Furthermore, the techniques may be performed during plant run-time by any high-volume, high density device such as centralized or embedded big data appliances, controllers, field or I/O devices, and/or by an unsupervised application. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261216 | JOB PLAN CREATION SYSTEM - Provided is a job plan creation system capable of creating an efficient job plan when the job plan is reconfigured on the basis of the progress of the jobs after the completion of the jobs that day and by the job starting time of the following day, for example. A job plan creation system extracts an interrupted job that has been started but has not been completed, a delayed job that should have been started based on the job plan but has not been started, and a not-started job that is scheduled to be started on the job plan and so has not been started from the job plan, and creates the job plan while setting priorities in the order of the interrupted job, the delayed job and the not-started job. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261217 | SURVEYING SYSTEM - A surveying system having a total station integrated into an unmanned aerial vehicle communicates with a plurality of mobile communication stations that are located on known site coordinates. By locating the mobile communication stations on known coordinates, the location of the aerial vehicle is precisely triangulated and controlled. Construction drawings are loaded into the system, thereby allowing the vehicle to locate itself at specific points designated in the drawings for the marking of on-site construction grid lines. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261218 | REMOTE OPERATION SYSTEM - When a moving body is remotely operated, a delay in transmission of an image and information acquired from the moving body becomes a problem since immediate transmission of an operation to the moving body cannot be expected. When a frame rate is decreased or a resolution is reduced to decrease the amount of image data to prevent transmission delay of the image data, it is difficult to grasp motions of other moving bodies. As a result, when a certain amount of time is required to transmit a camera image and a moving obstacle, the movement of the obstacle and the movement of the moving body are estimated. The estimated image is generated based on a current image, and is presented to an operator via a monitor. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce instability and a risk associated with transmission delay to safely operate the moving body. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261219 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE WITH AUTOMATIC WINDOW SHADE - A vehicle includes at least one autonomous driving sensor and an autonomous mode controller configured to receive signals generated by the autonomous driving sensor. The autonomous mode controller controls at least one vehicle subsystem based at least in part on the signals received. Furthermore, the autonomous mode controller is configured to shade at least one vehicle window when the vehicle is operating in an autonomous mode. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261220 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE COMPRISING EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD TREATMENT MACHINE - An autonomous vehicle is provided that includes an autonomous vehicle control system, a dialysis machine, and an interface providing an electrical communication between the dialysis machine and the autonomous vehicle control system. The dialysis machine is configured to perform a dialysis treatment on a patient while the autonomous vehicle is under the control of the autonomous vehicle control system. A vehicle is also provided that includes a navigation system, a dialysis machine, and an interface between the navigation system and the dialysis machine. The vehicle can be a car, a train, a plane, or another vehicle. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261221 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE COMPRISING EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD TREATMENT MACHINE - An autonomous vehicle is provided that includes an autonomous vehicle control system, a dialysis machine, and an interface providing an electrical communication between the dialysis machine and the autonomous vehicle control system. The dialysis machine is configured to perform a dialysis treatment on a patient while the autonomous vehicle is under the control of the autonomous vehicle control system. A vehicle is also provided that includes a navigation system, a dialysis machine, and an interface between the navigation system and the dialysis machine. The vehicle can be a car, a train, a plane, or another vehicle. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261222 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR BOAT, CONTROL METHOD FOR BOAT, AND PROGRAM - A boat operating system has two outboard motors and a helm controller. The helm controller moves the boat in parallel in a lateral direction by performing steering so that extended lines of propulsive forces of the two outboard motors pass a movement center located on a center line of the boat, and causing shift directions of the two outboard motors to be reversed from each other, judges whether or not the boat is turning in a horizontal direction, and moves an intersection of the extended lines of propulsive forces of the two outboard motors and the center line of the boat in a direction of either forward or backward from the movement center when it is judged that the boat is turning while the boat is moved in parallel in the lateral direction. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261223 | ADAPTIVE MAPPING WITH SPATIAL SUMMARIES OF SENSOR DATA - A system and method for mapping parameter data acquired by a robot mapping system is disclosed. Parameter data characterizing the environment is collected while the robot localizes itself within the environment using landmarks. Parameter data is recorded in a plurality of local grids, i.e., sub-maps associated with the robot position and orientation when the data was collected. The robot is configured to generate new grids or reuse existing grids depending on the robot's current pose, the pose associated with other grids, and the uncertainty of these relative pose estimates. The pose estimates associated with the grids are updated over time as the robot refines its estimates of the locations of landmarks from which determines its pose in the environment. Occupancy maps or other global parameter maps may be generated by rendering local grids into a comprehensive map indicating the parameter data in a global reference frame extending the dimensions of the environment. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261224 | Well Fluid Exchange Flow Control - A well screen assembly includes a valve configured to control flow between the interior and exterior of the well screen assembly, and in certain instances control flow through a flow control device (e.g., inflow control device and/or other). The valve can be operated in response to a signal detected by an in-well sensor. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261225 | POSITIONER - A positioner is provided with a control calculating portion | 2015-09-17 |
20150261226 | POSITIONER - In a positioner, a driving signal IM is set to IMMIN (the minimum), a valve opening position A after the valve has then settled is stored, the driving signal IM is set to IMMAX (the maximum), a valve opening position B after the valve has then settled is stored, and the valve opening positions up until the opening of the valve arrives at the valve opening position B from the valve opening position A are stored together with the elapsed times as time series position information J | 2015-09-17 |
