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20110085248 | Variable focal length lens system and image pickup device - Disclosed herein is a variable focal length lens system including a first lens group, a second lens group, a third lens group, a fourth lens group, and a fifth lens group. The first to the fifth lens groups are arranged in order from an object side. The variable focal length lens system satisfies following conditional expressions (1) to (3): | 04-14-2011 |
20120044369 | IMAGING APPARATUS, ABERRATION CORRECTING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An imaging apparatus includes: a shift lens driven to be shifted; a uniform aberration correction data storing unit storing uniform aberration correction data for correcting uniform aberration; a shift amount calculating unit calculating an amount of aberration correction shift of the shift lens for correcting uniform aberration using the uniform aberration correction data; a shift lens driving unit driving the shift lens to be shifted according to an amount of driving shift based on the amount of aberration correction shift; a concentric aberration correction amount calculating unit calculating an amount of concentric aberration correction for correcting concentric aberration with respect to a process target pixel of an input image signal; and a pixel value correcting unit correcting a pixel value of the process target pixel on the basis of the calculated amount of concentric aberration correction. | 02-23-2012 |
20120081583 | ABERRATION CORRECTION APPARATUS, ABERRATION CORRECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An aberration correction apparatus includes: a correction data holding section that holds correction data on a correction level used to correct chromatic aberration of magnification; a center position discrepancy data holding section that holds center position discrepancy data on the discrepancy between the center of an image area and the position of an aberration center of the chromatic aberration of magnification; an aberration center calculating section that selects one of the center position discrepancy data that corresponds to a combination of the discrepancy variation conditions in an imaging apparatus and calculates the position of the aberration center based on the selected center position discrepancy data; an image height calculating section; a magnification chromatic aberration correction level calculating section; and a pixel value correcting section. | 04-05-2012 |
20120206819 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A zoom lens includes a first lens group having a positive refracting power, a second lens group having a negative refracting power, a third lens group having a positive refracting power, and a fourth lens group having a positive refracting power. When the zoom lens is zoomed from a wide-angle end state to a telephoto end state, the first lens group is moved toward the object side so that a distance between the first and second lens groups increases and the third lens group is moved toward the object side so that a distance between the second and third lens groups decreases. The second lens group includes three lenses: negative, positive, and negative lenses in order from the object side to the image side. The third lens group includes three lenses: positive, negative, and positive lenses in order from the object side to the image side. | 08-16-2012 |
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20090119388 | CONTENT RELAYING DEVICE AND CONTENT RELAYING METHOD - A content relay apparatus and content relay method are provided as an apparatus and method capable of effectively reducing an access time to a content server even in a case where a content is provided to a lot of terminals as receivers. | 05-07-2009 |
20090259697 | DATABASE SYNCHRONIZATION SYSTEM AND DATABASE SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD - A mobile communication network server judges the degree of importance of an information element targeted for synchronization, and transmits a synchronization start notification to a mobile terminal corresponding to the judgment result, and database synchronization is performed between the mobile communication network server and mobile terminal after the synchronization start notification. Alternately, the mobile communication network server determines timing of update of the information element, and transmits a synchronization start notification to the mobile terminal corresponding to the determination, and database synchronization is performed between the mobile communication network server and mobile terminal after the synchronization start notification. Then, the mobile terminal receiving the synchronization start notification performs various kinds of representation corresponding to information about the information element included in the synchronization start notification. | 10-15-2009 |
20110249189 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes: a first layer summary data generation section; a second layer summary data generation section; a first search section; and a second search section. | 10-13-2011 |
20110252035 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes: a database configured to, out of images extracted with a first frequency from the images making up a moving image content, register first layer summary data of a first size; a distance calculation block configured to calculate the distance between the first layer summary data based on the distance between vectors of which the elements are formed by the first layer summary data registered in the database; and a classification section configured to cluster into the same class the first layer summary data between which the distance calculated by the distance calculation block falls within a predetermined distance, the classification section further clustering moving image contents into a plurality of classes based on the classes into which the first layer summary data have been clustered. | 10-13-2011 |
20140056402 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - There is provided an image processing apparatus including a processing unit configured to processes projection data in which X-ray detection data representing a detection result of parallel beam X-rays output from an X-ray source has been converted by projection, and form an X-ray image based on the X-ray detection data. | 02-27-2014 |
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20110069157 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - Embodiments of the invention provide an image display device comprising a rotating section having a plurality of light emitting elements. The rotating section rotates about a center and presents an image. A sensor detects an object, and a display controller controls presentation of the image based at least in part on detection of an object by the sensor. | 03-24-2011 |
20110234772 | STEREOSCOPIC PICTURE DISPLAY, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND STEREOSCOPIC PICTURE DISPLAY METHOD - A stereoscopic picture is viewable from all directions with high reproducibility without complicating a stereoscopic display mechanism, compared to related art. A cylindrical rotation section | 09-29-2011 |
20110292183 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY TANGIBLE MEDIUM HAVING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND IMAGE-PICKUP DEVICE - An image processing device includes: a parallax control processing section performing an image processing for modifying a parallax magnitude, on each of a plurality of parallax images obtained through shooting from a plurality of respective view point directions different from one another, with use of shooting information related to a shooting condition for each of the parallax images. | 12-01-2011 |
20120007108 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A light emitting device includes: a light emitting chip arranged on a substrate; a resin lens which covers the light emitting chip and focuses irradiation light from the light emitting chip; a mask which covers a region of an upper layer surface of the substrate, other than the resin lens; and a low surface tension film formed on a region of the upper layer surface of the substrate, other than in the proximity of the light emitting chip. | 01-12-2012 |
