34th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 40 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150234298 | SOLUTION OF GALLIUM PHTHALOCYANINE METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME METHOD FOR PRODUCING GALLIUM PHTHALOCYANINE CRYSTAL METHOD FOR PURIFYING COMPOSITION CONTAINING GALLIUM PHTHALOCYANINE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER - A solution of a gallium phthalocyanine contains a compound of formula (1) and a gallium phthalocyanine of formula (2), | 2015-08-20 |
20150234299 | INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER MEMBERS AND PROCESSES - An intermediate transfer member that contains a mixture of a polyimide generated from a polyamic acid, an optional conductive component, and a polyethylene glycol silicone phosphate, and processes of preparation thereof. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234300 | Toner Formulations Having Improved Toner Usage Efficiency and Method to Make the Same - A toner composition and a method of making a toner composition wherein toner particles having an average size in the range of 1-25 μm may be mixed with large fumed silica particles sized 70 nm to 120 nm and medium fumed silica particles sized 30 nm to 60 nm and optionally alumina particles surface treated with an inorganic/organic compound. The large sized fumed silica particles are present in the range of 0.1% to 2% by weight of the toner composition. The medium sized fumed silica particles are present in the range of 0.1% to 2% by weight of the toner composition. The alumina particles surface treated with an inorganic/organic compound may be present in the range of 0.01% to 1.0% by weight of the toner composition. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234301 | Toner Formulations Having Improved Toner Usage Efficiency and Method to Make the Same - A toner composition and a method of making a toner composition wherein toner particles having an average size in the range of 1-25 μm may be mixed with large fumed silica particles sized 70 nm to 120 nm and medium fumed silica particles sized 30 nm to 60 nm and optionally alumina particles surface treated with an inorganic/organic compound. The large sized fumed silica particles are present in the range of 0.1% to 2% by weight of the toner composition. The medium sized fumed silica particles are present in the range of 0.1% to 2% by weight of the toner composition. The alumina particles surface treated with an inorganic/organic compound may be present in the range of 0.01% to 1.0% by weight of the toner composition. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234302 | TONER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER - To provide a toner, which contains: a colorant; a resin; and a releasing agent, wherein a spin-spin relaxation time (T2s) originated from a soft component is 0.10 msec to 0.50 msec, where the soft component is obtained with a hard component from an echo signal of the toner by a solid-echo technique of pulsed NMR, and a proportion of a proton intensity of the soft component is 50.0% or lower. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234303 | TONER AND DEVELOPER - A toner is provided. The toner includes a binder resin and a release agent. The release agent has an average aspect ratio of 31 or more, when the average aspect ratio is determined from cross-sectional images of the toner observed with a transmission electron microscope (TEM). | 2015-08-20 |
20150234304 | TONER, DEVELOPER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner including a crystalline resin wherein the crystalline resin contains a crystalline resin having a urethane bond, a urea bond or both thereof, and wherein the crystalline resin has an average crystallite diameter of 20 nm to 70 nm. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234305 | POLYESTER RESIN FOR TONER, TONER FOR ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPMENT, AND TONER CARTRIDGE - There is provided a polyester resin for a toner, which is a polycondensate of (A) a polycarboxylic acid component and a polyol component including (B) polyol represented by the specific general formula and (C) a chain-like aliphatic polyol, wherein the total amount of (B) the polyol represented by the specific general formula and (C) the chain-like aliphatic polyol is 60 mol % to 100 mol % in the entire alcohol components, and the molar ratio ((B)/(C)) of (B) the polyol represented by the specific general formula to (C) the chain-like aliphatic polyol is 0.1 to 1.0. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234306 | TONER FOR ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - To provide a toner for electrostatic charge image development which allows obtainment of excellent low temperature fixability and a document off-set resistance sufficiently and also inhibition of an excessive increase in glossiness of a formed fixed image, and a method for manufacturing the same. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234307 | OPTICAL WRITER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Disclosed is an optical writer including a light source substrate including a base and a plurality of light sources disposed on the base, a rod lens array comprising a plurality of rod lenses having an optical axis, the rod lens array having a higher linear expansion coefficient than a linear expansion coefficient of the base of the light source substrate and the rod lens array being configured to condense light from the light sources onto an image retainer, a holder supporting the light source substrate and the rod lens array and restraining plates bonded to respective elongated faces of the rod lens array with thin adhesive layers, the elongated faces being parallel to the optical axis of the rod lenses, wherein the restraining plates and the holder each have a lower linear expansion coefficient than the linear expansion coefficient of the rod lens array. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234308 | LIGHT SCANNING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EMPLOYING THE SAME - A light scanning unit may include a light source to emit a light beam and a beam deflector to reflect and scan the light beam emitted from the light source in a main scanning direction. The light scanning unit may also include a beam detecting sensor to detect a horizontal synchronization signal by receiving a part of the light beam and may include a circuit board disposed in part of a trajectory of the light beam such that the light beam is incident on a first surface of the circuit board. The circuit board may include a through-hole formed in the circuit board in the trajectory of the light beam. The beam detecting sensor may be mounted to a second surface of the circuit board which is opposite to the first surface of the circuit board. The light beam may be incident on the beam detecting sensor via the through-hole. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234309 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member, a charging unit, an image exposure unit configured to form image portion potential by exposing the photosensitive member to light, a weak exposure unit configured to form non-image portion potential by exposing the photosensitive member to weak light having a lower exposure amount than the light for forming the image portion potential, and a developer bearing member configured to carry developer, wherein a relationship of Ldev2015-08-20 | |
20150234310 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes the following. An image forming unit forms an image. An image magnification changing unit changes a rotating speed of a polygon motor to change magnification of the image. A reference position detecting unit detects a reference position of a predetermined target component in a vertical scanning direction. A target component position calculating unit calculates a position of the target component based on a detecting result and a signal of a predetermined cycle according to the rotating speed of the polygon motor. A storage unit stores a correction table to correct density unevenness. An image data correcting unit obtains correction data based on the position of the target component and corrects the image data. A parameter correcting unit corrects a parameter according to a timing that the rotating speed of the polygon motor is changed. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234311 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC DEVICE MEMBER - An electrophotographic device member R is used in an electrophotographic device. The electrophotographic device member R has a surface layer | 2015-08-20 |
