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20100239282 | To-be-transferred object length measurement device and image forming apparatus and computer-readable storage medium - A disclosed to-be-transferred object length measurement device includes a first rotating body; a passage detection unit detecting a passage of the to-be-transferred object; a rotation amount measurement unit measuring a rotation amount of the first rotating body in a first measurement period; a second rotating body feeding the to-be-transferred object; a speed detection unit detecting a first feeding speed and a second feeding speed of the to-be-transferred object; and a calculation unit calculating a feeding distance of the to-be-transferred object per a predetermined rotation amount of the first rotating body based on the first feeding speed, and further calculating a length of the to-be-transferred object based on the rotation amount of the first rotating body in the first measurement period, the feeding distance, and the second feeding speed of the to-be-transferred object in the second measurement period. | 09-23-2010 |
20110064496 | CARRYING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CARRIED MEDIUM CARRYING METHOD, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER PROGRAM THEREOF - A disclosed carrying apparatus includes a first rotating unit carrying a sheet-like carried medium in a rotating direction, a second rotating unit carrying the carried medium in the rotating direction, a first driving unit rotating the first rotating unit, a second driving unit rotating the second rotating unit, a first rotational speed detecting unit, a second rotational speed detecting unit, a first rotational speed controlling unit, a second rotational speed controlling unit, and a torque information acquiring unit acquiring torque information acting on the first rotating unit, wherein the second rotational speed controlling unit controls the second rotational speed in response to a comparison result between the torque information acquired when the sheet-like carried medium is solely carried by the first rotating unit and the torque information acquired when the sheet-like carried medium is carried by the first rotating unit and the second rotating unit. | 03-17-2011 |
20130121715 | Intermediate Transfer Device, Image Forming Apparatus And Secondary Transfer Method - An intermediate transfer device including an intermediate transfer body having a primary transfer portion and a secondary transfer portion which bears a secondary image formed by transferring a primary image from an image bearing member; a pair of secondary transfer rollers having a secondary transfer roller and a support roller provided in contact with each other via the intermediate transfer body at the secondary transfer portion, which transfers the secondary image to a recording medium at the secondary transfer portion; a variation detection device that detects an amount of variance occurring to a transfer rotation body when the recording medium is transferred to the secondary transfer portion; and an adjustment device that adjusts the distance between the pair of the secondary transfer rollers according to the amount of variance detected by the variation detection device. | 05-16-2013 |
20130161900 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM CONVEYING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A recording medium conveyor includes a first conveyance part conveying a recording medium; a second conveyance part conveying the conveyed recording medium toward a transfer position; a detection part detecting the position of the recording medium conveyed by the second conveyance part; a position error detection part detecting a position error between the transfer position and a position at which there is to be the recording medium when an image reaches the transfer position; a position error storage part storing the detected position errors; a steady-state position error calculation part calculating a steady-state position error from the stored position errors; a first control part controlling the conveyance speed of the first conveyance part to reduce the steady-state position error; and a second control part controlling the conveyance speed of the second conveyance part to reduce the detected position error, with the steady-state position error being reduced. | 06-27-2013 |
20140306633 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND MOTOR CONTROL METHOD - A motor control device includes a measuring unit configured to output a measurement value corresponding to a rotation speed of a motor; and a control unit configured to control driving of the motor such that the measurement value makes closer to a target value. When the measurement value does not exceed a predetermined abnormality determination threshold, the control unit controls the driving of the motor based on a difference between the measurement value and the target value. The abnormality determination threshold is set in a positive direction or in a negative direction with reference to the target value. When the measurement value exceeds the abnormality determination threshold, the control unit controls the driving of the motor based on a difference between a corrected measurement value and the target value. The corrected measurement value is set in the same direction as the direction in which the abnormality determination threshold is set. | 10-16-2014 |
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20100222347 | PROPHYLACTIC AND/OR THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR ANEMIA, COMPRISING TETRAHYDROQUINOLINE COMPOUND AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT - Disclosed is a low-molecular-weight compound having an EPO production-promoting activity and/or a hemoglobin expression-enhancing activity. Specifically disclosed is an EPO production promoter and/or a hemoglobin expression enhancer comprising a 1-acyl-4-(phenoxy, benzyloxy or phenylamino)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline derivative, more specifically a tetrahydroquinoline compound represented by the general formula (1); | 09-02-2010 |
