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20100278422 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE EXTENDING APPARATUS, IMAGE COMPRESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE TRANSMITTING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Even when an enlarged image is deteriorated due to a block noise or color mixture, the contour in the enlarged image is sharpened and a quality of the image is improved. A contour extracting unit | 11-04-2010 |
20120141042 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR IMAGE PROCESSING - A geometric transformation parameter computing unit computes a geometric transformation parameter which represents the geometric transformation of an image from the previous frame to the current frame, and calculates the level of reliability in that geometric transformation parameter. A super-resolution image prediction unit generates a prediction of a super-resolution image in the current frame by transforming a super-resolution image in the previous frame on the basis of the geometric transformation parameter. A super-resolution image generation unit calculates a low-resolution image in the current frame from the prediction result of the super-resolution image in the current frame by a simulation, calculates a difference between a low-resolution image, which is an input image for the current frame, and the simulation result, and calculates a weighted mean between a result of upsampling the difference and the prediction result of the super-resolution image in the current frame. Herein, the weighted mean is calculated on the basis of the level of reliability in the geometric transformation parameter. | 06-07-2012 |
20120170861 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - In an image processing apparatus, a conditional probability calculating element calculates the probability of existence of an attribute as to each region in an input degraded image, for each attribute. Optimization function determining element uses a conditional probability calculated by the conditional probability calculating element with regard to each region in the degraded image for each attribute, a-priori knowledge defined as a conditional probability of appearance of an attribute in a region of a candidate of a restored image when there is the attribute in the region, and the input degraded image to determine an optimization function using the candidate of the restored image as a variable and yielding a smaller value as the candidate of the restored image is closer to a true restored image. Restored image determining element adopts the candidate of the restored image with which the optimization function yields a minimum value as the restored image. | 07-05-2012 |
20120189206 | IMAGE DYNAMIC RANGE COMPRESSION SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image dynamic range compression system which can compress a dynamic range for which the visibility of a low-frequency image is ensured while preserving a high-frequency image. An image converting unit converts an input image into a compressed image having a narrower dynamic range than the input image. A high-frequency image extracting unit extracts a high-frequency image from the input image. An image synthesizing unit synthesizes a compressed image and the high-frequency image. Further, by adaptively changing synthesizing method of ensuring the visibility of images to synthesize, the image synthesizing unit synthesizes these images. | 07-26-2012 |
20130223756 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing system which can remove jaggies not only from binary images but also from gray scale images, color images and images upscaled by an unknown scaler. When the center pixel of the local area clipped from a processing target image is decided to be the jaggy removal target pixel, a base filter computing means | 08-29-2013 |
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20090015684 | Information Recording System, Information Recording Device, Information Recording Method, and Information Collecting Program - An accident judgment device ( | 01-15-2009 |
20090169133 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - [PROBLEMS] In a system for converting a low resolution image to a high resolution image, it is difficult to carry out processing to generate a high resolution image for each frame in real time using temporally continuous frame images. | 07-02-2009 |
20110001884 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - Provided is an image processing system that can uniquely identify a motion vector for each pixel of an interpolation frame and accurately identify a motion vector. A motion vector candidate selection unit ( | 01-06-2011 |
20130195373 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - Error-function determining means makes use of a blur function serving as a function representing the degree of blurring of a blurred input image and a geometrical-deformation matrix serving as a matrix for restricting an operation to lay out a 2-dimensional code shown by the input image on cells each serving as a configuration unit of the 2-dimensional code in order to determine an error function serving as a function satisfying a relation that, the smaller the error between the input image and an image obtained by adding geometrical deformations and blurs to a recovered image obtained from a recovering process, the more the approach to a result determined in advance. Pixel-value restricting means determines pixel-value restriction information prescribing a restriction condition for a restriction imposed on a predetermined pixel value obtained from discretization of pixel values of the 2-dimensional code to be recovered. Objective-function determining means makes use of the error function and the pixel-value restriction information as a basis for determining an objective function serving as a function satisfying a relation that, the closer the recovered image to the true image, the more the approach to a result determined in advance. Objective-function optimizing means determines a recovered image optimizing the objective function. | 08-01-2013 |
