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20130250328 | SHEET POSITIONING DEVICE, SHEET HOLDING RECEPTACLE INCORPORATING SAME, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A sheet positioning device includes a sheet setting plate, first and second regulating members disposed facing each other to move in an orthogonal direction to a sheet conveyance direction to regulate positions of two facing ends of the sheet on the plate by contacting these ends, a driving mechanism to move the first regulating member in the orthogonal direction, first and second contact detectors mounted on the first and second regulating members to detect contact of the two facing ends, and a controller to stop the driving mechanism based on detection results obtained by the first and second contact detectors. The first and second regulating members are used to adjust a position of the sheet to a predetermined position. Respective contact surfaces of the first and second contact detectors with the sheet extend over an entire maximum loadable range In a sheet setting direction on the plate. | 09-26-2013 |
20130270765 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND SHEET POSITIONING DEVICE USING METHOD OF SHEET POSITIONING - An image forming apparatus to which a sheet positioning device can be provided to perform a sheet positioning includes an image forming device and a sheet positioning device that includes a sheet setting plate, a pair of side fence units disposed facing each other along opposite sides of the sheet setting plate to move in a lateral direction of the sheet, a moving mechanism to move the pair of side fence units, a contact member to contact and press the sheet, a position detector to detect the position of the contact member, and a controller moving the pair of side fence units when the sheet is placed on the sheet setting plate, halting movement of the pair of side fence units after the contact member has contacted and pressed the sheet, and moving the pair of side fence units again based on detection results obtained by the position detector. | 10-17-2013 |
20140183813 | SHEET FEEDER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A sheet feeder, which is included in an image forming apparatus, includes a sheet bypass member openably closable to one side surface of a body of the image forming apparatus, a pickup roller to feed and convey a sheet loaded on the sheet bypass member, and an arm to hold the pickup roller and to open and close with the pickup roller. The arm includes a contact portion extending in a shape of projection toward an upstream side from the pickup roller in a sheet conveying direction of the sheet bypass member. As the sheet bypass member is rotated upward to be closed and stored to the side surface of the body, the contact portion of the arm contacts the sheet bypass member to rotate the arm upward to cause the sheet bypass member to approach to the side surface of the body. | 07-03-2014 |
20140210157 | SHEET FEEDER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A sheet feeder, which is included in an image forming apparatus, includes a sheet tray on which a recording medium is loaded, a regulating member, a link mechanism, and a guide storage. The regulating member is movably disposed to regulate a position of the recording medium loaded on the sheet tray and has guide portions having a height higher than a maximum possible thickness of a sheet stack loadable on the sheet tray and the height thereof is changeable. The link mechanism rotatably supports the sheet tray with respect to a tray storing position and a sheet feeding position. The guide storage stores the guide portions of the regulating member as the link mechanism moves the sheet tray from the sheet feeding position to the tray storing position and has a depth set to be greater than a length in a height direction of the guide portions. | 07-31-2014 |
20140212195 | BYPASS FEEDER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A bypass feeder, which is included in an image forming apparatus, includes an opening/closing unit opening and closing with respect to an apparatus body between a unit closed state and a unit open state, a bypass tray opening and closing with respect to the opening/closing unit between a tray closed state and a tray open state, a linkage including a flexible-member fixing member and connecting the opening/closing unit to the apparatus body, and a flexible member having one end fixed to the fixing member and the other end fixed to the bypass tray. When the opening/closing unit is changed to the unit open state while the bypass tray is rotated away from the opening/closing unit to the tray open state, the fixing member of the linkage shifts by pulling the flexible member to hold the bypass tray at a substantially horizontal line with respect to a sheet loading surface. | 07-31-2014 |
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20090027387 | IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS, METHOD OF GENERATING IMAGE, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The object is for drawing a contour line of an overlapped part from which a feeling of strangeness is not acquired in a case where a plurality of tuned objects are overlapped with one another in an image generated by a perspective transformation process. A tuned object A (a line width of the contour line is “3”) is overlapped with a tuned object B (a line width of the contour line of “1”) located in a position closer to a virtual screen than the tuned object A. Each pixel included in the tuned object A is set as a target pixel, and a pixel located in a position shifted from the target pixel by the line width is set as a determination pixel. When depth data and line width data of the determination pixel is smaller than those of the target pixel, the line width data of the target pixel is reset to the line width data of the determination pixel, and a pixel located in a position shifted from the target pixel by the reset line width is reset as the determination pixel. When the depth data of the target object is not smaller than that of the determination pixel, contour line data is written into the target pixel. | 01-29-2009 |
