24th week of 2017 patent applcation highlights part 39 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20170168369 | ELECTRODE STRUCTURES FOR ELECTRO-OPTIC DISPLAYS - A sub-assembly for use in an electro-optic display, the sub-assembly comprising an electrically non-conductive substrate, a lamination adhesive layer, a light-transmissive electrically-conductive ceramic layer, and a light-transmissive non-ceramic electrically-conductive layer positioned between the light transmissive electrically-conductive ceramic layer and the lamination adhesive layer. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168370 | METHODS FOR DRIVING ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAYS USING DIELECTROPHORETIC FORCES - A dielectrophoretic display has a substrate having walls defining a cavity, the cavity having a viewing surface and a side wall inclined to the viewing surface. A fluid is contained within the cavity; and a plurality of particles are present in the fluid. There is applied to the substrate an electric field effective to cause dielectrophoretic movement of the particles so that the particles occupy only a minor proportion of the viewing surface. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168371 | MACH-ZEHNDER ELECTROOPTIC MODULATOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - There is provided a method for manufacturing a Mach-Zehnder electrooptic modulator including forming an intrinsic semiconductor layer including a Group III-V compound semiconductor on a Group III-V compound semiconductor substrate having an active region and a passive region, doping a first impurity in the intrinsic semiconductor layer corresponding to the active region to form a core layer disposed on the substrate and undoped with the first impurity and an upper clad layer disposed on the core layer and including a region doped with the first impurity, and patterning the core layer and the upper clad layer. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168372 | OPTICAL ELEMENT AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - An optical element switchable to a first state and a second state includes a first material and a second material, each of optical properties of the first and second materials changes between the first state and the second state, and refractive indices of the first and second materials and Abbe's numbers of the first and second materials satisfy a predetermined relationship. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168373 | BEAM STEERING APPARATUS, METHOD OF DRIVING THE BEAM STEERING APPARATUS, AND SPATIAL INFORMATION ACQUISITION APPARATUS USING THE BEAM STEERING APPARATUS - A beam steering apparatus, a method of driving the beam steering apparatus, and a spatial information acquisition apparatus using the beam steering apparatus, are provided. The beam steering apparatus includes a light source, and a steering array including elements having refractive indexes varying with a voltage driving the steering array, the elements being configured to control a direction of a beam from the light source and incident on the steering array. The beam steering apparatus further includes a driver configured to generate the voltage, based on an intermediate value of at least two voltages, and drive the steering array, based on the generated voltage. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168374 | Removable Camera Lens Cover - A camera is configured for use with a removable camera lens cover, which can be secured to or removed from the camera by a user without the use of a tool set. The mechanism which allows the lens cover to be secured to and removed from the camera includes a set of wires embedded into the lens cover and a set of wedges protruding from the lens wall of the camera. To secure the lens cover to the camera, the lens cover is placed onto the front of the camera and rotated until the wires align with corresponding wedges, securing the wires underneath the tapered surface of the wedges. To remove the lens cover from the camera, a force is applied outward and normal to the lens cover, causing the wires to flex outward and enabling the rotation and removal of the lens cover from the camera. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168375 | MODULAR VIDEO ATTACHMENT WITH VIBRATION DAMPENING - Disclosed is a system and method for mounting video equipment to an object and providing vibration dampening. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168376 | MOUNTING BRACKET FOR MOUNTING A MONITORING CAMERA - The disclosure relates to a mounting bracket for mounting a monitoring camera. The bracket comprises an alcove adapted to slidingly receive said camera, a first mounting arrangement adapted for the camera to be mounted in a corner formed of a first and second wall, the first mounting arrangement comprising a first and second mounting surface arranged at an angle relative to each other. The first mounting surface is adapted to be attached to and abut the first wall. The second mounting surface is adapted to be attached to and abut the second wall. A second mounting arrangement is adapted for the camera to be mounted on a wall, the second mounting arrangement comprising a third mounting surface adapted to be attached to and abut the wall. The disclosure also relates to a system with a mounting bracket and monitoring camera. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168377 | PROJECTOR UNIT FOR PORTABLE INFORMATION DEVICES - A portable information device having a projector unit is disclosed. The projector unit includes a chassis, a connection terminal part and a projector part. The chassis includes an attachment part removably attached to an attachment target part disposed on a side surface of the portable information device. The connection terminal part is electrically connected to a terminal of the portable information device when the attachment part is attached to the attachment target part. The projector part is rotatably attached to the chassis so that a direction of projection from a projector lens can be changed. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168378 | PROJECTOR AND HEAT DISSIPATING METHOD FOR PROJECTOR - A projector includes a case, a system fan located in the case, a lamp securing module and a lamp. The lamp securing module includes a lamp holder and a lampshade integrated with the lamp holder. A plurality of heat conduction portions is located on the lampshade to be adhered to the lamp to guide the heat generated by the lamp to the lampshade, so that the system fan dissipates the heat from the lampshade. The disclosure further offers a heat dissipating method for the projector. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168379 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION ELEMENT, ILLUMINATION DEVICE, PROJECTOR, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING WAVELENGTH CONVERSION ELEMENT - A wavelength conversion element according to the invention includes: a base material; a wavelength conversion layer supported by one surface of the base material and containing a wavelength conversion material and an inorganic binder; a light transmitting layer provided in a side of the wavelength conversion layer opposite to the base material and made of an inorganic material; and an antireflection film provided in a side of the light transmitting layer opposite to the wavelength conversion layer. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168380 | LIGHT SOURCE OPTICAL SYSTEM AND PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS EMPLOYING THE SAME - A light source optical system includes a first fly-eye lens including a plurality of first lens cells, and a second fly-eye lens including a plurality of second lens cells that guide a light flux from the first fly-eye lens to a fluorescent member. A light source image is formed between the first fly-eye lens and the fluorescent member. When a short side direction of the second lens cells is defined as a first direction and a long side direction of the second lens cells is defined as a second direction, the width of the light source image in the second direction is wider than the width of the light source image in the first direction. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168381 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND PROJECTOR - The invention relates to a light source device including a solid-state light source, a collimator lens which a light beam emitted from the solid-state light source enters, an afocal optical system which includes a light collecting optical system and a collimating optical system and which the light beam having been transmitted through the collimator lens enters, a lens integrator which the light beam having been transmitted through the afocal optical system enters, a polarization splitting element which the light beam having been transmitted through the lens integrator enters, and a wavelength conversion element which a first polarization component split by the polarization splitting element from the light beam enters. At least one of the light collection optical system and the collimating optical system includes a lens formed of quartz. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168382 | MASK BLANK WITH RESIST FILM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TRANSFER MASK - A mask blank with resist film, including a substrate having a thin film; and a negative resist film formed on a main surface of the thin film, wherein in the resist film, a photoacid generator-rich region in which concentration of a photoacid generator is high compared to other region of the resist film, is formed at a portion where the resist film is in contact with the thin film. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168383 | Amorphous Layer Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography Blank, And Manufacturing And Lithography Systems Therefor - An integrated extreme ultraviolet blank production system includes: a vacuum chamber for placing a substrate in a vacuum; a deposition system for depositing a multi-layer stack without removing the substrate from the vacuum; and a treatment system for treating a layer on the multi-layer stack to be deposited as an amorphous metallic layer. A physical vapor deposition chamber for manufacturing an extreme ultraviolet mask blank includes: a target, comprising molybdenum alloyed with boron. An extreme ultraviolet lithography system includes: an extreme ultraviolet light source; a mirror for directing light from the extreme ultraviolet light source; a reticle stage for placing an extreme ultraviolet mask blank with a multi-layer stack having an amorphous metallic layer; and a wafer stage for placing a wafer. An extreme ultraviolet blank includes: a substrate; a multi-layer stack having an amorphous metallic layer; and capping layers over the multi-layer stack. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168384 | MASK BLANK, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TRANSFER MASK, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - In order to form a fine mask pattern with high accuracy, in a mask blank in which a light-semitransmissive film, a light shielding film, and a hard mask film are laminated in the stated order on a transparent substrate, the light-semitransmissive film containing silicon and additionally nitrogen, the hard mask film containing silicon or tantalum, and additionally oxygen, the light shielding film having the laminate structure of a lower layer, an intermediate layer, and an upper layer and containing chromium, conditions on the light shielding film are adjusted so that etching rates using a mixture gas of chlorine and oxygen are the lowest for the upper layer and the next lowest for the lower layer. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168385 | Layout Hierachical Structure Defined in Polar Coordinate - The present disclosure provides one embodiment of an IC method that includes receiving an IC design layout including a first main feature and a second main feature; determining that the first main feature includes has a curvilinear-based shaped; determining that the second main feature has a polygon-based shape; and mapping a first portion of the IC design layout that includes the first main feature onto a polar coordinate and mapping a second portion of the IC design layout that includes the second main feature on onto a Cartesian coordinate. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168386 | STRUCTURE DESIGN GENERATION FOR FIXING METAL TIP-TO-TIP ACROSS CELL BOUNDARY - A method for structure design including detecting, by a processor, a tip-to-tip (T2T) structure design violation for a metal layer above (Ma) a via (Vx) at a tip of the Ma for a design file layout for the structure. Upon detection of the T2T structure design violation, retargeting, by the processor, of the Vx based on adjusting of both the Ma and a metal layer (Mb) below the Vx that connects the Ma through the Vx for the design file layout of the structure to improve performance of the structure based on fixing metal tip or metal ending across cell boundaries. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168387 | Image Mask Film Scheme and Method - A system and method for repairing a photolithographic mask is provided. An embodiment comprises forming a shielding layer over an absorbance layer on a substrate. Once the shielding layer is in place, the absorbance layer may be repaired using, e.g., an e-beam process to initiate a reaction to repair a defect in the absorbance layer, with the shielding layer being used to shield the remainder of the absorbance layer from undesirable etching during the repair process. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168388 | PATTERN FORMING METHOD AND PATTERN STRUCTURAL BODY - According to one embodiment, a pattern forming method is disclosed. The method includes preparing a processed body including a substrate having a first face, a first layer provided on the first face, a second layer provided on the first layer, and a photosensitive lyophilic/lyophobic original material provided on the second layer. The method includes performing a first process of irradiating light onto one of a first portion at a first position of the material and a second portion at a second position of the material, and making a first contact angle of a liquid with a first region of an upper face of the processed body relatively larger than a second contact angle of the liquid with a second region of the upper face. The method includes performing a first pattern forming process of forming a first pattern by bringing the liquid into contact with the second region. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168389 | PHOTORESIST COMPOSITIONS, INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTS, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING PATTERNED DEVICES AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - A photoresist composition includes a photoresist polymer including a repeating unit to which a silicon-containing leaving group is combined, a photo-fluorine generator including a sulfonium fluoride, and a solvent. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168390 | PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, PROTECTIVE FILM, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY ELEMENT - The invention shows a photosensitive resin composition which can be used in protective film and liquid crystal display element and provides good transparency and high chemical resistance. The composition includes a complex resin (A), an o-naphthoquinone diazide sulfonate (B), and a solvent (C). The complex resin (A) includes a main chain and a side chain. The main chain includes a repeating unit derived from siloxane (meth)acrylate based monomer (a1-2). The side chain includes a repeating unit derived from siloxane based monomer (a2), and is bonded to the repeating unit derived from siloxane (meth)acrylate based monomer (a1-2). The complex resin (A) satisfies at least one of the following conditions (I) and (II):
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20170168391 | PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR PRODUCING CURED FILM, CURED FILM, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TOUCH PANEL - There are provided a photosensitive resin composition having excellent chemical resistance, light resistance, and solubility in a solvent, a method for producing a cured film, a cured film, a liquid crystal display device, an organic electroluminescent display device, and a touch panel. The photosensitive resin composition contains a polybenzoxazole precursor, a photoacid generator which generates an acid having a pKa of 3 or less or a quinone diazide compound, and a solvent, in which the polybenzoxazole precursor contains a total of 70 mol % or more of a repeating unit represented by the following Formula (1) and a repeating unit represented by the following Formula (2) with respect to the total repeating units, and a ratio between the repeating unit represented by Formula (1) and the repeating unit represented by Formula (2) is 9:1 to 3:7 in a molar ratio. Y | 2017-06-15 |
20170168392 | Multicolor Photolithography Materials and Methods - The present invention relates to photoresist compositions comprising a base resin such as a monomer capable of radical polymerization upon photoinitiation, and photoinitiator molecules such as a diketone, and multicolor photolithography methods. Photoresist compositions comprise photoinitiator molecules that are exposed to a first radiation source, thereby exciting the photoinitiator molecules from a ground state to a pre-activated state. The pre-activated state molecules are then exposed to a second radiation source in selected locations, thereby deactivating the pre-activated state molecules in the selected locations. Any remaining pre-activated state molecules are exposed to a third radiation source, exciting such remaining pre-activated state photoinitiator molecules to an activated state. Polymerization of the base resin is then initiated. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168393 | PHOTORESIST COMPOSITION - A photoresist composition comprising: | 2017-06-15 |
20170168394 | ACTIVE-LIGHT-SENSITIVE OR RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, PATTERN FORMING METHOD, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present invention has an object to provide an active-light-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition having high DOF and low LWR; a pattern forming method using the composition; and a method for manufacturing an electronic device. The active-light-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition of the present invention includes a resin P and a compound that generates an acid upon irradiation with active light or radiation, in which the resin P has a repeating unit p1 and a repeating unit p2 represented by specific formulae, and the repeating unit p2 does not have a group in which a hydroxy group of a hydroxyadamantyl group is protected with a group that decomposes by the action of an acid to leave. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168395 | ACTIVE LIGHT SENSITIVE OR RADIATION SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, ACTIVE LIGHT SENSITIVE OR RADIATION SENSITIVE FILM, MASK BLANK PROVIDED WITH ACTIVE LIGHT SENSITIVE OR RADIATION SENSITIVE FILM, PATTERN FORMING METHOD, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition includes an alkali-soluble resin (A) and a compound (B) exemplified below, the compound (B) has a specific structure within a molecule. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168396 | METHOD FOR FORMING RESIST PATTERN - A method for forming a resist pattern including forming a first contact hole pattern including a hole portion and a hole-unformed portion, which includes alkali developing the exposed positive-type resist film; preparing a structure including the first contact hole pattern and a first layer which covers the first contact hole pattern, which includes forming a first layer by applying a solution including an acid or a thermal acid generator onto a support on which the first contact hole pattern is formed; forming organic solvent-soluble and organic solvent-insoluble regions on the hole-unformed portion, which includes heating the structure; and forming a second contact hole pattern on the hole-unformed portion, which includes developing the heated structure with an organic solvent. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168397 | SILICON-CONTAINING RESIST UNDERLAYER FILM-FORMING COMPOSITION HAVING HALOGENATED SULFONYLALKYL GROUP - A resist underlayer film allows an excellent resist pattern shape to be formed when an upper resist layer is exposed to light and developed using an alkaline developing solution or organic solvent; and composition for forming the resist underlayer film. A resist underlayer film-forming composition for lithography, the composition including, as a silane, hydrolyzable silane, hydrolysis product thereof, hydrolysis-condensation product thereof, or combination, wherein the hydrolyzable silane includes hydrolyzable silane of Formula (1): | 2017-06-15 |