20140321738 | DICTIONARY CREATION DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, DICTIONARY CREATION METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A dictionary creation device including a blurred image generation unit which outputs a blurred image generated by performing a blurring process to a learning image together with a blur parameter indicating a blurring state of the blurred image, a patch pair generation unit which generates a restoration patch and a blurred patch as a patch pair that is composed of the patches located at the corresponding positions of the learning image and the blurred image, and a registration unit which associates the patch pair with a blur parameter corresponding to the blurred patch in the patch pair and registers them in a dictionary. | 10-30-2014 |
20140327820 | MOTION VECTOR ESTIMATION DEVICE, MOTION VECTOR ESTIMATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR ESTIMATING MOTION VECTOR - Provided is a motion vector estimation device capable of estimating the motion vector with less computation. A motion vector estimation device for estimating, by means of repetitive calculations, the motion vector of each of a plurality of pixel groups which is contained in an input image and which each contains one or more pixels, the motion vector estimation device being provided with a means for making repetitive calculations with regard to the pixel groups that do not have a high frequency component from among the plurality of pixel groups contained in the input image after making repetitive calculations with regard to the pixel groups that have a high frequency component from among the plurality of pixel groups contained in the input image. | 11-06-2014 |
20140334720 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - The present invention generates a highly-accurate restored image while reducing computation costs by obtaining a similar effect to when the adjacent similarity of restoration patches is taken into consideration. | 11-13-2014 |
20140340529 | Automatic Projection Image Correction System, Automatic Projection Image Correction Method, and Non-Transitory Storage Medium - An automatic projection image correction system ( | 11-20-2014 |
20140355900 | DEGRADATION RESTORATION SYSTEM, DEGRADATION RESTORATION METHOD AND PROGRAM - For each pixel of an input image, a direction toward which variation in pixel value between the relevant pixel and its peripheral pixels is largest and an amount of the variation in pixel value are computed, where a direction unit vector that indicates the direction toward which the variation is largest and a variation vector that represents the amount of the largest variation in the pixel value are computed. For each pixel, a regularization strength is computed utilizing the direction unit vector, the variation vector, and a regularization strength computing formula so that the larger the amount of the variation in pixel value toward a direction indicated by the direction unit vector, the less the regularization strength. An optimization function is determined based on the input image and the regularization strength for each pixel thereof and assigns a value for each pixel, by which the determined optimization function has the minimum value, to the corresponding pixel of a restored image to be generated. | 12-04-2014 |
20150117762 | Image Processing System and Image Processing Method - Provided is an image processing device that can bring about the sufficient resemblance between an original image and a restored image obtained corresponding to a low resolution input image. The image processing device includes a means that uses a dictionary for storing data associating deteriorated patches which are from a deteriorated image formed by deteriorating a prescribed image, and restoration patches which are from the prescribed image, and calculates, as a degree-of-similarity between plural input patches generated by dividing an input image and the deteriorated patches, a weighted degree-of-similarity between weighted deteriorated patches and weighted input patches, in which forms of the deteriorated patches and the input patches are reconfigured using a patch weight which is continuous weighting; a means that selects, on the basis of the weighted degree-of-similarity, a restoration patch for each input patch; and a means that combines the restoration patches to generate a restored image. | 04-30-2015 |
20150302273 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND MEDIUM - An image processing device according to the present invention includes: a patch generation unit which generates an input patch used for comparison on the basis of an input image; a modification parameter estimation unit which estimates a parameter used in blurred modification on the basis of the input image; a blurred image generation unit which generates a blurred image on the basis of a learning image by using the parameter; a patch pair generation unit which generates a patch pair used to compose a restoration image on the basis of the blurred image and the learning image; a selection unit which selects a patch pair used to compose the restoration image on the basis of the input patch; and a composition unit which composes the restoration image on the basis of the patch pair selected by the selection unit. | 10-22-2015 |
20150302566 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - The present invention provides an image processing device whereby the probability of outputting a restored image which accurately corresponds to an original image which is included in a low-quality input image is improved. This image processing device comprises: an image group generating means for generating, from the input image, using a dictionary which stores a plurality of patch pairs wherein a degradation patch which is a patch of a degraded image wherein a prescribed image is degraded is associated with a restoration patch which is a patch of this prescribed image, a plurality of restored image candidates including a plurality of different instances of content which have a possibility of being the original content of the input image; and an image selection presentation means for clustering the generated plurality of restored image candidates, and selecting and outputting an image candidate on the basis of the result of this clustering. | 10-22-2015 |