20120008204 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes: a cylindrical casing which is rotatably driven; and a plurality of curve-arranged displays which are installed inside the casing and have the same number as a plurality of slits formed in the casing, wherein the curve-arranged displays include a light housing which is an approximately semi-cylindrical column having a hollow structure, and a plurality of display device substrates installed on an arc-shaped side surface of the approximately semi-cylindrical column of the light housing. | 01-12-2012 |
20120008262 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes: a cylindrical casing which is rotatably driven; and a plurality of curve-arranged displays which are installed inside the casing and have the same number as a plurality of slits formed in the casing, wherein each curve-arranged display has an L-shaped or inverted L-shaped cross-section, and short sides of a plurality of display device substrates in which a display device is installed on the short side of the L shape or the inverted L shape are arranged in the form of an arc. | 01-12-2012 |
20120008317 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes: a plurality of displays in which a plurality of light emitting devices which emit irradiation light of one of an R component, a G component, and a B component are arrayed, wherein with reference to arbitrary 3×3 light emitting devices among the arrayed light emitting devices, the color components of the light emitting devices arrayed in the longitudinal direction are different from each other and the color components of the light emitting devices arrayed in the transverse direction are the same. | 01-12-2012 |
20120008328 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A light emitting device includes: a light emitting chip arranged on a substrate; and a resin lens formed to cover the light emitting chip, wherein the center of the light emitting chip and the center of the resin lens are offset so that the centers do not match each other. | 01-12-2012 |
20130010357 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a display device including a housing whose side surface has one or more slits, and a display that is mounted in the housing and has a substantially arc shape, wherein an image displayed on the display is visually recognized beyond the slit when the housing rotates, and a curvature of the display having the substantially arc shape is formed so that stray light resulting from a specular reflection does not occur. | 01-10-2013 |
20130215505 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes: a cylindrical casing which is rotatably driven; and a plurality of curve-arranged displays which are installed inside the casing and have the same number as a plurality of slits formed in the casing, wherein the curve-arranged displays include a light housing which is an approximately semi-cylindrical column having a hollow structure, and a plurality of display device substrates installed on an arc-shaped side surface of the approximately semi-cylindrical column of the light housing. | 08-22-2013 |
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20090169264 | DEVELOPING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF DEVELOPING LATENT IMAGE - A developing device includes a first screw that supplies a developer to a developing roller while agitating/conveying the developer in a first direction, and a screw that collects residual developer from the developing roller, agitates/conveys the residual developer in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and delivers the residual developer to the first screw. Between two points that a magnetic flux density in a normal direction of a magnetic field formed in a developer separating magnetic pole in the developing roller become substantially zero, a point at a downstream side in a rotating direction of the developing roller is formed at an upstream side to a developing roller rotating direction, than a line joining the center of the developing roller and the center of the second screw. | 07-02-2009 |
20110158677 | CLEANING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There is provided a cleaning apparatus, comprising: a normally-charged toner cleaning member that receives a voltage having a polarity reverse to a normal charging polarity of a toner and electrostatically removes a toner having the normal charging polarity on a cleaning target; a reversely-charged toner cleaning member that receives a voltage having the same polarity as the normal charging polarity of a toner and electrostatically removes a toner having a polarity reverse to the normal charging polarity on the cleaning target; and a pre-cleaning member that is disposed at an upstream side of the normally-charged toner cleaning member and the reversely-charged toner cleaning member in a surface moving direction of the cleaning target, receives a voltage having a polarity reverse to the normal charging polarity of the toner, and electrostatically removes a toner having the normal charging polarity on the cleaning target. | 06-30-2011 |
20110229187 | CLEANING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning device includes a normally charged toner cleaning unit, a reversely charged toner cleaning unit, and a pre-cleaning unit. The normally charged toner cleaning unit has a normally charged toner cleaning member, a normally charged toner recovery member, and a normally charged toner scraping member. The reversely charged toner cleaning unit has a reversely charged toner cleaning member, a reversely charged toner recovery member, and a reversely charged toner scraping member. The pre-cleaning unit has a pre-cleaning member, a pre-recovery member, and a pre-scraping member. | 09-22-2011 |
20110229234 | CLEANING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There is provided a pre-cleaning brush roller being a pre-cleaning member which is disposed on an upstream of a normally-charged-toner cleaning brush roller and an oppositely-charged-toner cleaning brush roller in a surface moving direction of an intermediate transfer belt, is applied with a voltage having a polarity opposite to a normal charge polarity of toner, and electrostatically removes the toner having the normal charge polarity. | 09-22-2011 |
20120008973 | CLEANING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A cleaning device disposed downstream from a transfer position in a direction of rotation of the image carrier to remove toner from the image carrier. The cleaning device includes a normally-charged toner cleaning member to electrostatically remove normally-charged toner from the image carrier, one of a polarity controller to control the toner on the image carrier to have a normal charging polarity and a reversely-charged toner cleaning member to electrostatically remove reversely-charged toner from the image carrier, a pre-cleaning member to electrostatically remove normally-charged toner from the image carrier, a pre-collection member to electrostatically collect the toner from the pre-cleaning member, and a control unit to reduce a voltage applied to the pre-cleaning member immediately after an untransferred toner image is removed from the image carrier by the pre-cleaning member below a voltage applied to the pre-cleaning member during removal of the untransferred toner image. | 01-12-2012 |
20120034006 | CLEANING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME, AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING SAME - A cleaning device including: multiple cleaning members arranged consecutively in a direction of movement of a cleaning target to remove adhered substances from the cleaning target; multiple casings to individually hold and at least partially enclose the multiple cleaning members, respectively, the casings and the cleaning members together constituting multiple sub-units; and a sub-unit holder to hold the multiple sub-units, from which the sub-units are individually removable. | 02-09-2012 |
