CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160125766 | PHOTOACOUSTIC BLOOD MODEL - The photoacoustic blood model contains two or more kinds of light absorbing compounds in a blood model base material, in which the absorption coefficient ratios μ[λ | 05-05-2016 |
20160120412 | PHANTOM - This invention provides a phantom whose light propagation characteristics and acoustic propagation characteristics are similar to those of human tissues and which allows detection of an absorber also with an ultrasonic wave diagnostic apparatus and allows adjustment of the oxygen saturation. | 05-05-2016 |
20160119884 | POWER TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR POWER TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - The present invention relates to improvement of usability in the case of detecting a second power receiving apparatus during transmission of power to a first power receiving apparatus. A power transmitting apparatus includes a power transmitting unit that transmits power to a plurality of power receiving apparatuses by radio, and a switching unit that controls, in a case where power is being transmitted to a first power receiving apparatus by the power transmitting unit, a power transmission mode for transmitting power to the first power receiving apparatus, and a detection mode for detecting a second power receiving apparatus that is different from the first power receiving apparatus. The resolution for detecting the second power receiving apparatus in the detection mode is higher than the resolution for detecting the second power receiving apparatus in the power transmission mode. | 04-28-2016 |
20160118914 | VIBRATION WAVE DRIVE DEVICE, STATOR FOR A VIBRATION WAVE MOTOR, VIBRATION WAVE MOTOR, DRIVING CONTROL SYSTEM, OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF A VIBRATION WAVE DRIVING DEVICE - A vibration wave drive device ( | 04-28-2016 |
20160108142 | COMPOUND, PHOTOCURABLE COMPOSITION, AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING PATTERNED FILM, OPTICAL COMPONENT, CIRCUIT BOARD, ELECTRONIC COMPONENT BY USING THE PHOTOCURABLE COMPOSITION, AND CURED PRODUCT - A compound that increases the photocuring rate of a photocurable composition and reduces the force for releasing a cured product from a mold is provided. | 04-21-2016 |
20160101951 | SHEET FEEDING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is a sheet feeding device and an image forming apparatus capable of performing sheet feeding by electrostatic adsorption at a low noise with a simple configuration. An adsorbing member | 04-14-2016 |
20160094956 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus creates a network, assigns information necessary for performing communication in the created network to each of other communication apparatuses which have joined the network, and searches for a communication apparatus having a specific service function. Upon completion of assignment of the information necessary for performing communication in the created network, the communication apparatus starts the search. | 03-31-2016 |
20160091344 | CAPACITIVE TRANSDUCER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND OBJECT INFORMATION ACQUIRING APPARATUS - Provided is a capacitive transducer with improved reliability of sealing. The capacitive transducer includes a cell and a sealing portion. The cell includes a first electrode and a vibrating membrane having a second electrode formed to oppose the first electrode through intermediation of a cavity. An etching opening portion is formed to form the cavity by sacrifice layer etching. The sealing portion seals the etching opening portion. A gap at a periphery of the sealing portion has a height smaller than that of the cavity. In a manufacturing method therefor, in a step of forming a sacrifice layer for forming the cavity and the gap communicating to the cavity via an etching flow path, a height of the sacrifice layer in a region that is to become the gap is set to be smaller than that of the sacrifice layer in a region that is to become the cavity. | 03-31-2016 |
20160080833 | METHODS, DEVICES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR STREAMING PARTITIONED TIMED MEDIA DATA - The invention relates to receiving, transmitting, and generating a manifest describing a plurality of versions of partitioned timed media data comprising timed samples that comprise subsamples. A portion of the data is transmitted as a media segment file comprising independently encapsulated components comprising partition components containing a subsample selected from among the plurality of subsamples of one of the timed samples and one corresponding subsample of the other timed samples and one reference component comprising at least one extractor identifying at least the partition component. The manifest comprises representations comprising at least a description of a version of a portion of the partitioned timed media data, one said representation comprising a description of components among which one component is required to reconstruct at least partially the partitioned timed media data and among which at least one component is an optional component that can be selected to reconstruct at least a portion of the partitioned timed media data. | 03-17-2016 |
20160079544 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT - Provided is an organic light emitting element having stable performance in the air. The organic light emitting element includes: an anode; a cathode; and a first organic compound layer placed between the anode and the cathode, in which: the organic light emitting element further includes a first organic compound layer placed between the cathode and the emission layer, and a second organic compound layer placed between the emission layer and the first organic compound layer, and brought into contact with the first organic compound layer; the first organic compound layer contains a first organic compound; the second organic compound layer contains a second organic compound; and the first organic compound includes an organic compound represented by the following general formula [1], and the second organic compound includes an organic compound different from the first organic compound | 03-17-2016 |
20160073334 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND PROGRAM FOR THE SAME - The present invention relates to improvement of convenience in displaying service search results when service search is performed in different communication layers. | 03-10-2016 |
20160066256 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - A communication device includes a reception unit, first and second determination units, and a transmission unit. The reception unit receives a search request signal transmitted from another communication device. The first determination unit determines whether the communication device executes a specific protocol. The second determination unit determines whether information indicating the specific protocol is added to the received request signal. The transmission unit does not transmit a response to the received search request signal, when the communication device executes the specific protocol and the information is not added, or when the communication device does not execute the specific protocol and the information is added, and transmits the response when the communication device executes the specific protocol and the information is added or when the communication device does not execute the specific protocol and the information is not added, based on the determinations made by the first and second determination units. | 03-03-2016 |
20160057444 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING OR DECODING AN IMAGE WITH INTER LAYER MOTION INFORMATION PREDICTION ACCORDING TO MOTION INFORMATION COMPRESSION SCHEME - The invention concerns a method, device, and computer program for motion vector prediction in scalable video encoder and decoder. | 02-25-2016 |
20160044233 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF STORING FOCUS DETECTION DATA - An image capturing apparatus includes an image sensor having a first pixel group that photoelectrically converts an object image from a first exit pupil region, a second pixel group that photoelectrically converts an object image from a second exit pupil region, and a third pixel group for capturing that photoelectrically converts an object image from overall exit pupil region; a focus detection unit that detects focus information by performing a defocus calculation with use of a first image signal obtained from the first pixel group and a second image signal obtained from the second pixel group; an image processing unit that converts captured image data into an image file for recording and saving; and a data recording unit that records, in association with the image file, signals obtained from the first pixel group and the second pixel group such that the defocus calculation can be performed. | 02-11-2016 |
20160029091 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING A REGION OF INTEREST IN A VIDEO STREAM - A method of processing video data comprising including a link between first encoded image data in a first encoded video stream and second encoded image data in a second encoded video stream, the first and second encoded image data corresponding to a same spatial area of the images of the first and second encoded video streams. Embodiments of the invention provide high resolution display of specific region of interest without a priori knowledge of the position of the region of interest. | 01-28-2016 |
20150382391 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - A communication apparatus includes a first detection unit configured to detect a service executable by another communication apparatus based on a communication in a first communication layer before the communication apparatus constructs a network with the another communication apparatus. The communication apparatus further includes a second detection unit configured to detect a service executable by the another communication apparatus based on a communication in a second communication layer that is different from the first communication layer after the communication apparatus has been wirelessly connected to the another communication apparatus, if a detection result obtained by the first detection unit does not indicate that the another communication apparatus is capable of executing a predetermined service. | 12-31-2015 |
20150381354 | HASH VALUE GENERATING DEVICE - A hash value generating device for generating a hash value based on the KECCAK algorithm includes a θ processing unit, a ρ processing unit, a π processing unit, a χ processing unit, and an ι processing unit for performing processing of five steps θ, ρ, π, χ, and ι, included in round processing of the KECCAK algorithm. The θ processing unit includes a θ | 12-31-2015 |
20150365611 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM - Provided by the present invention is an image forming apparatus wherein a signal to noise ratio is improved without reducing a video rate of a real-time moving image. The image forming apparatus comprises:
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20150364703 | ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided is a long-lifetime organic light-emitting element having a good device lifetime characteristic. The organic light-emitting device includes: a pair of electrodes; and an organic compound layer placed between the pair of electrodes, in which the organic compound layer includes an iridium complex having a specific structure and a different kind of metal complex. | 12-17-2015 |
20150364702 | IRIDIUM COMPLEX AND ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - The present invention provides a novel iridium complex and an organic light-emitting device including the novel iridium complex. The novel iridium complex includes three ligands, and two of them have a phenyl-naphtho[2,1-f]isoquinoline skeleton. The present invention also provides a display apparatus including the organic light-emitting device and an electrophotographic image-forming apparatus including a light source including the organic light-emitting device and including a photosensitive member. | 12-17-2015 |
20150364701 | ORGANOMETALLIC COMPLEX AND ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT USING THE COMPLEX - Provided is an organic light-emitting element having high light-emitting efficiency and a long element lifetime, the organic light-emitting element including an anode, a cathode, and an organic compound layer placed between the anode and the cathode, in which: the organic compound layer includes an emission layer; the emission layer includes a host and a guest; the host is an aromatic hydrocarbon compound; the guest is an iridium complex of a specific structure; and a content of the host is 50 wt % or more with reference to the total amount of the constituent materials for the emission layer. | 12-17-2015 |
20150353431 | PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL, PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - There is provided a lead- and potassium-free piezoelectric material having a high piezoelectric constant and a satisfactory insulation property and a piezoelectric element that includes the piezoelectric material. The piezoelectric material contains a perovskite-type metal oxide having the general formula (1): (Na | 12-10-2015 |
20150347072 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Provided is an image processing apparatus that suspends a maintenance video being reproduced when a maintenance screen is switched from the foreground to the background upon detection of occurrence of an event. If the detected event is not an event occurred in response to a user operation, the image processing apparatus returns a reproduction start position of the suspended maintenance video from the suspended position backwards by a predetermined time. | 12-03-2015 |
20150346620 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes an undercoat layer that includes metal oxide particles and a compound represented by formula (1). | 12-03-2015 |
20150331386 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention provides an image forming apparatus including: a first moving member pressed and moved by an openable/closable member when the openable/closable member is opened, and switching a cartridge from a state where the cartridge is positioned in an image forming position to a state where the positioning is released; and a second moving member pressed and moved by the openable/closable member when the openable/closable member is opened, and moving the exposure member from an exposure position to a retracted position, wherein when the positioning of the cartridge is released, a reaction force applied from the first moving member to the openable/closable member reaches a first peak, when the exposure member is moved to the retracted position, a reaction force applied from the second moving member to the openable/closable member reaches a second peak, and timing of the first peak is different from timing of the second peak. | 11-19-2015 |
20150326883 | Method, apparatus and system for encoding and decoding the transform units of a coding unit - Disclosed is a method of decoding a luma transform and plurality of chroma transforms from a video bitstream. The chroma transforms contain chroma data for a single colour channel. The method determines a value of a luma transform skip flag for the luma transform indicating whether data of the luma transform is encoded in the video bitstream as a spatial domain representation. A value of a chroma transform skip flag is determined for a first chroma transform of the plurality of chroma transforms indicating whether the data of the chroma transform is encoded in the video bitstream as a spatial domain representation. The method decodes the luma transform according to the determined luma transform skip flag and the plurality of chroma transforms according to the determined chroma transform skip flag for the first chroma transform. | 11-12-2015 |
20150326157 | A MOTOR DRIVING APPARATUS - A motor driving apparatus includes a rotor, a first yoke including a first magnetic portion, a first coil configured to, if energized, excite the first magnetic portion, a second yoke including a second magnetic portion, a second coil configured to, if energized, excite the second magnetic portion, a detecting portion including a first detection element, a second detection element, a third detection element, and a fourth detection element, each detection element being configured to detect a rotation position of the rotor, and a controller configured to switch a pole excited by the first magnetic portion and the second magnetic portion by switching an energization direction of the first coil and the second coil based on an output of the detecting portion. | 11-12-2015 |
20150319438 | IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD AND PROGRAM, IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD AND PROGRAM - A luminance signal of an image and a chrominance signal of a bit depth different from that of the luminance signal is input, a luminance quantization parameter used to quantize the input luminance signal in block units is generated, a chrominance quantization parameter used to quantize the input chrominance signal in block units within a range depending on the luminance quantization parameter is generated, the input luminance signal is quantized by the luminance quantization parameter, the chrominance signal is quantized by the chrominance quantization parameter, and the range is changed depending on the difference between the bit depth of the luminance signal and the chrominance signal during the generation of the chrominance quantization parameter. | 11-05-2015 |
