Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130017004 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING FIXING DEVICE THAT RESPONDS TO REQUEST WHEN USING DECOLORABLE INK - An image forming apparatus includes: a first image forming unit which forms a first image on a first recording medium with a first material which is not thermally decolorized; a second image forming unit which forms a second image on a second recording medium with a second material which is thermally decolorized; a fixing unit which is on a common carrying path shared by the first recording medium and the second recording medium and fixes the first image to the first recording medium; and a control unit which controls the fixing unit so that the temperature of the second recording medium passing through the fixing unit becomes lower than a decolorizing temperature of the second material. | 01-17-2013 |
20130045020 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING FIXING DEVICE THAT RESPONDS TO REQUEST WHEN USING DECOLORABLE INK - An image forming apparatus includes: a first image forming unit which forms a first image on a first recording medium with a first material that is not thermally decolorizable; a second image forming unit which forms a second image on a second recording medium with a second material that is thermally decolorizable; a fixing device which is on a common carrying path shared by the first recording medium and the second recording medium and fixes the first image to the first recording medium; and a controller which controls the fixing device so that a temperature of the fixing device is lower than a decolorizing temperature of the second material when the second recording medium reaches the fixing device. | 02-21-2013 |
20130077983 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus of an embodiment includes a sensor, a reversing section, an image forming section, and a controller. The sensor reads a sheet side on which an image is to be formed before formation of the image. The reversing section reverses sides of the sheet being conveyed. The image forming section forms the image and a predetermined mark on the same side of the sheet. The controller acquires image data read by the sensor. If the image data contains the mark, the controller causes the reversing section to reverse the sides of the sheet and also causes the image forming section to form the image on a side that becomes a side targeted for printing after the reversion. | 03-28-2013 |
20130082133 | SHEET STORING DEVICE AND PRINTER WITH THE SHEET STORING DEVICE - A sheet storing device comprises an opening section that opens upwards and let a roll paper in and out; and a storing section that includes a roll paper receiving wall wherein in a paper feeding direction of a continuous-feed paper pulled from the roll paper the movement of the roll paper towards the paper feeding direction is controlled, a surface opposite to the roll paper slopes in an acute angle relative to a horizontal direction, and stores the roll paper. | 04-04-2013 |
20130093569 | WIRELESS TAG COMMUNICATION DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, a wireless tag communication device detects a communication state between an antenna and a specific wireless tag to be searched, stores a transmission power value obtained if the communication state is better than a predetermined value, reduces transmission power to the wireless tag and, if the communication state is worse than the predetermined value, increases, on the basis of the stored transmission power value, the transmission power to be higher than the transmission power value and performs communication with the wireless tag, and performs resetting on the basis of the stored transmission power value if the communication state further worsens. | 04-18-2013 |
20130099586 | POWER TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE, POWER RECEPTION DEVICE, AND POWER TRANSMISSION METHOD - A power transmission apparatus includes a power transmission device having a power transmission amount detecting unit that transmits power and detects a power transmission amount, a power transmission device communication unit that communicates with a power reception device, and a power transmission device controller that calculates power transmission efficiency from the power transmission amount and a power reception amount and stops transmitting power if it is determined that a relationship between the power transmission amount and the power transmission efficiency lies out of an operable region, and the power reception device having a power reception amount detecting unit that receives power from the power transmission device and detects the power reception amount, a power reception device communication unit that communicates with the power transmission device, and a power reception device controller that transmits the power reception amount to the power transmission device via the power reception device communication unit. | 04-25-2013 |
20130100295 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes an acquirement section, a detection section, a selection section, a display control section and a commodity recognition section. The acquirement section acquires an image captured by an image capturing section. The detection section detects all or part of targets included in the image acquired by the acquirement section. The selection section selects any one target in the condition that the detection section detects a plurality of targets. The display control section displays the target selected by the selection section in the plurality of targets on the image acquired by the acquirement section. The commodity recognition section recognizes a commodity captured by the image capturing section based on a similarity showing a degree with which all or part of the images of the target selected by the selection section are similar to the reference image of each commodity. | 04-25-2013 |
