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20090035767 | PRIMER FOR BACTERIUM GENOME AMPLIFICATION REACTION - A primer or a primer set can efficiently amplify the gene sequence of 16S rRNA of a target bacterium out of selected sixty two bacterium species. At least one of the primers having a base sequence selected from sequences No. 1 through No. 6 is employed as bacterium genome amplification reaction primer: | 02-05-2009 |
20090313808 | ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCER AND FABRICATION METHOD OF ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCING APPARATUS - A groove is formed on a handling member, on a face to be fixed to an element, the groove making up a portion of a channel that externally communicates in the state of being fixed to the element. In the fixing process of the substrate and then handling member, the handling member is fixed so that the edge direction of the vibrating membrane supporting portion and the edge direction of the groove of the handling member intersect. Thus, the probability that a membrane will break during handling or processing of the substrate is reduced, and the handling member can be quickly removed from the substrate. | 12-24-2009 |
20090313809 | ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCER AND FABRICATION METHOD OF ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCING APPARATUS - A handling member is prepared that provides a channel that can withstand subsequent back face processing as to a substrate having elements made up of a substrate and a membrane, and the handling member is fixed to the substrate so that at least a portion within the elements are supported by the handling member. This provides a manufacturing method wherein the physical strength of an element at the time of manufacturing an electromechanical transducing apparatus is strengthened, and the handling member is easily detached in a short time after processing of the element. | 12-24-2009 |
20090320274 | ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCER AND FABRICATION METHOD OF ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCING APPARATUS - A groove is formed on a handling member, on a face to be fixed to an element, the groove making up a portion of a channel that externally communicates in the state of being fixed to the element. The handling member is fixed so that the cleavage direction of the vibrating membrane and the edge direction of the groove of the handling member intersect. Thus, the probability that a membrane will break during handling or processing of the substrate is reduced, and the handling member can be quickly removed from the substrate. | 12-31-2009 |
20120146454 | CAPACITIVE ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCER APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING ITS SENSITIVITY - A technology that makes it possible to adjust, through processing, an output signal sent from a capacitive electromechanical transducer apparatus such as a CMUT upon reception of an elastic wave is provided. | 06-14-2012 |
20120266682 | ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed is an electromechanical transducer, including: a cell including a substrate, a vibration film, and a supporting portion of the vibration film configured to support the vibration film so that a gap is formed between the substrate and the vibration film; and a lead wire that is placed on the substrate with an insulator interposed therebetween and extends to the cell, wherein the insulator has a thickness greater than the thickness of the supporting portion. The electromechanical transducer can reduce parasitic capacitance to prevent an increase in noise, a reduction in bandwidth, and a reduction in sensitivity. | 10-25-2012 |
20130071964 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCER - Provided is a method of manufacturing an electromechanical transducer having a reduced variation in a breakdown strength caused by a variation in flatness of an insulating layer. In the method of manufacturing the electromechanical transducer, a first insulating layer is formed on a first substrate, a barrier wall is formed by removing a part of the first insulating layer, and a second insulating layer is formed on a region of the first substrate after the part of the first insulating layer has been removed. Next, a gap is formed by bonding a second substrate on the barrier wall, and a vibration film that is opposed to the second insulating layer via the gap is formed from the second substrate. In the forming of the barrier wall, a height on a gap side in a direction vertical to the first substrate becomes lower than a height of a center portion. | 03-21-2013 |
20130302934 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CAPACITIVE ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCER - Provided is a method of manufacturing a capacitive electromechanical transducer using fusion bonding, which is capable of reducing fluctuations in initial deformation among diaphragms caused at positions having different boundary conditions such as the bonding area, thereby enhancing the uniformity of the transducer and stabilizing the sensitivity and the like. The method of manufacturing a capacitive electromechanical transducer includes: forming an insulating layer on a first silicon substrate and forming at least one recess; fusion bonding a second silicon substrate onto the insulating layer; and thinning the second silicon substrate and forming a silicon film. The method further includes, before the bonding of the second silicon substrate onto the insulating layer, forming a groove in the insulating layer at the periphery of the at least one recess. | 11-14-2013 |