20150317108 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, PRINTING SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR SEARCHING, RETRIEVING IMAGE FORMING DEVICES THAT ARE COLLECTIVELY REGISTERED ON A SERVICE PROVIDING DEVICE - An information processing device transmits, to a plurality of image forming devices, a registration request to the service providing device, and receives location information for accessing the service providing device corresponding to each the image forming device from among the plurality of image forming devices that have received the registration request, accesses the service providing device on the basis of the received location information, and receives and displays an authentication screen for inputting authentication information. After authentication information has been input on the displayed screen, a user corresponding to the authentication information and the plurality of image forming devices are associated with each other and managed by the service providing device. | 11-05-2015 |
20150310072 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR CONTEXT MANAGEMENT - Systems, devices, and methods for contextual management extract context information and content information from a collection of stored digital content items; generate an index of the extracted context information and content information; store the indexed context information and content information; receive a query from a computing device, wherein the query is associated with a user; determine a context of the user; determine a context of a user activity; determine contents of the query; generate a recommendation in response to the query based on the context of the user, the context of the user activity, and the contents of the query; and return the recommendation to the computing device. | 10-29-2015 |
20150309760 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATING WITH AN IMAGE-FORMING DEVICE FROM A MOBILE DEVICE - Systems, devices, and methods for device communication receive, at a proxy device, an image of a barcode that was sent from a mobile device, wherein the barcode includes device information for an image-forming device, and wherein the device information identifies a network of the image-forming device; send the device information from the proxy device to one or more support devices; and at the one or more support devices, determine if the respective support device is connected to the network of the image-forming device, and in response to determining that the respective support device is connected to the network of the image-forming device, generate an output queue for the image-forming device on the support device that is connected to the network of the image-forming device. | 10-29-2015 |
20150309386 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING THE CHIRP OF AN OPTICAL SIGNAL - An apparatus for altering a chirp of an input light comprising one or more grating structures and one or more electro-optical blocks. In which a voltage is applied to the one or more electro-optical blocks to alter a chirp of light exiting the apparatus. | 10-29-2015 |
20150308967 | OBJECT INFORMATION OBTAINING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND IMAGING SYSTEM - The present invention relates to an object information obtaining apparatus that obtains information about a phase image of an object using information about an interference pattern produced by a shearing interferometer, the interference pattern being formed by an electromagnetic wave or electron beam passed through or reflected by the object. The apparatus includes a first obtaining unit configured to obtain information about a differential phase image of the object using the information about the interference pattern, a second obtaining unit configured to obtain information about contrast in each region of the interference pattern, a third obtaining unit configured to weight the information about the differential phase image using the information about the contrast to obtain information about a weighted differential phase image, and a fourth obtaining unit configured to integrate the information about the weighted differential phase image to obtain the information about the phase image of the object. | 10-29-2015 |
20150302269 | MATERIAL CLASSIFICATION USING SPECULAR GLOSS - Gloss-based material classification of an object fabricated from an unknown material, particularly where the unknown material is one from a limited set of predetermined materials. The object is illuminated with an area light source such that the object is illuminated from multiple angles. An image of the object is obtained, and specular reflections from the object are measured by analyzing the image. The object material is classified based on a number of high-intensity specular reflections. | 10-22-2015 |
20150302081 | MERGING OBJECT CLUSTERS - A determination is made as to whether to merge clusters of objects. Semantic information is input for at least one of the objects. A compactness of a candidate cluster to be formed when a first cluster and a second cluster are merged is evaluated. A cluster quality of the candidate cluster is evaluated, based on the semantic information. The first cluster and the second cluster are merged in a case that the compactness of the candidate cluster relative to a compactness of the first and second clusters exceeds a compactness threshold, and the cluster quality of the candidate cluster relative to a cluster quality of the first and second clusters exceeds a cluster quality threshold. | 10-22-2015 |
20150301776 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING A PRINT PREVIEW - Devices, systems, and methods for managing a print preview receives a first preview request; configures a filter pipeline; obtains a job flow; generates a first parts list based at least on the first preview request and the job flow; determines whether the filter pipeline is clear of parts; processes one or more parts listed in the first parts list using the filter pipeline; receives a second preview request; determines whether the one or more parts listed in the first parts list of the first preview request can be used in the second preview request; generates a second parts list based on the second preview request; determines whether the filter pipeline is clear of the one or more parts listed in the first parts list; and processes one or more parts listed in the second parts list using the filter pipeline. | 10-22-2015 |
20150301766 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING DEVICE DISCOVERY - Systems and methods for a method for device discovery performed by a computer device are disclosed, including discovering networked devices and listing the network devices in a first list, enumerating installed devices from system software, listing the enumerated devices in a second list, and merging the lists of discovered and enumerated devices. | 10-22-2015 |
20150301229 | LIGHT-SHIELDING COATING, LIGHT-SHIELDING FILM, AND OPTICAL ELEMENT - The present invention relates to a light-shielding coating including a resin composition containing at least an epoxy resin, a coloring agent including a dye, and titania fine particles having an average primary particle diameter of 1 nm or more and 100 nm or less and including an organic solvent dissolving or dispersing the resin composition. The concentration of the titania fine particles is 20% by mass or more and 60% by mass or less of the resin composition. | 10-22-2015 |
20150296124 | IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - An imaging apparatus includes a controller configured to perform focus control by adding a set value to a result of focus detection by automatic focusing based on a phase difference detection method. In a shooting mode, in a case where an AF frame to be used in the focus control is different from an AF frame to which the set value is set, the controller notifies a user of this fact. | 10-15-2015 |
20150295126 | PHOTONIC DEVICE AND OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE PHOTONIC DEVICE AS LIGHT SOURCE - Provided is a photonic device in which emission intensity in a short wavelength region is suppressed even in the case of increasing carrier injection density so as to obtain a wide spectrum half-maximum width as well as a high output. The photonic device includes: a first cladding layer; a second cladding layer; and an active layer including an emitting layer and a barrier layer and being provided between the first cladding layer and the second cladding layer, the emitting layer emitting light in a spectrum having a center wavelength λc and a spectrum half-maximum width Δλ, in which at least one of the first cladding layer and the second cladding layer includes a light absorbing part for absorbing light having a wavelength of λs or less represented by the following Expression (1): | 10-15-2015 |
20150294176 | AUTOMATIC TRACKING IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - An automatic tracking image pickup system including: an image pickup apparatus picking up an image of an object; a driving unit changing an image pickup direction of the image pickup apparatus; a recognition unit recognizing a tracking object in a picked up image; and a controller controlling a speed of the driving unit based on a difference between a position of the tracking object in the image and a target position in the image in an initial mode until the tracking object reaches a predetermined position in the image after the recognition unit recognizes the tracking object for first time, and in a normal mode after the tracking object reaches the predetermined position with a gain for obtaining the speed of the driving unit based on the difference in the normal mode being larger than a gain used in the initial mode. | 10-15-2015 |
20150293488 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DETECTION APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: irradiation means for irradiating an image carrier having a detection image with light; light-receiving means for receiving reflected light of the light irradiated by irradiation means and outputting a detection signal corresponding to a light-receiving amount of the reflected light including a specular-reflected light component; and detection means for detecting one of position information and density information of the detection image based on a signal corresponding to a difference between a value of the detection signal corresponding to the light-receiving amount of the reflected light from a first position where the detection image is formed and a value of the detection signal corresponding to the light-receiving amount of the reflected light from a second position different from the first position. | 10-15-2015 |
20150289075 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A DIRECTION OF AT LEAST ONE SOUND SOURCE FROM AN ARRAY OF MICROPHONES - A direction of at least one sound source from an array of microphones is determined by obtaining a plurality of solutions sets from audio signals acquired from the microphones array, each solutions set being obtained by applying a sound source localization method to the audio signals, each solution defining a sound direction candidate. Then, solutions are grouped into groups of solutions and at least one of the groups is removed, based on a criterion of disparity between the solutions sets. The direction of the at least one sound source from directions associated with the remaining groups is obtained. | 10-08-2015 |
20150286451 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING A PRINT-SETTING USER INTERFACE - Systems, devices, and methods for managing a print-setting user interface (UI) receive a request to display a print-setting UI of a printer driver from an application, wherein the request includes one or more of an application identification (ID) of the application; obtain a hardware profile data of an application-host device, wherein the application-host device has the application installed thereon; and obtain one or more sets of print-setting UI data corresponding to one or more of the application ID and the hardware profile data; and display a print-setting UI based on the one or more sets of print-setting UI data obtained. | 10-08-2015 |
20150286176 | IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS - A fixing device is provided in which an external heating belt | 10-08-2015 |
20150275008 | INK FOR INK-JET RECORDING, INK CARTRIDGE, AND INK-JET RECORDING PROCESS - The present invention provides an ink for ink-jet recording having high storage stability and high discharge stability and providing high abrasion resistance to the resulting image. The ink for ink-jet recording includes polymer particles. The polymer particles each include a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer from the inside to the outside in this order. The first layer is formed of an uncrosslinked first polymer, the second layer is formed of a crosslinked second polymer having ionizable groups, and the third layer is formed of units each having a hydrophilic part and a hydrophobic part. | 10-01-2015 |
20150274715 | CANCER CELL INHIBITORY DRUG AND CANCER STEM-CELL DETECTION PROBE - An object of the present invention is to provide a cancer cell inhibitory drug, particularly a cancer stem-cell inhibitory drug, or a cancer stem-cell detection probe. A cancer cell inhibitory drug containing at least a compound represented by general formula (1). | 10-01-2015 |
20150268128 | Calculating Nonlinear Kerr Coefficient for a Waveguide - Calculating a non-linear Kerr coefficient in a waveguide. Formulating equations based on Maxwell's equations which represent propagation of an electro-magnetic wave down the waveguide based on the material properties of the waveguide and the geometry of the waveguide. Producing discretized equations. Solving the discretized equations using an eigenvalue solving technique for a set of electro-optical waves with a frequency ω and a wavenumber β in the non-linear regime and a wavenumber β | 09-24-2015 |
20150263231 | OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, AND OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS HAVING THE OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The present invention provides an optical semiconductor device which can make a wavelength band of emitted light wider than that of a conventional optical semiconductor device. The optical semiconductor device includes: an active layer including a multiple quantum well structure; and at least one electrode pair for injecting an electric current into the active layer, wherein the multiple quantum well structure has a first quantum well and a second quantum well which is different from the first quantum well, and the first quantum well and the second quantum well are mutually different in at least two out of a composition of a well layer, a width of the well layer, and a composition of a barrier layer. | 09-17-2015 |
20150261482 | PRINTING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A printing system comprises: an obtaining unit which obtains information about a printer, a first user, and a print server; a storing unit which generates, based on the information, a printer object used when using the printer via the print service, and stores the generated printer object in association with the information of the print server which manages the printer; a providing unit which, if the first user selects the print server, provides a setting window for instructing to share, with a second user, a plurality of printers managed by the selected print server; and a changing unit which changes a state of printer objects of the respective printers to a shared state to allow the second user to use the printer objects of the respective printers managed by the selected print server if sharing is instructed. | 09-17-2015 |
20150256686 | METHOD OF MANAGING A FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION - Devices, systems, and methods for managing a facsimile transmission receive, at a fax driver of a fax device, a request to transmit a fax job; determine whether a fax destination number for the fax job exists; in response to determining that the fax destination number for the fax job does not exist, send a request to display a notification; receive the fax destination number for the fax job; and send the received fax destination number for the fax job to the fax device. | 09-10-2015 |
20150252131 | PHOTOCURABLE COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FILM - A photocurable composition which decreases a mold releasing force is provided. The photocurable composition is a photocurable composition which is cured using light while being in contact with a mold having a surface in which a concavo-convex pattern is formed so as to manufacture a film having a concavo-convex pattern and which includes a polymerizable compound, a photopolymerization initiator, and a photosensitive gas generating agent having a photostimulation responsive portion. The photosensitive gas generating agent has a repeating structure containing at least one alkylene oxide chain and generates a gas from the photostimulation responsive portion by light irradiation. | 09-10-2015 |
20150239587 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A staple-less binding unit is provided with upper and lower die portions having pluralities of concave and convex teeth engaging with each other. A control portion causes the staple-less binding unit to carry out a binding process of binding a sheet bundle by biting the sheet bundle by the upper and lower die portions and to carry out a cleaning process of engaging the upper and lower die portions in a non-binding process in which no binding process is carried out. | 08-27-2015 |
20150237166 | METHOD AND CORRESPONDING DEVICE FOR STREAMING VIDEO DATA - The present invention provides a method for streaming data corresponding to a given video, each frame of the video being divided into n spatial tiles, n being an integer, in order to create n independent video sub-tracks. The method comprises:
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20150227083 | DEVELOPING UNIT AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - The present invention relates to a developing unit including a developer bearing member configured to bear a developer, the axis of the developer bearing member being inclined with respect to the axis of an image bearing member. The developing unit includes a developer accommodating chamber that accommodates the developer; and a conveying member provided in the developer accommodating chamber and supplying the developer from the developer accommodating chamber to the developer bearing member by rotation. The axis of the conveying member is inclined with respect to the axis of the developer bearing member. The developer conveying force of the conveying member differs depending on the position in the axial direction thereof and increases as the distance from the axis of the conveying member to the surface of the developer bearing member increases. | 08-13-2015 |
20150224642 | GEAR MECHANISM, SPEED REDUCER, AND ROBOT ARM - A gear mechanism, including: a first gear; and a second gear. The first gear and the second gear are arranged at an inclination angle to form a first meshing region and a second meshing region. Multiple tooth tip portions of the first gear and multiple tooth tip portions of the second gear are each formed to be held in contact with each other at one point in the first meshing region. Multiple recessed portions of the first gear and multiple recessed portions of the second gear are each formed to conform to a passing region extending along movement of one of the multiple mating tooth tip portions at the time of moving in the second meshing region. | 08-13-2015 |
20150219134 | SCREW FASTENING STRUCTURE - Provided is a screw fastening structure for fastening a shoulder screw to a thin metal plate member ( | 08-06-2015 |
20150215297 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR DEVICE PROVISIONING - Systems, devices, and methods for provisioning a device receive authentication information from a user interface; send the authentication information to an identity provider device; receive a token at the registration device from the identify provider device; send the token, device information of a new device, and a provisioning request from the registration device to a provisioning service; receive an activation code at a user interface of the new device; send the activation code and the token from the new device to the provisioning device; and receive a key from the provisioning device, the key being associated with the device identifier of the new device. | 07-30-2015 |
20150212437 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photosensitive member in which a leak hardly occurs, and a process cartridge and electrophotographic apparatus having the same are provided. The conductive layer in the electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a binder material, a first metal oxide particle, and a second metal oxide particle. The first metal oxide particle is a titanium oxide particle coated with tin oxide doped with phosphorus, tungsten, niobium, tantalum, or fluorine, and the second metal oxide particle is an uncoated titanium oxide particle. The contents of the first and second metal oxide particles in the conductive layer is 20 to 50 vol. % and 1.0 to 15 vol. %, respectively based on the total volume of the conductive layer. The content of the second metal oxide particle in the conductive layer is 5.0 to 30% by volume based on the content of the first metal oxide particle in the conductive layer. | 07-30-2015 |
20150201121 | DISTANCE DETECTION APPARATUS, IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND DISTANCE DETECTION METHOD - A distance detection apparatus includes a calculation unit configured to detect an object distance to an object based on a first signal formed by a luminous flux that has passed through a first pupil area of an imaging optical system and a second signal formed by a luminous flux that has passed through a second pupil area of the imaging optical system different from the first pupil area, which are generated by using an image sensing unit including multiple pixels. The calculation unit performs a first process for calculating one of a defocus amount and the object distance by a phase difference method based on the first signal and the second signal and a second process for calculating one of the defocus amount and the object distance by a DFD method based on the first signal and the second signal. | 07-16-2015 |
20150195452 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND ITS CONTROL METHOD - An image pickup apparatus controls in such a manner that if a touch applied to a touch operation member is detected by a detection unit arranged to detect a touch operation applied to the touch operation member, a photographic preparation unit makes an adjustment of a photographic setting, and after the touch, if the detection unit detects a predetermined touch operation and thereafter detects that the touch operation member loses the touch applied thereto, a photographic processing unit does not execute a photographic processing, while after the touch, if the detection unit detects that the touch operation member loses the touch applied thereto without detecting the predetermined touch operation, the photographic processing unit executes the photographic processing. | 07-09-2015 |
20150194594 | PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL AND PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT USING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING THE PIEZOELECTRONIC ELEMENT - Provided is a lead-free piezoelectric material having a high Curie temperature, a satisfactory mechanical quality factor, and a satisfactory Young's modulus, and a piezoelectric element and a multilayered piezoelectric element each using the piezoelectric material. The piezoelectric material contains 0.04 mol % or more to 2.00 mol % or less of Cu with respect to 1 mol of a perovskite-type metal oxide represented by the following general formula: (K | 07-09-2015 |
20150192890 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrophotographic image forming apparatus, in which a drawer supporting a cartridge is mounted in an apparatus main body, and an impact when a drawer is mounted into the apparatus main body may be suppressed to prevent a developer from scattering within a developer container. The drawer supporting the cartridge is movable between an inside position in the apparatus main body and a pullout position at which the cartridge is mounted and removed. On a forward side of the inside position, a force giving portion for giving a force to the drawer in a direction opposite to a mounting direction is provided. The force giving portion gives the force gradually to the drawer along with movement of the drawer in the mounting direction. With this structure, it is possible to suppress the scattering of the developer in the cartridge caused by the impact on mounting. | 07-09-2015 |
20150183942 | PHOTOCURABLE COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FILM USING THE COMPOSITION - Provided are a photocurable composition having high filling property and capable of reducing a mold release force upon production of a film through the utilization of a photo-imprint method, and a method of manufacturing a film using the photocurable composition. The photocurable composition is a photocurable composition, including at least the following component (A) to component (C): (A) a polymerizable compound; (B) a photopolymerization initiator; and (C) a surfactant represented by the following general formula (1): | 07-02-2015 |
20150182286 | MEDICAL MANIPULATOR AND MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM INCLUDING MEDICAL MANIPULATOR - A medical manipulator is improved in terms of invasiveness into a body tissue and an emergency avoidance difficulty. The medical manipulator includes a driving unit including a vibration-type actuator including a vibrating unit that generates a vibration wave, a moving unit movable relative to the vibrating unit in response to receiving the vibration wave, and a pressure application unit configured to apply a pressure between the vibrating unit and the moving unit. The medical manipulator further includes a manipulator unit connected to the driving unit and configured to be movable by being driven by the driving unit, a supporting unit that supports the driving unit and the manipulator unit, a driving circuit connected to the vibrating unit and configured to apply an AC voltage to the vibrating unit, and a torque control unit configured to control a holding torque with which the moving unit is held by the vibrating unit. | 07-02-2015 |
20150181218 | IMAGE ENCODING APPARATUS, METHOD OF IMAGE ENCODING, AND RECORDING MEDIUM, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, METHOD OF IMAGE DECODING, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Encoded data is decoded based on tile data division information, tile data position information, block line data division information, and block line data position information. The tile data division information indicates whether the encoded data is composed of tile data items that serve as encoded data items of tiles. The tile data position information indicates positions of the tile data items. The block line data division information indicates whether each tile data item is composed of first block line data and second block line data. The first block line data serves as encoded data of a first block line that is a set of blocks arranged linearly. The second block line data serves as encoded data of a second block line next to the first block line. The block line data position information indicates a position of the second block line data. | 06-25-2015 |
20150175731 | (METH)ACRYLATE COMPOUND, OPTICAL COMPOSITION, MOLDED ARTICLE, AND OPTICAL ELEMENT - An optical element including a molded article is provided, the molded article being prepared by molding a polymer prepared by polymerizing a (meth)acrylate compound represented at least by the following general formula (1): | 06-25-2015 |
20150159019 | COLORING COMPOUND AND INK, COLOR FILTER RESIST COMPOSITION, AND THERMAL TRANSFER RECORDING INK SHEET CONTAINING SAID COLORING COMPOUND - The present invention provides a coloring compound that exhibits an excellent chromogenicity and provides an ink, a color filter resist composition, and a thermal transfer recording ink sheet that contain this coloring compound. | 06-11-2015 |
20150157204 | Light Source Modulation for a Scanning Microscope - Systems, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium for imaging an object. The system includes a scanner. The scanner positions a spot of light from a light source on the object along a scanning path. The scanning path includes a plurality of scan lines. The spot moves along the scanning path at a scanning velocity. The scanning velocity is not constant. The intensity of the spot of light is modulated as a function of the scanning velocity. The system includes a detector that is arranged to output data associated with positions along the scanning path. The system includes one or more processors that perform calculations. Pixels are calculated based on the output data. The image is constructed of the object based on the pixels. | 06-11-2015 |
20150156365 | Image Based Correction of Distortion from a Scanner - System, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with instructions for imaging an object. Dividing raw data into forward scan data and backward scan data. Reversing the order of the backward scan data to produce inverted backward scan data. Determining an offset value that is associated with a maximum value of a first function based on the forward scan data and the inverted backward scan data. The forward scan data is shifted by the offset value relative to the inverted backward scan data. Producing a first image of the object that comprises the forward scan data interlaced with the inverted backward scan data. The forward scan data is shifted by the offset value relative to the inverted backward scan data. | 06-04-2015 |
20150155473 | PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL, PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, MULTILAYERED PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR MULTILAYERED PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD, LIQUID DISCHARGE DEVICE, ULTRASONIC MOTOR, OPTICAL DEVICE, VIBRATION DEVICE, DUST REMOVING DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided is a piezoelectric material that is free of lead and potassium, has satisfactory insulation property and piezoelectricity, and has a high Curie temperature. The piezoelectric material includes a perovskite-type metal oxide represented by the following general formula (1): General formula (1) (Na | 06-04-2015 |
20150153290 | X-RAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MEASURING X-RAYS - An X-ray apparatus and an X-ray measuring method which are capable of obtaining object information including information about scattering of X-rays by an object are provided. The X-ray apparatus includes a detector configured to detect an intensity of an X-ray beam passed through an object. The detector includes a first pixel and a second pixel different from the first pixel. The apparatus is configured such that when the object is not disposed in an optical path of the X-ray beam, the center of an intensity distribution of the X-ray beam applied to the detector does not coincide with a boundary between the first and second pixels. | 06-04-2015 |
20150148600 | MEDICAL INSTRUMENT - The present invention provides a medical instrument which is capable of reducing damage, such as cutting of a wire, to the medical instrument even if excessively large load is applied to an inserting portion. A medical instrument including: a deformable portion; a wire configured to deform the deformable portion; a driving unit configured to drive the wire; a drive control unit configured to control the driving unit; and a load detecting unit configured to detect load applied to the deformable portion, wherein when the load detected by the load detecting unit exceeds a threshold value, the drive control unit controls the driving unit to retain posture of the deformable portion. | 05-28-2015 |
20150145200 | PRINTING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A system is provided for shifting, according to an amount of stacked sheets that has been stacked in a sheet stacking device, a state of a power to be supplied to the sheet stacking device from a first power state to a second power state where power consumption is less than that in the second power state. | 05-28-2015 |
20150144537 | MATERIAL CLASSIFICATION USING OBJECT/MATERIAL INTERDEPENDENCE WITH FEEDBACK - The present disclosure relates to classification of a material type of an object. A first phase applies an object classifier and a material classifier to obtain first object and material probabilities of the object. A second phase applies an interdependent object/material classifier to the first object and material probabilities to obtain further object and material class probabilities. The interdependent object/material classifier performs multiple iterations of calculating the further object and material class probabilities, and utilizes feedback in which an immediately preceding calculated prior further object class probability is included in a next iteration of calculating a further material class probability, and an immediately preceding calculated prior further material class probability is included in a next iteration of calculating a further object class probability. | 05-28-2015 |
20150139684 | DEVELOPER ACCOMMODATING UNIT WITH FRAMES FOR ACCOMMODATING A DEVELOPER ACCOMODATING MEMBER - A developer accommodating unit for accommodating a developer, including: a flexible container, provided with an opening for permitting discharge of the developer, for accommodating the developer; a sealing member for sealing the opening; and a frame, including a first frame and a second frame, for accommodating the flexible container in a space formed by mounting the first frame to the second frame and for accommodating the developer discharged through the opening of the flexible container when the opening is unsealed. The flexible container is deformed adjacent to longitudinal end portions thereof in a mounting direction of the first frame toward the second frame. | 05-21-2015 |
20150138562 | WAVELENGTH-VARIABLE LASER INCLUDING SOA AND OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE LASER - Provided is a wavelength-variable laser including an SOA which controls not a shape of a gain spectrum itself in the SOA but a shape of a gain spectrum obtained in the entire SOA to enable inhibition of output fluctuations. The wavelength-variable laser including an SOA includes: a wavelength selection mechanism for selectively reflecting a wavelength; an SOA for amplifying light, the SOA being configured to reflect light that enters a first end facet by a second end facet opposite to the first facet and to cause light amplified in an active layer to exit from the first facet; and a reflecting member provided outside the SOA, the reflecting member forming a resonator in a pair with the second facet, in which the second facet has a multilayer film to control of a shape of gain spectrum obtained in the entire SOA, the multilayer film having a reflectance depending on wavelength. | 05-21-2015 |
20150133959 | MEDICAL APPARATUS - To prevent a medical apparatus such as an endoscope or an electrophysiological catheter that includes an insertion portion to be inserted into the body of a patient from breaking at any unexpected positions. | 05-14-2015 |