20170168398 | PHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIAL AND METHOD OF LITHOGRAPHY - Methods and materials directed to a photosensitive material and a method of performing a lithography process using the photosensitive material are described. A semiconductor substrate is provided. A layer including an additive component is formed over the semiconductor substrate. The additive component includes a metal cation. One or more bonds are formed to bond the metal cation and one or more anions. Each of the one or more anions is one of a protecting group and a polymer chain bonding component. The polymer chain bonding component is bonded to a polymer chain of the layer. The layer is exposed to a radiation beam. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168399 | PROJECTION LENS, PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND PROJECTION EXPOSURE METHOD FOR EUV MICROLITHOGRAPHY - A projection lens is disclosed for imaging a pattern arranged in an object plane of the projection lens into an image plane of the projection lens via electromagnetic radiation having an operating wavelength λ from the extreme ultraviolet range. The projection lens includes a multiplicity of mirrors having mirror surfaces arranged in a projection beam path between the object plane and the image plane so that a pattern of a mask in the object plane is imagable into the image plane via the mirrors. A first imaging scale in a first direction running parallel to a scan direction is smaller in terms of absolute value than a second imaging scale in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The projection lens also includes a dynamic wavefront manipulation system for correcting astigmatic wavefront aberration portions caused by reticle displacement. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168400 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DEVICE - A substrate processing apparatus includes: a rotary cylindrical member (DR) that includes a cylindrical supporting surface curved with a constant radius from a predetermined center line (AX | 2017-06-15 |
20170168401 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE PARAMETERS OF AN IC MANUFACTURING PROCESS MODEL - An IC manufacturing model is disclosed, wherein input variables and an output variable are measured using a calibration set of patterns. The model can or cannot include a PSF. The output variable may be a dimensional bias between printed patterns and target patterns or simulated patterns. It can also be a Threshold To Meet Experiments. The input variables may be defined by a metric which uses kernel functions, preferably with a deformation function which includes a shift angle and a convolution procedure. A functional or associative relationship between the input variables and the output variable is defined. Preferably this definition includes normalization steps and interpolation steps. Advantageously, the interpolation step is of the kriging type. The invention achieves a much more accurate modeling of IC manufacturing, simulation or inspection processes. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168402 | Vacuum System, in Particular EUV Lithography System, and Optical Element - A vacuum system, in particular an EUV lithography system, includes: a vacuum housing, in which a vacuum environment is formed, and also at least one component ( | 2017-06-15 |
20170168403 | ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL OF SYSTEMS FOR PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY PROCESS - Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to systems and methods for performing photolithography processes. In one embodiment, laminar gas flow is provided inside a photolithography system during operation. With laminar gas flow instead of turbulent gas flow inside the system, accuracy of the measurement of the location of a substrate disposed inside the system is improved due to the improved signal integrity of interferometers. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168404 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC ROLLER, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - Provided is an electrophotographic roller including a cylindrical base and an elastic layer on an outer peripheral surface of the base, the base having a joint extending from one end to the other end in a longitudinal direction thereof, at least a part of the joint has a gap penetrating the joint in a thickness direction of the base, and a part of a material for the elastic layer entering the gap and covering a portion of an inner peripheral surface of the base near the gap to form an anchor portion of the elastic layer. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168405 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC MEMBER, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrophotographic member capable of maintaining stable quality regardless of environment in forming a surface layer is provided. The electrophotographic member includes a base layer and a surface layer. The surface layer includes a heteroaggregate of inorganic oxide particles, electro-conductive metal oxide particles different from the inorganic oxide particles, and an ionic liquid. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168406 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR - An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes: a conductive support; a photosensitive layer disposed on the conductive support; and a protective layer disposed on the photosensitive layer, wherein the protective layer is formed of a polymerized and cured product of a radically polymerizable composition containing a radically polymerizable monomer, a perfluoropolyether compound having a radically polymerizable group, and metal oxide fine particles having a radically polymerizable group. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168407 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A TONER - The production process of the present invention includes: a first step of heating a dispersion containing an aqueous medium and a binder resin containing a crystalline resin to a temperature higher than or equal to the melting point of the crystalline resin in a step of aggregating and fusing a fine particle of the binder resin containing the crystalline resin to produce a toner base particle; a second step of cooling the dispersion having been heated in the first step and having a temperature higher than the recrystallization temperature Rc of the crystalline resin to a temperature lower than Rc at a temperature-lowering rate of 1° C./min or higher; and a third step of maintaining the dispersion having been cooled in the second step at a temperature higher than or equal to Rc−25° C. and lower than or equal to Rc−5° C. for 30 minutes or longer. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168408 | YELLOW TONER - Provided is a yellow toner that has excellent pigment dispersibility, and thus gives a high image density and causes little fog. A yellow toner of the present invention includes at least a binder resin and a yellow pigment, wherein the binder resin is a copolymer that contains 67 to 88% by mass of a styrene-based monomer unit and 12 to 33% by mass of a alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer unit, wherein a content of the yellow pigment is 3 to 15 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the binder resin; and wherein a interfacial tension of a mixed solution of 9 parts by mass of the yellow pigment, 72 parts by mass of styrene and 28 parts by mass of n-butyl acrylate with respect to water, is 5 to 19 mN/m. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168409 | HYDROPHOBIC SILICA FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC TONER COMPOSITION - The invention relates to a hydrophobic silica powder which is unprecedentedly insensitive to environmental humidity with which electrophotographic toner can possess stable electro static charge that leads to stable quality of printed image. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168410 | LIQUID DEVELOPER - An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid developer for electrophotography or electrostatic recording, demonstrating good particle uniformity, preservation stability, fixing property, and electrophoretic migration property. To achieve the aforementioned object, the present invention provides a liquid developer that contains colored resin particles granulated by utilizing the coacervation method, from at least an acid carbon black as pigment, binder resin containing acid group-containing resin, basic group-containing pigment dispersion agent, pigment dispersion aid which is an acid pigment derivative and accounts for 0.1 to 10.0 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the pigment, and granulating aid, wherein the colored resin particles are dispersed in an insulating solvent by means of a particle dispersion agent. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168411 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus for electrifying a surface of a photoreceptor with the use of an electrification member includes: a first output unit configured to output a first AC voltage; a second output unit configured to output a second AC voltage having the same frequency as a frequency of the first AC voltage and having a phase different from a phase of the first AC voltage; a superimposition unit configured to superimpose, on a DC component, an AC component containing at least one of the first AC voltage and the second AC voltage; and an application unit configured to apply a voltage that has been subjected to superimposition by the superimposition unit to the electrification member, wherein the superimposition unit changes the AC component to be superimposed on the DC component at a predetermined timing. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168412 | SURFACE-EMITTING LASER, SURFACE-EMITTING LASER ARRAY, LASER DEVICE, IGNITOR, INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, OPTICAL SCANNER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, LIGHT TRANSMISSION MODULE, AND LIGHT EMISSION SYSTEM - A surface-emitting laser includes an active layer on which a spacer layer is disposed, and a reflection mirror disposed on the spacer layer, including a current constriction layer that is a selectively-oxidized layer having been selectively oxidized. The current constriction layer is disposed at a position of a node of a standing-wave of an electric field of light oscillated at the active layer and is disposed away from an interface between the spacer layer and the reflection mirror by an optical distance of one-fourth of an oscillation wavelength at the active layer. The selectively-oxidized layer is made of AlGaAs. The reflection mirror includes at least one AlGaInP layer contacting the selectively-oxidized layer. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168413 | OPTICAL WRITING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An optical writing device including: a current-driven light-emitting element; a thin film transistor configured to supply the light-emitting element with a drive current based on a luminance signal to put the light-emitting element in an on state; and a controller configured to, for each line of an image page, correct a first value of the luminance signal to yield a second value of the luminance signal, and to supply the thin film transistor with the luminance signal at the second value. The second value compensates for a light amount fluctuation of the light-emitting element that is dependent upon an emission/non-emission history, from an initial line of the image page to the line, of a first continuous period where the light-emitting element is kept in the on state and a second continuous period where the light-emitting period is kept in an off state. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168414 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus including a first image forming unit, a second image forming unit, a transfer unit, a voltage application unit, and a control unit is provided. The first image forming unit is disposed upstream of the second image forming unit. The control unit is configured to control the potential difference between the surface potential of an image bearing member and a voltage applied to a developer bearing member in the second developing unit such that the potential difference in a case where the voltage is applied by the voltage application unit and the developer bearing member is not rotating is smaller than the potential difference in a case where the voltage is applied by the voltage application unit and the developer bearing member is rotating. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168415 | ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE RUBBER COMPOSITION, AND DEVELOPING ROLLER - An electrically conductive rubber composition is provided, which is usable for production of a developing roller imparted with proper flexibility without the use of a softening agent without the formation of a shield layer and permits the developing roller to form an image substantially free from image forming defects such as banding and fogging. A developing roller employing the electrically conductive rubber composition is also provided. The electrically conductive rubber composition contains a rubber component including only four types of rubbers, i.e., an epichlorohydrin rubber, a butadiene rubber, a chloroprene rubber and an acrylonitrile butadiene rubber, and a crosslinking component including 0.75 to 2.25 parts by mass of sulfur and 0.25 to 0.75 parts by mass of a thiuram accelerating agent based on 100 parts by mass of the overall rubber component. The developing roller (1) is produced from the electrically conductive rubber composition. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168416 | ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE RUBBER COMPOSITION, AND DEVELOPING ROLLER - An electrically conductive rubber composition is provided, which is usable for production of a developing roller imparted with proper flexibility without the use of a softening agent without the formation of a shield layer and permits the developing roller to form an image substantially free from image unevenness due to permanent compressive deformation, banding, fogging and other defects. A developing roller employing the electrically conductive rubber composition is also provided. The electrically conductive rubber composition contains a rubber component including only four types of rubbers, i.e., an epichlorohydrin rubber, a butadiene rubber, a chloroprene rubber and an acrylonitrile butadiene rubber, and 0.75 to 2.25 parts by mass of sulfur, 0.25 to 1 part by mass of a thiuram accelerating agent, 0.75 to 2 parts by mass of a thiazole accelerating agent and 2.5 to 4.5 parts by mass of hydrotalcites based on 100 parts by mass of the overall rubber component. The developing roller ( | 2017-06-15 |
20170168417 | Image Formation Apparatus, Image Formation System, Control Method, and Non-Transitory Recording Medium - An image formation apparatus includes a toner bottle, a sub hopper configured to temporarily store toner supplied from the toner bottle, a development apparatus configured to receive supply of the toner from the sub hopper, a first detector configured to detect a remaining amount of toner in the toner bottle, a second detector configured to detect an empty space for toner in the sub hopper, and a controller configured to have the toner supplied from the toner bottle to the sub hopper each time the empty space in the sub hopper exceeds a threshold value Th | 2017-06-15 |
20170168418 | POWDER SUPPLY DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A powder supply device that includes a powder reservoir including a rotator having a rotation shaft, to store powder supplied from a powder container; and a powder amount detector. The powder amount detector includes a detected member disposed in the powder reservoir, a contact member attached to the rotation shaft, to contact the detected member to vibrate or move the detected member, a detector to detect vibration or a displacement of the detected member, and a detection result processor to detect the amount of the powder in the powder reservoir based on detection by the detector. The powder supply device further includes a controller to supply the powder from the powder container to the powder reservoir based on detection by the powder amount detector. The controller rotates the rotator in discharging the powder from the powder reservoir and supplying the powder from the powder container to the powder reservoir. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168419 | TONER CARTRIDGE - A toner cartridge includes a cylinder, a transmission member fixedly sleeved onto the cylinder, and a covering member sleeved onto the transmission member. The transmission member has a base pipe portion, a gear ring provided on the periphery of the base pipe portion and engaged with a driving gear of an electronic imaging device, and a protruded portion provided on the periphery of the base pipe portion. The peripheries of the protruded portion and the base pipe portion form a circumferential surface, so that a sensor in the electronic imaging device can sense positional variation of the circumferential surface during rotation of the transmission member. The sensor senses the pass of the protruded portion once in every revolution of the rotation of the transmission member. Therefore, the residual powder in the toner cartridge, which should be replaced according to an alarm of the electronic imaging device, is reduced. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168420 | DEVELOPING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device includes a developer storage chamber configured to store developer to be supplied to the development chamber, a partition configured to separate a development chamber and the developer storage chamber and having an opening allowing communication between the developer storage chamber and the development chamber, and a protruding portion configured to protrude toward the inside of the developer storage chamber from the partition on a downstream side of the opening in the rotation direction of a rotating shaft, and within one turn of rotation of the rotating shaft, a receiving member moves while contacting the protruding portion according to the rotation of the rotating shaft. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168421 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A developing device includes a developer bearer to carry, by rotation, developer to a developing range, a casing including a developer container to contain the developer and housing the developer bearer, a gap retainer adjacent to the developer container and downstream from the developing range in a rotation direction of the developer bearer, an opposing wall opposing an end face of the gap retainer in an axial direction of the developer bearer, a first seal disposed between the end face of the gap retainer and the opposing wall, and a contact portion disposed adjacent to an end portion of the gap retainer in the axial direction of the developer bearer. The gap retainer secures a predetermined gap between the developer bearer and the gap retainer. The contact portion contacts, via a second seal, the gap retainer in a direction intersecting the axial direction of the developer bearer. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168422 | ACCOMMODATING CONTAINER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An accommodating container includes: an accommodating chamber, provided with an opening, for accommodating a developer; a seal member for unsealably sealing the opening; and a rotatable member rotatably supported inside the accommodating chamber. The seal member includes a sealing portion for sealing the opening, a connecting portion connected with the rotatable member, and at least one hole provided between the sealing portion and the connecting portion. The rotatable member includes a shaft portion and at least one projection extending in a direction of being spaced from the shaft portion. The hole and the projection are provided to establish a non-overlapping positional relationship with respect to a direction along the shaft portion. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168423 | TONER PORT SHUTTER FOR A TONER CONTAINER OF AN ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A toner container includes a housing having a reservoir for holding toner. An inlet port is formed on the housing and in fluid communication with the reservoir for receiving toner. A first shutter member and a second shutter member is positioned about the inlet port and are each pivotable between a closed position and an open position. When the first and second shutter members are in the closed positions, respective free ends thereof seal against each other and respective first face portions of the first and second shutter members seal against a perimeter of the inlet port such that the first and second shutter members block the inlet port. When the first and second shutter members are in the open positions, the first and second shutter members are pivoted away from the inlet port unblocking the inlet port. The first and second shutter members are biased toward the closed positions. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168424 | TONER CASE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A toner case includes a case main body, a supplying port, a collecting port, a supplying shutter, and a collecting shutter. The supplying shutter opens the supplying port in accordance with attachment of the case main body to a supplying attachment part, closes the supplying port in accordance with detachment of the case main body from the supplying attachment part, and closes the supplying port in a state that the case main body is attached to a collecting attachment part. The collecting shutter opens the collecting port in accordance with attachment of the case main body to the collecting attachment part, closes the collecting port in accordance with detachment of the case main body from the collecting attachment part, and closes the collecting port in a state that the case main body is attached to the supplying attachment part. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168425 | TONER CASE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A toner case includes a case main body, a housing frame, a communicating port, a conveying rib, and a conveying screw. The case main body is capable of containing a waste toner. The housing frame is configured to communicate with an inside of the case main body and to rotatably support the case main body. The communicating port is opened on a circumferential face of the housing frame and connected with an image forming part. The conveying rib rotates integrally with the case main body in a first direction so as to convey the waste toner along a direction of introducing the waste toner into the case main body. The conveying screw rotates integrally with the case main body in the first direction so as to convey the waste toner introduced into the housing frame via the communicating port toward the inside of the case main body. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168426 | TONER CASE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A toner case includes a case main body and a cleaning member. The case main body is capable of containing a toner supplied to an image forming part arranged inside an apparatus main body and is attachable to and detachable from a supplying attachment part of the apparatus main body along an attachment and detachment direction. The cleaning member is arranged at an outer circumferential face of the case main body. The case main body rotates inside the supplying attachment part in a first direction so as to convey the toner toward a communicating port formed at a first side in the attachment and detachment direction. The cleaning member rotates integrally with the case main body in the first direction so as to clean an inner circumferential face of the supplying attachment part. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168427 | IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS - An image formation apparatus comprising: a belt member suspended by a plurality of supporting rotating bodies and thus rotating; a cleaning member removing toner adhering to the belt member; a tray receiving waste toner removed from the belt member by the cleaning member; a vibration mechanism vibrating the tray to move the waste toner toward a lower side of the tray; a steering control mechanism to perform movement control to move the belt member in an axial direction of the supporting rotating bodies while the belt member rotates; and a vibration adjustment mechanism to change a manner of vibration of the vibration mechanism, based on the movement control by the steering control mechanism. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168428 | INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER MEMBER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to an intermediate transfer member and an image forming apparatus. The intermediate transfer member is an intermediate transfer member having a resin-made base material layer and a surface layer; the surface layer is a cured substance of a composition containing a radically polymerizable vinylic compound and a metal oxide fine particle; and the vinylic compound has a structural unit represented by the following formula (1): | 2017-06-15 |
20170168429 | ROLLER MEMBER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE ROLLER MEMBER - A roller member includes a cored bar, an elastic layer, and a non-conductive member. The elastic layer is disposed on an outer circumferential face of the cored bar. The cored bar has a projecting portion projecting beyond a range in which the elastic layer is disposed, toward an axial end of the cored bar. The non-conductive member is made of a non-conductive material. The non-conductive member is disposed on the projecting portion. The non-conductive member bites into an end face of an axial end of the elastic layer. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168430 | ROLLER MEMBER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE ROLLER MEMBER - A roller member includes a cored bar, an elastic layer, a first high resistance member, and a second high resistance member. The elastic layer is disposed on an outer circumferential face of the cored bar. The cored bar has a projecting portion projecting beyond a range in which the elastic layer is disposed, toward an axial end of the cored bar. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168431 | Multicolour Printing Process and a Liquid Toner Composition - The digital printing process includes the printing of liquid toner on both substrate sides. Thereto developed portions of a first and a second liquid toner are transferred to the first side and fused by exposure to infrared radiation and by subsequent contact fusing. The substrate is conditioned for a further transfer step by maintaining a substantially uniform water content therein during and after the fusing step, in which further transfer step at least one further developed portion of liquid toner is transferred to a side of the substrate. This occurs particularly by limiting heat development in the liquid toner, such as by using a black toner liquid with an absorbance at 800 nm of at most than 0.8. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168432 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE FIXING DEVICE - A fixing device includes a fixing rotator, a pressure rotator, a cooling assembly, and an air regulation plate. The cooling assembly blows air onto an outer circumferential face of the pressure rotator to cool the outer circumferential face of the pressure rotator. The air regulation plate is disposed opposing the outer circumferential face of the pressure rotator with a clearance between the air regulation plate and the outer circumferential face of the pressure rotator, to regulate a flow direction or amount of one of air to be blown onto the outer circumferential face of the pressure rotator and air having been blown onto the outer circumferential face of the pressure rotator. The air regulation plate has a leading end opposing the outer circumferential face of the pressure rotator. The leading end has a shape following the outer circumferential face of the pressure rotator. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168433 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes a processor and heaters which heat a fixing member of an image fixing device. The processor calculates an application pattern for the heaters based on a temperature of the fixing member and generates a drive voltage by suitably selecting half waves from an AC waveform of an AC power supply according to the application pattern. When a duration of time the drive voltage is applied to a first heater in the application pattern having a duty cycle of a predetermined level or less exceeds a predetermined period of time, (i) the processor turns off the first heater and turns on a second heater with a different distribution, or (ii) the processor increases the duty cycle of the first heater and decreases a duty cycle of the second heater. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168434 | CONTROL DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A control device includes a controller configured to receive either one of a periodical first signal and a non-periodical second signal at a single port thereof. Depending on a state of the second signal, the controller switches first control for effecting control synchronized with the first signal and second control for effecting control synchronized with a predetermined cyclic period on the basis of a cyclic period of the first signal. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168435 | Image Forming Apparatus and Method for Controlling an Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus, including a process unit to form a developer image on a sheet, a fuser to convey the sheet and fix the developer image on the sheet by the process unit, a first roller to convey the sheet exiting the fuser to be ejected outside a body of the image forming apparatus, and a driving unit to drive the first roller, is provided. The driving unit drives the first roller at a circumferential velocity higher than a sheet-conveying velocity to convey the sheet by the fuser. The driving unit increases the circumferential velocity of the first roller to be higher as the sheet-conveying velocity to convey the sheet by the fuser is higher. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168436 | ROLLER SUPPORT DEVICE, TRANSPORT DEVICE INCLUDING THE SUPPORT DEVICE, FIXING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SUPPORT DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SUPPORT DEVICE - A roller support device includes a roller including a cylindrical portion having a through hole, a support member attached to a portion of an outer peripheral surface of the roller adjacent to the through hole to support the roller so that the roller is rotatable, and a restricting member including a bent hook and a contact portion. The restricting member restrains the support member from moving in a first direction of a rotation axis of the roller by contacting the support member at the contact portion. The bent hook is bent so as to extend to an inside of the cylindrical portion through the through hole and oppose a portion of the inner peripheral surface surrounding the through hole. The contact portion is disposed so as to extend in a circumferential direction of an outer peripheral surface of the roller and being capable of contacting the support member. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168437 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - This image forming apparatus includes: a plurality of sheet accommodating portions each including a sheet placement portion on which a sheet is placed; a lifting/lowering portion configured to lift and lower the sheet placement portion; an image forming portion configured to form an image on the sheet supplied from each sheet accommodating portion; and an engine control portion configured to control the image forming portion on the basis of inputted print data. The engine control portion causes the lifting/lowering portion to lift the sheet placement portion to a predetermined sheet feed possible position in response to reception of the type of the sheet, and after the image formation by the image forming portion is finished, the engine control portion causes the lifting/lowering portion to lower the sheet placement portion to a predetermined original position. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168438 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing portion is provided with a fixing roller, a heating roller having a heat source, a fixing belt stretched between the fixing roller and the heating roller, and a pressurizing roller that is brought into pressure contact with the fixing roller across the fixing belt and forms a nip portion into which a sheet of paper is conveyed between the fixing belt and the pressurizing roller. The fixing portion is further provided with a pad that has a contact surface portion in contact with the inner peripheral surface of the fixing belt, and a biasing member that biases the pad in a direction in which the contact surface portion is brought into pressure contact with the inner peripheral surface of the fixing belt. The pad is configured so as to pivot about the rotating shaft of the heating roller. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168439 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THEREWITH - A fixing device includes a pressure mechanism and a pressure adjustment mechanism. The pressure mechanism includes a pressing member holding one of the pressure member and the heating member and a biasing member biasing the pressing member in a direction toward or away from the other of the pressure member and the heating member. The pressure adjustment mechanism includes an eccentric cam. The pressure adjustment mechanism uses one of small-diameter and large-diameter parts formed in the outer peripheral surface of the eccentric cam to allow the pressure mechanism to give the nip pressure, and uses the other of them to allow the pressure mechanism to release the nip pressure. When the large-diameter part is used to allow the pressure mechanism to give or release the nip pressure, the eccentric cam constantly receives reaction force urging it to rotate in a direction toward the small-diameter part. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168440 | POSITION DETECTION APPARATUS THAT DETECTS POSITION OF TARGET - A position detection apparatus detects a position of a target in a predetermined direction. One end of a swinging member contacts the target, and the other end contacts a moving member. Sensors are arranged to output signals corresponding to a position of the moving member that corresponds to a position of the moving member. A detection unit detects the position of the target based on the output signals of the sensors. Measured parts are disposed on the moving member along loci of measuring positions of the sensors so that the sum total of the output signals becomes an even number. The detection unit determines that any one of the sensors failed in a case where the sum total of the output signals of the sensors is an odd number. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168441 | IMAGE FORMATION SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMATION METHOD - An image formation system includes an image forming section that includes a belt and a roller. The image forming section forms, in a predetermined region of a sheet, either: a first patch image for performing tone correction of a toner image formed on the sheet, or a second patch image for monitoring color variation of the toner image formed on the sheet. The image forming system further includes a controller that controls the image forming section to form only one of the first patch image and the second patch image on any one sheet | 2017-06-15 |
20170168442 | POSITION DETECTION APPARATUS THAT DETECTS POSITION OF TARGET OBJECT - A position detection apparatus detects a position of a target object. One end of a swinging member contacts the target object, and the other end contacts a moving member. (M+1) pieces of sensors are arranged to output signals corresponding to a position of the moving member. Measured parts are disposed on the moving member along loci of measuring positions of the sensors. A detection unit detects the position of the target object based on the output signals of M pieces of sensors when the other sensor outputs a predetermined signal. The measured parts corresponding to the other sensor are provided in 2 | 2017-06-15 |