20150261227 | Tank monitor control device - A tank monitor control device is disclosed which comprises a monitoring device for insertion into a day tank to monitor a level of fluid stored in the day tank, a shutoff valve connected between a main storage tank and a diaphragm pump, a solenoid valve connected between an air supply and the diaphragm pump, and a control device connected to the monitoring device for receiving a signal indicative of the level of fluid in the day tank, the control device connected to the shutoff valve and the solenoid valve. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261228 | TWO-MEMBER CONNECTING STRUCTURE - A first member having a first lock groove and a second member having a connection hole for insertion of the first member and a second lock groove opened to an inner periphery of the hole, are connected via a lock ring having a circular section and engaging with the grooves. An outer diameter of the ring under a load-free condition is set not less than a diameter of a groove bottom surface of the second lock groove. A reduced-diameter guide hole portion for guiding the ring to the second lock groove while reducing a diameter of the ring, is adjacently disposed short of the second lock groove in an insertion direction of the first member. A depth from an inner peripheral surface of the guide hole portion to a groove bottom surface of the second lock groove is set less than a radius of the circular section of the ring. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261229 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING AUTOMATED CONFIRMATION OF COMPLETION OF REPAIR SERVICES ON ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEMS IN MONITORED BUILDINGS - A system and method are provided for implementing an automated scheme for consistently confirming completion of repair and post-repair operating parameters for a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system to improve consistency of diagnostic analyses, services provided by available or pre-selected HVAC repair facilities or contractors and confirmation of repair services performed by those HVAC repair facilities or contractors. A system-based automated solution is provided for confirmation of completion and efficacy of repairs in HVAC systems. HVAC system and component operations are confirmed to be within specified ranges. System operations are quantitatively assessed in real time and in comparison with an earlier assessment that caused the system repairs to be effected and with available historical data regarding system performance to determine whether the repairs (1) were successfully completed in the manner required, and/or (2) otherwise induced some additional anomalies or difficulties in the HVAC system that should be addressed. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261230 | Method and Apparatus for Monitoring Refrigeration-Cycle Systems - A monitoring system is disclosed for a heating, ventilation, or air conditioning (HVAC) system of a residential or commercial building. The monitoring system includes an evaporator unit device including a first current sensor that measures current supplied to a circulator blower. The measured current from the first current sensor is used to diagnose a problem with the circulator blower. The monitoring system includes a first temperature sensor that measures refrigerant temperature between a condenser and an expansion valve. The monitoring system includes a second temperature sensor that measures refrigerant temperature between an evaporator and a compressor. The monitoring system includes a condenser unit device that communicates with the evaporator unit device. The condenser unit device includes a second current sensor that measures current supplied to the compressor. The evaporator unit device transmits sensor data to a remote monitoring service over a data network. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261231 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DISTRIBUTION OF POWER - A method and apparatus for controlling distribution of power is provided. The apparatus comprises a plurality of power outlets including a master power outlet ( | 2015-09-17 |
20150261232 | METHOD FOR REGULATING THE VOLTAGE OF A TRANSFORMER - The invention relates to a method for regulating the voltage of a transformer ( | 2015-09-17 |
20150261233 | ADJUSTING CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an adjusting circuit and a display device, which are capable of limiting a fluctuation of an output voltage (V | 2015-09-17 |
20150261234 | REFERENCE POWER GENERATING CIRCUIT AND ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT USING THE SAME - A reference power generating circuit and an electronic circuit using the same are provided. The reference power generating circuit includes a first bandgap reference circuit and a second bandgap reference circuit. The first bandgap reference circuit is biased by a power voltage to generate a first reference voltage, where the first reference voltage has a first offset. The second bandgap reference circuit is connected to the first bandgap reference circuit in series and receives the first reference voltage generated by the first bandgap reference circuit. The second bandgap reference circuit is biased by the first reference voltage to generate a baseline reference voltage. The baseline reference voltage has a second offset, and the second offset is smaller than the first offset. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261235 | High Voltage Switching Output Driver - A high voltage output driver circuit includes a first regulator having a first input, a second input, and an output coupled to the second input, a second regulator having a first input, a second input and an output, a driver having a first signal input, a second signal input, a first control input coupled to the output of the first regulator, a second control input coupled to the output of the second regulator, a first control output, and a second control output, a first power transistor coupled to the first control output of the driver, and a second power transistor coupled to the second control output of the driver. An integrated circuit comprising the high voltage output driver does not require external bootstrap components, such as capacitors, nor the attendant extra pins required to connect to such external bootstrap components. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261236 | Method for Identification of Energy Saving Opportunities - Provided is a system and a method for identifying inefficiency of energy utilization in a facility by using actual past consumption data. The method uses the past energy usage data, weather information, production information, and variables estimated using Stochastic Frontier equation to calculate energy inefficiency for a production facility. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261237 | MANAGEMENT METHOD, CONTROL APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An energy management system (EMS) is provided with: a transmitter for transmitting an identification-information request message for requesting identification information that identifies an equipment; a receiver which receives, from the equipment, an identification-information notification message including the identification information; and a controller which manages the equipment on the basis of the identification information. The identification information is invariable information uniquely determined in a wireless circuit. | 2015-09-17 |
20150261238 | SYSTEM FOR DETECTING USER BEHAVIOR WITHOUT USING EXTERNAL ELECTRIC POWER - The system, which detects a user behavior without using, an external electric power, transmits a signal according to the user behavior by an energy generated according to the user behavior. The system includes an energy conversion device and a signal transmitting device. The energy conversion device is disposed on an object. When the user uses the object, the energy conversion device converts the energy, which is directly or indirectly generated by the user behavior, into electrical energy. The signal transmitting device is electrically connected to the energy conversion device and transmits a notification signal by electrical energy generated from the energy conversion device. The energy includes the mechanical energy, the thermal energy and the electromagnetic energy. When the user uses the object, the energy is converted into electrical energy, which is then provided to the signal transmitting device for transmitting the notification signal. | 2015-09-17 |