20120235997 | IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS, METHOD OF GENERATING IMAGE, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The present application generates an image in which a contour line is drawn about a tuned object A in a virtual three-dimensional space when a part of the tuned object A is overlapped by another tuned object B that is located at a position closer to a virtual screen. When a line width of the tuned object A is greater than a line width of the tuned object B, the line width of a part of the tuned object A that is overlapped with the tuned object B is set as the line width of the tuned object B. On the other hand, when the line width of the tuned object A is less than the line width of the tuned object B, the line width of the part of the tuned object A that is overlapped is set as the original line width of the tuned object A. | 09-20-2012 |
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20100079501 | Information Processing Apparatus, Information Processing Method and Program - An information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes: an input position detecting unit for detecting a position of an operator positioned on an operation input unit; a direction detecting unit for detecting a moving direction of the operator based on time change of the position of the detected operator; a magnification change unit for changing a magnification of a screen in accordance with a number of the operator detected by the input position detecting unit; and a display content moving unit for moving a content displayed on the screen along the moving direction of the operator detected by the direction detecting unit. | 04-01-2010 |
20100101872 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes an input position detecting unit that detects a position of an operator positioned on an operation input unit; a direction detecting unit that detects a moving direction of the operator based on a time variation of the detected position of the operator; a reproduction speed changing unit that changes a reproduction speed of the contents that vary with elapse of time displayed in a screen according to the number of operators detected by the input position detecting unit, and a reproducing direction changing unit that changes a reproducing direction of the contents displayed in the screen according to the moving direction of the of the operator detected by the direction detecting unit. | 04-29-2010 |
20100188363 | DISPLAY/INPUT DEVICE - A display/input device is provided which includes a position sensor on which an electrode pattern in grid form is arranged, the position sensor being for specifying a position of an operating tool by detecting a capacitance changing at a contact part or a proximity part at a time the operating tool is made to contact the electrode pattern or is brought into proximity of the electrode pattern, and an outer frame portion forming an outer frame of a display screen provided with the position sensor. A boundary of an area where the position of the operating tool can be specified by the position sensor despite a non-presence of the electrode pattern is visually or haptically indicated at the outer frame portion. | 07-29-2010 |
20100188423 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - An information processing apparatus is provided which includes a display unit on which an object is displayed, a position detector for detecting a position of an operating tool that is made to contact a surface of the display unit, a reference position determination unit for determining as a reference position a position of an operating tool that is detected first by the position detector when a plurality of operating tools are made to contact the display unit, a display change operation specifying unit for specifying, according to a moving direction of a position of an operating tool that is detected N-th (N≧2) by the position detector, a specific display change operation associated with the direction, and a display controller for performing on the object the display change operation specified by the display change operation specifying unit with the reference position determined by the reference position determination unit as a reference. | 07-29-2010 |
20100214249 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus includes an outer frame portion which forms an outer frame of a display portion where an object is displayed; a position detecting portion which detects a position of an operating body coming in touch with or close to the display portion or the outer frame portion; and a display controlling portion which displays on the display portion, auxiliary information about an object situated at a position of the operating body detected by the position detecting portion at a start of the shift when the operating body shifts to the outer frame portion while keeping touch with or close to the display portion. | 08-26-2010 |