20170168443 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a conveying member, an image forming unit, an image reading unit, a background member and a color sample member. The image reading unit reads a surface of long paper being conveyed by the conveying member, the surface having an image formed by the image forming unit. The long paper is conveyed by the conveying member to pass through between the image reading unit and the background member and avoid passing through between the image reading unit and the color sample member. A switch between a first arrangement where the image reading unit faces the background member via the long paper and a second arrangement where the image reading unit faces the color sample member is made by moving the image reading unit or by moving the background member, the color sample member and the conveying member. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168444 | Image Formation Apparatus, Control Method, and Control Program - An image formation apparatus includes a conveyor configured to convey a moving element on which an image is formed, a generator configured to generate a first image and a second image by shooting the conveyed moving element at different timing, a detector configured to sense a first distance between the generator and the moving element at the time of shooting of the first image and sense a second distance between the generator and the moving element at the time of shooting of the second image, and a hardware processor configured to calculate a speed of conveyance of the moving element based on the first image, the second image, the first distance, and the second distance, and output the speed of conveyance. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168445 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a process unit to form an image onto a sheet. A fixer fixes the image to the sheet. A reverse roller makes a positive rotation to convey the sheet in a forward direction from the fixer, and makes an opposite rotation to convey the sheet in an opposite direction. A returner returns the sheet to the process unit. A branching member guides the sheet from the reverse roller to the returner. A first sensor detects the sheet. The controller controls the reverse roller to make the positive rotation at a circumferential speed higher than a speed of the sheet conveyed by the fixer, controls the reverse roller to wait for predetermined waiting time after the first sensor has detected a rear end of the sheet, and makes the waiting time shorter as a length of the sheet is greater. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168446 | DRIVE TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING THE DRIVE TRANSMISSION DEVICE - A drive transmission device, which is included in an image forming apparatus, includes a first drive transmitter having a first hollow body, a second drive transmitter having a second hollow body, a link device, and a releasing device. The link device links the first and second drive transmitters and includes a first inserting body with a projection, a second inserting body with a projection, and a link body. The first and second drive transmitters have respective grooves in the first and second hollow body in an axial direction. The second drive transmitter is disposed at an end portion of a shaft of a rotary body detachably attached to a housing of an image forming apparatus. The releasing device relatively moves the link device to the second drive transmitter in the axial direction and releases a link of the driving force between the rotary body and the image forming apparatus. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168447 | REPLACEABLE UNIT FOR AN ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING DEVICE HAVING A RETRACTABLE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - A replaceable unit for an electrophotographic image forming device according to one example includes a housing having a toner reservoir. An electrical connector mounted on the housing is movable between a retracted position and an operative position. The electrical connector includes an electrical contact for contacting a corresponding electrical contact in the image forming device. The electrical contact is electrically connected to processing circuitry on the housing. In the retracted position, the electrical connector is tucked into a portion of the housing. In the operative position, the electrical connector is exposed to permit the electrical contact to contact the corresponding electrical contact in the image forming device. A linkage is operatively connected to the electrical connector and includes an engagement surface accessible on an exterior of the housing to receive an actuation force. Movement of the linkage moves the electrical connector between the retracted position and the operative position. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168448 | CLEANING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning device includes a cleaning member configured to move in the opposite direction from a moving direction of an image carrier and come into contact with a surface of the image carrier to remove residual matter from the surface of the image carrier, wherein the cleaning member includes a supporting member formed with a metallic plate spring and a contact member formed with an elastic material and bonded to an end of the supporting member, an edge portion at an end of the contact member being brought into contact with the surface of the image carrier, the end of the contact member protrudes from the end of the supporting member, and the end of the supporting member is located on an upstream side of a normal line of the image carrier at the contact position of the edge portion in the moving direction of the image carrier. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168449 | OPEN/CLOSE MEMBER, HOLDING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A door holding device for apparatus includes an door mounted to the apparatus; an attraction member including a magnet and fixed the apparatus; an attracted member fixed on a mounting surface provided on the door and including a magnetic member when the door is in a closing position, the members being opposed and attracted to each other at an attraction plane when the door is closed; and a fastening member fastening the attracted member on the mounting surface. The mounting surface is provided opposed to the attracted member disposed in a side opposite from the plane, and the mounting surface and the plane are inclined, and wherein a fixed position of the attracted member to the mounting surface is adjustable in a direction perpendicular to an intersection line between planes parallel with the mounting surface and the attraction plane. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168450 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING PHOTOCONDUCTOR DRUM - A drum unit of an image forming apparatus including a flange that is integrally provided with the photoconductor drum. A frame rotatably supports the photoconductor drum and covers its side. A gear portion is integrally formed with an outer circumferential surface of the flange. An outer diameter of the gear portion is larger than a diameter size of the photoconductor drum. A guide member is provided on an upper surface of the frame and guides the edge portion upward when the drum unit is pulled out of the apparatus main body. An upper surface of the guide member includes first and second guide surfaces. The first guide surface is located more on a side of a center of the photoconductor drum than the edge position, and the second guide surface is located more on the side of the insertion direction than the edge position. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168451 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus comprises a container mounted on a side wall of the image processing apparatus and comprising a bottom extending upwards in the vertical direction at a predetermined angle from the side wall for supporting an end of a sheet and a wall member vertically arranged on the bottom and forming a space with the bottom, and configured to house a sheet in the space through an opening formed on the upper side of the container; and a pickup unit located adjacent to the bottom of the container and having a pickup roller and configured to move the pickup roller to the inside of the container if a pickup operation for conveying the sheet to the inside of the image processing apparatus is executed, and keep the pickup roller at a waiting position outside of the space of the container if the pickup operation is not executed. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168452 | ILLUMINATION APPARATUS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided are an illumination apparatus that allows a reduction in thickness and a display apparatus that uses the illumination apparatus. The illumination apparatus includes a laminated illumination portion formed by layering illumination portions that each emit illumination light as a plane wave with a different wavelength. The illumination portions include light sources that emit light of a predetermined wavelength, optical waveguides that propagate the light emitted from the light sources, and gratings that diffract the light propagating through the optical waveguides and emit the light as the illumination light. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168453 | WIDE VIEWING ANGLE HOLOGRAPHIC VIDEO CAMERA AND DISPLAY USING A PHASE PLATE - The present invention relates to a system and method for displaying and capturing holographic true 3D images. The system comprises elements which may form both a wide viewing angle holographic true 3D display and a holographic true 3D video camera. The system mainly comprises a light source, a spatial light modulator or an electro-optical capturing device in different embodiments of the invention, a phase plate, a computer and an opaque mask in some embodiments of the invention. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168454 | CONTACTLESS CYLINDER ESCAPEMENT - Magnetic cylinder escapement, comprising a regulating wheel set cooperating with an escape wheel comprising actuators ( | 2017-06-15 |