20120087704 | CLEANING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A cleaning device including a normally charged toner cleaning member provided in contact with a cleaning target at a contact position to remove normally charged toner from the cleaning target, a reversely charged toner cleaning member provided in contact with the cleaning target at a contact position upstream from the normally charged toner cleaning member to remove reversely charged toner from the cleaning target, and a pre-cleaning member provided in contact with the cleaning target at a contact position upstream from both the normally and reversely charged toner cleaning members to remove normally charged toner from the cleaning target. The contact position between the pre-cleaning member and the cleaning target has a width wider than a width of the contact position between the normally charged toner cleaning member and the cleaning target and a width of the contact position between the reversely charged toner cleaning member and the cleaning target. | 04-12-2012 |
20120099883 | CLEANING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A cleaning device including a rotatable cleaning member contacting a rotatable image carrier bearing a toner image to electrostatically remove toner from the image carrier while rotating, and a control unit to control rotation of the cleaning member to satisfy a relation of (60/R)>(L/V) during removal of a toner pattern formed on the image carrier at a predetermined timing and remaining attached to the image carrier without being transferred from the image carrier onto a transfer member using the cleaning member, where R (rpm) is a number of rotations of the cleaning member, L (mm) is a length of the toner pattern in a direction of rotation of the image carrier, and V (mm/s) is a speed of the image carrier. | 04-26-2012 |
20120224870 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A novel image forming apparatus including a setting memory storing multiple voltage settings; two or more voltage applying members each contacting a voltage applied member at respective contact positions close to each other, which are simultaneously being applied with respective voltages selected from the voltage settings; two or more current detectors each detecting a current flowing in the respective contact positions; and a setting changer performing a setting changing processing in which the voltage applied to one of the voltage applying members is changed based on the current detected by the corresponding current detector while a predetermined voltage is applied to the other voltage applying members, so that an optimum current flows in the corresponding contact position. | 09-06-2012 |
20130315617 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including a belt cleaning device is provided. The belt cleaning device includes an image bearing belt having an elastic layer, a cleaning member, a cleaning facing member, and a side seal. A surface of the image bearing belt is movable. The cleaning member is in contact with the surface of the image bearing belt to remove a substance adhered thereto. The cleaning facing member is disposed on a back-surface side of the image bearing belt while facing the cleaning member with the image bearing belt therebetween. The side seal is disposed to an axial end part of the cleaning member and pressed against the surface of the image bearing belt. The cleaning facing member is out of contact with the back side of the image bearing belt within an area where the cleaning facing member faces the side seal with respect to an axial direction. | 11-28-2013 |
20140119769 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE THEREFOR - An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable image bearer, a charging member to contact a surface of the image bearer and charge the image bearer, an exposure device to expose the image bearer and form a latent image, a developing device to develop the latent image on the image bearer into a toner image, a transfer device to transfer the toner image from the image bearer onto a transfer medium, and a cleaning blade to contact the surface of the image bearer and remove toner from the image bearer after image transfer. The charging member has surface unevenness created by projections and recesses extending in a direction of rotation of the image bearer. The cleaning blade is configured to abrade projections formed on the surface of the image bearer. | 05-01-2014 |
20140161501 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - In an image forming device, an image formation unit operated in a monochrome mode includes a lubricant applying unit and a charging device to supply a DC voltage superimposed with an AC voltage to an image carrier, and each of image formation units operated only in a color mode includes a charging device to supply a DC voltage to an image carrier, and one of the image formation units arranged on a downstream side of the image formation unit operated in the monochrome mode in a moving direction of an intermediate transfer member includes a cleaning device having a blade member in which a proximal edge portion contacts the image carrier to remove residual toner from the image carrier, and the proximal edge portion is made of an elastic rubber having a 100% modulus value of 6 MPa or greater at 23° C. | 06-12-2014 |
20140193172 | CLEANER, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE CLEANER - A cleaner is provided. The cleaner includes a cleaning blade having an edge to be contacted with a surface of a member to be cleaned while moving relative to the member to clean the surface of the member. The cleaning blade includes the edge, and first and second side surfaces, wherein the edge is disposed between the first and second side surfaces. When the cleaning blade is not contacted with the surface of the member to be cleaned, the first side surface is opposed to the surface of the member, and when the cleaning blade is contacted with the surface of the member, the edge, and the first and second side surfaces of the cleaning blade are contacted with the surface of the member. | 07-10-2014 |
20140233998 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - A disclosed image forming apparatus forms a toner image on a surface of a surface moving image bearing body and eventually transfers and fixes the toner image onto a recording medium to form an image on the recording medium and removes, by a cleaning apparatus, an adhered matter which is adhered to the surface of the image bearing body after the transferring. In the image forming apparatus, a glass transition temperature (Tg) of a toner is 40-60° C., and the cleaning apparatus causes a tip ridgeline portion of a blade member to be abutted against the surface of the image bearing body to remove the adhered matter from the surface of the image bearing body, and the tip ridgeline portion of the blade member is made of elastic rubber whose 100% modulus value at 23° C. is at least 6 MPa. | 08-21-2014 |
20140341629 | CLEANING BLADE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - A cleaning blade includes a blade member formed of a strip-shaped rubber material and having a leading-edge ridge line portion to contact a moving surface of a cleaning target member and remove adhering matter from the surface of the cleaning target member. The blade member has a Martens hardness of 1.0 N/mm | 11-20-2014 |
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20090032908 | Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing it - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device capable of largely increasing the yield and a semiconductor device manufactured by using the method is provided. After a semiconductor layer is formed on a substrate, as one group, a plurality of functional portions with at least one parameter value different from each other is formed in the semiconductor layer for every unit chip area. Then, a subject that is changed depending on the parameter value is measured and evaluated and after that, the substrate is divided for every chip area so that a functional portion corresponding with a given criterion as a result of the evaluation is not broken. Thereby, at least one functional portion corresponding with a given criterion can be formed by every chip area by appropriately adjusting each parameter value. | 02-05-2009 |