20130313663 | CAPACITIVE ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCER - Provided is a capacitive electromechanical transducer manufactured by fusion bonding, which is capable of enhancing the performance by reducing fluctuations in initial deformation among diaphragms caused at positions having difference boundary conditions such as the bonding area. The capacitive electromechanical transducer includes a device, the device including at least one cellular structure including: a silicon substrate; a diaphragm; and a diaphragm supporting portion configured to support the diaphragm so that a gap is formed between one surface of the silicon substrate and the diaphragm. The device has, in its periphery, a groove formed in a layer shared with the diaphragm supporting portion. | 11-28-2013 |
20140313861 | TRANSDUCER, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TRANSDUCER, AND OBJECT INFORMATION ACQUIRING APPARATUS - A transducer includes at least one element including a plurality of cells. Each of the cells includes a pair of electrodes disposed with a gap therebetween and a vibrating membrane including one of the electrodes, and the vibrating membrane is vibratably supported. First and second cells of the plurality of cells in the element have the gaps that communicate with each other, and the first cell and a third cell in the element have the gaps that do not communicate with each other. | 10-23-2014 |
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20090022269 | RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS - A radiation imaging apparatus that performs radiation imaging of a breast of a subject, which includes a table for laying down the subject; a receiving section that receives a breast of the subject laid on the table in a supine position; a radiation imaging section including a radiation emission unit and a radiation detection unit each located at a position opposing to each other being interposed by the breast of the subject received in the receiving section; and a drive unit that shifts the receiving section to a position suitable for imaging the breast of the subject. | 01-22-2009 |
20090116620 | RADIOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A cover is elastically supported on a frame by elastic members. Engaging members are provided between the frame and the cover, and the cover is fixed to the frame by the engaging members as necessary. In the first state in which the movement of the cover is not restricted, the cover is movable with respect to the frame. In the second state, the cover is engaged with the frame and is fixed. | 05-07-2009 |
20100034346 | X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS - An X-ray imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit which is rotatable relative to a platform about a shaft portion perpendicular to an X-ray detecting surface, so as to change the orientation relative to a subject. | 02-11-2010 |
20100034354 | X-RAY RADIOGRAPHING APPARATUS - A coupler is provided with a protrusion and a flange-shaped locking portion. A case of an image receptor houses an X-ray detector and an unlocking mechanism including a movable locking portion. The movable locking portion is made to protrude into a depression by the urging force of a locking assist spring. When the case is attached to the coupler, the movable locking portion locks the locking portion, thereby holding the case and the coupler together. The central axis of the cylindrical surface of the depression corresponds to substantially the center of the X-ray detection area of the X-ray detector. | 02-11-2010 |
20100054422 | X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS - An X-ray imaging apparatus includes an X-ray tube, an X-ray generation control unit configured to control the X-ray tube with a controller and a power supply, and a holding unit configured to hold the X-ray tube. The holding unit includes two support legs to be spread at an arbitrary angle, and a connecting portion configured to turnably connect upper ends of the support legs. The holding unit holds the X-ray tube near the connecting portion. | 03-04-2010 |
20100243894 | RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS - A radiation imaging apparatus includes a radiation detector that captures an image of a subject by detecting radiation transmitted through the subject and converting the radiation into an image signal; an electrical component processes the image signal; an interior housing accommodates the radiation detector and the electrical component therein; an exterior member surrounds the interior housing; an air circulating unit is disposed in the interior housing so as to circulate air inside the interior housing; and a cooling unit is disposed inside of the exterior member and outside of the interior housing so as to cool the interior housing. | 09-30-2010 |
20110299660 | X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS - An X-ray imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit which is rotatable relative to a platform about a shaft portion perpendicular to an X-ray detecting surface, so as to change the orientation relative to a subject. | 12-08-2011 |
20120138798 | RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS - Provided is a radiation imaging apparatus capable of housing a radiation detection unit configured to detect radiation. The radiation imaging apparatus includes a first cooling unit configured to cool a first heat generation portion of the radiation detection unit housed in the radiation imaging apparatus by a cooling medium in the radiation imaging apparatus, a second cooling unit configured to cool a second heat generation portion of the radiation detection unit housed in the radiation imaging unit, which is larger in amount of generated heat than the first heat generation portion, by the cooling medium, and a discharge port formed in a position nearer to the second heat generation portion than to the first heat generation portion and configured to discharge the cooling medium. | 06-07-2012 |
