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20120268518 | Ink, Ink Cartridge and Ink Jet Recording Method - The present invention preferably provides an ink including an organic pigment, a water-soluble resin and a surfactant that allows images having high color developability to be obtained independently of the type of recording medium, even when a small amount of ink is applied. Preferably, the organic pigment is a phosphonic acid-type self-dispersible pigment, the acid value of the water-soluble resin is 100 mg KOH/g to 160 mg KOH/g, the surfactant is an ethylene oxide adduct of a higher alcohol selected from the group consisting of a linear primary alcohol, a linear secondary alcohol and an isoalkyl alcohol, the HLB value of the surfactant as determined by the Griffin method is 13.0 or more, and the mass ratio of the content (% by mass) of the surfactant in the ink to the content (% by mass) of the water-soluble resin in the ink is 0.07 to 0.70. | 10-25-2012 |
20120268536 | SET OF INK AND REACTION LIQUID, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A set of an ink containing a self-dispersible pigment and a water-soluble resin, which is a copolymer having a unit derived from (meth)acrylic acid, and a reaction liquid containing a surfactant, which is an ethylene oxide adduct of a higher alcohol of a linear primary or secondary alcohol or an isoalkyl alcohol and has a HLB value of 13.0 or more determined by the Griffin method, and having buffering ability in an acid region. Content of the surfactant in the reaction liquid is 0.20 times or more in terms of mass ratio as much as total content of the pigment and water-soluble resin. | 10-25-2012 |
20140168314 | AQUEOUS INK, INK CARTRIDGE, AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - An aqueous ink for ink jet contains a self-dispersible pigment in which a first functional group including a phosphonic acid group and a second functional group including at least one of a carboxylic acid group and a sulfonic acid group are bonded to a particle surface, wherein a surface charge amount derived from the phosphonic acid group included in the above-described first functional group is 0.3 micromoles/m | 06-19-2014 |
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20120074327 | IMAGING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM - A flat panel sensor control unit reads image data from each region formed by dividing a flat panel. A write access control unit writes the image data read by the flat panel sensor control unit in a frame memory. A read access control unit starts reading the image data from the frame memory in response to that the writing of the image data to the frame memory becomes a predetermined state. | 03-29-2012 |
20120075507 | RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS - A radiation imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit and an imaging control unit. The imaging control unit causes a switch unit, a accumulation unit, a removal unit, a holding unit, and an addition unit, which constitute a pixel circuit of the imaging unit, to operate at a timing before imaging operation by the imaging unit so as to fix unstable voltages of the accumulation unit, the removal unit, the holding unit, and the addition unit to a predetermined voltage of a power supply connected via a switch unit. | 03-29-2012 |
20120075515 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A radiation imaging apparatus includes: a radiation detection unit in which a plurality of photoelectric conversion units to convert radiation signals into charge signals and store the charge signals is located; a storage control unit configured to control the storage of the charge signals executed by the plurality of photoelectric conversion units; a reading control unit configured to control reading of the charge signals stored by the plurality of photoelectric conversion units; and a control unit configured to fix an indefinite potential generated at the radiation detection unit while at least one of the storage control of the charge signals by the storage control unit and the reading control of the charge signals by the reading control unit is not carried out. | 03-29-2012 |
20120087471 | RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A radiation imaging apparatus comprises: an output unit adapted to output an analog signal for each pixel circuit by sampling and holding an electrical signal converted from radiation; and a selection unit adapted to select positions of pixel circuits which output the analog signals, wherein after the output unit outputs the electrical signals corresponding to a predetermined number of pixel circuits as analog signals, the selection unit stops the selection and the output unit stops the output in accordance with the stop of the selection. | 04-12-2012 |
20120104267 | IMAGING APPARATUS, RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE SENSOR - An imaging apparatus including: a plurality of pixels including a photoelectric conversion element and a sample hold circuit; a plurality of signal lines configured to read from the plurality of pixels an electric signal held in the sample hold circuit therein; a imaging control unit configured to perform a first control for applying the held electric signal to the plurality of signal lines, and a second control for sequentially applying to the signal lines the electric signal obtained corresponding to light received by each of the plurality of pixels and reading the electric signal, after the first control has been performed; and a generation unit configured not to create image data based on the electric signal applied to the signal line by the first control but to create the image data based on the electric signal read via the signal line by the second control. | 05-03-2012 |
20120105665 | DIGITAL IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS, AND RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEM - An image pickup apparatus includes an image sensor configured to include a plurality of pixels in its image pickup area; a plurality of analog-to-digital converters configured to share a plurality of analog signals read out from the plurality of pixels to perform analog-to-digital conversion to the analog signals allocated thereto; and a control unit configured to read out the analog signals from the pixels within a partial area in the image pickup area for the analog-to-digital conversion. The number of pixels allocated to the analog-to-digital converters performing the analog-to-digital conversion to areas near a center position of the partial area is smaller than that allocated to the analog-to-digital converters performing the analog-to-digital conversion to areas far from the center position of the partial area. | 05-03-2012 |
20130193335 | IMAGING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM - A flat panel sensor control unit reads image data from each region formed by dividing a flat panel. A write access control unit writes the image data read by the flat panel sensor control unit in a frame memory. A read access control unit starts reading the image data from the frame memory in response to that the writing of the image data to the frame memory becomes a predetermined state. | 08-01-2013 |
20130327950 | RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A radiation imaging apparatus comprising: a reception unit configured to receive imaging parameters; and a setting unit configured to set, in accordance with a binning size and frame rate included in the imaging parameters, at least one of: a combination of a digital binning size and an analog binning size which form the binning size; and a non-destructive read out count within a range in which imaging is configured to be performed at the frame rate. | 12-12-2013 |
20150156438 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A radiation imaging apparatus includes: a radiation detection unit in which a plurality of photoelectric conversion units to convert radiation signals into charge signals and store the charge signals is located; a storage control unit configured to control the storage of the charge signals executed by the plurality of photoelectric conversion units; a reading control unit configured to control reading of the charge signals stored by the plurality of photoelectric conversion units; and a control unit configured to fix an indefinite potential generated at the radiation detection unit while at least one of the storage control of the charge signals by the storage control unit and the reading control of the charge signals by the reading control unit is not carried out. | 06-04-2015 |