20150130956 | VIBRATION TYPE DRIVING APPARATUS, TWO-DIMENSIONAL DRIVING APPARATUS, IMAGE-BLUR CORRECTION APPARATUS, INTERCHANGEABLE LENS, IMAGE-PICKUP APPARATUS, AND AUTOMATIC STAGE - A vibration type driving apparatus including:
| 05-14-2015 |
20150124035 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND MEDIUM STORAGE DEVICE - A movable rod member is provided that changes the shape of a medium receiver of a medium storage portion by changing the location of the movable rod member. The location of the movable rod member is changed in accordance with the condition of a medium, so as to change a method of storing the medium. | 05-07-2015 |
20150120882 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND CONTROL METHOD - If a plurality of streams and an environment in which a dependent relationship exists between the streams are assumed, fairness may not be maintained by a conventional technique. The priority of a stream is determined by the dependent relationship between the streams. | 04-30-2015 |
20150117075 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The discharge circuit includes plural resistors connected in parallel to a capacitor and connected between input lines. When input of an alternative voltage has stopped, the plural resistors form plural discharge paths to remove charges accumulated in the capacitor, thereby removing the charges in the capacitor connected between the input lines of the alternative voltage. | 04-30-2015 |
20150103368 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An information processing apparatus according to this invention, when accepting an instruction to execute a job based on a history of a previously executed job, identifies settings allowed to be reflected to the job to be executed based on the instruction from among settings of the previously executed job. The information processing apparatus executes the job based on the instruction according to the settings obtained by reflecting the identified settings to default settings of the job to be executed. | 04-16-2015 |
20150102556 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus which include a sheet storage portion and a stacker portion and from which a user can easily receive a sheet is provided. | 04-16-2015 |
20150093147 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a main assembly, a developing cartridge, and a drum supporting frame detachably mountable to the main assembly while supporting the developing cartridge. The main assembly includes a door for opening and closing the main assembly, and a main assembly coupling engageable with a development coupling in interrelation with a closing operation of the door to transmit a driving force to the development coupling. | 04-02-2015 |
20150084048 | BOTTOM GATE TYPE THIN FILM TRANSISTOR, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided is a bottom gate type thin film transistor including on a substrate ( | 03-26-2015 |
20150078655 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR LARGE-SCALE LINEAR DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS OF IMAGES - Systems, devices, and methods for generating hierarchical subspace maps obtain a training set of images, wherein the images in the training set of images are each associated with at least one category in a plurality of categories; organize the images in the training set of images into a category hierarchy based on the training set of images and on the plurality of categories, wherein the category hierarchy identifies each of the categories in the plurality of categories as at least one of a parent category and child category; and generate a subspace map for each parent category based on images associated with respective child categories of the parent category, thereby generating a plurality of subspace maps. | 03-19-2015 |
20150071861 | POLYMER, CONTRAST AGENT FOR NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANALYSIS OR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING USING THE POLYMER, COMPOUND AND METHOD OF NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANALYSIS AND METHOD OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING USING THE POLYMER - As a substance used as a contrast agent for a method of nuclear magnetic resonance analysis or a method of magnetic resonance imaging, a substance with high selectivity and high sensitivity was demanded. According to the present invention, when a polymer having, in a side chain thereof, a sequence of a | 03-12-2015 |
20150071683 | DEVELOPING DEVICE - A developing device includes: a developer carrying member; a first chamber; a second chamber; a partition wall; a communicating portion; and a feeding member, provided rotatably in the first chamber, for feeding the developer in the first chamber. In a circulation path, the feeding member includes a first region corresponding to a developer coating region of the developer carrying member and a second region, provided downstream of the first region with respect to a feeding direction of the feeding member, corresponding to a region outside the developer coating region of the developer carrying member. Feeding power per unit driving time of the feeding member is set at a smaller value in the first region than in the second region. | 03-12-2015 |
20150063436 | METHOD FOR ENCODING AND DECODING AN IMAGE, AND CORRESPONDING DEVICES - A method for encoding at least one block of pixels includes the following steps of transforming ( | 03-05-2015 |
20150062325 | IMAGE ESTIMATING METHOD, PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, IMAGE ESTIMATING APPARATUS, NETWORK DEVICE, AND METHOD OF OBTAINING IMAGE DATA - An image estimating method is configured to utilize image data of an object captured at N different positions z | 03-05-2015 |
20150054504 | OPTICALLY PUMPED MAGNETOMETER AND METHOD OF MEASURING MAGNETIC FORCE - An optically pumped magnetometer includes: a modulation unit which allows rectangular wave modulation to an angle of a polarization plane of probe light; a detector for detecting a change of the angle of the polarization plane of the probe light transmitted through a cell; and a differential circuit for obtaining a difference in light intensity between components separated by a polarization splitter. Thus, both a reduction of a light intensity noise of the probe light and a separation and reduction of a noise defined by an inverse of a frequency in a low frequency area can be achieved. | 02-26-2015 |
20150053885 | PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMIC, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMIC, PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A piezoelectric ceramic contains a main component, Mn as a first auxiliary component, and a second auxiliary component containing at least one element selected from the group consisting of Cu, B, and Si. The main component contains a perovskite metal oxide having the following general formula (1): | 02-26-2015 |
20150051735 | CONTROL APPARATUS OF ROBOT, ROBOT, AND PROGRAM THEREOF - Realized is a structure capable of deflection correction drive, in which actuator performance can be effectively utilized, and actuator performance U does not exceed a first constraint value as an upper limit. A target trajectory calculation unit | 02-19-2015 |
20150042033 | SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A variable speed unit is driven by a drive unit to make a tooth-missing large gear of a sheet feed tooth-missing stage gear mesh with a small gear of an input stage gear rotating at a constant speed, to then rotate a rotating shaft of the feeding roller and a cam at a first speed to lift an intermediate plate. If a sheet stacked on the intermediate plate is pressed against the feeding roller, the variable speed unit makes a large gear of the input stage gear and a tooth-missing small gear of the sheet feed tooth-missing stage gear mesh with each other, so that the rotating shaft of the feeding roller is rotated at a second speed faster than the first speed to rotate the feeding roller at a fast speed. | 02-12-2015 |
20150037065 | CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In a cartridge provided with an electrode portion for connecting a main assembly contact and process means by injecting an electroconductive resin into a frame, in order to simplify structures of the frame and the electrode portion and to improve an assembling property of the cartridge and an electrode property of the electrode portion, the cartridge electrode integrally molded by injecting the electroconductive resin into the frame includes a first contact portion, exposed toward an outside of the frame, contacted to a main assembly contact provided in the apparatus main assembly; a second contact portion provided for being electrically connected to the process means; and an injection receiving portion into which the resin is injected when the cartridge electrode is molded into the frame, and, the electroconductive resin injected from the injection receiving portion is branched to mold the first contact portion and the second contact portion so that an electroconductive path for electrically connecting the main assembly contact and the process means is formed | 02-05-2015 |
20150036878 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided an image processing apparatus for composing a plurality of images captured while changing an exposure amount, including a displacement detection means for detecting a displacement amount between the plurality of images, a correction means for correcting a displacement between the images based on the displacement amount detected by the displacement detection means, a moving object region detection means for detecting a moving object region from the plurality of images for which the displacement has been corrected, an image composition means for composing the plurality of images for which the displacement has been corrected, and a moving object processing means for replacing a region corresponding to the moving object region of the composite image composed by the image composition means by an image obtained by performing weighted addition of the plurality of images. | 02-05-2015 |
20150035882 | PRINTING APPARARUS AND PRINTING CONTROL METHOD - There is provided a method for appropriately coping with a case where a unique portion of a sheet is detected at the time of performing printing on a second surface of the sheet in both-side printing. If the unique portion position end mark is detected and it is determined that it is on the other side surface of the sheet, a length of the unique portion area is calculated. In addition, among images that are already printed by the printing onto the one side surface of the sheet, an image on the one side surface of the sheet corresponding to the calculated unique portion area is detected. Next, a group of the detected image on the one side surface and the image on the other side surface corresponding to the detected image are extracted as reprint data, which is stored in a predetermined memory. | 02-05-2015 |
20150034825 | DEVICE FOR RADIATING OR RECEIVING ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES - The present invention relates to a device for radiating or receiving an electromagnetic wave. The device includes a substrate including a recess coated by a material that reflects the electromagnetic wave, a metal portion that radiates or receives the electromagnetic wave, and an electronic element connected to the metal portion on the substrate. The metal portion includes a portion provided above an opening of the recess and a portion which is located on the substrate and connected to the electronic element. | 02-05-2015 |
20150028249 | PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMICS, PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, LIQUID EJECTION HEAD, ULTRASONIC MOTOR, AND DUST REMOVING DEVICE - Provided is a lead-free piezoelectric ceramics having enhanced mechanical quality factor (Qm) and mechanical strength. The piezoelectric ceramics, includes at least a first crystal grain and a second crystal grain. The first crystal grain has an average equivalent circle diameter of 2 μm or more and 30 μm or less. The first crystal grain includes a perovskite-type metal oxide represented by the following general formula (1) as a main component, and the second crystal grain includes a perovskite-type metal oxide represented by the following general formula (2) as a main component: (1) xBaTiO | 01-29-2015 |
20150023395 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM INCLUDING FREQUENCY HOPPING ELECTRONIC DEVICES, AND CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - A wireless communication system in which a master device and a slave device each performing wireless communication by a frequency hopping system can operate in synchronism with each other. In the master device, a master microcomputer outputs a first sync signal to a RTC unit after a transmission timing signal is received and a carrier frequency is changed a predetermined number of times according to a first change timing signal. In the slave device, a slave microcomputer outputs a second sync signal to a RTC unit after a reception timing signal is received and a carrier frequency is changed the predetermined number of times according to a second change timing signal. | 01-22-2015 |
20150016711 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR CLASSIFYING MATERIALS BASED ON A BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION - Systems, devices, and methods for classifying a sample by material type measure a reflection of a sample at an illumination angle and an observation angle in at least two spectral bands, calculate a feature value for the sample based on an estimated ratio value of the at least two spectral bands of the measured reflection, and classify the sample based on the feature value. | 01-15-2015 |
20150015887 | FEATURE VECTOR FOR CLASSIFYING SPECULAR OBJECTS BASED ON MATERIAL TYPE - Material classification for a sample fabricated from an unknown material, particularly a specular sample such as a metallic sample fabricated from an unknown metal. A measurement is obtained of a specular reflection of the sample at at least one observation angle and in at least two spectral bands including first and second spectral bands; a feature vector is calculated using a homogeneous function that combines the measured specular reflections in the first and second spectral bands; and the sample is classified based on the feature vector. The homogeneous function may include a ratio of values of the first and second spectral bands of the measured specular reflections, and the feature vector may be based on a histogram of such ratio values. Classification may include determining a distance between the feature vector of the sample and a feature vector of a reference sample in a predetermined database of labeled samples. | 01-15-2015 |
20150014546 | RADIATION DETECTION APPARATUS, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND RADIATION DETECTION SYSTEM - A method of manufacturing a radiation detection apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises a first scintillator layer, a second scintillator layer, and a sensor panel that detects light emitted by the first scintillator layer and the second scintillator layer. The method comprises preparing a sensor unit having the sensor panel and the first scintillator layer which includes a set of columnar crystals formed on the sensor panel, and a scintillator panel having a scintillator substrate and the second scintillator layer which includes a set of columnar crystals formed on the scintillator substrate, and fixing the scintillator panel to the sensor panel such that the first scintillator layer and the second scintillator layer face each other. | 01-15-2015 |
20150013559 | IMPRINT METHOD, IMPRINT APPARATUS, AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD - The imprint method includes changing the position of a detector that detects an alignment mark formed on a shot on a substrate; bringing a pattern formed on a mold into contact with an imprint material supplied on the shot on the substrate; and detecting the alignment mark using the detector after completion of the change in the position of the detector. Here, the contacting is started prior to completion of the change in the position of the detector. | 01-15-2015 |
20150012226 | MATERIAL CLASSIFICATION USING BRDF SLICES - Material classification using illumination by spectral light from multiple different incident angles, coupled with measurement of light reflected from the illuminated object of unknown material, wherein the incident angle and/or spectral content of each light source is selected based on a mathematical clustering analysis of training data, so as to select a subset of only a few light sources from a superset of many light sources. | 01-08-2015 |
20150010054 | DERIVING REFERENCE MODE VALUES AND ENCODING AND DECODING INFORMATION REPRESENTING PREDICTION MODES - Reference prediction mode values, also referred to as most probable modes, usable for encoding or decoding of a prediction mode related to a current coding unit, are derived. First and second reference prediction mode values are derived (S | 01-08-2015 |
20140380462 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT PERFORMS USER AUTHENTICATION, AUTHENTICATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus using an authentication technique that enables user authentication suited to application characteristics and user authorities, thus ensuring security and enhancing usability at the same time. An authority of a user authenticated in a first authentication process for authenticating the user is obtained. When the obtained authority of the user is a predetermined authority, control is provided to give the predetermined authority to the user authenticated in the first authentication process. When the authority of the user is not the predetermined authority, control is provided to authenticate the user in a second authentication process for authenticating the user more securely than in the first authentication process, and when the second authentication process is successful, give the obtained authority to the user. | 12-25-2014 |