20110237590 | PYRIDINE-3-CARBOXYAMIDE DERIVATIVE - To provide a novel JAK3 inhibitor that is useful as a preventive and/or therapeutic agent for rejection and graft versus host disease (GvHD) in organ transplantation, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjögren syndrome, Behcet's disease, type I diabetes mellitus, autoimmune thyroiditis, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, asthma, allergic rhinitis, atopic dermatitis, contact dermatitis, urticaria, eczema, psoriasis, allergic conjunctivitis, uveitis, cancer, leukemia and the like. The pyridine-3-carboxyamide derivative represented by the general formula (1): | 09-29-2011 |
20120004197 | PROPHYLACTIC AND/OR THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR ANEMIA COMPRISING TETRAHYDROQUINOLINE COMPOUND AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT - Disclosed is a compound which has a low molecular weight and has an activity of enhancing the production of EPO and/or an activity of enhancing the production of hemoglobin. Specifically disclosed is and EPO production enhancer and/or a hemoglobin production enhancer comprising a 1-acyl-4-(substituted oxy, substituted amino, or substituted thio)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline derivative, more specifically a tetrahydroquinoline compound represented by general formula (1) [wherein R | 01-05-2012 |
20120108581 | FUSED PIPERIDINE COMPOUND AND PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINING SAME - The present invention provides a low molecular weight compound having EPO production-promoting action and/or hemoglobin production-promoting action. The present invention relates to a fused piperidine compound represented by the following general formula (1): | 05-03-2012 |
20130172345 | 1-ACYL-4-(PHENOXY, BENZYLOXY, OR PHENYLAMINO)-1,2,3,4-TETRAHYDROQUINOLINE DERIVATIVES - Disclosed is a low-molecular-weight compound having an EPO production-promoting activity and/or a hemoglobin expression-enhancing activity. Specifically disclosed is an EPO production promoter and/or a hemoglobin expression enhancer comprising a 1-acyl-4-(phenoxy, benzyloxy or phenylamino)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline derivative, more specifically a tetrahydroquinoline compound represented by the general formula (1); | 07-04-2013 |
20140249144 | PROPHYLACTIC AND/OR THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR ANEMIA COMPRISING TETRAHYDROQUINOLINE COMPOUND AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT - Disclosed is a compound which has a low molecular weight and has an activity of enhancing the production of EPO and/or an activity of enhancing the production of hemoglobin. Specifically disclosed is and EPO production enhancer and/or a hemoglobin production enhancer comprising a 1-acyl-4-(substituted oxy, substituted amino, or substituted thio)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline derivative, more specifically a tetrahydroquinoline compound represented by general formula (1) [wherein R | 09-04-2014 |
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20130191125 | TRANSCRIPTION SUPPORTING SYSTEM AND TRANSCRIPTION SUPPORTING METHOD - A transcription supporting system for the conversion of voice data to text data includes a first storage module, a playing module, a voice recognition module, an index generating module, a second storage module, a text forming module, and an estimation module. The first storage module stores the voice data. The playing module plays the voice data. The voice recognition module executes the voice recognition processing on the voice data. The index generating module generates a voice index that makes the plural text strings generated in the voice recognition processing correspond to voice position data. The second storage module stores the voice index. The text forming module forms text corresponding to input of a user correcting or editing the generated text strings. The estimation module estimates the formed voice position indicating the last position in the voice data where the user corrected/confirmed the voice recognition. | 07-25-2013 |
20140046735 | EVALUATION VALUE CALCULATION DEVICE, EVALUATION VALUE CALCULATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, an evaluation value calculation device includes a receiving unit, a first calculator, and a second calculator. The receiving unit is configured to receive, with respect to a task of a worker to input information, a task result indicating the information input by the worker. The first calculator is configured to calculate, in response to receiving the task result, first information including any of an average evaluation value indicating an average value per unit time of an evaluation value given to the worker as compensation for the task, average work time indicating an average value of time necessary to perform one task, and probability information indicating a probability of the task being performed correctly. The second calculator is configured to calculate, using the first information, the evaluation value for the task that is to be performed next by the worker. | 02-13-2014 |
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20120236368 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SERVER, AND METHOD OF IMAGE PROCESSING - According to one embodiment, the image processing apparatus includes a printing control unit, an image reading unit, an extracting unit, a difference image extracting unit, and a determination unit. The printing control unit controls printing of a plurality of pages on one sheet of paper according to a print setting information which indicates a printing form, and printing of a code indicating the print setting information on the paper. The image reading unit read the paper. The extracting unit extracts the code from the read image. The difference image extracting unit extracts a difference image between the printed image and the read image. | 09-20-2012 |