20090168825 | LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A light-emitting element assembly includes a support substrate having a first surface, a second surface facing the first surface, a recessed portion, and a conductive material layer formed over the first surface and the inner surface of the recessed portion, and a light-emitting element. The light-emitting element has a laminated structure including a first compound semiconductor layer, a light-emitting portion, and a second compound semiconductor layer, at least the second compound semiconductor layer and the light-emitting portion constituting a mesa structure. The light-emitting element further includes an insulating layer formed, a second electrode, and a first electrode. The mesa structure is placed in the recessed portion so that the conductive material layer and the second electrode are in at least partial contact with each other, and light emitted from the light-emitting portion is emitted from the second surface side of the first compound semiconductor layer. | 07-02-2009 |
20100202482 | Semiconductor device - The present invention provides a semiconductor device realizing improved adhesion between a low-dielectric-constant material and a semiconductor material. The semiconductor device includes, on a semiconductor layer, an adhesion layer and a low-dielectric-constant material layer in order from the semiconductor layer side. The adhesion layer has a projection/recess structure, and the low-dielectric-constant material layer is formed so as to bury gaps in the projection/recess structure. | 08-12-2010 |
20100285625 | LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for making a light-emitting element assembly including a support substrate having a first surface, a second surface facing the first surface, a recessed portion, and a conductive material layer formed over the first surface and the inner surface of the recessed portion, and a light-emitting element. The light-emitting element has a laminated structure including a first compound semiconductor layer, a light-emitting portion, and a second compound semiconductor layer, at least the second compound semiconductor layer and the light-emitting portion constituting a mesa structure. The light-emitting element further includes an insulating layer formed, a second electrode, and a first electrode. The mesa structure is placed in the recessed portion so that the conductive material layer and the second electrode are in at least partial contact with each other, and light emitted from the light-emitting portion is emitted from the second surface side of the first compound semiconductor layer. | 11-11-2010 |
20110249696 | Laser diode - There is provided a laser diode capable of setting a mesa diameter small without use of a method which loses reliability of a device, and is not easily controlled. The laser diode includes: a columnar mesa including a first multilayer film reflecting mirror, an active layer, and a second multilayer film reflecting mirror in this order, including an oxide confined layer having an unoxidized region in middle of a plane, and having a cross-sectional shape in a plane direction different from a cross-sectional shape of the unoxidized region in a plane direction; and a plurality of metal electrodes formed in regions on a top face of the mesa not facing the unoxidized region. | 10-13-2011 |
20110294236 | Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing it - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device capable of largely increasing the yield and a semiconductor device manufactured by using the method is provided. After a semiconductor layer is formed on a substrate, as one group, a plurality of functional portions with at least one parameter value different from each other is formed in the semiconductor layer for every unit chip area. Then, a subject that is changed depending on the parameter value is measured and evaluated and after that, the substrate is divided for every chip area so that a functional portion corresponding with a given criterion as a result of the evaluation is not broken. Thereby, at least one functional portion corresponding with a given criterion can be formed by every chip area by appropriately adjusting each parameter value. | 12-01-2011 |
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20090060515 | Remote controlling system, electronic device, and controlling method - A remote controlling system is disclosed. An infrared remote controller generates a first serial signal containing a command corresponding to a user's operation and outputs the first serial signal by infrared communication. A radio remote controller generates a code signal containing a key number corresponding to a user's operation and outputs the code signal by radio communication. An electronic device includes a light receiving section, a radio receiving section, a selecting section, and a controlling section. | 03-05-2009 |
20090207319 | Apparatus which converts remote control signal, remote controller, remote control apparatus, and remote control method - A remote-control-signal conversion apparatus is disclosed. The remote-control-signal conversion apparatus receives a radio control signal from a remote controller, converts the radio control signal into an infrared control signal, and transmits the infrared control signal to an external device. When the apparatus identifies the external device, the apparatus transmits a plurality of infrared control signals to the external device. The apparatus identifies device identification information of the external device based on a response from the external device. The apparatus radio transmits the identified device identification information to the remote controller. The apparatus transmits the device identification information and a control code corresponding thereto as the infrared control signal received from the remote controller to the external device. The apparatus transmits the infrared control signal to the external device. | 08-20-2009 |
20090219174 | Remote control method and remote control apparatus - A remote control method is disclosed. The remote control method is used for a device under control which selects one of an information signal of the device under control and an information signal from at least one external device and reproduces the selected information signal. | 09-03-2009 |
20100107029 | Wireless communication apparatus and wireless communication method - A wireless communication system includes a transmitting side equipped with a microcomputer for control, for transmitting data and also includes a receiving side for receiving data. To prevent the receiving side from receiving identical data more than once, a sequence number is automatically incremented every time a frame of transmit data is transmitted. The sequence number is transmitted together with the data. The next process is performed if it is determined that transmission is correctly performed, or the data is transmitted again without incrementing the sequence number if it is determined that the transmission is not correctly performed. The sequence number is returned to an initial value when the microcomputer for control is reset, and dummy data is transmitted together with the initial value immediately after a reset. The data is transmitted together with an incremented sequence number after transmission of the dummy data. | 04-29-2010 |
20110223862 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD - The risk of a third party able to conduct pairing is reduced, and operation is also made simple. In S | 09-15-2011 |
20110234774 | Shutter glasses and method of obtaining shutter control signal of shutter glasses - A pair of shutter glasses includes a shutter glasses unit having a right eye shutter and a left eye shutter, a wireless communication unit performing a wireless communication with an image display device, a shutter driving unit opening and closing the left eye shutter and the right eye shutter of the shutter glasses unit, a glasses state obtaining unit obtaining glasses state information by detecting one or both of the position and the direction of the shutter glasses unit, a storage unit holding a combination of the glasses state information and network address information of the image display device, and a control unit controlling the wireless communication unit to perform the wireless communication with a predetermined image display device using the network address information contained in the combination, and to obtain the shutter control signal from the predetermined image display device accordingly. | 09-29-2011 |