20150234312 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier that rotates, a latent image forming unit that forms an electrostatic latent image on the image carrier, a developing unit that develops the electrostatic latent image formed on the image carrier, with a developer including a toner and an external additive, a transfer unit that transfers an image developed on the image carrier to a recording material, a cleaning member that cleans a residue remaining on the image carrier after transfer, a supply unit that supplies a developing bias, which has an alternating-current component superimposed on a direct-current component, between the image carrier and the developing unit, and a setting part that increases a peak-to-peak value of the alternating-current component of the developing bias when a non-image region on the image carrier passes a developing region, in comparison to when an image region on the image carrier passes the developing region. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234313 | SEMICONDUCTIVE ROLLER - A semiconductive roller according to the present invention includes a crosslinked product containing just the three types of rubber of butadiene rubber, epichlorohydrin rubber, and chloroprene rubber as rubber components, has a non-porous, single-layer structure, and has a compression set Cs (%) of not more than 10% as measured in accordance with the measurement method described in the Japanese Industrial Standards JIS K6262:2006 under conditions of a test temperature of 70° C., a test time of 24 hours, and a compression ratio of 25%. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234314 | SEMICONDUCTIVE ROLLER - A semiconductive roller of the present invention includes a crosslinked product of a rubber composition containing just the two types of rubber of butadiene rubber and epichlorohydrin rubber as rubber components. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234315 | DEVELOPING APPARATUS, CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In a developing apparatus, a cartridge, and an image forming apparatus, the positions of a regulating section, an opening, a bottom section of a development chamber, and a bottom section of a storage chamber are in a specific positional relationship, an optical discharging section is provided in a specific position, or the structure of a regulating member is a specific structure. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234316 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING CONTROLLER FOR DETERMINING EXPOSURE USED FOR IMAGE FORMATION AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD FOR DETERMINING EXPOSURE USED FOR IMAGE FORMATION - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearer, a charger, an exposure device, a developing device, an image density sensor, and a controller. The controller is configured to charge the image bearer, expose the image bearer with a first exposure that saturates potential of the image bearer after exposure to form a latent image pattern on the image bearer, develop the latent image pattern into a toner pattern while changing a developing electrical field, detect a first image density of the toner pattern, determine developing bias and charging bias, form patterns with the first exposure and a second exposure smaller than the first exposure, detect a second image density of the patterns, and determine an exposure to output an image based on the second image density, the first exposure, and the second exposure. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234317 | Toner Cartridge Having an Alignment Member for Aligning with a Developer Unit in an Electrophotographic Image Forming Device - A toner cartridge for use with a developer unit of an image forming device includes a housing having a front, a rear, a top, a bottom, a first side and a second side. The housing has a reservoir for holding toner. An outlet port is positioned on the housing for transferring toner from the reservoir to the developer unit. An alignment slot on the front of the housing is open at a bottom end of the alignment slot to receive an alignment pin of the developer unit. The alignment slot has a width that narrows from the bottom end of the alignment slot to a middle section of the slot and that widens from the middle section of the alignment slot to a top end of the alignment slot. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234318 | DEVELOPER CONTAINER, DEVELOPER REPLENISHING DEVICE, DEVELOPING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING SAME - A developer container removably installable in an apparatus body of an image forming apparatus includes a container body to contain developer, a cap connectable to the container body, the cap including a supply opening, and a flange projecting beyond an outer circumferential surface of the cap in a radial direction extending from a center of a cross section of the container body. The flange is formed along a circumference of the container body and provided between the container body and the cap. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234319 | DEVELOPER ACCOMMODATING UNIT, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developer accommodating unit includes: a developer bag in which a developer is incorporated. The developer bag includes: a filling port for filling the developer; a filling region where the developer is filled; a non-filling region, provided outside the filling region, where the developer is not filled, and a folded portion formed by folding the filling region and the non-filling region. The folded portion includes a welding portion. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234320 | CARTRIDGE UNIT AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A cartridge unit to discharge toner via a toner outlet and an electrophotographic image forming apparatus are provided. The cartridge unit includes a shutter unit movable between an opening position in which the toner outlet is opened and a closing position in which the toner outlet is closed in a first direction, and a lever unit movable in a second direction across the first direction, and connected to the shutter unit such that the shutter unit moves in the first direction when the lever unit moves in the second direction. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234321 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A control portion of this image forming apparatus can selectively execute first and second modes. The first mode is a mode of forming a controlling toner image in an inter-image period until when a succeeding electrostatic latent image is developed after when a preceding electrostatic latent image is developed. The second mode is executed with priority over the first mode in a case when the integrated value of the values related to the toner replenishing amount is greater than a predetermined threshold value. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234322 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A developing device includes a storing portion, a stirring member, a developing roller, a shield plate, and a guide portion. The storing portion stores developer. The stirring member is rotatably provided in the storing portion and stirs the developer in the storing portion by being rotationally driven in a predetermined first rotation direction. The developing roller is rotatably provided above the stirring member, has a magnet that attracts the developer in the storing portion by a magnetic force, and is rotationally driven in a predetermined second rotation direction. The shield plate is made of a nonmagnetic material and provided at a facing position where the developing roller and the stirring member face each other. The guide portion is provided more on an upstream side in the first rotation direction than the facing position, and guides the developer from the storing portion to the developing roller side. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234323 | DEVELOPING APPARATUS - A developing apparatus includes a second chamber configured to communicate with the first chamber and to collect the developer from the developer carrier, an agitating conveyor screw provided in a first chamber and configured to convey the developer in the first chamber while agitating the developer, and a guide member disposed above the agitating conveyor screw in the first chamber. The agitating conveyor screw has an agitating blade spirally extending in the axial direction and the guide member is configured to guide a developer thrown upward by the rotating agitating conveyor screw toward the layer thickness limiting member. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234324 | SEALING STRUCTURE, DEVELOPING DEVICE, CLEANING DEVICE, PROCESS UNIT, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sealing structure includes a housing to accommodate powder, a powder roller having a surface to bear and convey the powder, and an entrance seal disposed between the powder roller and the housing to allow powder remaining on a circumferential surface of the powder roller to enter the housing. A pair of left and right edge seals is provided in a circumferential direction of the powder roller to overlap with outer circumferential surfaces of both ends of the entrance seal, respectively. Both ends of the entrance seal include powder damming sections extended from both ends thereof along the pair of left and right edge seals, respectively. A pair of inner edges of the respective powder damming sections is each sandwiched between a corresponding one of the pair of left and right edge seals and the powder roller while substantially symmetrically inclining from the rotation direction of the powder roller. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234325 | DEVELOPER ACCOMMODATING CONTAINER AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - A developer accommodating container for accommodating a developer, includes: a frame provided with a hole; a rotatable member penetrating the hole; and a seal member, provided on the frame by injection molding, for sealing a gap between a circumference of the hole of the frame and an outer peripheral surface of the rotatable member to prevent the developer from leaking out of the developer accommodating container. The seal member includes a projected portion which projects toward an inside of the hole and contacts the outer peripheral surface of the rotatable member. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234326 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND DEVELOPING METHOD - The present disclosure provides a developing device and method. The developing device includes the nozzle for spraying the developing liquid, the machine table for bearing the glass substrate, and the inclination controller for controlling the nozzle and the machine table to be inclined towards a predetermined direction of the machine table at a predetermined angle and keeping the inclined angle within a preset period. The method includes controlling, by the inclination controller, the machine table and the nozzle to be inclined towards a first direction of the machine table at a predetermined angle during the inclination cycle period and keeping the inclined angle within the preset period, and controlling, by the inclination controller, the machine table and the nozzle to be sequentially inclined towards other directions of the machine table at a predetermined angle according to the preset inclination direction sequence and keeping the inclined angle within the preset period | 2015-08-20 |