20140207454 | TEXT REPRODUCTION DEVICE, TEXT REPRODUCTION METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, a text reproduction device includes a setting unit, an acquiring unit, an estimating unit, and a modifying unit. The setting unit is configured to set a pause position delimiting text in response to input data that is input by the user during reproduction of speech data. The acquiring unit is configured to acquire a reproduction position of the speech data being reproduced when the pause position is set. The estimating unit is configured to estimate a more accurate position corresponding to the pause position by matching the text around the pause position with the speech data around the reproduction position. The modifying unit is configured to modify the reproduction position to the estimated more accurate position in the speech data, and set the pause position so that reproduction of the speech data can be started from the modified reproduction position when the pause position is designated by the user. | 07-24-2014 |
20140303974 | TEXT GENERATOR, TEXT GENERATING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, a text generator includes a recognizer, a selector, and a generation unit. The recognizer is configured to recognize an acquired sound and obtain recognized character strings in recognition units and confidence levels of the recognized character strings. The selector is configured to select at least one of the recognized character strings used for a transcribed sentence on the basis of at least one of a parameter about transcription accuracy and a parameter about a workload needed for transcription. The generation unit is configured to generate the transcribed sentence using the selected recognized character strings. | 10-09-2014 |
20140372117 | TRANSCRIPTION SUPPORT DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, a transcription support device includes a first voice acquisition unit, a second voice acquisition unit, a recognizer, a text acquisition unit, an information acquisition unit, a determination unit, and a controller. The first voice acquisition unit acquires a first voice to be transcribed. The second voice acquisition unit acquires a second voice uttered by a user. The recognizer recognizes the second voice to generate a first text. The text acquisition unit acquires a second text obtained by correcting the first text by the user. The information acquisition unit acquires reproduction information representing a reproduction section of the first voice. The determination unit determines a reproduction speed of the first voice on the basis of the first voice, the second voice, the second text, and the reproduction information. The controller reproduces the first voice at the determined reproduction speed. | 12-18-2014 |
20150025877 | CHARACTER INPUT DEVICE, CHARACTER INPUT METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, a character input device includes a first obtainer, a determiner, a first generator, and an outputter. The first obtainer receives an input of characters from a user and obtains an input character string. The determiner infers, from the input character string, word notations intended by the user and relations of connection between the word notations and to determine routes each of which represents the relation of connection having a high likelihood of serving as a notation candidate intended by the user. The first generator extracts, from a group of word notations included in the routes, the word notations to be output and generate layout information used in outputting the extracted word notations as the notation candidates. The outputter outputs the layout information. | 01-22-2015 |
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20130191125 | TRANSCRIPTION SUPPORTING SYSTEM AND TRANSCRIPTION SUPPORTING METHOD - A transcription supporting system for the conversion of voice data to text data includes a first storage module, a playing module, a voice recognition module, an index generating module, a second storage module, a text forming module, and an estimation module. The first storage module stores the voice data. The playing module plays the voice data. The voice recognition module executes the voice recognition processing on the voice data. The index generating module generates a voice index that makes the plural text strings generated in the voice recognition processing correspond to voice position data. The second storage module stores the voice index. The text forming module forms text corresponding to input of a user correcting or editing the generated text strings. The estimation module estimates the formed voice position indicating the last position in the voice data where the user corrected/confirmed the voice recognition. | 07-25-2013 |
20140046666 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - According to an embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a dividing unit, an assigning unit, and a generating unit. The dividing unit is configured to divide speech data into pieces of utterance data. The assigning unit is configured to assign speaker identification information to each piece of utterance data based on an acoustic feature of the each piece of utterance data. The generating unit is configured to generate a candidate list that indicates candidate speaker names so as to enable a user to determine a speaker name to be given to the piece of utterance data identified by instruction information, based on operation history information in which at least pieces of utterance identification information, pieces of the speaker identification information, and speaker names given by the user to the respective pieces of utterance data are associated with one another. | 02-13-2014 |
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20110228322 | MAP INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MAP INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - According to one embodiment, a map information processing apparatus includes a generation unit, a transmitter, a receiver, an extraction unit, a determination unit, and a registration unit. The generation unit is configured to generate a print image for printing a map designated by a user. The transmitter is configured to transmit to a print device the print image. The receiver is configured to receive an image transmitted from the print device. The extraction unit is configured to extract a differential image by extracting a difference between the image and the print image. The determination unit is configured to determine registration information which is a target of registration, based on the differential image and the map corresponding to the print image. The registration unit is configured to register the registration information in an information registration device. | 09-22-2011 |