20130100506 | LENS ARRAY AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE LENS ARRAY - According to one embodiment, a lens array includes a first lens and a second lens. The first lens includes a plurality of lens elements arrayed in a main scanning direction and configured to condense, with an emission surface, light made incident on an incident surface from an object point. The second lens includes a plurality of lens elements arrayed in the main scanning direction. The lens elements condense again, with an emission surface, light made incident on an incident surface. When the light from the object point is made incident on the incident surface of the first lens and emitted from the emission surface of the second lens, a distance between two points of emission positions on outermost sides on the emission surface of the second lens is substantially the same in the main scanning direction and a sub-scanning direction. | 04-25-2013 |
20130100514 | IMAGING ELEMENT ARRAY AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, there is provided an imaging element array including an imaging element group in which a plurality of imaging elements are aligned, each of the imaging elements including an integrally molded input portion, an output portion, and a reflective portion, collecting light input to the input portion, reflecting the light by the reflective portion near a position where light flux is downsized, and outputting the reflected light from the output portion to form an image at an image point, and an inhibiting portion which is formed around the reflected portion in the imaging element group to inhibit light other than the light reflected by the reflective portion from traveling to the output portion. | 04-25-2013 |
20130101168 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes an acquirement unit and a reporting unit. The acquirement unit is configured to acquire an image captured by a image capturing section. In a situation that a similarity representing a degree with which the image of an object captured by the image capturing section is similar to the reference image of each commodity meets a condition of determining a captured commodity as one commodity in the commodities corresponding to the reference image, the reporting unit is configured to report a situation that the captured commodity is determined as the commodity meeting the condition and corresponding to the reference image. | 04-25-2013 |
20130101932 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC TONER - Provided is an electrophotographic toner which can be decolorized, including: toner particles containing a binder resin, a color-forming compound, and a developer; and a cellulose fiber which is contained in the toner particles or is attached to the toner particles. | 04-25-2013 |
20130103509 | COMMODITY DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMMODITY DATA PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment of a commodity data processing apparatus, a display unit configured to display the image of a commodity as an object recognized target of an object recognized based on input image data. An operation unit configured to be able to arrange an operation area used for determining the selection of the commodity dynamically, associated with a display area for the image of the commodity in the display unit. | 04-25-2013 |
20130124676 | CONTENT DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - According to one embodiment, a content distribution apparatus comprises a first distribution unit, a setting unit, an acceptance unit and a second distribution unit. The first distribution unit distributes an object content continuously regenerated according to a preset regeneration order. The setting unit sets a linked destination content linked to the object content for each object content. The acceptance unit accepts the regeneration request of the linked destination content during a period when the object content is regenerated. The second distribution unit distributes the linked destination content set to be a regenerating object content when the regeneration request is accepted. | 05-16-2013 |
20130137031 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC TONER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An electrophotographic toner produced by mixing a dispersion of colorant particles containing a colorant and a dispersion of release agent particles containing a release agent and having a volume average particle diameter smaller than that of the colorant particles, aggregating the colorant particles and the release agent particles in the dispersion to produce first aggregates, mixing a dispersion of resin particles containing a binder resin and having a volume average particle diameter smaller than that of the release agent particles in the dispersion containing the first aggregates, and aggregating the first aggregates and the resin particles in the dispersion of the first aggregates and the resin particles to coat the first aggregates with the resin particles, producing second aggregates. | 05-30-2013 |
20130140132 | RECEIVING AND DISPENSING UNIT AND SELF-CHECKOUT SYSTEM - A receiving and dispensing unit and a self-checkout system of an embodiment includes a coin receiving and dispensing device which holds received coins in accordance with the denomination and dispenses the held coins, and a bill receiving and dispensing device which holds received bills in accordance with the denomination and dispenses the held bills. The bill receiving and dispensing device is arranged to overlap the coin receiving and dispensing device in the height direction of the coin receiving and dispensing device. | 06-06-2013 |
20130141441 | DIGITAL SIGNAGE APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS COMMUNICATING WITH DIGITAL SIGNAGE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING CONTENT BY DIGITAL SIGNAGE APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a digital signage apparatus comprises a position information reception unit, a content inquiry unit, a content reception unit and a replay unit. The position information reception unit receives position information capable of specifying the installation position of the own apparatus from an external apparatus. The content inquiry unit notifies the position information received by the position information reception unit to an external information processing apparatus, so as to inquire the distribution of a content corresponding to the installation position. The content reception unit receives the content distributed in response to the inquiry of the content inquiry unit. The replay unit replays the content received by the content reception unit. | 06-06-2013 |