20110242293 | Calibration device, image display system and shutter glasses - A calibration device including a communication section which communicates with a display device which displays images on a screen, a light sensor arranged in a position to receive transmitted light of a lens of shutter glasses, a signal processing section which processes an output signal of the light sensor, a processing section which determines a shutter opening/closing timing, and a shutter driving section which operates the opening and closing of shutters of shutter glasses in accordance with the shutter opening/closing timing determined by the processing section, where the communication section receives a standard pulse which shows a timing when images are switched from the display device, and the processing section determines an appropriate correction amount τ of the shutter opening/closing timing based on a change in the output of the light sensor when the shutter opening/closing timing is changed with regard to the standard pulse. | 10-06-2011 |
20110285833 | VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE, SHUTTER GLASSES, VIDEO DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - Shutter glasses include: shutters transmitting or blocking video displayed with a specified display interval on a video display device by performing opening/closing operations based on control information; a clock counter | 11-24-2011 |
20110307726 | REMOTE CONTROL METHOD AND REMOTE CONTROLLER - A remote controller | 12-15-2011 |
20120081528 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An object of the present invention is to notify an observer who is wearing shutter glasses of information related to the remaining battery capacity or the like of the shutter glasses, through display of a stereoscopic image. To that end, shutter glasses ( | 04-05-2012 |
20120249882 | COMMUNICATION MODULE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication module capable of reducing power consumption in an electronic unit is provided. A communication module includes: a communication section; and a control section determining handling of data received by the communication section from an external unit, based on one or both of a power state of a connected host unit and a type of the received data. | 10-04-2012 |
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20100219870 | DUTY RATIO CORRECTION CIRCUIT AND DUTY RATIO CORRECTION METHOD - A duty ratio correction circuit includes a clock input buffer that receives a first clock signal, a clock duty adjuster that adjusts a duty ratio of a second clock signal output from the clock input buffer based on a correction signal and generates a third clock signal, a data input buffer that receives a first data signal, a data duty adjuster that adjusts a duty ratio of a second data signal output from the data input buffer based on the correction signal and generates a third data signal, and a duty comparator that generates the correction signal based on the third clock signal. | 09-02-2010 |
20110025279 | POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A power supply circuit comprises: a first voltage booster circuit that receives a first clock signal having a fixed frequency, and supplies a voltage to a prescribed circuit; and a second voltage booster circuit that receives a second clock signal having a frequency corresponding to an operating frequency of the prescribed circuit, and supplies a voltage to the prescribed circuit. | 02-03-2011 |
20110121890 | Semiconductor device - This invention allows for stable operation of a circuit to which an output voltage is supplied. The invention resides in a semiconductor device comprising a VREF | 05-26-2011 |
20110181339 | LEVEL SHIFT CIRCUIT - A level shift circuit of the invention includes a CMOS inverter circuit that receives an input pulse signal having a crest value of a first potential, a latch circuit that operates on a power supply of a second potential which is higher than the first potential, and a power supply circuit that supplies a power supply of not less than the first potential and less than the second potential to the CMOS inverter circuit. The latch circuit has one end thereof connected to an output end of the CMOS inverter circuit and outputs from the other end thereof an output pulse signal having a crest value of the second potential and a same phase as the input pulse signal. The power supply circuit functions to limit the power supply when the input pulse signal assumes at least the ground level. | 07-28-2011 |
20110188330 | SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE - A semiconductor storage device includes: a plurality of memory cell arrays; a plurality of bidirectional data buses provided in correspondence with respective ones of the plurality of memory cell arrays; a plurality of bidirectional buffer circuits, which are provided in correspondence with respective ones of the memory cell arrays, capable of connecting adjacent bidirectional data buses serially so as to relay data in the bidirectional data buses; and a control circuit for controlling activation of the bidirectional buffer circuits. The bidirectional buffer circuit is arranged so as to invert logic and the bidirectional buffer circuit is arranged so as not to invert logic. | 08-04-2011 |
20120313686 | LEVEL SHIFT CIRCUIT - A level shift circuit of the invention includes a CMOS inverter circuit that receives an input pulse signal having a crest value of a first potential, a latch circuit that operates on a power supply of a second potential which is higher than the first potential, and a power supply circuit that supplies a power supply of not less than the first potential and less than the second potential to the CMOS inverter circuit. The latch circuit has one end thereof connected to an output end of the CMOS inverter circuit and outputs from the other end thereof an output pulse signal having a crest value of the second potential and a same phase as the input pulse signal. The power supply circuit functions to limit the power supply when the input pulse signal assumes at least the ground level. | 12-13-2012 |
20130073753 | SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE - A semiconductor storage device includes: a plurality of memory cell arrays; a plurality of bidirectional data buses provided in correspondence with respective ones of the plurality of memory cell arrays; a plurality of bidirectional buffer circuits, which are provided in correspondence with respective ones of the memory cell arrays, capable of connecting adjacent bidirectional data buses serially so as to relay data in the bidirectional data buses; and a control circuit for controlling activation of the bidirectional buffer circuits. The bidirectional buffer circuit is arranged so as to invert logic and the bidirectional buffer circuit is arranged so as not to invert logic. | 03-21-2013 |
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20100003058 | DEVELOPING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developer carrier is provided in a rotatable manner. A layer-thickness control member makes a layer thickness of a developer carried on the developer carrier uniform. An accelerated agglomeration degree of the developer is equal to or less than 40%. The layer-thickness control member is formed with a blade. An angle between a rolling direction of the blade and a rotating direction of the developer carrier is set to 5 degrees to 80 degrees. | 01-07-2010 |
20110222871 | TONER REPLENISHING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING TONER REPLENISHING DEVICE - A toner replenishing device includes a sub hopper (toner container), a toner detection sensor, an agitator, and a paddle. The sub hopper contains toner. The toner detection sensor is located on a wall surface in the sub hopper and detects whether toner remains at a height at which it is located. The agitator rotates in the sub hopper to clean the detection surface of the toner detection sensor. The paddle serves as a toner collecting unit that collects toner to the vicinity of the detection surface of the toner detection sensor in the sub hopper. | 09-15-2011 |