20110202880 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing device includes a display panel for displaying display items belonging to a predetermined layer among display items divided into a plurality of layers, a manipulating body detection unit for detecting the number of manipulating bodies moving on a touch panel along with a movement direction and a movement amount of the manipulating body, and a display control unit for performing display control so that display items belonging to the predetermined layer are scroll-displayed on the basis of detection results of the movement direction and the movement amount if a movement of manipulating bodies whose number corresponds to the predetermined layer is detected, display items belonging to another layer are displayed if a movement of manipulating bodies whose number corresponds to the other layer is detected, and the display items belonging to the other layer are scroll-displayed on the basis of detection results. | 08-18-2011 |
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20110207464 | CALL CONTROL SYSTEM, CALL CONTROLLER, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND CALL CONTROL METHOD - There are provided a call control system, a call controller, a terminal device, and a call control method capable of selecting an optimum communication network without overly complicating the configuration of the terminal device and the call controller. A call controller accesses information representing present conditions including a failure of a communication network held in a communication network present condition data holding unit, and information held in an applicable priority order data holding unit on the terminal device and which is information of the priority order for communication network selection acquired and held in the call-originating side information acquiring and holding unit on the call controller side. A call control unit on the call controller side selects an optimum communication network for setting up a call. | 08-25-2011 |
20110306356 | POSITIONING SUPPORT DEVICE AND POSITIONING SUPPORT METHOD - Highly-accurate approximate positional information is transmitted to a communication terminal. | 12-15-2011 |
20120088521 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION METHOD, MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MOBILE SWITCHING CENTER, SERVER DEVICE, AND RADIO BASE STATION - A radio base station according to the present invention comprising a mobile switching center MME, comprising, a location measurement request transmission unit configured to determine the mobile station location measurement type that must be performed corresponding to Provide Subscriber Location, the location measurement request transmission unit configured to transmit Location Request to the server device ESMLC when a determination is made to perform location measurement other than simple location measurement on the mobile station UE corresponding to Provide Subscriber Location, and a location measurement result transmission unit configured to transmit the mobile station location measurement result received from the radio base station eNB or the second server device ESMLC to the server device SMLC. | 04-12-2012 |
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20120025054 | HOLDING APPARATUS, CONVEYING APPARATUS, AND ROTATION-TRANSMITTING APPARATUS - A holding apparatus, a conveying apparatus, and a rotation-transmitting apparatus are provided that are capable of holding an object in a tiltable manner. A conveying apparatus according to one form of the present invention includes a pad supported by a supporting member on a hand. A concave portion is formed on the pad, and by the concave portion engaging with the supporting member fixed to the hand, a pad is supported in a tiltable manner. A conveying object is held by an adhesive layer of the pad adhering thereto. By tilting with respect to the hand , the pad follows the shape or vibration of the conveying object, with the result that the conveying object can be conveyed stably. | 02-02-2012 |
20120114456 | HOLDING APPARATUS, CONVEYING APPARATUS, AND ROTATION-TRANSMITTING APPARATUS - A holding apparatus, a conveying apparatus, and a rotation-transmitting apparatus are provided that are capable of stably holding an object while suppressing an influence of a change in shape of the object and a fluctuation of a holding form. A conveying apparatus according to one form of the present invention includes a hand and a holding body provided on the hand. The holding body includes a holding member that includes a holding surface that comes into close contact with a holding object, the holding member being capable of holding a conveying object on the holding surface, and a viscoelastic member that is formed of a viscoelastic material and bonds the hand to the holding member. By the viscoelastic member being elastically deformed and the entire surface of the holding member being brought into close contact with the holding object, the conveying apparatus is capable of holding the conveying object on the hand. | 05-10-2012 |
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20090194821 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A method of fabricating a semiconductor device according to one embodiment includes: forming a SiGe crystal layer on a semiconductor substrate, the SiGe crystal layer having a first plane and a second plane inclined with respect to the first plane; forming an amorphous Si film on the SiGe crystal layer; crystallizing a portion located adjacent to the first and second planes of the amorphous Si film by applying heat treatment using the first and second planes of the SiGe crystal layer as a seed, thereby forming a Si crystal layer; selectively removing or thinning a portion of the amorphous Si film that is not crystallized by the heat treatment; applying oxidation treatment to a surface of the Si crystal layer, thereby forming a gate insulating film on the surface of the Si crystal layer; and forming a gate electrode on the gate insulating film. | 08-06-2009 |