20140177804 | X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS - An X-ray imaging apparatus includes a plurality of X-ray detection cassettes, and an information processing section configured to communicate with the plurality of X-ray detection cassettes and to process information concerning the plurality of X-ray detection cassettes. Each of the plurality of X-ray detection cassettes transmits/receives, to/from the information processing section, first information that corresponds to an image control signal and image data of the X-ray detection cassette and second information that is different from the first information. In a case where a time at which the first information is transmitted/received and a time at which the second information is transmitted/received coincide with each other, the first information is preferentially transmitted/received. | 06-26-2014 |
20140264061 | MOBILE RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MOBILE RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A mobile radiation imaging apparatus includes: an irradiation unit that emits radiation; a moving unit that moves with the irradiation unit; an imaging unit that takes an image of an object irradiated with radiation and is able to transmit the image via the wireless communication or the wired communication; an obtaining unit that obtains information indicating in which area the moving unit is located among a wired communication area, a wirelessly communicable area, and a switching area for switching between the wireless communication and the wired communication; and a control unit that switches the communication with the imaging unit depending on the obtained information. | 09-18-2014 |
20150366524 | RADIOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND RADIOGRAPHIC SYSTEM - A radiographic apparatus includes a radiation sensor panel and a housing that encloses the panel. The radiation sensor panel has a detection surface on which a converting element that detects radiation or light is disposed. The housing includes an incident, a slope, and a flat surface portion. Radiation enters the radiographic apparatus through the incident portion, which is located adjacent to the detection surface. The slope portion is located at a housing end portion and on a radiation sensor panel side opposite to the detection surface. The slope portion is inclined with respect to a direction of a housing thickness. The flat surface portion is located on the side of the radiation sensor panel opposite to the detection surface and is substantially parallel to a flat portion of the incident portion. The slope portion has an average thickness that is greater than an average thickness of the flat surface portion. | 12-24-2015 |
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20080252689 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing a liquid discharge head including an energy generating element, which generates energy utilized for discharging a liquid, and a discharge portion provided at a position facing the energy generating element and having a discharge port for discharging the liquid is provided. This method includes the steps of forming a negative photosensitive resin layer used for a member that forms the discharge port on the substrate, and exposing the layer to an i-line to form the discharge portion that is tapered in a direction from the substrate to the discharge port, wherein the layer has an absorbance per 1 μm thickness of about 0.02 to about 0.07 for light used for the exposure. | 10-16-2008 |
20090133256 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - A manufacturing method of a liquid ejection head provided with a flow passage communicating with an ejection outlet for ejecting liquid includes steps of preparing a substrate on which a flow passage wall forming member for forming a part of a wall of the flow passage and a solid layer having a shape of a part of the flow passage contact each other, wherein the flow passage wall forming member has a height, from a surface of the substrate, substantially equal to that of the solid layer; providing on the solid layer a pattern having a shape of another part of the flow passage; providing a coating layer, for forming another part of the wall of the flow passage, so as to coat the pattern; providing the ejection outlet to the coating layer; and forming the flow passage by removing the solid layer and the pattern. | 05-28-2009 |
20090136875 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LIQUID EJECTION HEAD - A manufacturing method of a liquid ejection head including an ejection outlet forming member provided with an ejection outlet for ejecting liquid and a flow passage communicating with the ejection outlet is constituted by the steps of: preparing a substrate on which a flow passage wall forming member for forming a part of a wall of the flow passage and a solid layer having a shape of a part of the flow passage contact each other, wherein the flow passage wall forming member has a height, from a surface of the substrate, substantially equal to that of the solid layer; providing a first layer, on the solid layer and the flow passage wall forming member, formed of a negative photosensitive resin material for forming another part of the wall of the flow passage; exposing to light a portion of the first layer correspondingly to the another part of the wall of the flow passage; providing a second layer, on the exposed first layer, formed of a negative photosensitive resin material to constitute the ejection outlet forming member; exposing to light a portion of the second layer correspondingly to the ejection outlet forming member; and forming the ejection outlet and another part of the flow passage by removing unexposed portions of the first layer and the second layer. | 05-28-2009 |