20120033998 | TONER SUPPLY ASSEMBLY AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A toner supply assembly includes a toner container mount and a toner container including a container body, a cap having a toner outlet, and a shutter for the toner outlet, to move horizontally. The cap includes a shutter guide rail, a contact portion, and a pressed rail provided on a lateral side. The shutter includes a shutter body to engage the shutter guide rail and a deformable portion deformable vertically and including a stopper to contact the contact portion of the cap for inhibiting the shutter from opening the toner outlet, and a stopper release projection pressed by a bottom projection on a bottom surface of the toner container mount in conjunction with installation of the toner container. A pressing member provided in a side portion of the toner container mount engages the pressed rail of the cap, inhibiting the cap from moving upward. | 02-09-2012 |
20120163877 | TONER CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH A SECURE SEAL - A toner container which includes a main body for storing toner, an opening for dispensing toner, and a mechanism for sealing the opening. The mechanism for sealing the opening includes a slidable shutter which includes a cover and an extension, connected to the cover part, including a pushing surface and a blocking surface. The mechanism for sealing further includes a restriction which contacts the blocking surface to prevent the slidable shutter from sliding. | 06-28-2012 |
20120195645 | TONER CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A system with a container including a protrusion, and a receiver to receive the container. The receiver includes a slide block that is movable relative to a body of the receiver, the slide block including two surfaces, a first surface, initially contacted by the protrusion of the container during insertion of the container into the receiver, having a first slope to resist movement of the container towards the receiver, and a second surface, subsequently contacted by the protrusion of the container during the insertion of the container into the receiver, having a second slope to interact with the protrusion of the container to assist movement of the container towards the receiver. This construction provides the user with a changing insertion force to indicate proper mounting of the container. | 08-02-2012 |
20120219330 | TONER CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH A MECHANISM TO SECURE THE TONER CONTAINER - A toner container and system for mounting and/or securing the toner container includes a toner container having a toner dispensing hole, a shutter, and a protrusion. The shutter is movable relative to the toner dispensing hole, and is to selectively close the toner dispensing hole. The protrusion is connected to the shutter and movement of the protrusion causes the shutter to move relative to the toner dispensing hole to cover the toner dispensing hole. There is a receiver including a movable catch, the movable catch being in a first position when the toner container is initially inserted into the receiver, and the movable catch moving to a second position upon insertion of the toner container into the receiver. The movable catch interacts with the protrusion of the toner container when the toner container is being removed from the receiver. | 08-30-2012 |
20120321341 | TONER CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner container that is detachably attached to a main body of an image forming apparatus such that a longitudinal direction of the toner container is parallel to a horizontal direction includes: a cylindrical container body that has an opening on one end thereof in the longitudinal direction, and is configured to convey toner contained therein toward the opening; a cap portion into which the opening of the container body is inserted, and which includes a toner outlet at a bottom portion thereof for discharging toner discharged from the opening of the container body to the outside of the toner container in a vertically downward direction; and a shutter member that is held on the bottom portion of the cap portion, and moves along an outer periphery of the cap portion to thereby open and close the toner outlet, wherein the cap portion is formed by integral molding. | 12-20-2012 |
20140241757 | NOZZLE INSERTION MEMBER, POWDER CONTAINER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A nozzle insertion member arranged in a powder container includes a nozzle insertion opening; an opening/closing member opening/closing the nozzle insertion opening; a supporting member supporting the opening/closing member; and a biasing member provided to the supporting member to bias the opening/closing member toward a closing position. When the powder is supplied to the conveying nozzle along with rotation of a rotary conveyor arranged inside the powder container, the supporting member rotates with the rotation of the conveyor. The opening/closing member is rotated by a drive transmitting mechanism with rotation of the supporting member. The mechanism includes an elongated member arranged on the opening/closing member and penetrating through an opening formed on the supporting member; and a drive transmitted portion formed on the elongated member; and a drive transmitting portion formed on an inner surface of the opening and configured to come into contact with the drive transmitted portion. | 08-28-2014 |
20140270818 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearer, a developing device to develop with developer a latent image formed on the image bearer, a developer container to contain developer, a temporary reservoir to temporarily store developer supplied from the developer container and having an outlet to discharge the temporarily stored developer to the developing device, a first conveyance device to transport developer from the developer container to the temporary reservoir, a second conveyance device to transport developer from the temporary reservoir to the developing device, a first developer amount detector to detect an amount of developer in the temporary reservoir, and a controller to control driving of the first conveyance device based on a detection result generated by the first developer amount detector and data relating to driving of the second conveyance device. | 09-18-2014 |
20140270859 | POWDER CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A powder conveying device includes: a conveying nozzle, provided with a powder receiving opening; an open/close member to open/close the powder receiving opening; a flange provided to the open/close member; a biasing member to bias the open/close member; and a container setting section to which a part of a powder container is to be fit. The powder container includes: a conveyor to convey the powder from a second end of the powder container to a first end; a container opening protruding from the first end; a nozzle receiving opening into which the conveying nozzle is to be inserted; and a butting portion provided in the container opening, to butt against the flange. When the powder container is attached to the powder conveying device, the container opening is fitted to the container setting section, and the flange and the biasing member are housed in an inner space of the container opening. | 09-18-2014 |
20140294435 | TONER CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH A MECHANISM TO SECURE THE TONER CONTAINER - A toner container and system for mounting and/or securing the toner container includes a toner container having a toner dispensing hole, a shutter, a protrusion. The shutter is movable relative to the toner dispensing hole, and is to selectively close the toner dispensing hole. The protrusion is connected to the shutter and movement of the protrusion causes the shutter to move relative to the toner dispensing hole to cover the toner dispensing hole. There is a receiver including a movable catch, the movable catch being in a first position when the toner container is initially inserted into the receiver, and the moveable catch moving to a second position upon insertion of the toner container into the receiver. The moveable catch interacts with the protrusion of the toner container when the toner container is being removed from the receiver such that the moveable catch in the second position restricts movement of the protrusion of the toner container which closes the shutter as the toner container is withdrawn from the receiver. | 10-02-2014 |