20140380250 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus comprises: an acquisition unit to acquire screen information related to whether or not an operation screen accepts an input by a gesture operation; a retrieval unit to retrieve, from screen information associated with a plurality of screen configuration patterns applicable to the operation screen, the screen information which coincides with the screen information acquired by the acquisition unit; a determining unit to determine the screen configuration pattern to be applied to the operation screen, based on the screen information retrieved by the retrieval unit; and an applying unit to apply a display rule of a screen element defined by the screen configuration pattern determined by the determining unit to a display screen of the operation screen, whereby a user can easily acknowledge whether or not to be able to perform the gesture operation on the screen on which the user intends to perform an operation. | 12-25-2014 |
20140380235 | IMAGE INSPECTION ASSISTING METHOD AND IMAGE INSPECTION ASSISTING APPARATUS - An image inspection assisting apparatus has a first behavior mode in which a display area is allowed to move freely and a second behavior mode in which movement of the display area is restricted. The apparatus determines whether or not a move instruction input by the user instructs a movement within a predetermined non-restricted range when the current behavior mode is the second behavior mode. The movement of the display area is restricted when the move instruction is not an instruction instructing a movement within the non-restricted range. | 12-25-2014 |
20140378052 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - A communication apparatus includes a communication unit configured to communicate in a first communication mode in which a memory of the communication apparatus is accessed by another communication apparatus, a detection unit configured to detect an access from the another communication apparatus to the memory of the communication apparatus, and a shift unit configured to shift an operation mode of the communication apparatus in response to a condition including at least the access to the memory detected by the detection unit. | 12-25-2014 |
20140377701 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER - Provided is a process for producing an electrophotographic photosensitive member having high uniformity of the surface of its undercoat layer by which the usage of an organic solvent is reduced and the stability of an application liquid for an undercoat layer after its long-term storage is improved in the step of forming the undercoat layer. The process for producing an electrophotographic photosensitive member includes the steps of: preparing a solution containing a liquid whose solubility in water at 25° C. and 1 atmosphere is 3.0 mass % or less and an electron transporting substance; preparing an emulsion by dispersing the solution in water; forming a coat of the emulsion on a support; and forming the undercoat layer by heating the coat. | 12-25-2014 |
20140376949 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit heating an image formed on a recording medium and disposed along a conveying path conveying the recording medium. The conveying path includes a first guide plate, discharge guide plate portions and second guide plate portion as conveyance guide plates guiding the recording medium. Partition walls and vertical walls are disposed at positions facing these guide plate portions. The air current guide portion guides air taken in from intake ports through an intake guide portion between the respective guide plate portions and each walls. | 12-25-2014 |
20140376699 | X RAY WAVEGUIDE SYSTEM - An X-ray waveguide system capable of forming X-rays having spatial coherence of a large space region has an X-ray collecting optical element which collects incident X-rays; and an X-ray waveguide containing a core and claddings and wave-guiding a collected X-ray collected by the X-ray collecting optical element, in which the core of the X-ray waveguide is a periodic structure body in which a plurality of basic structures containing substances different in the refractive-index real part are periodically disposed, the total reflection critical angle of the collected X-ray at the interface of the core and the cladding is equal to or larger than the Bragg angle corresponding to the period of the core, and the collection angle of the collected X-ray entering the X-ray waveguide is as large as or larger than the double of the Bragg angle. | 12-25-2014 |
20140375853 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND CAMERA - A method of manufacturing a solid-state imaging apparatus, comprising preparing a semiconductor substrate including a photoelectric conversion portion and a structure which includes an insulating member formed on the photoelectric conversion portion and a wiring pattern formed in the insulating member, forming a film made of SiC and/or SiCN on the structure, forming an opening immediately above the photoelectric conversion portion by removing part of the film and part of the insulating member, and depositing a member in the opening and on the film, and forming a light-guide portion by polishing the member so as to expose the film. | 12-25-2014 |
20140375852 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, CAMERA, IMAGING DEVICE, AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging apparatus comprising a pixel array, in which a pixel for imaging including a photoelectric conversion portion formed on a semiconductor substrate and a pixel for focus detection including a photoelectric conversion portion formed on the semiconductor substrate are arranged, wherein the pixel for imaging and the pixel for focus detection each include a member including an insulating layer formed on the photoelectric conversion portion and a shielding portion, and a microlens provided on the member, and the member of at least one of the pixel for imaging and the pixel for focus detection includes a flat plate-like member having a refractive index different from a refractive index of the insulating layer. | 12-25-2014 |
20140375711 | PRINTING ELEMENT SUBSTRATE, PRINTHEAD, AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing element substrate, comprising a plurality of units configured to print on a printing medium based on print data, each of the plurality of units, including a printing element configured to print on the printing medium, a first transistor configured to operate as a source follower upon receiving a voltage at a gate terminal of the first transistor, and supply a current to the printing element, and a second transistor configured to control supply of the current to the printing element in response to a control signal input to a gate terminal of the second transistor. | 12-25-2014 |
20140375524 | ANTENNA AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - The present invention provides an antenna in which first and second conductors each having a first width are spirally arranged on first and second planes, respectively, such that a conductor-to-conductor distance is equal to a second width, and an inter ends of spirals of the first and second conductors are connected with a conductor. In this antenna, the direction in which the spiral of the first conductor runs from its outer end to its inter end and the direction in which the spiral of the second conductor runs from its inter end to its outer end correspond to each other, the first width is greater than or equal to the second width, and the first and second conductors are alternately arranged in at least a portion thereof as viewed in a radius direction from an axis of the spiral. | 12-25-2014 |
20140373103 | AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, SERVICE PROVISION DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An authentication system registers, in a service provision device, identification information for an information processing device that cooperates with the authentication system, associates the identification information for the information processing device with authorization information in accordance with an issuance of the authorization information corresponding to the information processing device, and saves them in the authorization service device, queries the authorization service device for the identification information for the information processing device associated with the authorization information in response to a request for obtaining the service and the issued authorization information from the information processing device, and provides, according to the request, the service with the information processing device in response to a correspondence between the identification information for the information processing device acquired as a result of the query and the identification information for the information processing device registered. | 12-18-2014 |
20140372587 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DATA TRANSMISSION VIA NETWORK, AND METHOD FOR SELECTING DATA DESTINATION - A control apparatus for controlling data transmission via a network, comprising: a reception unit configured to receive, via the network, a result of detection by a sensor for detecting a state of a device; a management unit configured to manage results of detection by a plurality of sensors for detecting states of a plurality of devices corresponding to a common identification; and a selection unit configured to select, from the plurality of devices, a device which is a destination of data whose destination is the identification, based on the results of detection managed by the management unit. | 12-18-2014 |
20140371573 | METHOD OF IDENTIFYING THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF AREAS IN A SENSORY AREA OF BRAIN, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM THEREFOR - A method of identifying a spatial distribution of areas includes: a first step of determining a rough spatial distribution of at least one area in a sensory area of cerebral cortex in each of a left hemisphere and right hemisphere of the brain that is a target area of the identification; a second step of applying a sensory stimulus to the identification target area; a third step of obtaining brain activity information; and a fourth step of using the brain activity information to calculate one of a coefficient of cross-correlation, and coherence, between brain activity information of areas, assessing synchrony between the left and right hemispheres, and changing the spatial distribution determined in the first step. | 12-18-2014 |
20140371413 | CHEMICAL SEALING FILM - The present invention provides a chemical sealing film which has high chemical resistance and high breaking strength and which does not contain chlorine. | 12-18-2014 |
20140370431 | MAGNETIC TONER - A magnetic toner contains magnetic toner particles containing a binder resin, a release agent, and a magnetic body, and inorganic fine particles present on the surface of the magnetic toner particles, wherein a ratio of coverage of the magnetic toner particles' surface by the inorganic fine particles is in a prescribed range for the magnetic toner, the inorganic fine particles contain prescribed metal oxide fine particles, with at least 85 mass % of the metal oxide fine particles being silica fine particles, the coefficient of variation on the coverage ratio A is in a prescribed range, the binder resin contains a styrene resin, in a GPC measurement of a THF-soluble matter in the magnetic toner, a peak molecular weight (Mp) of a main peak is in a prescribed range, and a prescribed fatty acid ester compound is incorporated as a release agent. | 12-18-2014 |
20140370296 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC MEMBER, INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER MEMBER AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrophotographic member which has resistance to discharge degradation and can maintain the toner releasability for a long period is provided. The electrophotographic member includes a substrate and a surface layer. The surface layer includes a binder resin having an acrylic skeleton and a modified silicone compound having a polyether group and a hydroxyl group in a molecule, the surface layer having a surface having a n-hexadecane contact angle of 30° or more. | 12-18-2014 |
20140370207 | WATER-INSOLUBLE COLORING COMPOUND, INK, THERMAL TRANSFER RECORDING SHEET, AND COLOR FILTER RESIST COMPOSITION - The present invention provides a water-insoluble coloring compound having excellent light resistance, an ink containing the coloring compound, a thermal transfer recording sheet including a coloring material layer formed on a base material from the ink, and a color filter resist composition containing the ink. | 12-18-2014 |
20140369713 | OPENING-CLOSING MECHANISM AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - A movable member 51 is movable with respect to the main body in conjunction with the movement of an opening-closing member 52 while changing a posture relative to the opening-closing member 52 such that a gap between the movable member 51 and the opening-closing member 52 is gradually reduced when the opening-closing member 52 moves from the open position toward the closed position. The movable member 51 is configured such that where an article is inserted into the gap when the opening-closing member 52 moves from the open position toward the closed position, the movement path is switched, by the reaction force received from the article inserted into the gap, from a first path along which the movable member moves while reducing the gap to a second path in which the gap is not reduced. | 12-18-2014 |
20140369704 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH DEVELOPING UNIT SEPARABLE FROM PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER - An image forming apparatus includes: a scanning unit configured to scan a photosensitive member with light; a developing unit configured to develop a latent image; a driving unit configured to cause the developing unit to come into contact with the photosensitive member or to be separated from the photosensitive member; and a control unit configured to let the scanning unit perform a preparation operation, in order for the scanning unit to form the latent image. The developing unit is separated from the photosensitive member while the preparation operation of the scanning unit is performed, and the control unit is configured to start, before the preparation operation of the scanning unit is completed, controlling the driving unit to bring the separated developing unit into contact with the photosensitive member. | 12-18-2014 |
20140369623 | Estimating phase for phase-stepping algorithms - A method of determining an actual phase offset of a fringe pattern in a captured image. A captured image, having a phase modulated fringe pattern, is one of a set of images captured with varying introduced phase offset and forms an intermediate demodulation image from the captured image. The intermediate demodulation image defines amplitude and complex phase parameters of the phase modulated fringe pattern. The captured image is transformed by a mask to produce a processed captured image having reduced effects of phase distortion. The mask is estimated from a function of at least one of the amplitude and complex phase parameters defined by the intermediate demodulation image. The method determines a Fourier transform of the processed captured image, and determines at least one phase offset of the fringe pattern in the processed captured image using the mask to identify interaction of peaks in the Fourier transform. | 12-18-2014 |
20140369599 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Edge enhancement processing is executed by obtaining a sum of whiteness degrees around a target pixel, to which edge enhancement is to be applied, and by adjusting the amount of edge enhancement such that the degree of edge enhancement decreases as the sum of whiteness degrees increases, and the degree of edge enhancement increases as the sum of whiteness degrees decreases. A whiteness degree is a value indicating the extent to which a pixel is close to white, and a sum of whiteness degrees indicates the extent to which the color around the target pixel is whitish. | 12-18-2014 |
20140369490 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus has an off-hook detection function, and has a first electric power supply for supplying electric power to a telephone control unit for controlling a telephone apparatus, and a second electric power supply for supplying electric power to an off-hook detection unit for detecting an off-hook of the telephone apparatus. The apparatus causes the off-hook detection unit to detect an off-hook of the telephone apparatus when, from a first power mode, a second power mode, in which electric power consumption is less than in the first power mode, is transitioned into. | 12-18-2014 |