20090167812 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided is a method of manufacturing a liquid discharge head including: forming a first pattern for forming the flow path on the substrate; forming a first coating layer which covers the first pattern; forming a hole in the first coating layer, through which the first pattern is exposed; forming a second pattern for forming the flow path on the first coating layer, such that the second pattern contacts with the first pattern through the hole; forming a second coating layer for covering the second pattern; forming the discharge port in the second coating layer; and removing the first pattern and the second pattern to form the flow path. | 07-02-2009 |
20090267997 | INK JET HEAD - An ink jet head includes a substrate having an ink supply port; an ejection outlet for ejecting ink supplied through the supply port; a flow path portion which provides fluid communication between the supply port and the ejection outlet; wherein the flow path portion includes a near portion which is near to the substrate and a remote portion which is remote from the substrate, and a width of the near portion is different from a width of the remote portion in a sectional plane perpendicular to a direction of flow of the ink, and wherein a stepped portion is provided between the near portion and the remote portion. | 10-29-2009 |
20130057619 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided is a method of manufacturing a liquid discharge head including: forming a first pattern for forming the flow path on the substrate; forming a first coating layer which covers the first pattern; forming a hole in the first coating layer, through which the first pattern is exposed; forming a second pattern for forming the flow path on the first coating layer, such that the second pattern contacts with the first pattern through the hole; forming a second coating layer for covering the second pattern; forming the discharge port in the second coating layer; and removing the first pattern and the second pattern to form the flow path. | 03-07-2013 |
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20090034837 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing method is a method for correcting both an image quality of an overall image and an image quality of a partial image with excellent balance. | 02-05-2009 |
20090086242 | COLOR PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - The quality of an image read from a degraded image of an original document can be improved. Hence, a specific pixel of an image is selected, and additional information to be added to the image is generated from the position information and color information of the selected pixel. The image of an original document is read, position information and color information added to the original document are extracted, and the color information of a pixel corresponding to the position information is acquired from the read image. The color of the read image is corrected based on the extracted color information and the acquired color information. | 04-02-2009 |
20100290067 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - For a printing apparatus which saves on a color material, an image processing apparatus is realized which enables a user to incur printing costs only for necessary information and necessary areas in a print product. For this purpose, there is provided an image processing apparatus including a separation unit configured to analyze and separate print information into text, photograph, and graphic constituent elements, a display unit configured to display information about a color material used amount to be used in printing for each of the separated constituent elements, and a setting unit configured to allow a user to set a change in the color material used amount for each of the separated constituent elements. | 11-18-2010 |
20110001993 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus which previously sets a reduction order based on saturation with respect to inks to be used in a saving mode. When a color uses two or more colors of ink, the image processing apparatus reduces the ink featuring high on the reduction order, or increases the reduction amount of the ink featuring high on the reduction order. | 01-06-2011 |
20110211008 | PRINT APPARATUS - A first reading unit that reads a pattern or an image formed on a sheet by a print unit for recognizing a print unit state, a second reading unit that reads a cut mark formed on the sheet on a downstream thereof, a cutter that cuts the sheet on a downstream thereof, and a reverse unit that reverses the sheet fed to the print unit again are provided. In duplex printing, the sheet where images are sequentially printed on a first surface is led to the reverse unit, the front and rear faces are reversed, and the sheet is fed to the print unit again. The sheet where images and cut marks are sequentially printed on a second surface is cut by the cutter for each piece and discharged. The sheet is cut on the basis of a reading of the cut mark by the second reading unit. | 09-01-2011 |
20110211899 | PRINT CONTROL METHOD AND PRINT APPARATUS - A cut mark is recorded in an area between one image and the next image to be printed, and the recorded cut mark is to be detected. When the cut mark cannot be detected, a position of the cut mark is estimated based on information on an already detected cut mark and information on a length of the image printed after said already detected cut mark. A first cut position and a second cut position for cutting off the area are set based on the estimation. | 09-01-2011 |