20130151328 | ARTICLE SALES DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SALES DATA EDITING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an article sales data processing apparatus includes a display unit which displays a registration screen, and a control unit which displays an editing screen for sales data of an article selected from among articles sold in one transaction on the display unit, the editing screen including an image of each of an undo button, a unit price change button, a number of items change button, and a discount button. | 06-13-2013 |
20130163042 | FACSIMILE APPARATUS, FACSIMILE SYSTEM, AND HOME GATEWAY - According to one embodiment, there is provided a facsimile apparatus connected to a home gateway, which is connected to an IP telephone network, via a communication line, the facsimile apparatus including a facsimile-signal detecting section configured to detect a facsimile identification signal in an incoming signal and a controller configured to instruct, when the facsimile identification signal is not detected in the incoming signal, using an SIP, the home gateway to perform a transfer operation for connecting a telephone set connected to the home gateway and a telephone set on an outgoing call side connected to the IP telephone network. | 06-27-2013 |
20130163044 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming system comprises a portable terminal includes a communication interface for carrying out communication and a storage device for storing a utilization policy recorded a function which can be utilized by a user and an image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit for forming an image on a recording medium, a communication interface for carrying out the communication, a function table for storing a setting which can be utilized by each function and a control unit for retrieving the function table according to the utilization policy received from the portable terminal, generating capability information that the function which should be provided is selected and sending the capability information to the portable terminal, wherein the portable terminal generates a user interface according to the received capability information. | 06-27-2013 |
20130163045 | PRINTING SERVER, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND PRINTING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a printing server includes a communication unit, a storing unit, an information-file generating unit, and a control unit. The communication unit communicates with an information processing apparatus that outputs a printing job, another printing server, and a printing apparatus. The storing unit receives the printing job transmitted from the information processing apparatus and stores the printing job. The information-file generating unit generates, on the basis of the printing job, an information file for managing the printing job stored in the storing unit. The control unit transmits the information file generated by the information-file generating unit to the other printing server via the communication unit and, if receiving, via the other printing server, a printing job request from the printing apparatus that communicates with the other printing server, transmits the printing job stored in the storing unit to the printing apparatus. | 06-27-2013 |
20130180654 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF INKJET HEAD - According to one embodiment, forming an electrode part, in which after an electrode is formed on an inner surface of a groove part formed in a substrate of the inkjet head, a smoothed film made of an inorganic material and having an average surface roughness of 0.6 μm or less is formed on a surface of the electrode, and then, an electrode protection film having a thickness of 1.0 μm or more is formed on a surface of the smoothed film; bonding a nozzle plate to an opening end face of a pressure chamber in the groove part by an adhesive after the electrode part is formed; and forming, in the nozzle plate, a nozzle communicating with the pressure chamber by laser machining after the nozzle plate is bonded. | 07-18-2013 |
20130182024 | INKJET HEAD AND AN INKJET RECORDING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, the inkjet head of an application example includes a pressure chamber for charging the ink, an actuator for changing the volume of the pressure chamber, a nozzle for discharging the ink inside the pressure chamber when the volume of the pressure chamber is changed, and a controller that, in the formation of one pixel by discharging ink drops from the nozzle, when the elapsed interval from discharging ink drops last time by the nozzle is less than the specified interval, outputs the discharging waveform corresponding to the ink drop number determined for the formation of the pixel, and when the elapsed interval is more than the specified interval, increases the number of ink drop discharge cycles above the number determined for the formation of the pixel. | 07-18-2013 |
20130182122 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes an acquirement unit configured to acquire a color image captured by an image capturing unit, an image conversion unit configured to convert the acquired color image into a monochrome image, a first recognition unit configured to specify an commodity included in the image captured by the image capturing unit based on the monochrome image, a second recognition unit configured to specify the commodity included in the image captured by the image capturing unit based on the acquired color image if the commodity cannot be specified by the first recognition unit and an output unit configured to output information showing the commodity specified by the first recognition unit or the second recognition unit. | 07-18-2013 |