20140369470 | RADIATION GENERATING TUBE, AND RADIATION GENERATING APPARATUS AND RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - Provided is a radiation generating tube in which an insulating tube is prevented from being damaged by heat generation of a target or an electron emitting source during drive. Extending portions extending along an outer periphery of an insulating tube are provided to a cathode and an anode, respectively, and the insulating tube is joined to the extending portions to enhance the strength of joint portions. At the same time, the insulating tube can be deformed easily by setting a tube wall thickness of the insulating tube at a central portion in a longitudinal direction to be smaller than a tube wall thickness of an opening end, and thus the concentration of thermal stress on the joint portions caused by an increase in temperature of the cathode and the anode is alleviated. | 12-18-2014 |
20140369469 | X-RAY GENERATION APPARATUS AND X-RAY RADIOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - In an X-ray generation apparatus of transmission type including an electron passage surrounded by and formed in an electron passage forming member, and generating an X-ray by colliding electrons having passed through the electron passage against a target, wherein the electron passage includes a secondary X-ray generation portion that generates an X-ray with collision of electrons reflected by the target against the secondary X-ray generation portion, the secondary X-ray generation portion and the target are arranged such that the X-ray generated with direct collision of the electrons against the target and the X-ray generated with the collision of the electrons reflected by the target against the secondary X-ray generation portion are both radiated to an outside, and an atomic number of a material of the electron passage forming member is larger than that of the target. X-ray generation efficiency is increased by effectively utilizing the electrons reflected by the target. | 12-18-2014 |
20140369429 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPTIMIZING ENCODING/DECODING OF COMPENSATION OFFSETS FOR A SET OF RECONSTRUCTED SAMPLES OF AN IMAGE - The present invention provides a method and a device for coding and decoding at least a part of an image comprising a plurality of samples, each sample comprising at least two components, and the encoded image comprising at least one filtering parameter. The filtering comprises using at least one filtering parameter as a common filtering parameter for filtering both the first component and the second component of a reconstructed sample. | 12-18-2014 |
20140368894 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes: an opening/closing portion configured to be rotatable around a hinge shaft; a biasing portion configured to apply a force to the opening/closing portion such that moment of the hinge shaft rotation higher than moment of the hinge shaft rotation according to self-weight of the opening/closing member is generated in a state in which the opening/closing portion is placed in a range up to a predetermined rotation angle from a closed position with respect to the apparatus main body, and moment of the hinge shaft rotation that is balanced with the moment of the hinge shaft rotation according to the self-weight of the opening/closing portion is generated in a state in which the opening/closing portion is opened more than the predetermined rotation angle; and a holding portion configured to maintain the opening/closing portion at the closed position. | 12-18-2014 |
20140368889 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus comprises a modem configured to performed FAX communication, and a connection unit configured to connect a telephone apparatus. The communication apparatus detects a CNG signal, and controls, in a case where there is an incoming call in a state in which FAX communication is being performed by the modem, if the CNG signal is not detected in the detecting, so that a signal is supplied from a line to the telephone apparatus, and controls, in a case where there is an incoming call in a state in which FAX communication is not being performed by the modem, if the CNG signal is detected in the detecting, so that FAX communication by the modem is initiated. | 12-18-2014 |
20140368885 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An output density range is divided such that, after gradation targets have been applied, adjusted density ranges for output are uniform across all objects. Furthermore, through reverse calculation using the gradation targets that are set in one-to-one correspondence with the objects, adjusted density ranges of the respective objects are set independently. | 12-18-2014 |
20140368853 | PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - To shift a printing apparatus to a state capable of restarting a post-process according to completion of a job even if the post-process is interrupted by the job, a holding unit holds a job for which a printing request was accepted; a printing unit prints an image on a sheet by executing the held job; a transportation unit transports the image-printed sheet to a post-processing apparatus; a post-processing unit causes the post-processing apparatus to perform the post-process to the sheet; and a control unit executes, when a new job is accepted while the printing apparatus is operating in a mode of casing the post-processing apparatus to perform the post-process to the sheet inserted by a user, the new job before the held job and shifts the printing apparatus to the mode after the new job and before the held job. | 12-18-2014 |
20140368843 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An information processing apparatus for causing an image forming apparatus to perform printing, the image forming apparatus being able to perform calibration in order to correct an output color to a target color indicated by target information, includes a storing unit configured to, when printing processing is executed for a print job by the image forming apparatus, store the target information in association with the print job. | 12-18-2014 |
20140368596 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An exposure apparatus according to one aspect of this invention includes a plurality of laser light sources (LDs) each configured to output a laser beam of a light power corresponding to a supplied current. The exposure apparatus exposes the surface of a photosensitive drum with a plurality of laser beams. When determining the incident states of the laser beams on the light-receiving surface of a PD, a CPU controls at least one LD as a control target. The CPU causes the control target LD by a current of a predetermined magnitude to emit light and output a laser beam. Based on a light power detection value from the PD for a laser beam output from the control target LD, the CPU determines the incident state of the laser beam on the light-receiving surface of the PD. | 12-18-2014 |
20140368579 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid ejection head chip includes a liquid ejection unit having a plurality of ejection orifices for ejecting a liquid, a flow path in communication with the ejection orifices, and an energy generating element that generates energy for ejecting the liquid, the liquid ejection unit being provided on an upper surface formed of a (100) surface of a silicon single-crystal substrate. The side surfaces in at least one of two combinations of opposing side surfaces of the substrate have (111) surfaces of silicon single crystal and the angles of the (111) surfaces relative to the (100) surface are supplementary to each other. | 12-18-2014 |
20140368566 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - A carriage including a sensor scans a printing medium, and a measurement value measured by the sensor is stored in a memory over the scanning range. When a predetermined event occurs, storage control for storing the measurement value in the memory is performed. | 12-18-2014 |
20140368563 | INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER MEMBER AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - The invention provides an intermediate transfer member for use in an image recording method including the steps of applying a reaction liquid to the intermediate transfer member, applying an ink to the intermediate transfer member so as to overlap with at least a part of a region to which the reaction liquid has been applied, thereby forming an intermediate image, and transferring the intermediate image to a recording medium, wherein an average of a surface area per unit area of a surface of the intermediate transfer member is 1.2 or more and 10.0 or less. | 12-18-2014 |
20140367907 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - When a job that is set so as to execute binding processing at a first binding position is being executed and this job is then interrupted, a request for changing a position of the binding processing from the first binding position to a second binding position is accepted in a state where the job is interrupted. It is determined whether or not an orientation of a print target image is to be changed in order to change the position of the binding processing from the first binding position to the second binding position in accordance with the accepted request. In a case where it is determined that the orientation of the print target image is to be changed, control is performed so as not to execute the binding processing. | 12-18-2014 |
20140367817 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention reduces color mixture (cross talk) and the degradation of sensitivity in a peripheral region of a pixel area to achieve a reduction of sensitivity irregularity in the pixel area. A solid-state imaging apparatus having a pixel area including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements includes: a semiconductor substrate in which the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements are formed; a plurality of air gap formed layers which are arranged above the semiconductor substrate, and correspond to the photoelectric conversion elements in the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, respectively; and air gaps arranged between the air gap formed layers in the plurality of air gap formed layers, respectively, wherein the air gap in a peripheral region B of the pixel area has a width larger than the air gap in a central region A of the pixel area. | 12-18-2014 |
20140366112 | SERVER APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A server apparatus includes: a first management unit which relates authentication image data of user authentication to authentication input data and manages the related data as authentication information; a request transmission unit which transmits a plurality of image data including the authentication image data included in the authentication information managed by the first management unit and transmits a request for the authentication input data related to the authentication image data; a reception unit which receives image data selected by a user from among the plurality of image data and input data input by the user in accordance with the request transmitted by the request transmission unit; and a determination unit which determines whether or not the user is successfully authenticated based on whether or not the authentication information in which the image data and the received input data are related to each other is managed by the first management unit. | 12-11-2014 |
20140366034 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND STORAGE MEDIUM - To accomplish this, an image processing apparatus, in response to a start-up request for an application, reads a class file of a class of the application, adds, at the beginning of a method included in the read class file, code for recording application information indicating the application to a thread, and loads the class. Furthermore, the image processing apparatus, during execution of the method included in the read class file, allocates memory or a file size to be used for an object to be generated and records application information recorded in the thread to the allocated memory or file size, together with generating the object and managing application information of the generated object, in association with memory size or disk usage. | 12-11-2014 |
20140365973 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - A system control unit displays, on a display unit, a menu screen corresponding to an operation mode designated through a mode change-over switch, and sets various conditions for the operation mode according to operation on an operation unit. The system control unit displays a predetermined menu item in a selected state on an initially opened menu screen. When a menu screen subjected to setting change is opened, the system control unit displays a menu item subjected to setting change last time in the selected state. A table indicating a menu item to be displayed in the selected state is stored in a nonvolatile memory. | 12-11-2014 |
20140365526 | CONTENT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND CONTENT MANAGEMENT METHOD - A content management apparatus as an embodiment of the present invention associates content information on content with group information on a user participation group in a posting management service that approves control for the content, and stores the associated information. The apparatus then acquires group information on the user participation group from the posting management service, upon receipt of a content control request. The apparatus determines whether or not the requested control is to be approved, based on the acquired group information and the group information stored in association with the content information on the content. This configuration allows the content management apparatus for managing the content to control access authorization according to setting of the group in the posting management service. | 12-11-2014 |
20140363907 | PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING SUBSTRATE FOR LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - A process for producing a substrate for a liquid ejection head, including a step of forming a liquid supply port passing through a silicon substrate by dry etching, the step being a step of sequentially repeating the steps of (1) forming an etching protection film on the silicon substrate, (2) removing a bottom portion of the etching protection film, and (3) etching the silicon substrate, wherein a sheath formed in the step (2) is thicker than a sheath formed in the step (3). | 12-11-2014 |
20140363693 | METAL SUBSTRATE FOR FIXING MEMBER, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, FIXING MEMBER, AND FIXING ASSEMBLY - The present invention relates to a metal substrate for a fixing belt, having excellent durability. The metal substrate for a fixing belt of the present invention including an austenite stainless steel including a martensite phase includes: a region of austenite stainless steel including a martensite phase, with a nickel content of 8 mass % or more, sandwiched between regions of austenite stainless steel including a martensite phase, with a nickel content less than 8 mass %, in the thickness direction. | 12-11-2014 |
20140363338 | SPECTRAL APPARATUS, DETECTION APPARATUS, LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS, REACTION APPARATUS, AND MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - The present invention provides a spectral apparatus for spectrally separating light including a predetermined wavelength, including a slit that the light enters, a first optical system configured to collimate the light from the slit, a transmissive type diffraction element configured to diffract the light from the first optical system, and a second optical system including a first mirror configured to reflect the light diffracted by the transmissive type diffraction element, and a second mirror configured to reflect the light reflected by the first mirror and diffracted by the transmissive type diffraction element, and configured to make the light reciprocally travel between the first mirror and the second mirror via the transmissive type diffraction element. | 12-11-2014 |
20140363265 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet processing apparatus includes a controller configured to control operations of the pair of aligning members such that a sheet bundle disposed on a first stacking portion is aligned by the pair of aligning members of the pair of aligning members at a position shifted to a side of one aligning member in a width direction perpendicular to the discharge direction of a sheet with respect to a sheet discharge range in which a sheet is discharged at the time of discharging the sheet from a discharge portion, and, before the aligned sheet bundle is discharged to a second stacking portion by a bundle discharge portion, the other aligning member of the pair of aligning members is moved to the outside of the sheet discharge range in the width direction. | 12-11-2014 |
20140363211 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EXECUTING A PLURALITY OF TYPES OF MISREGISTRATION CORRECTION CONTROL - An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit configured to form developer images of a plurality of colors on an image carrier; and a control unit configured to execute a first correction control and a second correction control that has a higher correction precision than the first correction control in order to correct misregistration between the developer images formed by the image forming unit. The control unit is further configured to execute the second correction control when a cumulative correction error, which is a cumulative value of correction error occurring when performing misregistration correction using the first correction control, exceeds a first threshold. | 12-11-2014 |
20140363196 | DEVELOPER ACCOMMODATING UNIT, DEVELOPING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developer accommodating unit for accommodating a developer includes: an accommodating portion, provided with an opening, for accommodating the developer; a sealing member for sealing the opening; and an unsealing member rotatable for winding up the sealing member. The sealing member is peelable off from the accommodating portion to unseal the opening in a first unsealing direction and a second unsealing direction opposite to the first unsealing direction. | 12-11-2014 |