20150317767 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND MEDIUM - An image processing device according to the present invention includes: a weight calculation unit that determines an area where a feature value of an input image is saved, based on a gradient of a feature value of a pixel of the input image and a direction of the gradient, and calculates a weight for reducing a regularization constraint that is a constraint based on regularization of image processing in the area where the feature value is saved; a regularization term calculation unit that calculates a regularization constraint of a high resolution image restored based on the input image by using the weight; a reconstruction constraint calculation unit that calculates a reconstruction constraint that is a constraint based on reconstruction of the high resolution image; and an image restoring unit that restores the high resolution image from the input image based on the regularization constraint and the reconstruction constraint. | 11-05-2015 |
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20120029942 | User-Specific Data Provision System, User-Specific Data Provision Method, Server Device, and Handheld Device - A user-specific data provision system includes: a handheld device transmitting user-specific information held specifically by a user and user's biometric information acquired by measuring biometric information of the user; the server device receiving the user-specific information and the user's biometric information; and a medical facility terminal receiving information transmitted from the server device, a server device including an access point information determining unit acquiring access point information representing an access point to which the handheld device belongs at present and determining whether the access point is changed or not, at least one of the handheld device and the server device, further including a biometric information prediction determining unit determining whether or not the user's biometric information satisfies a predetermined criterion, wherein the server device transmits the user-specific information to the medical facility terminal when determining that the access point is changed and/or when determining that the predetermined criterion is satisfied. | 02-02-2012 |
20120271557 | Information Processing Apparatus and User Terminal - Disclosed is an information processing apparatus capable of communicating with a user terminal which acquires a first index value for reflecting a state of a first biological component of a user and evaluating a metabolic result of the first biological component in a certain period of time on the basis of the first biological component and which provides the acquired first index value to the user, wherein calibration curve data is delivered to the user terminal in order to use the calibration curve data for acquiring the first index value. | 10-25-2012 |
20130068000 | Sensor and Method for Removing Interfering Substance - A technique is provided, wherein any influence, which would be otherwise exerted on a reaction of an objective substance caused by a reagent enzyme by an interfering substance contained in a specimen, is suppressed in relation to an electrochemical sensor for measuring the objective substance contained in the specimen. A sensor comprises a substrate; a detecting unit which is provided on the substrate and which detects an objective substance; a filter which covers the detecting unit, which permits permeation of the objective substance on one hand, and which regulates permeation of an interfering substance contained in a sample on the other hand; and removing unit which removes the interfering substance adhered to the filter. | 03-21-2013 |
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20080255426 | AUTOFLUORESCENCE ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM AND LIGHT-SOURCE UNIT - An autofluorescence endoscope system including first and second exciting light sources, an exciting-light cut-off filter, an imaging device, a light-source controller, and an imaging device driver, is provided. The first and second exciting light sources emit first and second exciting light, respectively. The wavelengths of the first and second exciting lights range in a first and second band, respectively. The first and second exciting lights make an organ autofluoresce. The wavelength in the second band is longer than that of the first band. The exciting-light cut-off filter attenuates a light component at least of the first or second band from an optical image. The imaging device captures an optical image of the subject passing the exciting-light cut-off filter. The light-source controller controls the first and second exciting light sources. | 10-16-2008 |
20090219384 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - An endoscope system comprises a light source, a light sensor, a signal processor, a video-signal generator, and a switcher. The light source emits red light including a first wavelength, green light including a second wavelength, and blue light including a third wavelength. The light sensor receives the light of the light source. The signal processor obtains a red signal based on the red light, a green signal based on the green light, and a blue signal based on the blue light. The video-signal generator generates video signal based on the red, green, and blue signals. The switcher switches between a first switching state and a second switching state. The red, green, and blue signals are output to the video-signal generator in the first switching state. The green and blue signals are output to the video-signal generator in the second switching state. | 09-03-2009 |
20100121143 | ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS AND SCANNING ENDOSCOPE PROCESSOR - An endoscope apparatus, comprising an imaging controller, a receiver, and an image generator, is provided. The imaging controller makes an optical image to be captured so that the amount of optical information to be captured per a certain area size for an enlarged observation area is greater than that for a normal observation area. The receiver receives the optical information as a pixel signal. The image generator generates a normal image signal corresponding to a normal image on the basis of the pixel signals captured within the normal observation area and a part of the pixel signals captured within the enlarged observation area. The image generator generates an enlarged image signal corresponding to an enlarged image on the basis of the pixel signals captured within the enlarged observation area. | 05-13-2010 |