20110273503 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A printing apparatus includes a plurality of inkjet print heads to which humidified air is supplied to retain the humidity in the print heads. Ink colors for the plurality of heads are arranged in a sequence corresponding to ink characteristics. The plurality of print heads are arranged in a sequence such that a print head configured to eject ink characterized by having a larger amount of volatile components evaporated within a predetermined time is located in a more upstream area. | 11-10-2011 |
20110279612 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND CALIBRATION METHOD - An apparatus includes: a drying unit to dry a printing medium on which an image was printed using an inkjet head; a humidification unit to humidify the printing medium that was dried by the drying unit so that the moisture content of the printing medium becomes the equilibrium state in the ambient environment; a colorimetric unit to perform colorimetry on the printing medium that was humidified by the humidification unit; and a calibration unit to calibrate printing properties on the basis of the result of colorimetry by the colorimetric unit. | 11-17-2011 |
20110279832 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND CALIBRATION METHOD - A waiting time Ts is decided on the basis of ink type information and ink feed amount information, referring to waiting time table A (Step | 11-17-2011 |
20110298849 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS - In a line-head type inkjet printing apparatus that ejects a plurality of types of inks, an inkjet printing apparatus is provided in which the change of its ejection properties different depending on the type of ink is prevented from occurring. The line-head type printing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that counts the ejection number of liquid from each of print heads in each of a plurality of print heads. Furthermore, the printing apparatus compares the ejection number of liquid from each of the print heads counted by the acquisition unit with a threshold value set for each of the print heads. The printing apparatus includes a change unit that can move a holder in the main scanning direction when the counted ejection number of liquid exceeds the threshold value set for the print head. | 12-08-2011 |
20110298859 | RECORDING METHOD AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A first humidified gas is supplied through a first supply port to a sheet. A second humidified gas is supplied to a space where nozzles of an inkjet recording head are exposed through a second supply port located at a position closer to the recording heads than the first supply port, to increase atmosphere humidity in the space. The sheet portion having a moisture content increased by the humidification in advance is advanced into the space having the increased atmosphere humidity, to record on the sheet using the inkjet recording head. An amount of humidification with the first humidified gas is set according to at least one recording condition. | 12-08-2011 |
20110310155 | INKJET RECORDING HEAD AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD - The present invention provides a recording apparatus including recording heads each including a plurality of nozzle arrays that are arranged so as to overlap, wherein the width with which the overlapping portions of the recording heads for colors that are simultaneously used with a relatively high frequency overlap in an intersecting direction that intersects an array direction of nozzles is smaller than the width with which the overlapping portions of the recording heads for colors that are simultaneously used with a relatively low frequency overlap in the intersecting direction. | 12-22-2011 |
20110310178 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD - The present invention provides a recording apparatus including recording heads each including a plurality of nozzle arrays that are arranged so as to overlap, wherein overlapping portions of the recording heads for two different colors are separated from each other with a distance therebetween in an array direction of nozzles. | 12-22-2011 |
20110316921 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - When an image is recorded using a multichip recording head including a plurality of chips each having a plurality of nozzle arrays, a change in image density can occur due to a registration error between chips in an overlapping part where two chips are connected. To suppress the change in image density, input image data is distributed to two chips such that there are dots overlapping each other between the two chips in the overlapping part. | 12-29-2011 |
20120026229 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS - To provide an inkjet printing apparatus that suppresses occurrence of image deterioration, such as a texture, a moire, and a streak in a printing result. In order for this to be achieved, a level is set up to a overlapping portion of a chip of a print head depending on dot impact accuracy, and a print data distribution rate of each chip in the overlapping portion is determined according to the level. | 02-02-2012 |
20120114188 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDING SYSTEM - A process of detecting a defective recording element and a process of correcting the defective recording element are performed with appropriate processing loads. When the detection process and the correction processes are performed with small loads, for example, at a time of recording, a resolution used for reading an inspection pattern is set lower than that set in a case where the processes can be performed with small loads, for example, at down time before recording. The reading resolution to be set may be determined by an apparatus in accordance with a processing load or may be arbitrarily determined by a user. | 05-10-2012 |