20150234327 | CLEANING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning device includes a cleaning device body including a cleaning member, the cleaning member being in contact with a surface of an image carrier so as to remove developer retained on the surface of the image carrier; and a fixing member that fixes an end of the cleaning device body in a longitudinal direction to a side surface of a frame that supports the image carrier and corresponds to the end of the cleaning device body in the longitudinal direction. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234328 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a heating unit configured to heat an image formed on a sheet, and a control unit configured to control a temperature of the heating unit to be (i) above a first temperature when performing an image erasing operation on a first sheet supplied thereto, and (ii) below a second temperature that is lower than the first temperature when performing an image fixing operation on a second sheet supplied thereto. The control unit permits a first type of job to interrupt a currently-executing job while the image erasing operation is being performed and prohibits a second type of job from interrupting the currently-executing job while the image erasing operation is being performed. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234329 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - According to an embodiment, provided is a fixing device that includes: a rotatable fixing member that heats a recording medium on a side carrying an unfixed image; a rotatable pressing member that is pressed and is contacted with the fixing member to form a nip portion between the pressing member and the fixing member; a heat source heating the fixing member; a relay switch provided in an energizing path for the heat source; a temperature detection sensor detecting a temperature of the fixing member; and a control unit that controls energization of the heat source according to the temperature detected by the temperature detection sensor. The control unit keeps the relay switch in an off state if the temperature of the fixing member is equal to or more than a predetermined temperature when the fixing member has stopped rotation. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234330 | FIXING APPARATUS - A fixing apparatus for fixing an image on a recording material includes a cylindrical film, a heater configured to heat the film, the heater contacting an inner surface of the film, a heat transfer member configured to contact a surface opposite to a surface of the heater that contacts the inner surface of the film, and a support member configured to support the heater. A heat capacity per unit length of a first portion that is a portion of the heat transfer member corresponding to a region near an end of the recording material in a width direction among non-sheet passing region is larger than that of a second portion that is a portion of the heat transfer member corresponding to a center of the recording material in the width direction. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234331 | BELT MEMBER, FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided is a belt member used in a fixing device of an electromagnetic induction heating system. The belt member includes an endless resin base layer, heat layers, and an insulating resin layer. The heat layers are two or more layers including a non-magnetic metal stacked on the resin base layer. The insulating resin layer is an insulating layer stacked between the heating layers. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234332 | SEPARABLE FUSING DEVICE AND PRINTER USING THE SAME - A fusing device comprising a pressure roller, a heating roller, a pressure applying element and a releasing element is provided. The pressure roller is installed in a frame. The heating roller opposite to the pressure roller is installed in a housing. The pressure applying element connects the pressure roller and the housing at a first side and applies a force on the pressure roller and the heating roller. The releasing element releases and locks the pressure roller and the housing at a second side. A printer from which jammed sheet may be easily removed is provided. The printer comprises a frame, a housing, an image forming device, and the fusing device. The first and second sides are parallel to axial direction of the pressure roller and the heating roller. The image forming device forms an image on a medium. The fusing device fuses the image on the medium. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234333 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an operator, a receiver, and a controller. The operator accepts print instruction is input. The receiver receives a print instruction from an external terminal. The controller switches one of a standard mode and a quiet mode in which operating noise is lower than that in the standard mode. The controller also executes a print operation based on the print instruction from the operator in the standard mode. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234334 | Fixing Device, Image Forming Apparatus - A fixing device is provided with a magnetic flux generating unit, first and second rotary bodies, a fixing belt, a temperature sensing portion, a stopped time measuring portion, an abnormality determination portion, and a heating delay portion. The fixing belt extends between the first and second rotary bodies, and is heated by the first rotary body. The temperature sensing portion is disposed downstream of the first rotary body and senses the temperature of the fixing belt. The stopped time measuring portion measures a time period after heating has been stopped before an instruction to start heating is inputted. The abnormality determination portion determines any abnormality in the fixing belt based on a change in temperature after heating has started. When a stopped time is shorter than a pre-configured time period, the heating delay portion delays the start time via magnetic flux based on the instruction to start heating. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234335 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes at least one imaging device including at least a photoconductor, a charging device, an exposure device, a developing device, and a transfer device; a detector that detects that the photoconductor of the imaging device has reached the end of a life of the photoconductor; and a controller that controls the imaging device under an imaging condition including a charge condition, an exposure condition, a development condition, and a transfer condition. After the controller acquires detection information of the detector, the controller controls the imaging device by changing the imaging condition to a condition that decreases an image quality. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234336 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, POSITIONAL DEVIATION CORRECTION METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a control device configured to control an image forming device to form a pattern image for positional deviation correction configured by a plurality of marks, obtain a deviation value of an image formation position on the basis of a detection result of the pattern image detected by a sensor, and in response to a difference between a first deviation value obtained from a first combination of combinations of the marks configuring the pattern image and a second deviation value obtained from a second combination of which a number of the marks being smaller than the first combination is smaller than a defined value, determine the number of marks of the pattern image to be formed next time or later to a number smaller than the number of the marks of the first combination. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234337 | SHEET-EDGE DETECTING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet-edge detecting device includes first and second detecting units and a determining unit. The detecting units are disposed at an edge of a sheet having feed holes in a direction crossing a transporting direction of the sheet, and are separated from each other in the transporting direction so as not to be positioned in one or more feed holes simultaneously. In the direction crossing the transporting direction, the detecting units are separated from each so as not to be positioned in a feed hole and outside the edge simultaneously, one of the detecting units is at a position corresponding to an allowable displacement of the edge, and the other detecting unit is at the same position as the one of the detecting units or closer to the edge than the one of the detecting units is. The determining unit determines the position of the edge of the sheet. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234338 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes photoconductors. Electrifiers uniformly electrify surfaces of the photoconductors. A power source applies an electrifying voltage to the electrifiers. A current measurer measures alternating current caused to flow by application of AC voltage by the power source. A controller calculates discharge starting voltage. Environment detectors detect an environment inside of the apparatus. The controller operates the current measurer at each predetermined timing to acquire the discharge starting voltage. When acquiring the discharge starting voltage, the controller changes peak-to-peak voltage at pre-discharge voltage and at post-discharge voltage. The current measurer measures alternating current at measurement points of each of the pre-discharge and post-discharge voltages. The controller calculates a voltage value at an intersection of a first line and a second line. After acquiring the discharge starting voltage, the controller calculates environment-correction discharge starting voltage, and sets electrification voltage based on the calculated voltage. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234339 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an option board mounting part in which a board for an option device is mounted and an external cover that covers the option board mounting part. The external cover includes a plurality of cover members. The plurality of cover members are disposed adjacent to each other. The plurality of cover members disposed adjacent to each other are respectively provided with overlapping parts overlapping each other. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234340 | PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER REFRESHING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A photosensitive member refreshing device includes an image bearing member, an exposure device, a developing device, a detecting section, a cleaning section, and a control section. The image bearing member has a photosensitive roller rotatable about a rotation axis. The exposure device exposes the photosensitive roller to light according to an exposure pattern. The developing device supplies a toner to the photosensitive roller to form a toner image corresponding to the exposure pattern on the photosensitive roller after the exposure device has exposed the photosensitive roller to light. The detecting section detects the toner image on the image bearing member. The cleaning section cleans a surface of the photosensitive roller. The control section controls the exposure pattern based on a result of detection by the detecting section. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234341 | CLEANING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning device comprises: a to-be-cleaned member; a cleaning member that cleans the surface of the to-be-cleaned member; a conveying member that conveys a substance removed from the surface of the to-be-cleaned member to outside of the device; a rotatable collecting member that conveys with its surface the substance toward the conveying member; and a partitioning member that guides the substance from the collecting member to the conveying member. The collecting member comprises a conveying portion that carries and conveys the substance; and a protrusion that protrudes toward an upstream side of the conveying portion in a rotating direction of the collecting member. One end of the partitioning member faces the rotating collecting member, and the other end faces the conveying member. The conveying portion and the protrusion are brought into contact with the partitioning member by the rotation of the collecting member. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234342 | URGING ROLLER, CLEANING DEVICE AND IMAGE HEATING DEVICE - An urging roller for urging a cleaning web to a rotatable member of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes a shaft; an elastic layer provided on a peripheral surface of the shaft; a wire wound on a peripheral surface of the elastic layer; and a toner parting layer coating a peripheral surface of the elastic layer with the wire. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234343 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - To provide an image forming apparatus that suppresses occurrence of image deletion in a high-temperature and high-humidity environment and provides good toner cleanability. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234344 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus in which a cartridge including an image bearing member is detachably mountable to a main assembly thereof includes: a cartridge mounting portion; a transfer device contactable to the image bearing member; a feeding mechanism; and a guiding member. The guiding member is movable between a first position where the image bearing member and the transfer device are spaced from each other when the cartridge is in the cartridge mounting portion and a second position where when the cartridge is in the cartridge mounting portion, the image bearing member and the transfer device are permitted to contact each other and the recording material is guided toward the downstream side with respect to the feeding direction. When the guiding member is in the first position, the guiding member is positioned between the transfer device and the cartridge and covers the transfer device. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234345 | Unit Frame Having Grip Part - An image forming unit includes a cartridge and a unit frame. The cartridge has a cartridge-grip. The unit frame is configured to accommodate the cartridge. The unit frame includes a first plate, a second plate, a first beam, and a second beam. The first plate has a through hole. The first beam extends between the first plate and the second plate. The first beam includes a frame-grip disposed between an upper end of the first beam and a lower end of the first beam. The second beam extends between the first plate and the second plate. When the cartridge is accommodated in the unit frame, a distance between the lower end of the first beam and an upper end of the frame-grip is smaller than a distance between the lower end of the first beam and an upper end of the cartridge-grip. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234346 | INTERVAL SECURING MEMBER, DEVELOPING APPARATUS, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - An interval securing member configured to maintain a distance between an image bearing member and a developer bearing member includes a first image bearing member side contact portion that contacts with the image bearing member upstream in a rotation direction of the image bearing member from a nearest position where the distance between the image bearing member and the developer bearing member becomes the smallest, a first developing side contact portion that contacts with the developer bearing member upstream from the nearest position in a rotation direction of the developer bearing member, a second image bearing member side contact portion that contacts with the image bearing member downstream from the nearest position in the rotation direction of the image bearing member, and a second developing side contact portion that contacts with the developer bearing member downstream from the nearest position in the rotation direction of the developer bearing member | 2015-08-20 |
20150234347 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOUNTING AN EXTERNALLY READABLE MONITORING MODULE ON A ROTATING CUSTOMER REPLACEABLE COMPONENT IN AN OPERATING DEVICE - A system and method are provided for facilitating high quality communications in an image forming device by providing a mechanism that fixes a position of an electronically readable/writable memory module, such as a customer replaceable unit monitor (CRUM) for a rotatable customer replaceable unit (CRU), with respect to a CRUM reader in the image forming device. A ring-like mounting device is non-fixedly attached to the CRU in a manner that limits axial relative movement between the ring-like mounting device and the CRU along a rotating axis of the CRU. The non-fixed attachment of the ring-like mounting device to the CRU is effected in such a manner so as not to inhibit relative rotational movement. In operation, a projection from the ring-like mounting device stops rotation of the ring-like mounting device, and therefore the CRUM mounted thereon, with respect to the image forming device structure, and specifically the CRUM reader. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234348 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD FOR DRIVING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a latent image bearer, a charging roller, a first cleaner, a second cleaner, and a rotation controller. The latent image bearer bears a latent image on a surface thereof. The charging roller charges the latent image bearer. The first cleaner cleans the surface of the latent image bearer. The second cleaner cleans a surface of the charging roller. The rotation controller controls the latent image bearer to execute a set of backward rotation and first forward rotation at least once during a non-image formation time period, and either temporarily stop and start second forward rotation or continuously execute the second forward rotation by a rotation distance corresponding to at least one rotation of the charging roller. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234349 | TRANSFER SHEET FOR HOLOGRAM AND DESIGN FORMATION, MANUFACTURING PROCESS THEREFOR, AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS FOR HOLOGRAM-DESIGN-BEARING OBJECT - A hologram-forming layer is formed on all or a portion of a specified face of a sheet-like base material. A reversal-embossment-recording area with a reversal form of the desired hologram record by fine embossment is present on all or a portion on the side opposite to the base material of the hologram-forming layer. A portion including at least a portion of the reversal-embossment-recording area or all of said side where said hologram-forming layer has said reversal-embossment-recording area and a design-forming layer are stacked. Peelability exists between the hologram-forming layer and the design-forming layer, and a design having a hologram-recording area by fine embossment appears on the surface of the design-forming layer formed upon the peeling of the hologram-forming layer and the design-forming layer from each other. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234350 | DIGITAL HOLOGRAPHIC DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS - The present invention proposes a digital holographic display apparatus including a light generating unit configured to generate coherent light, a spatial light modulator configured to reproduce 3-dimensional hologram images on a space by modulating the coherent light, a vertical viewing angle magnifying unit configured to expand a vertical viewing angle by vertically steering a beam that forms the hologram images through a first mirror, a horizontal viewing angle magnifying unit configured to expand a horizontal viewing angle by steering the beam to top of a table through a second mirror, and a control unit configured to control the special light modulator, the vertical viewing angle magnifying unit and the horizontal viewing angle magnifying unit in order the hologram images to be formed on an observation space for hologram. Accordingly, by expanding the horizontal and vertical viewing angles of hologram images, an observer may observe the hologram images more comfortably. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234351 | DESPECKLING A COMPUTER GENERATED HOLOGRAM - A method for despeckling a Computer Generated Hologram (CGH) including producing a CGH, and jittering a location of an exit pupil of an optical system through which the CGH is imaged, relative to an observer's input pupil, so as to shift at least some speckles out of the exit pupil. A method for despeckling a Computer Generated Holographic movie including computing a first modulation of a first holographic image in a holographic movie, and computing a second modulation of a second holographic image using an initial phase distribution used for calculating the first holographic image as an initial phase distribution used for calculating the second modulation. Related apparatus and methods are also described. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234352 | FREQUENCY REGULATION OF A TIMEPIECE RESONATOR VIA ACTION ON THE ACTIVE LENGTH OF A BALANCE SPRING - Method for maintaining and regulating the frequency of a timepiece resonator mechanism ( | 2015-08-20 |
20150234353 | DEVICE FOR MAINTAINING AND REGULATING A TIMEPIECE RESONATOR - Timepiece resonator oscillating at a natural frequency, comprising one oscillating member and oscillation maintenance means, this oscillating member carrying a regulator oscillating at a regulation frequency comprised between 0.9 times and 1.1 times the value of an integer multiple greater than or equal to 2 of the natural frequency, this resonator is included in a timepiece movement for a timepiece, particularly a watch, and this regulator imposes a periodic modulation of the resonant frequency and/or quality factor and/or point of rest of this resonator, with this regulation frequency. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234354 | TIMEPIECE OSCILLATOR - The invention relates to a rotating oscillator for a timepiece comprising a support element designed to allow the oscillator to be assembled on a timepiece, a balance, a plurality of flexible blades connecting the support element to the balance and able to exert a return torque on the balance, and a felloe mounted secured to the balance. The plurality of flexible blades comprises at least two flexible blades, including a first blade positioned in a first plane perpendicular to the plane of the oscillator, and a second blade positioned in a second plane perpendicular to the plane of the oscillator and intersecting the first plane. The geometric oscillation axis of the oscillator is defined by the intersection of the first plane and the second plane, said geometric oscillation axis crossing the first and second blades at 7/8th of their respective lengths | 2015-08-20 |
20150234355 | TIMEPIECE BALANCE SPRING - Balance spring including, tangent to each other:
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20150234356 | FREQUENCY REGULATION OF A TIMEPIECE REGULATOR VIA ACTION ON THE RIGIDITY OF AN ELASTIC RETURN MEANS - Method of regulating the frequency of a resonator mechanism around its natural frequency, this mechanism including an elastic return means with a balance spring or a torsion wire, wherein a regulator device acts on this resonator mechanism with a periodic motion, with a regulation frequency which is comprised between 0.9 times and 1.1 times the value of an integer multiple between 2 and 10 of this natural frequency, controlling a periodic variation in the real part and/or the imaginary part of the rigidity of this elastic return means, this method being applied to a timepiece movement comprising a resonator mechanism of this type and including a regulator device arranged to control a periodic variation in the rigidity of this elastic return means. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234357 | TIMEPIECE ABLE TO INDICATE THE SUNRISE OR SUNSET ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD - The timepiece includes sunrise and sunset indicating means taking account of seasonal variations, said means include a sphere reproducing the terrestrial globe, a shell arranged concentrically to the sphere and arranged to demarcate one portion of the terrestrial globe where it is night from another portion where it is day by indicating the position of the earth's terminator. The sphere is arranged to be driven by the movement so as to rotate at the rate of one revolution per 24 hours about a first axis of rotation oriented parallel to the plane of the dial, and the shell is mounted to pivot about a second axis perpendicular to the plane of the dial. The sunrise and sunset indicating means also include an annual cam arranged to be driven in rotation by the movement at the rate of one revolution per year, the cam having a profile representative of the tilt of the sun relative to the equatorial plane. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234358 | SWITCH DEVICE AND TIMEPIECE - A watch case having a through-hole, an operating member including an operating shaft to be inserted to the through-hole of the watch case, an exterior member mounted on the operating member and configured to be displaced in a shaft direction of the operating shaft and be rotated together with the operating member, and a buffer member located between the operating member and the exterior member are provided. Therefore, when the exterior member receives impact from outside, the impact can be buffered by the buffer member. As a result, the operating member can be prevented from being damaged because the impact from the outside is not directly transmitted to the operating member, thereby improving impact resistance. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234359 | HOROLOGE - Disclosed in the present application is a horologe, a walking system thereof including: a winding mechanism powering the second hand, minute hand and hour hand; a mechanical transmission wheel train engaged with the winding mechanism and driving the second hand, minute hand and hour hand to operate, wherein the mechanical transmission wheel train comprises a tourbillion mechanism driving a second wheel connected with the second hand to rotate; an accuracy control device, wherein the walking motor of the accuracy control device drives the rotation of the rotor and the walking accuracy of the walking motor is controlled by a quartz crystal oscillator; and an electronic transmission wheel train connected to the rotor. The horologe disclosed in the present application can solve the problem that the walking accuracy of the mechanical horologe is poor. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234360 | Construction arrangement applied to electromagnetic or magnetic watch - CONSTRUCTIVE ARRANGEMENT APPLIED IN ELECTROMAGNETIC OR MAGNETIC WATCH, consisting of a mechanism that works by magnetic force. In this condition, besides proportioning the user an option for a mechanism with low power consumption, enables that the same be constructed in a total transparent form, without the need of traditional pinions and gears than that of traditional watches. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234361 | MAGNETIC AND/OR ELECTROSTATIC PIVOT - A method for orienting a timepiece component including ferromagnetic material, where, on both ends of this component, two magnetic fields each attract it onto a pole piece, with an unbalance in the intensity of these fields around this component, in order to create a differential in the forces thereon and to press one of these ends onto a contact surface of one of the pole pieces, and to hold the other end at a distance from the other pole piece. A magnetic pivot includes such a component with two ends. It includes a guide device with surfaces of two pole pieces each generating a magnetic field attracting one of these ends, the magnetic forces exerted on the two ends being of different intensity, in order to attract only one end into contact with only one of these pole piece surfaces. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234362 | MOTOR CONTROLLER, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE MOTOR CONTROLLER, AND MOTOR CONTROL METHOD - A motor controller, operatively connected to a motor having an output shaft, includes a rotary detector to detect a rotation direction and a rotation amount of the output shaft of the motor to generate an actual rotary signal, a drive controller to generate a control signal based on the actual rotary signal and a target rotary signal indicating a target rotary direction and a target rotary amount, and a driver to supply a driving power to the motor based on the control signal. When the motor is in a hold state, the control signal is reversed periodically for a predetermined reverse time period T | 2015-08-20 |