20100133626 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A method of fabricating a semiconductor device according to one embodiment includes: laying out a first region, a second region, a third region and a fourth region on a semiconductor substrate by forming an element isolation region in the semiconductor substrate; forming a first insulating film on the first region and the second region; forming a first semiconductor film on the first insulating film; forming a second insulating film and an aluminum oxide film thereon on the fourth region after forming of the first semiconductor film; forming a third insulating film and a lanthanum oxide film thereon on the third region after forming of the first semiconductor film; forming a high dielectric constant film on the aluminum oxide film and the lanthanum oxide film; forming a metal film on the high dielectric constant film; forming a second semiconductor film on the first semiconductor film and the metal film; and patterning the first insulating film, the first semiconductor film, the second insulating film, the aluminum oxide film, the third insulating film, the lanthanum oxide film, the high dielectric constant film, the metal film and the second semiconductor film. | 06-03-2010 |
20130252411 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - According one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided, which includes forming a pair of element isolation insulation films on a semiconductor substrate, forming a gate electrode structure on sides of the gate electrode structure, selectively removing oxide films that are formed on a top surface of the diffusion layer and a top surface of the gate electrode by placing the substrate in a gas atmosphere selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, I, H, O, Ar, or N; and irradiating the semiconductor substrate with microwave radiation. The method also includes depositing a metal film on a top surface of the diffusion layer and a top surface of the gate electrode, and a silicide film is formed by heating the substrate. | 09-26-2013 |
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20090230847 | Light-Emitting Element, Light-Emitting Device, and Electronic Appliance - An object of the present invention is to provide a light-emitting element with high luminous efficiency, and a light-emitting element of low-voltage driving. Another object of the present invention is to provide a light-emitting device with low power consumption by using the light-emitting element. Another object of the present invention is to provide an electronic appliance with low power consumption by using the light-emitting device in a display portion. A light-emitting element includes, between a pair of electrodes, a layer containing a composite material of a first organic compound and an inorganic compound and a layer containing a second organic compound being in contact with the layer containing the composite material, wherein the second organic compound does not have a peak of an absorption spectrum in a wavelength region of 450 to 800 nm if the second organic compound is compounded with the inorganic compound. | 09-17-2009 |
20120012883 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND FILM FORMATION SUBSTRATE - In a method for manufacturing a light-emitting device according to an embodiment of the present invention, one surface of a first substrate including a reflective layer including an opening, a light absorption layer formed over the reflective layer to cover the opening in the reflective layer, a protective layer formed over the light absorption layer and including a groove at a position overlapped with the opening in the reflective layer, and a material layer formed over the protective layer and a deposition surface of a second substrate are disposed to face each other and light irradiation is performed from the other surface side of the first substrate, so that an EL layer is formed in a region on the deposition surface of the second substrate, which is overlapped with the opening in the reflective layer. | 01-19-2012 |
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20110008081 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A disclosed cleaning device for removing adhering matter from a surface of a member subject to cleaning includes a belt-shaped film member arranged in a stretched configuration capable of being wound or endlessly move in a direction opposite to a surface movement direction of the member subject to cleaning while being in contact with the surface of the member subject to cleaning, and a cleaning blade configured to abut on the surface of the member subject to cleaning via the belt-shaped film member at a position where the belt-shaped film member is brought into contact with the member subject to cleaning. | 01-13-2011 |