20140362974 | X-RAY GENERATING TUBE, X-RAY GENERATING APPARATUS AND X-RAY IMAGING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - Provided is an X-ray generating tube with improved withstand voltage property by a simple structure, the X-ray generating tube including a cathode connected to one opening of an insulating tube and an anode connected to the other opening, in which a resistive film having a lower sheet resistance value than that of the insulating tube is disposed on an outer periphery of the insulating tube, and the cathode and the anode are electrically connected to each other via the resistive film. | 12-11-2014 |
20140362973 | X-RAY GENERATOR AND X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS - Provided is an X-ray generator including an electron passage in an electron-passage forming member; and a target on an insulative substrate. The transmission X-ray generator irradiates the target with electrons that have passed through the electron passage to generate X-rays. The target is provided at a central region of the substrate; the electron passage accommodates a secondary-X-ray generating section that generates X-rays by irradiation with electrons reflected from the target; the secondary-X-ray generating section and the target are disposed so that both of X-rays generated by direct irradiation of the target with the electrons and X-rays generated by irradiation of the secondary-X-ray generating section with the electrons reflected from the target are radiated to the outside; and at least part of the peripheral region of the substrate has higher transmittance for the X-rays generated at the secondary-X-ray generating section than the central region of the substrate. | 12-11-2014 |
20140362972 | X-RAY GENERATOR AND X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS - Provided is an X-ray generator ( | 12-11-2014 |
20140362932 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In a communication system, communication apparatuses provided with their respective antennas are wiredly connected in serial, and a control apparatus receives a signal based on a radio signal received by one of the communication apparatuses. In the system, one of the communication apparatuses determines whether reception quality of a radio signal received via the antenna thereof satisfies predetermined quality, and transmits, to a second communication apparatus or the control apparatus that is wiredly connected thereto, a signal based on the received radio signal if the reception quality satisfies the predetermined quality, and a signal based on a wired signal received from a first communication apparatus wiredly connected thereto if the reception quality does not satisfy the predetermined quality. | 12-11-2014 |
20140362396 | PRINTING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing apparatus enables specifying a mode shift before execution of a new job to be entered, making it possible to reduce the time period during which a user needs to wait before performing sheet processing. | 12-11-2014 |
20140362385 | MEASURING DEVICE OF MEASUREMENT OBJECT, CALCULATING DEVICE, MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ITEM - A measuring device that measures a measurement object includes a two-dimensional measuring unit that outputs two-dimensional image data by performing image pickup on the measurement object, a three-dimensional measuring unit that outputs three-dimensional data by three-dimensionally measuring the measurement object; and an obtaining unit that detects a temporary edge of the measurement object using the three-dimensional data, sets an edge detection range in a two-dimensional image using the detected temporary edge, and detects an edge of the measurement object in the edge detection range using the two-dimensional image data to obtain shape information of the measurement object. | 12-11-2014 |
20140362279 | FOCUS DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD, METHOD OF CONTROLLING FOCUS DETECTION APPARATUS, AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - A focus detection apparatus comprises: an image sensing unit including photoelectric conversion elements for each microlens, with the microlenses being two-dimensionally arranged; a generation unit configured to generate a first signal pair having a first resolution from signals of a first area of the image sensing unit which corresponds to a predetermined focus detection area and generate a second signal pair having a second resolution lower than the first resolution from signals of a second area which corresponds to the predetermined focus detection area and is wider than the first area; a focus detection unit configured to perform phase difference focus detection processing based on at least one of the first and second signal pairs; and a recording image generation unit configured to generate a recording image from a signal output from the image sensing unit. | 12-11-2014 |
20140362278 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD - An image capturing apparatus performs rough detection through high-speed focus detection targeting on a face contour portion and then performs focusing through high-precision focus detection targeting on a face-included portion set inside the face contour. | 12-11-2014 |
20140362277 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME - An imaging apparatus includes an imaging element having pixel portions each having a plurality of photoelectric conversion units for each microlens. The imaging element can output a pixel signal depending on a pupil-divided light flux. An image processing LSI processes a video signal based on the pixel signal output from the imaging element. An imaging element control unit controls the operation of the imaging element. An exposure control unit performs exposure control for an optical lens unit and an imaging element. In the first mode, the operation for reading pixel signals from all of the plurality of photoelectric conversion units constituting the pixel portion of the imaging element is performed. In the second mode, the control for reading pixel signals from a part of the plurality of photoelectric conversion units and for stopping a circuit relating to the unused photoelectric conversion units by reading no pixel signal is performed. | 12-11-2014 |
20140362276 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A defocus amount is corrected according to the difference between the focus state of an imaging optical system that corresponds to the accumulation period of multiple image signals used to generate an added image signal and the focus state of the imaging optical system when the focal point is adjusted. Here, when calculating the focus state of the imaging optical system that corresponds to the accumulation period of the image signals used to generate the added image signal, the focus state of the imaging optical system that corresponds to the accumulation period of an image signal used to generate the added image signal is weighted higher the higher the sharpness of that image signal is. | 12-11-2014 |
20140362262 | DEPTH MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DEPTH MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A depth measurement apparatus including ranging pixels each having photoelectric conversion units for receiving light fluxes that have respectively passed through first and second pupil regions, a reading unit shared by the photoelectric conversion units, and a control unit for controlling the ranging operation wherein a signal charge accumulated in one of the photoelectric conversion units is output as a first signal and a second signal obtained by adding a signal charge accumulated in the other photoelectric conversion unit to the first signal is output, the signal charge accumulated in the other photoelectric conversion unit is acquired based on a difference between the first and second signals after noise reduction, and the signal charge of the photoelectric conversion unit receiving flux with a higher transmittance is read first. | 12-11-2014 |
20140362245 | WIRELESS IMAGING SYSTEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING WIRELESS IMAGING SYSTEM, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A wireless apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine whether the received control information is leading control information for controlling the imaging process or succeeding control information succeeding the leading control information, a decision unit configured to decide a succeeding control timing at which the succeeding control information is output, with reference to a leading control timing at which the leading control information is output, and an output unit configured to output the leading control information to the imaging unit in accordance with the leading control timing and output the succeeding control information to the imaging unit in accordance with the succeeding control timing. | 12-11-2014 |
20140362191 | DEPTH MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DEPTH MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A depth measurement apparatus including ranging pixels each having a plurality of photoelectric conversion units for receiving light fluxes that have respectively passed through first and second pupil regions, a reading unit that is shared by the plurality of photoelectric conversion units, and a control unit for controlling the ranging operation, wherein a signal charge accumulated in one of the photoelectric conversion units is output as a first signal and a second signal obtained by adding a signal accumulated in the other photoelectric conversion unit to the first signal is output, the signal charge accumulated in the other photoelectric conversion unit is acquired based on a difference between the first and second signals, and the signal charge of the photoelectric conversion unit receiving flux with a lower transmittance is read first. | 12-11-2014 |
20140362190 | DEPTH MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DEPTH MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A depth measurement apparatus including ranging pixels each having plural photoelectric conversion devices, a reading unit shared by the photoelectric devices, and a control unit for controlling the ranging operation, wherein a signal charge accumulated in one of the photoelectric devices is output as a first signal and a second signal obtained by adding a signal charge accumulated in the other photoelectric device to the first signal is output. In a first mode, the photoelectric device having a stronger signal intensity is used as the first photoelectric device, and the signal charge accumulated in the other photoelectric device is acquired by subtracting the first and second signals subjected to noise reduction. In a second mode, the photoelectric device having a weaker signal intensity is used as the first photoelectric device, and the signal charge accumulated in the other photoelectric device is acquired by subtracting the first and second signals. | 12-11-2014 |
20140362144 | FLUID PATH STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A fluid path structure is manufactured by way of an aligning step of aligning a first resin part with a second resin part by inserting a projection formed on the first resin part into a corresponding hole formed in the second resin part and a welding step of welding joint surfaces of the first resin part and the second resin part, thereby forming a fluid path. The aligning step is executed so as to narrow the gap between the projection and the hole to a minimum at a base side of the projection relative to a half of the height of the hole and the welding step is executed only at the base side of the projection relative to the half of the height of the hole so as to make the lateral surface of the projection only partially contact with the lateral surface of the hole. | 12-11-2014 |
20140362140 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - A liquid ejection head has an element substrate constituted of a substrate body having a plurality of energy generating elements for liquid ejection and a nozzle plate having a plurality of ejection ports arranged corresponding to the respective energy generating elements so as to form a plurality of ejection port rows each extending in a first direction, the rows being arranged side by side so as to expand in a second direction intersecting the first direction. The nozzle plate has also a groove section, or a plurality of hollow sections arranged to form a hollow section row, as extending in the first direction, at least between one of the opposite edges as viewed in the second direction of the nozzle plate and the ejection port row arranged close to the same edge. | 12-11-2014 |
20140361985 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF RECOGNIZING USER OPERATION AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An information processing apparatus according to the present invention can improve the operability when a user performs a gesture operation relating to a target object. | 12-11-2014 |
20140361981 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - An image obtained by capturing a gesture input region is acquired, and an object that makes a gesture is detected from the image. An intersection position at which the detected object crosses a determination region used to determine the position of the object with respect to the gesture input region is detected from the image. The base position of the gesture made by the object is computed based on the intersection position. The position of a target of manipulation by the gesture is determined as a manipulation target position. A gesture coordinate system different from the coordinate system of the image is determined based on the base position and the manipulation target position. | 12-11-2014 |
20140361458 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - Provided is a method of manufacturing a liquid ejection head, including: forming, on a substrate, a flow path mold pattern that becomes a mold of a liquid flow path; forming a negative photosensitive resin layer on the flow path mold pattern; subjecting the negative photosensitive resin layer to exposure processing with use of a reduction projection exposing apparatus and a mask pattern having an ejection orifice mask shape for forming ejection orifices; and subjecting the negative photosensitive resin layer obtained after the exposure processing to development processing to form the ejection orifices, in which the ejection orifices are formed by correcting, by the ejection orifice mask shape, an inclination of an ejection angle due to an off-axis telecentricity caused by the reduction projection exposing apparatus so as to be close to a direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate. | 12-11-2014 |
20140361189 | RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEM - A radiation imaging system includes: a sensor unit including a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, and configured to convert a radiation into an electric charge and to output a pixel output value; a detecting unit configured to detect an irradiation start of the radiation; and a control unit configured to output image information based on the irradiation of the radiation and to output dark image information for the plurality of pixels. | 12-11-2014 |
20140361184 | RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS AND RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEM - A radiation imaging apparatus comprises a conversion element and a transistor. A drive unit performs a reset operation at a plurality of times, by supplying a conducting voltage to gates of the transistors, successively, one row by one row, an operation of stopping the supplying of the conducting voltage responsive to detecting the irradiation of the radiation to perform an accumulation operation and, after the reset operation, a read out operation. During the reset operation, a period between the supplying the conducting voltage to the gates of the transistors in one row and the supplying the conducting voltage subsequently to the gates of the transistors in another row is different from a period between the supplying the conducting voltage to the gates of the transistors in the another row and the supplying the conducting voltage subsequently to the gates of the transistors in further another row. | 12-11-2014 |
20140360978 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - Provided is a method of manufacturing a liquid ejection head including: a substrate having energy generating elements disposed thereon; and an ejection orifice forming member having ejection orifices, the substrate and the ejection orifice forming member forming a flow path therebetween, the method including: forming, on the substrate, a mold having a recessed portion at a position corresponding to a region in which each of the ejection orifices is formed and in a vicinity of the position; forming a coating layer by chemical vapor deposition so as to cover the mold; and forming the ejection orifices through the coating layer to obtain the ejection orifice forming member. | 12-11-2014 |