20120162677 | COLOR PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - The quality of an image read from a degraded image of an original document can be improved. Hence, a specific pixel of an image is selected, and additional information to be added to the image is generated from the position information and color information of the selected pixel. The image of an original document is read, position information and color information added to the original document are extracted, and the color information of a pixel corresponding to the position information is acquired from the read image. The color of the read image is corrected based on the extracted color information and the acquired color information. | 06-28-2012 |
20130100504 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DETERMINATION METHOD - A signal value representing at least one of a plurality of types of optical characteristics are calculated for each pixel from the read signal obtained and output by reading light reflected by a document placed on a document table and a document table cover while the document is covered with the cover. It is determined, based on the signal value calculated, whether or not a target pixel is a pixel in a document region. A document region is detected from the determination result. | 04-25-2013 |
20140022303 | INKJET RECORDING HEAD AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD - The present invention provides a recording apparatus including recording heads each including a plurality of nozzle arrays that are arranged so as to overlap, wherein the width with which the overlapping portions of the recording heads for colors that are simultaneously used with a relatively high frequency overlap in an intersecting direction that intersects an array direction of nozzles is smaller than the width with which the overlapping portions of the recording heads for colors that are simultaneously used with a relatively low frequency overlap in the intersecting direction. | 01-23-2014 |
20140092164 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDING SYSTEM - A process of detecting a defective recording element and a process of correcting the defective recording element are performed with appropriate processing loads. When the detection process and the correction processes are performed with small loads, for example, at a time of recording, a resolution used for reading an inspection pattern is set lower than that set in a case where the processes can be performed with small loads, for example, at down time before recording. The reading resolution to be set may be determined by an apparatus in accordance with a processing load or may be arbitrarily determined by a user. | 04-03-2014 |
20140247307 | INKJET PRINTING METHOD - A printing method is performed on a plurality of inkjet print heads to which humidified air is supplied to retain the humidity in the print heads. Ink colors for the plurality of heads are arranged in a sequence corresponding to ink characteristics. The plurality of print heads is divided into groups, with one of the groups being subjected to preliminary ejection on a sheet. The other print head group not subjected to preliminary ejection is located in a more upstream area with respect to a conveyance direction of the sheet. | 09-04-2014 |
20150151554 | RECORDING METHOD AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A first humidified gas is supplied through a first supply port to a sheet. A second humidified gas is supplied to a space where nozzles of an inkjet recording head are exposed through a second supply port located at a position closer to the recording heads than the first supply port, to increase atmosphere humidity in the space. The sheet portion having a moisture content increased by the humidification in advance is advanced into the space having the increased atmosphere humidity, to record on the sheet using the inkjet recording head. An amount of humidification with the first humidified gas is set according to at least one recording condition. | 06-04-2015 |
20150199574 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An apparatus includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire main object information specifying a main object in generation of a layout image, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire object correlation information specifying an object having a correlation with the main object, an extraction unit configured to extract at least one image including the main object and at least one image including the object having the correlation with the main object from a plurality of images based on the acquired main object information and the acquired object correlation information acquired, and a generation unit configured to generate, using a layout template, a layout image in which the at least one image extracted by the extraction unit and including the main object and the at least one image extracted by the extraction unit and including the object having the correlation with the main object are laid out therein. | 07-16-2015 |
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20140176993 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SERVER, CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF - The present image processing apparatus externally receives document data, obtains attribute information that indicates information on matters from a matter management server, and transmits the received document data and the obtained attribute information on individual matter data to a document management server. The document management server presents, in accordance with a request from an external apparatus, the transmitted document data and attribute information on matters to the external apparatus, and receives, from the external apparatus, association information that is selected in accordance with the presented information and associates the document data with the matter data, and registers, together with the association information, the corresponding document data in the matter management server. | 06-26-2014 |