20130182275 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image reading unit configured to read the first image data printed on one side of an original and the second image data printed on the other side of the original; an image forming unit configured to carry out a image forming process for the first and second image data read by the image reading unit and a control unit configured to activate the image forming unit to carry out the image forming process for the first image data when the image reading unit reads a specified area related to the second image data. | 07-18-2013 |
20130182287 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus comprises: a storage unit writes a file of one's own apparatus including an array of the records and a definition information of one's own apparatus defining the data form of the record of the file; an input unit inputs a file based on the data form of other apparatuses; a determination unit determine whether or not the item name between the file of other apparatuses input by the input unit and the file of one's own apparatus stored in the storage unit are met by comparing every record ; and an alignment processing unit transfers the item name and the input field in file of other apparatuses which is determined that the item names are not met by the determination unit to the storage unit and updates the file of one's own apparatus, and aligns the item names and the input field between apparatuses. | 07-18-2013 |
20130182291 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - In accordance with an embodiment, an information processing apparatus comprises a storage unit, a display unit, an input unit and a control unit. The storage unit stores a ground pattern. The display unit displays the image of an object to be printed. The input unit acquires a range information representing partial area of the image displayed by the display unit. The control unit adds the ground pattern stored in the storage unit to the area of the image and generates a printing data of the image based on the range information acquired by the input unit. | 07-18-2013 |
20130182899 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, STORE SYSTEM AND METHOD - An information processing apparatus comprises a similarity calculation unit calculates a similarity showing the degree of similarity between the image of an object captured and the reference image of each registered commodity, which is registered together with a superior category showing information relevant with each registered commodity registered in a dictionary, a determination unit compares the degree of similarity between the reference image and each image acquired by an acquisition unit and determines whether or not the degree of similarity of the superior category acquired by adding the similarities of a plurality of varieties belonging to the same superior category meets a specified condition and a reporting unit reports the information relevant with a commodity corresponding to the plurality of varieties meeting the specified condition as a candidate of a captured commodity in the situation that the determination unit determines that the specified condition is met. | 07-18-2013 |
20130183616 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC TONER - A decolorable electrophotographic toner, containing a color former compound, a color developing agent, a binder resin, and a release agent, wherein the toner has a pH of from 6 to 9 when dispersed in water with a pH of from 5.5 to 7 at a mass ratio of toner/water of 1/10. | 07-18-2013 |
20130189613 | METAL COMPLEX PIGMENT-CONTAINING TONER FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Disclosed is a metal complex pigment-containing toner, wherein a pigment dispersion index (A) determined as a standard deviation of an X-ray fluorescence intensity, per unit area of toner particle surface, of a central metal of the metal complex pigment contained in the toner is less than 2 [cps/(KeV·μm | 07-25-2013 |
20130191144 | MEDICAL SUPPLY MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, MEDICAL SUPPLY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD - A medical supply management apparatus comprises a medical supply specifying unit configured to specify a medical supply carried in a specified carrying-in area, a discrimination unit configured to discriminate whether or not the medical supply specified by the medical supply specifying unit is included in a medical supply predetermined to be carried in the carrying-in area and an informing unit configured to inform the information needed to specify the medical supply that is not included in a medical supply predetermined to be carried in and the message that the medical supply carried in is not included in a medical supply predetermined to be carried in, when the medical supply which is not included in the medical supply predetermined to be carried in is carried in according to the discrimination result of the discrimination unit. | 07-25-2013 |
20130193210 | COMMODITY RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND COMMODITY RECOGNITION METHOD - A commodity recognition apparatus comprises a function of recognizing a commodity in an image from the image captured by an image capturing unit, and a function of recognizing a data code attached to the commodity in the image from the image, and can switch these functions by a switching unit. The commodity recognition apparatus outputs the information of the commodity recognized by commodity recognition processing or the information of the data code recognized by data code recognition processing to a POS terminal. | 08-01-2013 |
20130196264 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC TONER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A decolorizable electrophotographic toner, including: toner particles, the toner particle comprising a binder resin; and colorant particles which contain an electron donating color developable agent, an electron accepting color developing agent, and a decolorizing temperature control agent, and have a capsule structure coated with an outer shell, wherein