20140348545 | TONER HOUSING CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner housing container includes: a container body housing a toner; a conveying portion; a pipe receiving port; and an uplifting portion. Flow rate index of the toner measured by powder rheometer and represented by “flow rate index=(total energy at a rotation speed of 10 mm/s)/(total energy at a rotation speed of 100 mm/s)” is in a range of “1.8≦flow rate index≦6.5”. Container body includes protruding portion protruding from container body interior side of container opening portion toward one end of container body. Uplifting portion includes: uplifting wall surface extending from container body internal wall surface toward protruding portion; and curving portion curving to conform to protruding portion. When the toner housing container is mounted on the toner conveying device, the protruding portion is present between the curving portion and the toner receiving port of the conveying pipe being inserted. | 11-27-2014 |
20140348546 | TONER HOUSING CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Toner housing container includes: container body mountable on toner conveying device and housing toner supplied into toner conveying device; conveying portion provided in container body and conveying toner from longer direction one end of container body to other end at which container opening portion is provided; pipe receiving port provided at container opening portion and receiving conveying pipe fixed to toner conveying device; and uplifting portion to move toner conveyed by conveying portion toward toner receiving port of conveying pipe. Toner has loose apparent density of 0.28 g/cm | 11-27-2014 |
20140348550 | TONER HOUSING CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Toner housing container includes: container body housing a toner; conveying portion conveying the toner from longer direction one end of container body to its other end at which container opening portion is provided; pipe receiving port receiving a conveying pipe fixed to toner conveying device; and uplifting portion moving the toner toward toner receiving port of conveying pipe. Toner has molecular weight distribution having a peak in a range of 10 | 11-27-2014 |
20140348551 | TONER HOUSING CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner housing container includes: container body; conveying portion; pipe receiving port; and uplifting portion. Container body includes; protruding portion protruding from container body interior side of container opening portion to one end of container body; and shutter member moving between closing and opening positions to close and open container opening portion. Uplifting portion includes: uplifting wall surface extending from container body internal wall surface toward protruding portion; and curving portion curving to conform to protruding portion. Shutter member moves from closing to opening position upon push by conveying pipe. When toner housing container is mounted on toner conveying device, protruding portion is present between curving portion and toner receiving port of conveying pipe inserted and extends along shutter member moving region. Toner has bulk density of ≦0.399 g/cm | 11-27-2014 |
20140348552 | REPLENISHING DEVELOPER HOUSING CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A replenishing developer housing container according to the present invention includes: a container body housing a replenishing developer; a conveying portion; a pipe receiving port; and an uplifting portion, wherein the replenishing developer contains a toner and a carrier, wherein the container body includes a protruding portion protruding from a container body interior side of the container opening portion toward one end of the container body and a curving portion curving so as to conform to the protruding portion, wherein the uplifting portion includes an uplifting wall surface extending from an internal wall surface of the container body toward the protruding portion, wherein the protruding portion is provided such that when the replenishing developer housing container is mounted on the replenishing developer conveying device, the protruding portion is present between the curving portion and the replenishing developer receiving port of a conveying pipe being inserted. | 11-27-2014 |
20150043946 | TONER CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A system with a container including a protrusion, and a receiver to receive the container. The receiver includes a slide block that is movable relative to a body of the receiver, the slide block including two surfaces, a first surface, initially contacted by the protrusion of the container during insertion of the container into the receiver, having a first slope to resist movement of the container towards the receiver, and a second surface, subsequently contacted by the protrusion of the container during the insertion of the container into the receiver, having a second slope to interact with the protrusion of the container to assist movement of the container towards the receiver. This construction provides the user with a changing insertion force to indicate proper mounting of the container. | 02-12-2015 |
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20080225311 | Image forming apparatus, image forming method and computer readable medium - An image forming apparatus includes a combining unit, an image forming unit, a verification unit and a controller. The combining unit combines data from a first path and data from a second path. The image forming unit forms a combined image based on combined image data which is obtained by combining, by the combining unit, original image data from the first path and additional image data from the second path and which is transmitted through a third path. The verification unit verifies combined data which is obtained by combining, by the combining unit, verification data from the first path and verification data from the second path and which is transmitted through the third path. The controller detects, based on a verification result by the verification unit, falsification of data in the first path, the second path and the third path. | 09-18-2008 |
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20100245893 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes: a communication unit that receives a request that requests a reply and includes a source of the request and a destination of the request; and a controller that returns from a low electric power condition after moving into the low electric power condition of which the power consumption is low, and that controls the communication unit, wherein when the controller is in the low electric power condition, the communication unit returns the reply to the request received and detects a duplication between an identification information that identifies the source and an identification information that identifies the destination based on the request. | 09-30-2010 |
20100246380 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A communication control device includes: a first processing unit that converts an electrical signal received by a communication channel into digital data and outputs the digital data, and in a second operation mode in which an amount of power supplied to the communication control device is lower than in a first operation mode, outputs a notification signal upon receiving an electrical signal indicating an arrival of packet data; a clock controller that, in the second operation mode, initiates supplying a clock signal upon receiving the notification signal; and a second processing unit that (i) has a receiving unit that extracts packet data from the digital data and outputs the extracted packet data, and (ii) in the second operation mode, stops receiving packet data during a time that the clock signal is not supplied, and upon reception of the clock signal, starts receiving packet data using the received clock signal. | 09-30-2010 |