20170168455 | BALANCE SPRING STUD-HOLDER WITH SECURE ASSEMBLY - The present invention concerns an assembly for holding or supporting a timepiece balance spring, comprising a balance spring stud and a balance cock on which is fixed a balance spring stud-holder, wherein said stud-holder comprises a holding means provided with a housing for housing the balance spring stud therein and a gripping means, at least said gripping means being movable with respect to the holding means in order to lock the balance spring stud inside its housing. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168456 | BALANCE SPRING STUD-HOLDER WITH SIMPLIED ASSEMBLY - An assembly for holding or supporting a timepiece balance spring, including a balance spring stud and a stud-holder, wherein the stud-holder includes a base having at least one circular portion, the base including, on the circular portion, a first lug and a second lug each extending radially; one of the two lugs including an elastic arm extending from the lug, in a direction parallel to that of the base, towards the other lug, the elastic arm forming with the base a housing for housing the balance spring stud therein and in that the first and second lugs are able to cooperate with a tool to allow the balance spring stud to exert a stress on the elastic arm to deform the latter and permit the assembly or disassembly of the stud. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168457 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY MODIFYING SETTINGS OF A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Disclosed is a system for dynamically modifying settings of a communication device based on an activity state of a user of the communication device. A data capturing module captures values corresponding to a plurality of physiological parameters associated to a plurality of activity states of a user. The values may be captured by using one or more wearable devices worn by a user. A configuration module enables the user to configure one or more rules and one or more events, to be triggered, corresponding to each of the one or more rules for modifying settings of the communication device. An activity state determining module determines an activity state, in real-time, from the plurality of activity states. An event triggering module triggers an event, of the one or more events, based on a rule configured corresponding to the activity state in order to dynamically modify the settings of the communication device. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168458 | WATCH BRACELET - Bracelet or strap for a watch case comprising a first arm inside which is housed a first printed circuit portion and a second arm, wherein the first arm is extended by a median part arranged to be situated underneath the watch case and which includes a second printed circuit portion connected to the first printed circuit portion by electrical connection means, wherein the first printed circuit portion carries at least one electrical energy source and a microcontroller for powering and controlling a pressure sensor, wherein the median part is covered by an insert arranged to act as a seat for the watch case, wherein a housing, inside which the pressure sensor ( | 2017-06-15 |
20170168459 | COLLAPSIBLE CHESS CLOCK - A collapsible chess clock including four interconnected generally planar panels that are operable to be erected into opposing player, digital time information centers wherein two of the panels reflect a player time decrement pause capacity upon completion of a player move and an on the clock position of an opposing player and two the panels reflect each player's time remaining to forfeiture of the game. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168460 | SOLAR SKELETON WATCH - A skeleton watch including a case provided with a back cover and a crystal, and a set of components forming a movement of the skeleton watch, the components being arranged inside the case between the back cover and the crystal and being wholly or partially visible through the crystal, wherein the skeleton watch comprises at least one solar cell. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168461 | WATCH-TYPE WEARABLE DEVICE - An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first face that faces in a first direction, a second face that faces in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, and a side face that at least partially encloses a space between the first face and the second face, a transparent substrate that forms at least a portion of the first face of the housing, a display disposed within the space of the housing, and exposed through at least a portion of the transparent substrate, a mechanical watch structure at least partially disposed between the transparent substrate and the display, and configured to be physically movable, at least one processor electrically connected to the display and the mechanical watch structure, and a memory electrically connected to the at least one processor. The memory may store instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to control the display and the mechanical watch structure. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168462 | SMART WATCH INCLUDING A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD HAVING A HOLE AT THE CENTER - A watch including a dial pad, a circular movement disposed adjacent to the dial pad, a circular printed circuit board (PCB) having an inner diameter and an outer diameter, the PCB including a hole defined as the inner diameter and a plurality of integrated circuits (ICs) disposed in a region between the inner diameter and the outer diameter, in which the movement having a diameter smaller than the inner diameter is shaped and sized to fit into the hole, a first battery disposed adjacent to the PCB and supplies a first operating voltage only to the PCB, and a case dimensioned and shaped to receive the dial pad, the movement, the PCB, and the first battery. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168463 | DISPLAY PANEL WITH MINIMUM BORDERS - A device includes a substrate with a curvilinear perimeter segment adjoined to a plurality of facets, a display area, a border area surrounding the display area, and connection pads, divided into groups corresponding to the facets, in the border area. A flexible circuit board with arms coupled to the groups of connection pads is included. Another device includes a substrate having a display area, first connection pads within a border area peripheral to the display area, and a flexible circuit board having a first portion including second connection pads configured to be coupled to the first connection pads, and a second portion configured to accommodate a plurality of transmission lines extending from the second connection pads. An arc length of the first portion can be greater than that of the second portion and a center-to-center pitch of the second connection pads can be greater than that of the transmission lines. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168464 | SENSOR NETWORK AND A METHOD FOR DETECTING AN EVENT IN A SENSOR NETWORK - A sensor network comprising a first sensor ( | 2017-06-15 |
20170168465 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND WEARABLE DEVICE - Disclosed is an information processing method, including, but not limited to, detecting a first wearing position of a wearable device worn on the body of a user, wherein the wearable device provides one or more first functions corresponding to the first wearing position as well as one or more second functions corresponding to a different second wearing position of the wearable device on the body of the user; determining the one or more first functions of the wearable device corresponding to the first wearing position based on the first wearing position; and activating at least one of the first functions of the wearable device in response to detecting the wearable device is worn in the first wearing position. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168466 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING TARGET ACTUATOR VALUES OF AN ENGINE USING MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL TO SATISFY EMISSIONS AND DRIVABILITY TARGETS AND MAXIMIZE FUEL EFFICIENCY - A system includes a target generating module, a model predictive control (MPC) module, and an actuator module. The target generating module generates a target value for an actuator of an engine. The MPC module generates a set of possible adjustments to the target value and predicts an operating parameter for the set of possible adjustments. The predicted operating parameter includes an emission level and/or an operating parameter of an exhaust system. The MPC module determines a cost for the set of possible adjustments and selects the set of possible adjustments from multiple sets of possible adjustments based on the cost. The MPC module determines whether the predicted operating parameter for the selected set satisfies a constraint and adjusts the target value using the possible adjustments of the selected set when the predicted operating parameter satisfies the constraint. The actuator module controls the actuator based on the target value as adjusted. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168467 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING INTELLIGENT DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - The present disclosure relates to a method and device for controlling an intelligent device in the technological field of intelligent household appliances. The intelligent device is configured to acquire a current time and a current environment state, determine an operational running time for the intelligent device to adjust the current environment state to a first target environment state, wherein the first target environment state is an environment state to be achieved by a target time, and control the intelligent device based on the current time, the running time and the target time. | 2017-06-15 |
20170168468 | SERVICE PANEL WITH MICROPROCESSOR - A service panel for controlling at least one utility actuator to control the availability of a utility comprises a covered enclosure having an exterior region and an interior region, at least one readily accessible utility control providing ON and OFF request signals and a limited access control in the exterior region providing a temporary activate signal. The service panel has a controller and data storage programmed with code and data and control circuitry providing an “ON” control signal to the at least one utility actuator to switch the at least one utility actuator to the “ON” state, and the control circuitry providing an “OFF” control signal to the at least one utility actuator to switch the at least one utility actuator to an OFF state, the control circuitry further providing a re-key signal to the at least one actuator in response to activation of a switch. | 2017-06-15 |