20110228351 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a scanner, a display, an accept unit, an edit unit, and a storage. The scanner is configured to scan a plurality of originals and read images thereof. The display is configured to display a preview image each time an image of one original is read by the scanner. The accept unit is configured to accept an edit process designated by an operator with respect to the preview image displayed by the display. The edit unit is configured to execute the edit process, which is accepted by the accept unit, on the image read by the scanner. The storage is configured to store the image edited by the edit unit. | 09-22-2011 |
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20100059617 | RECORDING TAPE CARTRIDGE AND ROTATION LOCKING STRUCTURE - A recording tape cartridge includes a reel, a case where the reel is accommodated, an engagement gear that is provided in the reel, and a brake gear which is provided in the case side brake member and in which a mesh state with the engagement gear or a mesh release state with the engagement gear is switched by relative displacement of an axis line direction of the brake member with respect to the reel. In a piece taper tooth of the engagement gear, a mesh surface that is oriented in a winding rotation direction is approximately parallel to a reel axis line direction and an opposite mesh surface is inclined with respect to the reel axis line. A piece taper tooth of the brake gear is a taper tooth that is opposite to the piece taper tooth of the engagement gear. | 03-11-2010 |
20150043104 | TAPE CLEANING DEVICE AND DRIVE DEVICE - A tape cleaning device includes a blade that, while touching a recording tape that is running, scrapes foreign bodies from the recording tape; a roller that touches the recording tape and rotates along with the running of the recording tape, the foreign bodies scraped off by the blade being transferred to the roller; and a removal mechanism that removes the foreign bodies that have been transferred to the roller from the roller. | 02-12-2015 |
20150043105 | HEAD CLEANING DEVICE AND DRIVE DEVICE - A head cleaning device includes: a wiper member formed in an elongate shape and having a wiper anchoring portion anchored so as not to move in a tape width direction; and a support member that includes a wiper entrainment portion about which the wiper member is entrained so as to double back, that causes the wiper entrainment portion to move in the tape width direction so that a surface of the wiper member at an opposite side of the wiper entrainment portion from the wiper anchoring portion wipes a head that performs at least one of writing information to, or reading information from, a recording tape. | 02-12-2015 |
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20090016759 | Image forming apparatus and method of controlling heating of fixing unit therein - When a user has performed an operation with respect to an image forming apparatus, a control mechanism communicates informs the fact that a user has performed an operation with respect to an image forming apparatus to an engine control unit through a dedicated communication line, i.e., without waiting for a general-purpose communication line to open for communication. Upon receiving the user operation signal, the engine control unit heats a fixing unit. | 01-15-2009 |
20110031807 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - There is provided an image forming apparatus includes: a first electric-power supply path, through which electric power is supplied from a commercial electric power supply to the apparatus when the first electric-power supply path is in closed state; a second electric-power supply path, through which electric power is supplied from the commercial electric power supply to the apparatus when, at least, a detecting unit has detected that the first electric-power supply path is in the open state; and a plurality of drive-voltage generating units, each of which converts a voltage fed from the electric power supply through any one of the first electric-power supply path and the second electric-power supply path into a predetermined drive voltage; a plurality of systems, to each of which the drive voltage converted by a corresponding one drive-voltage generating unit of the drive-voltage generating units is fed. | 02-10-2011 |
20120062929 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image forming apparatus is provided with a processing unit that performs a predetermined process, a power-supply shutting unit that shuts off power supply to the processing unit when a predetermined door is opened, a voltage detecting unit that detects a decrease in voltage at a point located posterior to the power-supply shutting unit, and a communication control unit that does not initiate communication with the processing unit if the decrease in voltage is detected by the voltage detecting unit before a start of the communication with the processing unit, and judges the just-ended communication as abnormal if the decrease in voltage is detected by the voltage detecting unit after the end of the communication with the processing unit. | 03-15-2012 |
20120213543 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming apparatus includes a developing unit configured to supply a toner onto a surface of an image carrier to form a toner image carried from a toner container; a transfer unit configured to transfer the toner image onto a transfer medium; a cleaning unit configured to collect a non-transferred toner that is not transferred onto the transfer medium during the transfer by the transfer unit; a recycle unit configured to carry the non-transferred toner to the developing unit; a non-transferred-toner-amount detecting unit configured to detects an amount of the non-transferred toner; a total-toner-amount calculating unit configured to calculates an amount of the toner carried from the toner container; a consumed-toner-amount calculating unit configured to calculate, based on the amounts, a consumed toner amount; and an environmental-load-information calculating unit configured to calculate, based on the consumed toner amount, environmental load information. | 08-23-2012 |