20100137684 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM WITH SCANNING FUNCTION - An endoscope system has an optical fiber configured to transmit illumination light emitted from a light source to the tip portion of a scope; a scanner configured to spirally scan a target area with illumination light by vibrating the tip portion of said optical fiber; and an image generator configured to generate image data from image-pixel signals obtained from the light reflected from the target area. Then, the scanner scans the illumination light in a circular motion midway through a spiral scanning procedure. | 06-03-2010 |
20100157036 | SCANNING ENDOSCOPE PROCESSOR AND SCANNING ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS - A scanning endoscope processor, comprising a photoelectric converter and a controller, is provided. The scanning endoscope processor controls a scanning endoscope having first and second transmitters and an actuator. The photoelectric converter receives light transmitted from the second transmitter and generates a pixel signal according to the amount of light received. The second transmitter transmits reflected light and/or fluorescence from a point within an observation area illuminated by the light emitted from a first emission end. The first transmitter emits the light as a beam from the first emission end. The actuator moves the first emission end along a spiral course. The controller adjusts at least one of a first angular velocity and a generation cycle so that the product of the first angular velocity, the generation cycle, and a first distance is within a predetermined range. | 06-24-2010 |
20100157037 | ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM WITH SCANNING FUNCTION - An endoscope system has an optical fiber configured to transmit illumination light emitted from a light source to the tip portion of a scope; a scanner configured to spirally scan a target area with the illumination light by vibrating the tip portion of the optical fiber; and an image generator configured to generate an observation image from image-pixel signals that are obtained from light reflected off of the target area. The endoscope system further has a resolution adjuster that adjusts a resolution of the observation image in accordance to a photographic state by controlling at least one of either a movement (drive) of the fiber tip portion or a sampling of the image-pixel signals. | 06-24-2010 |
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20080252698 | INK JET RECORDING HEAD - An ink jet recording head includes a element substrate; a plurality of ejection outlets, provided on the element substrate, for ejecting ink in a direction perpendicular to the element substrate; and a nozzle formation member having a plurality of ink flow paths which are in fluid communication with the ejection outlets, respectively; wherein the ink flow paths are arranged at a density higher than 1200 dpi in an arranging direction of the ejection outlets; wherein widths of flow passage walls forming the ink flow paths are smaller than heights of the ink flow paths and are smaller than widths of the ink flow paths. | 10-16-2008 |
20080259115 | LIQUID-EJECTING RECORDING HEAD AND LIQUID-EJECTING RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording head includes a plurality of nozzle arrays separately provided so as to correspond to kinds of recording liquids to be discharged, a plurality of common liquid chambers from which the recording liquids are supplied to the nozzle arrays, a plurality of recording-liquid introducing passages communicating with the common liquid chambers, and a plurality of filters provided in the recording-liquid introducing passages. Upstream aperture areas of the filters are equal to each other, and downstream aperture areas of the filters are different according to the kinds of recording liquids passing through the filters. | 10-23-2008 |
20100045744 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording apparatus for performing recording by reciprocally moving a liquid discharge head includes the liquid discharge head, which includes a case, a connection terminal group including a plurality of connection terminals capable of electrically connecting to the recording apparatus and which is provided on one face of the case, a liquid discharge substrate for discharging a liquid from a discharge port according to a signal transmitted from the recording apparatus via the connection terminals, and a supporting substrate supporting the liquid discharge substrate, which is provided on another one face of the case. The recording apparatus includes a standby area provided on the one end of the recording apparatus where the liquid discharge head is on stand-by when recording is not performed, and a carriage including a connection terminal which can electrically connect to the liquid discharge head, is mounted with the liquid discharge head, and reciprocally moves between the standby area and another end of the recording apparatus. | 02-25-2010 |
20110114207 | LIQUID SUPPLY MEMBER, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - A method is provided for manufacturing a liquid supply member including a transmissive member and a transmissive member, one of which having a groove, and configured to supply liquid to a liquid ejection port. The method includes bringing the transmissive member and the absorptive member into contact, with the groove inside; forming a supply passage by radiating laser light, via the transmissive member, from a plurality of first laser light sources disposed along a longitudinal direction of the groove toward a first contact portion at a periphery of the groove to weld the transmissive member and the absorptive member; and radiating laser light, via the transmissive member, from a second laser light source provided in a vicinity of a laser light source at an end of the groove in the longitudinal direction toward a vicinity portion of the absorptive member. | 05-19-2011 |