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20130201506 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL APPARATUS, CENTER SERVER, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - There is provided a communication control apparatus, a center server, and a communication system capable of performing processing during a communication error at low cost without installation of any special functions. The communication control apparatus includes a call control unit which establishes communication connection with another apparatus by using SIP and a transmission and reception control unit which establishes communication connection with a predetermined center server which connects to the NGN if the other apparatus is not compatible with NGN data connection, transmits to the center server a command in which option values including target information of the other apparatus and a reroute processing request are designated, and transmits a file to the center server to cause the center server to transfer a file obtained by converting the file to the other apparatus. | 08-08-2013 |
20130201507 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS CAPABLE OF SETTING VALUE ADJUSTEMENT AND SETTING VALUE ADJUSTMENT METHOD OF ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus comprises a storage apparatus configured to store a model-specific setting value information containing a name of machine, a setting item code that is the object for adjusting of the setting value and an outlier determination condition of the setting value, which is predefined every combination the model name and the setting item, and a self-apparatus setting value information containing a setting value of self-apparatus, the setting item code and the setting value, and a control panel configured to display a display unit for displaying the model-specific setting value information and the self-apparatus setting value information every setting item code, and an adjustment value input screen including a input unit for inputting a new setting value. | 08-08-2013 |
20130201508 | Automated File Generation Using a Multifunction Peripheral - There is disclosed multifunction peripheral and a method for automated file generation. The multifunction peripheral includes a network interface for accessing a data source including data to be inserted into a plurality of files generated using a template and the data source and for sending the plurality of files to the output destination. The multifunction peripheral also includes a user interface for receiving identification of template elements within an electronic document and for receiving selection of an output destination for the plurality of files generated using the template and the data source. The multifunction peripheral also includes a controller for generating the template from the electronic document using the identified template elements, for generating a preview of a file generated using the template and the data source, the preview visible on the display device and for generating the plurality of files using the template and the data source. | 08-08-2013 |
20130201515 | MOBILE DEVICE ACTUATION OF A MULTIFUNCTION PERIPHERAL DEVICE USING NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION - There is disclosed a method of, mobile device for and apparatus for using a mobile device to actuate a multifunction peripheral device using near field communication. The mobile device includes a user interface for receiving a selection of an electronic document and instructions regarding a selected document processing operation to be performed by the multifunction peripheral and for receiving a selection of an electronic address to which the electronic document is to be directed by the multifunction peripheral. The mobile device also includes a first near field communications transceiver for receiving input indicating that the mobile device is within range of a second near field communication transceiver, for receiving communication, at the first near field transceiver from the second near field communication transceiver, indicating that the first near field communication transceiver is ready to accept the electronic document, instructions pertaining to the selected document processing operation, and the electronic address. | 08-08-2013 |
20130201523 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL SYSTEM - A communication control apparatus connected to an NGN includes an interface that is connected to an MFP and a portable terminal via a network, a control unit that generates a scanning designation screen for inputting a scanning condition in response to an original document scanning request from the portable terminal, provides a request for starting scanning in the scanning condition, acquires image data read by scanning an original document, converts the acquired image data into a thumbnail image so as to generate a preview screen, and generates a transmission destination information screen for designating a transmission destination from transmission destination address information, a transmission and reception unit that transmits the scanning designation screen, and an information selection screen including the preview screen and the transmission destination information screen to the portable terminal, and a call control unit that transmits the image data to the designated transmission destination via the NGN. | 08-08-2013 |
20130204968 | FILE TRANSFER APPARATUS AND FILE TRANSFER SYSTEM - A file transfer apparatus, which is connected with a first NGN (Next Generation Network), sends a sending file to a third file transfer apparatus connected with a second NGN by using a second file transfer apparatus connected with the second NGN as a relay apparatus comprises a file storage unit configured to store the sending file, a sending destination file generation unit configured to generate a sending destination file containing the third file transfer apparatus as the sending destination, a relay information generation unit configured to generate a relay information item specifying the second file transfer apparatus, a hash value calculation unit configured to calculate a hash value according to the sending file, the sending destination file and the relay information item and a sending unit configured to send the sending file, the sending destination file and the hash value to the second file transfer apparatus. | 08-08-2013 |