20110217099 | Fixing device and image forming apparatus - A disclosed fixing device for fixing resin particles softened by applying a foam fixer thereon to a recording medium includes a foam fixer generator unit to introduce air bubbles into a liquid fixer containing a softener for softening the resin particles by dissolving or swelling a part of the resin particles to generate the foam fixer, a fixer application member to be brought into contact with a facing member facing the fixer application member to form an application nip and transfer the generated foam fixer to the application nip by moving its surface while carrying the foam fixer to apply the foam fixer to a surface of the recording medium carrying the resin particles at the application nip, and a foam accumulation detector unit to detect a foam accumulation formed of the foam fixer accumulated at an entrance side of the application nip. | 09-08-2011 |
20110222924 | Fixing device and image forming apparatus - A fixing device includes a foam fixer generator unit generating a foam fixer containing a softener softening toner by dissolving or swelling part of resin of the toner, an application roller carrying and transferring the foam fixer onto a recording sheet, a pressure roller applying pressure to a toner image on the recording sheet via the foam fixer on the application roller to fix the toner image on the recording sheet, a cleaning device removing residual components remaining on the application roller, a recording sheet detector unit detecting presence or absence of the recording sheet, a remover unit being in contact with and separated from the application roller to remove the foam fixer on the application roller, and a control unit controlling the contact-separation operation of the remover unit based on a detected result of a front end and/or a rear end of the recording sheet. | 09-15-2011 |
20110275015 | FIXING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND FIXING METHOD - A disclosed fixing device applying a bubble-like fixing liquid to resin-containing particles adhered to a medium so that the resin-containing particles are fixed to the medium, the bubble-like fixing liquid being formed by transforming a fixing liquid into foam that dissolves or swells at least a part of the resin, includes a control device that, based on a difference between a moisture content included in the medium after fixing and a target value of the moisture content, adjusts an application amount of the fixing liquid for a next medium. | 11-10-2011 |
20120301193 | FIXING DEVICE, FIXING METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A fixing device for applying a foam fixing agent to particles including resin resting on a medium to fix the particles including resin onto the medium. The foam fixing agent includes a softener for softening the particles including resin by dissolving or swelling at least part of the resin. The fixing device includes a first foam fixing agent generating unit that generates a first foam fixing agent from a fixing agent; a second foam fixing agent generating unit that generates a second foam fixing agent from the fixing agent, the second foam fixing agent having a lower density than the first foam fixing agent; and a foam application member on which a first film formed with the first foam fixing agent and a second film formed with the second foam fixing agent are formed. | 11-29-2012 |
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20130243507 | CLEANING BLADE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - A cleaning blade, including a strip-shaped elastic blade to contact the surface of a member to be cleaned, traveling on an edge line of the elastic blade, to remove a powder from the surface thereof, wherein the edge line of the elastic blade is impregnated with an ultraviolet curable resin including a fluorinated acrylic monomer, a surface layer harder than the elastic blade is formed on each of an under surface thereof, having the edge line as one line of the under surface and facing the member, and an apical surface thereof, having the edge line as one line of the apical surface and being parallel to a direction of the thickness thereof, and the apical surface is impregnated with the ultraviolet curable resin at a depth of from 50 to 150 μm and the under surface is impregnated therewith at a depth of from 20 to 100 μm. | 09-19-2013 |
20140205338 | CLEANING BLADE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING SAME AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - Provided is a cleaning blade formed of an elastic blade and configured to abut on the surface of a cleaning target member, which allows a leading end edge portion of the elastic blade to move on the surface thereof, to remove powder from the surface of the cleaning target member. A blade surface of the elastic blade, which has the leading end edge portion of the elastic blade on one side thereof and faces the surface of the cleaning target member, has a Martens hardness of 1.2 N/mm | 07-24-2014 |
20140270876 | FIXING MEMBER, FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing member to fix toner on a recording medium includes a heat-resistant elastic layer and a release layer. The release layer includes a particle layer. The particle layer includes heat-resistant fine particles arranged in a surface direction on a surface of the heat-resistant elastic layer. | 09-18-2014 |
20150055995 | FIXING MEMBER, FIXING DEVICE USING THE FIXING MEMBER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE FIXING DEVICE - A fixing member having a roller shape or a seamless belt shape for fixing toner is provided. The fixing member includes an elastic layer; an adhesive layer located overlying the elastic layer; and a release layer including a particulate material, which is arranged along the surface of the adhesive layer. | 02-26-2015 |