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20080243494 | DIALOG DETECTING APPARATUS, DIALOG DETECTING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A speech receiving unit receives a user ID, a speech obtained at a terminal, and an utterance duration, from the terminal. A proximity determining unit calculates a correlation value expressing a correlation between speeches received from plural terminals, compares the correlation value with a first threshold value, and determines that the plural terminals that receive the speeches whose correlation value is calculated are close to each other, when the correlation value is larger than the first threshold value. A dialog detecting unit determines whether a relationship between the utterance durations received from the plural terminals that are determined to be close to each other within an arbitrarily target period during which a dialog is to be detected fits a rule. When the relationship is determined to fit the rule, the dialog detecting unit detects dialog information containing the target period and the user ID. | 10-02-2008 |
20080244056 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT FOR MANAGING COMMUNICATION SITUATION - An action acquiring unit acquires action information corresponding to operation information from a first storage unit for a first user, and stores acquired action information in a third storage unit. A receiving unit receives, via a network, action information of a second user from an external device. A situation acquiring unit acquires, from a second storage, a communication situation corresponding to received action information. A writing unit writes the action information of the first user indicated by the communication situation to the third storage unit, additionally. | 10-02-2008 |
20100179757 | POSITIONING DEVICE AND POSITION MEASUREMENT INTERVAL CONTROL METHOD - A portable terminal includes a body movement sensor configured to detect a movement of a user; a normal moving pattern storage unit configured to store, in advance, a normal moving pattern; a moving state determination unit configured to determine the moving state from the movement; a normal moving certainty calculation unit configured to calculate a normal moving certainty indicating a degree of coincidence between the normal moving pattern and the moving state determined at time of detecting the movement; a position measurement interval controller configured to calculate a position measurement interval depending on the normal moving certainty; and a positioning unit configured to measure a current position of the portable terminal at the position measurement interval. | 07-15-2010 |
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20110231357 | INTER-FACILITY MOVEMENT ESTIMATION APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM - In general, embodiments provide an inter-facility movement estimation apparatus including: a movement map which stores location information about facilities and movement times therebetween; a positioning unit which obtains user's location information when starting a movement; a movement candidate list which stores given movement path candidates; a movement situation estimating unit which estimates a user's movement situation; a movement path estimating unit which selects, whenever the movement situation is changed, estimated movement path candidates from the given movement path candidates based on the nearest facility and the user's movement situation; and an adjusting unit which changes the likelihoods of the estimated movement path candidates, wherein one of the estimated movement path candidates having a highest likelihood thereamong is specified as an actual movement path of the user. | 09-22-2011 |
20110246122 | MOTION DETERMINATION APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - In one embodiment, a motion determination apparatus includes: a basic motion determination module determining a basic motion of a user, based on a sensor signal for detecting a motion of the user; a basic motion recording module recording the basic motion in a temporal sequence; a motion scene determination table configured to store the basic motion and a condition under which the basic motion occurs, for each motion scene; a motion scene determination module determining that the basic motion recorded in the temporal sequence corresponds to a certain motion scene, based on the motion scene determination table; a detailed label determination table storing a detailed label indicating a detailed motion in the motion scene, for each motion scene; and a detailed label determination module determining that the basic motion included in the motion scene corresponds to a certain detailed label, based on the detailed label determination table. | 10-06-2011 |
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20110310034 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a detecting unit that detects an operation to first and second touch panels respectively provided above first and second display; a determining unit that determines, when the detecting unit detects a selection operation for selecting a region of a screen on the first display using the first touch panel, kind of an object in a selected region; a generating unit that generates an application list including application candidates to be started to open the object according to the kind; a display controller that displays, when the detecting unit detects a transmission operation for transmitting the selected region to the second display using the first touch panel, the application list on the second display; and an application controller that starts, when the detecting unit detects a selection operation for selecting any one of the applications, a selected application. | 12-22-2011 |