20100294065 | TRANSMISSION OIL-PRESSURE CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHODS - A control apparatus of a vehicle transmission includes a hydraulic circuit configured to activate at least one friction element with a control pressure, a selector configured to select a range of the transmission, a valve configured to switch a transmission shifter, and a control unit configured to direct the valve to switch the transmission shifter in response to the selected transmission range and to reduce the control pressure prior to switching the transmission shifter. A method to control a vehicle transmission includes activating at least one friction element with a control pressure, selecting a desired range of the transmission, switching a transmission range in response to the selected desired transmission range, and reducing the control pressure prior to switching the transmission range. | 11-25-2010 |
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20100052965 | DIGITAL-ANALOG CONVERTER CIRCUIT, SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A digital-analog converter circuit includes: a first digital-analog conversion part that obtains an analog output signal in response to a value of a digital input signal; and a second digital-analog conversion part that generates a control signal in response to a value of a digital gain control input signal externally input, wherein the first digital-analog conversion part adjusts a start voltage or end voltage of the analog output signal based on the digital gain control input signal for controlling the second digital-analog conversion part. | 03-04-2010 |
20100127741 | Timing adjustment circuit, solid-state image pickup element, and camera system - A timing adjustment circuit includes at least one data line; a phase synchronization circuit that includes a plurality of oscillation delay elements which oscillate an oscillation signal, and that is configured to oscillate the oscillation signal by synchronizing a phase of a feedback clock with a phase of a reference clock; at least one delay circuit that includes a delay element which is disposed on the data line and which is equivalent to one of the plurality of oscillation delay elements, and that is configured to delay data which is to be transmitted on the data line; and a delay adjustment unit configured to adjust an amount of delay of the delay element of the delay circuit in accordance with a signal associated with oscillation of the phase synchronization circuit. | 05-27-2010 |
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20120001057 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging apparatus includes a comparator for comparing a pixel signal obtained by a pixel section and a reference signal the value of which varies in a stepwise manner, an analog-digital converter for outputting, as a digital value, the amount of time when the pixel signal and the reference signal change levels by the comparator; a reset signal generator for generating a reset signal that triggers a reset operation to be input to the comparator in order to adjust the reference in the analog-digital converter, and a waveform processor provided between the reset signal generator and the comparator for increasing the degree of dullness of a waveform of the reset signal. | 01-05-2012 |
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20080304703 | Image reading apparatus capable of reading infrared and visible images - An image reading apparatus includes a light source with a first luminescent portion that outputs light with a first wavelength range and a second luminescent portion that outputs light with a second wavelength range, the wavelength ranges being different from each other; a light-receiving portion that receives light reflected from an original irradiated by the light source; a scanning portion that shifts a reading position of the original in a vertical scanning direction by changing a relative position between the original and the light-receiving portion; a switching portion that alternately turns on the first and second luminescent portions when the scanning portion shifts the reading position, wherein a vertical scanning resolution for a first data obtained when the first luminescent portion is turned on is independently set from a vertical scanning resolution for a second data obtained when the second luminescent portion is turned on. | 12-11-2008 |
20100245921 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes: a controller that causes an image forming unit to form an image so that a plurality of unit images are arranged in a first direction with a constant distance between adjacent unit images; an acquisition unit that acquires read image data indicating a position and a grey level value of each pixel constituting the image formed under control of the controller; and a calculation unit that calculates a misregistration with respect to the first direction of the image formed by the image forming unit, based on a convolution operation performed on the read image data acquired by the acquisition unit, the convolution operation using a reference periodic function whose variable is a position in the first direction. | 09-30-2010 |
20130242360 | IMAGE EVALUATION APPARATUS AND METHOD, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image evaluation apparatus includes a reading unit that includes a monochrome detection unit reading, in a focused state, an image formed on a recording material by an image forming apparatus that represents grayscale of the image by forming dots on the recording material, and a color detection unit reading the image in a defocused state; an image information obtaining unit that obtains image information for the image forming apparatus to form the image; a computing unit that computes a luminance and a chroma of an image supposed to be formed on the recording material by the image forming apparatus from the obtained image information; a comparing unit that compares a derived luminance with the computed luminance, and compares a derived chroma with the computed chroma; and an image evaluation unit that evaluates the image formed by the image forming apparatus, on the basis of results of comparison. | 09-19-2013 |
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20090012500 | Medical Catheter Tube and Method of Producing the Same - The medical catheter tube of the present invention integrally has an inner layer tube; reinforcement material layers formed by placing element wires on the inner layer tube; a marker; and an outer layer tube. The element wires, which are first and the other element wires, for forming the reinforcement material layers are synthetic resin element wires and/or metallic element wires, the first element wires are placed in the axis direction of the catheter to form the first reinforcement material layer, and the other element wires are wound in a coil form on the first reinforcement material layer, in the circumferential direction of the catheter, to cover the first reinforcement material layer. The marker is flexible to deformation. Because of the presence of the reinforcement material layer and the outer layer tube, flexural rigidity from a base section to a head section is reduced in a stepped or continuous manner. | 01-08-2009 |
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20080206659 | COLOR FILTER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT - The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a color filter, including: forming a first color pattern in a repeating pattern on a support; forming, on the support, a second color pattern in a repeating pattern in regions where the first color pattern is not formed; removing at least one portion of one of the first color pattern and the second color pattern by dry-etching, the portion being in a region where a third color pattern is to be formed; and forming, on the support, the third color pattern in the region where the portion of one of the first color pattern and the second color pattern has been removed. The present invention also provides a color filter manufactured by the method, and a solid-state image pickup element using the color filter. | 08-28-2008 |
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