20150234363 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING POWER OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - An electronic device and method and power supply are disclosed. The electronic device includes comprising a connector for electrically coupling with an external power supply unit, and a processor. The processor implements the method, which includes detecting a connection state with the external power supply unit, and detecting whether power supplied from the external power supply unit is abnormal, and controlling the power when the power supplied has an abnormal value. The power supply may include a connector for electrically coupling with an electronic device, and a processor for detecting a connection state with the electronic device, detecting whether power supplied to the electronic device by the power supply unit has an abnormal value, and controlling the supplied power when the power is abnormal. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234364 | METHOD FOR OPERATING KITCHEN APPLIANCE - Methods for operating kitchen appliances are provided. A method includes detecting a user's presence, and associating the user's presence with a preference profile for the user, the preference profile comprising a stored setting preference for the kitchen appliance. The method further includes adjusting a setting of the kitchen appliance to correspond to the associated stored setting preference. The detecting step, the associating step and the adjusting step are performed by a controller of the kitchen appliance. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234365 | DETERMINING MACHINE CONDITION - A set of load data for a selected point in time and resulting from the machine operation is received. The load data is provided from a first database comprising predefined machine conditions associated to different sets of load data for the machine. One of the predefined machine conditions that is most representative of the received set of load data is selected. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234366 | MOTION TRACKING - Apparatuses, methods, apparatuses and systems for tracking motion are disclosed. One method includes identifying a group of sensors that includes a plurality of neighboring sensors sensing motion greater than a threshold during a time interval, and tracking motion, comprising linking the group to at least one past group of at least one past time interval. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234367 | UPPER-ARM COMPUTER POINTING APPARATUS - An upper-arm computer pointing apparatus, comprising: at least one orientation measurer, deployable on at least one area of an upper arm of a user, configured to measure orientation of the upper arm, at least one pressure meter, deployable on at least one area of the upper arm, configured to measure pressure applied by muscle of the upper arm, a computer processor, associated with the orientation measurer and pressure meter, configured to derive control data from the measured orientation and pressure, and a data transmitter, associated with the computer processor, configured to transmit the control data to a computing device. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234368 | HANDHELD INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE WITH REMOTE CONTROL OUTPUT MODE - A handheld information processing device such a mobile telephone or portable computer has a normal operating mode in which it executes information processing operations in response to user activation of user controls from the user control interface. Furthermore, the device has a remote control signal transmitter coupled to its processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to switch automatically to a remote control mode when no user activation of the user controls has been detected for a predetermined time duration. In an embodiment handheld information processing device switches to the remote control mode only if it is within a predetermined range of spatial locations after the time duration. In the remote control mode the processing circuit responds user activation of the user controls substantially only by causing the remote control signal transmitter to transmit conventional remote control command signals to equipment like TVs, recorders etc. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234369 | UNIFIED CONTROLLER FOR INTEGRATED LIGHTING, SHADING AND THERMOSTAT CONTROL - A controller ( | 2015-08-20 |
20150234370 | DEVICE CONTROL METHOD - Disclosed is a device control method which makes it possible to more easily control a variety of devices in such a way to combine a variety of control commands provided to control the functions of each device for thereby controlling such devices. The device control method configured to control a main device and one or a plurality of auxiliary devices connected to the main device by way of a wired or wireless communication, comprises preparing a command assembly unit in the main device in such a way to combine a plurality of control commands used to control the functions that the main device or auxiliary device perform; and controlling the main device or the auxiliary device by way of the command assembly unit. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234371 | Remote Control Device - A remote control device includes operation buttons, detectors, a power generator, a controller, and an output unit. The operation buttons are movable between an ordinary position and a lowermost position and are configured to move from the ordinary position to the lowermost position in response to a push operation. The detectors are configured to detect the respective push operation of the operation buttons. The power generator is configured to generate a power in response to the push operation. The controller is driven by the power. The controller is configured to determine the pushed operation button based on a detection result of the detectors. The controller remotely controls a toilet device by transmitting a wireless signal toward the toilet device. The wireless signal corresponds to the determined operation button. The output unit is configured to produce an output when the power generator has generated the power. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234372 | Appliance capable of advertising needs and responding to needs of other appliances and systems - A home automation and control system that enables the coordinated performance of household functions by appliances and of shopping for consumables, including shopping for fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) and other consumables that are needed and used by appliances and their consumer users. The disclosed system comprises one or more networked “smart” appliances and a controlling device such as a smartphone that executes an application configured to interact with the smart appliances. In accordance with the illustrative embodiment of the present invention, at least some of the smart appliances are configured to sense various needs as they arise and to broadcast those needs to the system at large. In addition, at least some of the smart appliances are configured to fulfill those needs advertised by the other appliances within the system and to perform household functions. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234373 | PROPORTIONAL JOG CONTROLS - The invention described herein generally pertains to proportional jog controls for a controller of a machining apparatus. The jog controls generate a variable signal proportional to a degree to which the jog controls are engaged by an operator. The controller, in turn, generates a motor drive signal proportional to the variable signal from the jog controls. Accordingly, the operator can jog the machining apparatus at a variable feed rate based on the degree of engagement with the jog controls which allows fine jogging control near a terminus of a jog operation. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234374 | TOOL PATH-GENERATING METHOD, MACHINE TOOL CONTROL DEVICE AND TOOL PATH-GENERATING DEVICE - A tool path-generating method for computing a tool path to process a workpiece, wherein the tool path for a designated tool when processing using the designated tool is previously established. The tool path-generating method comprises a path-computing process for computing, on the basis of the tool path for the designated tool, the tool path of a substitute tool differing from the designated tool when processing with the substitute tool. The path-computing process computes the portion that ultimately forms the machined surface when the workpiece is processed using the designated tool and sets the tool path for the substitute tool on the basis of the portion that ultimately forms the machined surface. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234375 | TOOL COORDINATE SYSTEM CORRECTING METHOD OF ROBOT SYSTEM, AND ROBOT SYSTEM - An axial offset correcting method of a tool coordinate system of a robot also including an inclination offset correction is provided. A first workpiece is grasped by a tool. The operation of a robot arm is controlled by using detecting quantities of a force sensor, thereby starting a fitting of the first workpiece into a second workpiece. A position of an origin of a mechanical interface coordinate system in at least two different states during the fitting operation is obtained, thereby obtaining a position of a central axis of the first workpiece. An inclination offset quantity of the tool coordinate system is calculated based on the position of the central axis of the first workpiece. An inclination offset of the tool coordinate system is corrected based on the calculated inclination offset quantity. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234376 | NUMERICAL CONTROLLER FOR MACHINE TOOL WITH EFFICIENT REGULAR INSPECTION FUNCTION FOR COMPONENTS - Provided is a numerical controller for a machine tool having an efficient regular inspection function for components adjusted to the environment and condition of use of the machine tool. A state quantity for estimating the life of a component is measured and accumulated for each component, and a notification prompting inspection of the component is issued when a resultant cumulative value reaches a reference value. An inspection reference state quantity for determining timing for performing next inspection is renewed based on a result of inspection inputted by an inputting unit for inputting the result of inspection of the component. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234377 | CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A method for managing a construction project, wherein the method includes, in one or more electronic processing devices: for a selected standard construction design, retrieving a construction model for the standard construction design from a store, the construction model including a plurality of material elements representing materials for use in carrying out a construction project in accordance with the construction model, each material element having material properties including construction attributes; determining one or more design customisations; updating the construction model in accordance with the one or more design customisations to thereby generate a customised construction model, by at least one of adding one or more material elements, removing one or more material elements, and modifying one or more material elements; and generating construction information associated with carrying out the construction project in accordance with the construction attributes of the customised construction model. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234378 | AUTOMATED MECHANICAL HANDLING SYSTEMS FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FABRICATION, SYSTEM COMPUTERS PROGRAMMED FOR USE THEREIN, AND METHODS OF HANDLING A WAFER CARRIER HAVING AN INLET PORT AND AN OUTLET PORT - Automated mechanical handling systems (AMHS) for integrated circuit fabrication, system computers programmed for use in the AMHSs, and methods of handling a wafer carrier having an inlet port and an outlet port are provided. An exemplary method of handling the wafer carrier includes providing a plurality of carrier storage positions that are adapted to receive the wafer carrier. The carrier storage positions include a presence sensor and a gas nozzle. The wafer carrier is loaded into one of the carrier storage positions. The presence of the wafer carrier in the carrier storage position is sensed with the presence sensor. A malfunction in gas flow through the inlet port is identified in the carrier storage position that contains the wafer carrier. The wafer carrier is relocated to another carrier storage position in response to identifying the malfunction. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234379 | Wafer and Lot Based Hierarchical Method Combining Customized Metrics with a Global Classification Methodology to Monitor Process Tool Condition at Extremely High Throughput - Methods and systems for monitoring process tool conditions are disclosed. The method combines single wafer, multiple wafers within a single lot and multiple lot information together statistically as input to a custom classification engine that can consume single or multiple scan, channel, wafer and lot to determine process tool status. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234380 | INTELLIGENT PRODUCTION STATION AND PRODUCTION METHOD - One aspect related to design of systems and methods for manufacturing products that include technology in skilled areas is configuring a production station for use by an operator without specialized skills. The present invention contemplates an approach to designing a station configurable to perform one or more of incoming inspection, assembly, testing, and branding. A preferred approach includes verifying data associated with units prior to accepting them for incorporation, preventing incorporation of an incorrect unit, and guiding an operator in possible remedial action. This approach includes storing data in a server and making such data substantially instantly accessible to production stations once written in the server. Such data preferably includes software to configure the production station such that the operator need not have specialized skills. A production station designed using this approach is particularly useful in the manufacture of an outdoor unit of a split-mount microwave radio system. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234381 | FIELD DEVICE COMMISSIONING SYSTEM AND FIELD DEVICE COMMISSIONING METHOD - A field device commissioning system, may include, but is not limited to, a commissioning tool. The commissioning tool is configured to communicate with a plurality of field devices and a repository. The commissioning tool is configured to: provide a user interface with at least one template of a plurality of templates in the repository for selection; determine, using at least one parameter in at least one of a control system loop information file and a field device information file in the repository, check functions for at least one of the plurality of field devices; provide the user interface with information which identifies at least one of the plurality of field devices for selection; and generate, using a selected template, tasks associated with the determined check functions for the selected at least one field device. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234382 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DRIVING DEVICE OF SELF-DRIVING VEHICLE - Provided are an apparatus and method for controlling a driving device of a self-driving vehicle, the apparatus includes, a data converting unit receiving sensor data from at least one sensor of the self-driving vehicle, and converting a format of the sensor data into a predefined standard format to generate integrated standard data, a standard driving control message generating unit determining a standard driving control response for controlling the driving device of the self-driving vehicle according to the integrated standard data to generate a standard driving control message that has a pre-defined common format, and a driving command signal generating unit converting a format of the standard driving control message into a message format corresponding to the driving device of the self-driving vehicle to generate a driving command signal. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234383 | RUNNING INFORMATION GENERATING APPARATUS OF AUTONOMOUS RUNNING APPARATUS, RUNNING INFORMATION GENERATING METHOD, RUNNING INFORMATION GENERATING PROGRAM, AND AUTONOMOUS RUNNING APPARATUS - A movement information calculator calculates a moving direction and a speed of the moving person from a position history database. An approach time calculator calculates an approach time at which an autonomous running apparatus and the moving person approach to each other within a predetermined distance from the moving person's position, moving direction, and speed, and the running information. A gaze position obtaining unit obtains a moving person's gaze position from the moving person's position and moving direction, and the position of an obstacle recorded in an obstacle database. A gaze region calculator calculates a moving person's gaze region from the moving person's position, moving direction, and gaze position. A running information generator generates running information for making the autonomous running apparatus run to the gaze region at a predetermined time earlier than the approach time from the obstacle's position, the approach time, and the gaze region. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234384 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE AND ITS FAILURE DETERMINATION METHOD - An autonomous vehicle comprises at least one distance measurement means for measuring a distance to a road surface disposed in a vehicle main body, inclination calculation means for calculating an inclination of the vehicle main body based on the distance measured by the distance measurement means, posture calculation means including a sensor that detects at least one of an angular speed and an acceleration of the vehicle main body, the posture calculation means being configured to calculate the inclination of the vehicle main body based on a sensor value detected by the sensor, and failure determination means for determining a failure in each distance measurement means and the posture calculation means by comparing the inclination of the vehicle main body calculated by the inclination calculation means with the inclination of the vehicle main body calculated by the posture calculation means. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234385 | Lawn Care Robot - A robot lawnmower includes a body and a drive system carried by the body and configured to maneuver the robot across a lawn. The robot also includes a grass cutter and a swath edge detector, both carried by the body. The swath edge detector is configured to detect a swath edge between cut and uncut grass while the drive system maneuvers the robot across the lawn while following a detected swath edge. The swath edge detector includes a calibrator that monitors uncut grass for calibration of the swath edge detector. In some examples, the calibrator comprises a second swath edge detector. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234386 | Robotic Ordering and Delivery System Software and Methods - Systems, methods and devices for the automated delivery of goods form one to another using a robotic tug and accompanying cart. A computer within the tug or cart stores an electronic map of the building floor plan and intended paths for the tug to take when traversing from one location to the next. During the delivery, a variety of different sensors and scanners gather data that is used to avoid obstacles and/or adjust the movement of the tug in order to more closely follow the intended path. The system preferably includes both wired and wireless networks that allow one or more tugs to communicate with a tug base station, a primary network located at the site of the delivery and a remote host center that monitors the status and data collected by the tugs. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234387 | UNMANNED VEHICLE (UV) CONTROL SYSTEM - Unmanned vehicle (UV) control may include receiving a UV work order and generating a mission request based on the UV work order. The mission request may identify an objective of a mission, assign a UV and a sensor to the mission from a fleet of UVs and sensors, and assign a first movement plan to the mission based on the identified objective of the mission. The assigned UV may be controlled according to the assigned first movement plan, and communication data may be received from the assigned sensor. The communication data may be analyzed to identify an event related to the mission. The identified event and the first movement plan may be analyzed to assign a second movement plan to the mission based on the analysis of the identified event and the first movement plan to meet the identified objective of the mission. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234388 | AIRCRAFT CONTROL DEVICE, AIRCRAFT, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AIRCRAFT - An aircraft control device determines, on the basis of relative positional relations between an aircraft ( | 2015-08-20 |
20150234389 | SYSTEM FOR HOLDING AND DRIVING A SOLAR COLLECTOR AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IT - Motorized system for holding and driving at least one solar energy collector, said system including: a supporting structure for the panel, movable at least in part in relation to the ground, so as to allow controlled displacement of the collector, notably about at least two axes of rotation, at least one blocking member, fixed in relation to the ground, at least one coupling member, movable with the collector and adapted to cooperate with the blocking element in at least one locking position of the collector, in order to hold the collector in the event of extreme winds, the coupling member being able to be moved into the locking position or locking positions as a result of a predefined movement of the collector, from a usual operating position where the coupling member is remote from the blocking member. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234390 | INTEGRATED TYPE GAS SUPPLYING APPARATUS - A plurality of stacked and fixed gas supplying units U, each gas supplying unit U having at least four gas supply lines S is formed by opposingly combining and fixing two flow controllers | 2015-08-20 |
20150234391 | SUBMERGED ROTOR FLOW CONTROL VALVE - A valve for controlling fluid flow may include a conduit with an inlet and an outlet. A modulating orifice of the valve can include a flow passage, the size of which can be varied by movement of a flow control element that moves in response to rotation of a magnetic rotor acted upon by a stator of a motor. The magnetic rotor can be submerged within a fluid passing through the conduit of the valve. Apparatus, systems and methods of use and making of valves having one or more of these features are described. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234392 | PRESSURE REDUCTION DEVICE - A pressure reduction device wherein a high pressure fluid is applied to a small area piston which is coupled to a large area piston which acts inside a chamber to produce a low pressure fluid and wherein the small area piston is movable to control the flow of the high pressure fluid to the chamber. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234393 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE ACCURACY OF A RATE OF DECAY MEASUREMENT FOR REAL TIME CORRECTION IN A MASS FLOW CONTROLLER OR MASS FLOW METER BY USING A THERMAL MODEL TO MINIMIZE THERMALLY INDUCED ERROR IN THE ROD MEASUREMENT - The disclosed embodiments include a method, apparatus, and computer program product for improving the accuracy of a rate of decay measurement for real time correction in a mass flow controller or mass flow meter by using a thermal model to minimize thermally induced error in the rate of decay measurement. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234394 | COMPACT APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION OF A PRODUCT SUBSTANCE FROM A STARTER MATERIAL GROWN IN AQUACULTURE CONDITIONS - An apparatus for continuous growth and production of a product substance is disclosed. The apparatus comprises at least one input unit for receiving at least one starting material, wherein the starting material is one of at least an aquatic organism; at least one growing unit for continuous aquatic growth of the at least one starting material to produce at least a culture; at least one buffering unit for accumulating and upholding at least a portion of the culture grown in the at least one growing unit, wherein the buffering unit is configured to balance between demand and supply of a product substance produces by the system; at least one nozzle for delivery of the demanded fraction of the upheld portion of the culture as the product substance; and a control unit connected to the at least one input unit, the at least one growing unit, the at least one buffering unit, wherein the control unit is configured to control the operation of the apparatus to ensure that the grown culture meets predefined environmental conditions. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234395 | BALANCED REGULATOR HAVING A BALANCED TRIM INCLUDING A VARIABLE PRESSURE SENSE AREA - A balanced pressure regulator includes a valve body having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet connected by a fluid passageway. A valve seat is disposed within the fluid passageway. A balanced plug assembly is disposed within the fluid passageway, the balanced plug assembly including a valve plug that cooperates with the valve seat to selectively open or close the fluid passageway, a retainer operatively connecting the valve plug to a valve stem, a diaphragm separating a chamber from the fluid passageway, a central balancing passage that fluidly connects the fluid passageway with the chamber, and a peripheral balancing passage that fluidly connects the fluid passageway with the chamber, the peripheral balancing passage being located between the retainer and the valve plug. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234396 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR BALANCING CLOSELY COUPLED ROTATING MACHINERY - Devices, systems, and related methods for balancing two or more pieces of independently rotating (e.g., not synchrophased) machinery are provided. In some aspects, the devices, systems, and methods can provide improved balancing techniques and can include providing a controller configured to simultaneously measure/receive vibration data and control balancers, one balancer at a time. In some aspects, the controller can calculate a beating cycle or a beating period using vibration data received from multiple rotating machines. In some aspects, a balance correction command can be derived in part from either one of: (a) an interpolation of an average vibration of the first rotating machine from a complex vibration of the multiple rotating machines or (b) an average vibration derived from one or more rules applied based upon the duration of the beating period or the beating cycle. | 2015-08-20 |
20150234397 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHARACTERIZING THERMAL TRANSIENT PERFORMANCE - A system and method for evaluating equipment in a data center is disclosed, hi one aspect, a method includes receiving parameters for equipment in the data center, the parameters including information descriptive of mass of the equipment, calculating an idealized thermal mass of the equipment based on the received parameters, calculating a temperature associated with the equipment at a first time period of a plurality of time periods based on the idealized thermal mass, and calculating a temperature for each subsequent time period of the plurality of time periods based on the idealized thermal mass and the temperature at a previous time period of the plurality of time periods. | 2015-08-20 |