20140360272 | CAPACITIVE TRANSDUCER DRIVE DEVICE AND OBJECT INFORMATION ACQUIRING DEVICE - Provided is a capacitive transducer drive device capable of adjusting a potential difference applied between electrodes of a cell with a simple configuration. A capacitive transducer to be driven by the drive device includes a cell including: a first electrode included in a vibrating membrane; and a second electrode formed to oppose the first electrode through intermediation of a gap. One of the first electrode and the second electrode of the cell is electrically connected to a first DC voltage applying unit, and the other of the first electrode and the second electrode of the cell is electrically connected to a second DC voltage applying unit. A voltage to be applied by the second DC voltage applying unit is set to be lower than a voltage to be applied by the first DC voltage applying unit. The voltage to be applied by the second DC voltage applying unit is variable. | 12-11-2014 |
20140360271 | OBJECT INFORMATION ACQUIRING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OBJECT INFORMATION ACQUIRING APPARATUS - An object information acquiring apparatus comprises a light irradiation unit that irradiates an object with light; an acoustic probe that receives an acoustic wave generated within the object; a first data processing unit that generates a first image representing information within the object, on the basis of an acoustic wave received by the acoustic probe; a template acquisition unit that divides the first image into a plurality of regions on the basis of a spatial resolution within the image, and acquires a plurality of pieces of template data according to characteristics of each region after division; and a second data processing unit that performs deconvolution processing using corresponding template data with respect to each of the regions after division to generate a second image. | 12-11-2014 |
20140359984 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIQUID EJECTING DEVICE - A liquid ejecting device is manufactured by bonding a wiring substrate to a liquid ejection head by means of an adhesive film. The liquid ejection head has a pressure chamber for ejecting liquid and an air chamber disposed adjacent to the pressure chamber with a wall of a piezoelectric body interposed therebetween. A pair of electrodes is provided, one on the wall surface of the pressure chamber and the other on the wall surface of the air chamber so as to sandwich the piezoelectric body wall. The wiring substrate has a connection terminal which is to be electrically connected at least to the electrode on the pressure chamber side at the time of bonding. The liquid ejection head has an opening for introducing liquid into the pressure chamber, while the wiring substrate has a through hole to be aligned with the opening at the time of bonding. | 12-11-2014 |
20140359738 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus that selects one out of a plurality of authentication modes for connecting to a network for which an authentication is required, identifies network information relating to a connection target network, and authentication information for executing an authentication, selects an authentication mode to be used from the plurality of authentication modes based on the network information and one or more attributes for when connecting to the connection target network based on the authentication information, and executes an authentication for connecting to the connection target network using the selected authentication mode. | 12-04-2014 |
20140359702 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SERVER SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing server system in which agreement to terms of service by a user is confirmed using a second authentication session different from a first authentication session used when a client uses the web service is provided. | 12-04-2014 |
20140359502 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF OPERATING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method and an apparatus of operating an electronic device are provided. The method includes receiving an input for displaying an object screen in a state where a function execution screen is displayed, displaying the object screen in an overlaid manner on a part of the function execution screen in response to the input, and executing a function in response to a user input made on the object screen. | 12-04-2014 |
20140359327 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS THAT PERFORMS COOLING DURING POWER-OFF, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A technique for controlling a power supply of an electronic apparatus, which makes it possible to positively cool the inside of the apparatus after turning off a main switch of the apparatus, thereby making it possible to reduce unnecessary power consumption. A battery is rechargeable by an AC power supply. A fan cools the apparatus by being driven by power supply from the AC power supply or the battery. A CPU of a system controller determines a power supply off time of the apparatus according to a state of the apparatus when the main switch is turned off. When the determined power supply off time is reached, the power supply controller switches the power supply from the AC power supply to the battery to continue driving the fan. Further, when the state of the apparatus satisfies predetermined conditions, the power supply controller stops driving of the fan. | 12-04-2014 |
20140359260 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING HIBERNATION FUNCTION, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus which has a hibernation function and is capable of selecting a suitable startup method even in a case where device connection states are different at power-off and at next startup. A hibernation image created based on data stored in a memory of the image forming apparatus and a first device connection state indicative of whether the device is connected to the image forming apparatus are stored in a flash disk. After that, when power to the image forming apparatus is turned off and the power is turned on again, a second device connection state indicative of whether the device is connected to the image forming apparatus is obtained. When the first and second connection states are different, the image forming apparatus is started without using the hibernation image, and when they are the same, the image forming apparatus is started using the hibernation image. | 12-04-2014 |
20140359141 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR DATA COMMUNICATION USING A CALL CONTROL SERVER - There is provided a multifunction peripheral (MFP) configured to perform data communication using a session initiation protocol (SIP) server, which includes a main controller and a sub controller. The sub controller performs a | 12-04-2014 |
20140359125 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus receives a request from a Web server over a network, adds security information to the request, and determines whether to process the request, based on the security information which is added to the request. | 12-04-2014 |
20140356881 | INSPECTION INSTRUMENT, INSPECTION SYSTEM, AND INSPECTION METHOD - With an inspection instrument in which an optical window is disposed so as to enable optical detection in a sample holder, an analysis involving use of a three-order nonlinear Raman scattering microscope, a treatment with an agent, such as staining, and an analysis involving use of a normal optical microscope are serially carried out without opening and closing of the inspection instrument. Thus, in addition to reference information based on result of analysis of a stained sample, more multiple pieces of auxiliary information related to the morphological or functional characteristics of the sample can be obtained from the sample while the reliability of comparison thereof with the reference information is well maintained. | 12-04-2014 |
20140356777 | TONER - A toner having good low-temperature fixability, charge stability, environmental stability, and durability and capable of stably producing high-quality images for a long time is provided. The toner includes a toner particle having a core-shell structure constituted of a core and a shell phase. The core contains a binder resin, a colorant, and wax, and the shell phase contains a resin A. The resin A is a comb polymer including a main chain portion (X), a side chain portion (Y), and a side chain portion (Z). The main chain portion (X) is a vinyl polymer, the side chain portion (Y) has an aliphatic polyester structure and has an ester group concentration of a polyester segment of 6.5 mmol/g or less, and the side chain portion (Z) has an organic polysiloxane structure and has an average number of Si—O bond repeating units of a siloxane segment of 2 or more and 100 or less. | 12-04-2014 |
20140356103 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus comprises a deciding unit which decides on a sequence for manufacturing a plurality of products using the type information of a plurality of products; and a unit which causes a print apparatus and a post-pressing apparatus to manufacture the plurality of products in accordance with the sequence decided on, wherein the deciding unit decides on the sequence such that products of the same type are manufactured consecutively by the print apparatus and the post-pressing apparatus, and furthermore, for each type of product, the deciding unit decides on the sequence using step information regarding steps for product manufacturing such that, among steps for manufacturing a plurality of parts that constitute each of the plurality of products of the same type that are consecutive in the print apparatus, steps for manufacturing the same type of part are consecutive. | 12-04-2014 |
20140356040 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC MEMBER AND HEAT FIXING ASSEMBLY - The present invention is directed to providing an electrophotographic member including a conductive elastic layer having high thermal insulation properties and excellent dimensional stability. The electrophotographic member having an elastic layer which includes a plurality of voids derived from resin microballoons connected to and made open to each other and contains an ion conducting agent. | 12-04-2014 |
20140356020 | DEVELOPER CONTAINER, DEVELOPING CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developer container includes: a developer accommodating chamber, provided with an opening, for accommodating a developer; a sealing member bonded to the developer accommodating container so as to block the opening; and a rotatable member, having a connecting surface where the sealing member is connected thereto, for peeling off the sealing member from the opening by rotation thereof. The connecting surface has a rectangular shape which has a long side with respect to a rotational axis direction of the rotatable member and which is twisted in a rotational direction of the rotatable member. | 12-04-2014 |
20140356015 | IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS - An image heating apparatus includes an endless belt for heating a toner image on a sheet in a nip, wherein an inner surface of the belt is coated with a lubricant; a driving roller cooperative with the belt to form the nip; an urging member provided inside the belt to urge the belt toward the roller; a first regulating portion for regulating a position of the belt, the first regulating portion being to be abutted to by one end edge of the belt; a first heat sink provided on the first regulating portion cool the first regulating portion; a second regulating portion for regulating a position of the belt, the second regulating portion being to be abutted to by the other end edge of the belt; and a second heat sink provided on the second regulating portion to cool the second regulating portion. | 12-04-2014 |
20140355956 | REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A reproducing apparatus comprises a reproduction unit which reproduces a moving image file and a still image file from a recording medium, a file name including a number being added to each of the moving image file and the still image file, and a control unit which controls the reproduction unit such that the plurality of moving image files for the single scene are continuously reproduced while the still image file to which the file name including the number between the numbers included in the file names of the two moving image files is added is not reproduced, during reproduction of the plurality of moving image files for the single scene. | 12-04-2014 |
20140355903 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - To remove components, such as fog, from a captured image while suppressing a reduction in image quality. An image processing apparatus includes a unit configured to derive parameters for image quality improving processing based on the transmittance of light incident on each pixel of captured image data including a fine particle component and a unit configured to generate corrected image data of the captured image data by performing image quality improving processing to improve image quality of the captured image data using the parameters and removal processing to remove the fine particle component from the captured image data on the captured image data. | 12-04-2014 |
20140355828 | SETTING APPARATUS, SETTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A setting apparatus which sets a detection region for a detection process of detecting a change of an image within a detection region corresponding to an object of detection inputs a first image in which the object of detection is present and a second image in which the object of detection is not present and determines the detection region from the first image and the second image such that the detection process may be performed on a detection region of a third image. | 12-04-2014 |
20140355824 | SPECTRAL IMAGE DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND TWO-DIMENSIONAL SPECTRAL APPARATUS - A spectral image data processing apparatus which conducts multivariate analysis on spectral image data of a sample, including: a region setting unit configured to set a region of interest for performing multivariate analysis in a sample in which a difference needs to be distinguished, the region of interest being set in accordance with spectral image data of the sample; and an analysis unit configured to perform the multivariate analysis with spectral image data inside the region of interest and spectral image data of region of non-interest which is a region other than the region of interest being distinguished from each other. | 12-04-2014 |
20140355627 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ENCODING AND DECODING MESSAGES - Methods and devices for encoding or decoding messages, each message including a list of information items. The encoding method comprises determining a first list of indexes associated with information items that are already indexed in a local indexing table and a second list of literal values of other information items not yet indexed in said indexing table; encoding the indexes of the first list; binary compressing at least a serialized binary representation of the literal values of the second list; and concatenating the first list and the second list together to obtain an encoded bitstream of the information items. When the messages are sent over a plurality of connections, a global table is shared between the connections to store the indexed items of information; and a local indexing table for each connection associates indexes with references to an entry of the shared global table. | 12-04-2014 |
20140355130 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A zoom lens includes, in order from the object side, a positive first lens unit which does not move for zooming or focusing, a negative second lens unit which moves during zooming, a positive third lens unit which moves during zooming, a negative fourth lens unit which moves during zooming and focusing, and a positive fifth lens unit which does not move for zooming or focusing. An aperture stop which does not move for zooming or focusing is arranged adjacent to the fourth lens unit. The focal lengths of the second, third, and fourth lens units, a zoom ratio of the zoom lens at infinity focus, the lateral magnification of the third lens unit at the wide angle end and the telephoto end at infinity focus, the lateral magnifications of the fourth and fifth lens units at the telephoto end at infinity focus are appropriately set. | 12-04-2014 |
20140355080 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND MULTIFUNCTION PRINTING APPARATUS - An embodiment of this invention is directed to reading an original at a high resolution with high quality by an image reading apparatus using a 3-line CCD and white LED. The image reading apparatus according to the embodiment includes a 3-line CCD, a white LED, and a light guide configured to guide light from the LED to an original. A surface of the light guide from which light emerges toward the original is formed into a concave shape. Light from the light guide almost uniformly irradiates the reading region of an image placed on a platen glass. | 12-04-2014 |
20140355049 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING SERVICE APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A printing system, when information about an image forming apparatus is registered in a printing service apparatus or when information about the image forming apparatus already registered in the printing service apparatus is updated, determines whether firmware installed in the image forming apparatus corresponds to the printing service apparatus. If the firmware installed in the image forming apparatus is determined not to correspond, the printing system determines whether firmware corresponding to the printing service apparatus exists in firmware of the image forming apparatus distributed by the distribution server. If the firmware corresponding to the printing service apparatus is determined to exist and when that firmware is distributed from the distribution server to the image forming apparatus, the printing system installs the distributed firmware. | 12-04-2014 |