20140067262 | POSITION DETECTION DEVICE, POSITION DETECTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, a position detection device includes a position estimation unit and a position correction unit. The position estimation unit is configured to estimate a position of a moving object based on an absolute position of the moving object and a position change of the moving object obtained from autonomous navigation. The position correction unit is configured to correct, based on presence probability information which is information on each of a plurality of regions and indicates a higher probability as a presence frequency of the moving object is higher, the estimated position of the moving object so that the moving object is present at a position with a high probability. | 03-06-2014 |
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20140193178 | TONER CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE TONER CONTAINER - A movable member installed in a bottom portion of a housing is configured such that, if the amount of a toner existing within the housing is equal to or larger than a predetermined amount, the movable member lies down in a lying-down position where the movable member extends along an inner wall surface of the bottom portion of the housing and, if the amount of the toner existing within the housing is less than the predetermined amount, the movable member moves from the lying-down position to a protruding position where at least a portion of the movable member protrudes from the inner wall surface of the bottom portion of the housing. A stirring sheet is configured such that, if the stirring sheet moves in a state that an engaging portion engages with the movable member, the base end portion of the stirring sheet is detached from the shaft. | 07-10-2014 |
20140294428 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a dustproof shutter, a lock lever, a shutter lever and an elastic member. The dustproof shutter is openably/closably supported in a case so as to protect an exposure device. The lock lever is configured to lock a cover openably/closably provided in the case, and to be movable in an opening direction of the cover. The shutter lever is provided at a position coming into contact with the lock lever and the dustproof shutter when the cover is closed. The elastic member biases the shutter lever toward the lock lever. The shutter lever moves between a first position to open the dustproof shutter when the cover is locked and a second position to move the lock lever in the opening direction of the cover by a biasing force of the elastic member and closing the dustproof shutter when the cover is unlocked. | 10-02-2014 |
20150147095 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a toner case, an apparatus main body and a cover. The toner case includes a case main body, a shutter and a manipulation portion. The case main body has a discharge port configured to discharge a toner. The shutter opens/closes the discharge port. The manipulation portion is movable between a first position to make the shutter open the discharge port and a second position to make the shutter close the discharge port. To the apparatus main body, the toner case is detachably attached. The cover is openably/closably attached to the apparatus main body. The cover includes an interfering member. The interfering member is movable between an interfering position where the interfering member interferes with the manipulation portion being in the second position and an interference release position where the interfering member does not interfere with the manipulation portion being in the second position. | 05-28-2015 |
20150231906 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a cover and a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism restricts a turning of the cover from a closed position. The locking mechanism has a first locking member, a second locking member and a lever member. The first locking member and the second locking member are movable between a lock position where they engage with the apparatus main body and an unlock position where they disengage with the apparatus main body. The lever member moves the first locking member and the second locking member between the lock position and the unlock position. An engagement quantity of the first locking member with the apparatus main body is larger than that of the second locking member at the lock position. The first locking member is formed with an engaging piece which is turnable by turning of the cover in an opening direction at the unlock position. | 08-20-2015 |
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20120115786 | AGENT FOR REDUCING RISK IN ONSET OF DISEASE ASCRIBABLE TO NON-DIPPER CIRCADIAN RHYTHM OF BLOOD PRESSURE - An agent for reducing risk in onset of diseases ascribable to non-dipping circadian profile of blood pressure is provided. This agent is capable of effectively lowering SBP from night to early morning in individuals with non-dipping circadian profile of blood pressure, in particular, normal individuals with normal SBP and DBP among them, and is thus capable of reducing risk in onset, particularly likely in the morning, of diseases caused by circadian variation of blood pressure. The agent is intended for administration to such subjects, and contains a hydrolysate or a concentrate thereof, containing Val-Pro-Pro and Ile-Pro-Pro and obtained by hydrolysis of animal milk protein. Reduction of risk may be expected in onset, particularly likely in the morning, of various diseases caused by risk of circadian variation of blood pressure, such as cerebral infarction, myocardial infarction,myocardialischemia, atherosclerosis, cardiac failure, cerebral stroke, coronary artery diseases, and peripheral vascular diseases. | 05-10-2012 |
20130210732 | AGENT FOR REDUCING RISK IN ONSET OF DISEASE ASCRIBABLE TO NON-DIPPER CIRCADIAN RHYTHM OF BLOOD PRESSURE - An agent for reducing risk in onset of diseases ascribable to non-dipping circadian profile of blood pressure is provided. This agent is capable of effectively lowering SBP from night to early morning in individuals with non-dipping circadian profile of blood pressure, in particular, normal individuals with normal SBP and DBP among them, and is thus capable of reducing risk in onset, particularly likely in the morning, of diseases caused by circadian variation of blood pressure. The agent is intended for administration to such subjects, and contains a hydrolysate or a concentrate thereof, containing Val-Pro-Pro and Ile-Pro-Pro and obtained by hydrolysis of animal milk protein. | 08-15-2013 |