20140293361 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM STORING RECEIVED IMAGE DATA IN FOLDER, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing system includes a memory unit configured to store an address book to be used for setting a transmission destination of image data, a receiving unit configured to receive the image data, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a name that is registered in the address book in association with information of a transmission source of the image data received by the receiving unit, a setting unit configured to set a folder path for a plurality of hierarchies which includes a folder with the name acquired by the acquisition unit, and a storage unit configured to store the image data received by the receiving unit in a folder indicated by the folder path that is set by the setting unit. | 10-02-2014 |
20140293362 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR SETTING FILENAME TO RECEIVED IMAGE DATA, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing system includes a storage unit configured to store an address book to be used to set a transmission destination of image data, a reception unit configured to receive image data, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a name registered in the address book in association with transmission source information of the image data received by the reception unit, a setting unit configured to set a filename using the name acquired by the acquisition unit to the image data received by the reception unit, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the image data to which the filename is set by the setting unit. | 10-02-2014 |
20150077812 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - When an MFP receives selection of any one of a plurality of folders managed in a hierarchy, the MFP displays, if the selected folder has subfolders, a list of the subfolders on a display unit, and displays, if the selected folder has no subfolders, a setting screen for setting a reading parameter for a document on the display unit. | 03-19-2015 |
20150081702 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - If a multifunctional peripheral (MFP) that generates files receives a selection of a folder from a plurality of hierarchically-managed folders, the MFP gives a generated file a file name including at least a name of the selected folder and a name of a folder located at a higher hierarchical level than the selected folder. | 03-19-2015 |
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20110140219 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE - A device includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion regions, an interlayer insulating film arranged on the plurality of photoelectric conversion regions, a protective insulating film that is arranged in contact with the interlayer insulating film and has a refractive index different from that of the interlayer insulating film, recesses arranged in a light-receiving surface of each of the plurality of photoelectric conversion regions, and embedded regions embedded in the recesses. When a wavelength of incident light to each of the plurality of photoelectric conversion regions is denoted by λ and a refractive index of the embedded regions is denoted by n, a depth d of the recesses is represented by an expression d≧λ/4n. | 06-16-2011 |
20110199521 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR - A solid-state image sensor comprises a pixel unit having a substrate including therein a photoelectric conversion section and an optical waveguide arranged on a light incident side of the substrate so as to guide an incident light converted into a guided mode of the optical waveguide and being propagated through the optical waveguide to the photoelectric conversion section. The optical waveguide has a mode conversion section for changing a propagation state of the incident light such that the incident light being propagated through the optical waveguide has an electric field amplitude distributed with the same sign at a light incident surface of the substrate. | 08-18-2011 |
20120033116 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR AND CAMERA - A solid-state image sensor includes first-color pixels and second-color pixels, each of the first-color pixels including a first antireflection film and a first color filter, and each of the second-color pixels including a second antireflection film and a second color filter, wherein the solid-state image sensor satisfies | 02-09-2012 |
20120170889 | Mode Converter - Provided is a mode converter capable of efficiently coupling or emitting light having a single-peaked spot, and has high flexibility of the shape to be easily manufactured. The mode converter is formed of multiple single-mode waveguides optically coupling areas | 07-05-2012 |
20120199725 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A light condensing member focuses light, which is incident upon a first area of the light condensing member corresponding to an opening portion of an insulation film, in an upper portion region of a light path member arranged within the opening portion, the insulation film having an upper face extending from the opening portion, and the light path member having a lower face in a region corresponding to a light receiving face of an photoelectric conversion portion. | 08-09-2012 |
20120199893 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM INCLUDING SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A method for manufacturing a solid-state image pickup device is provided. The image pickup apparatus includes a photoelectric conversion portion disposed on the semiconductor substrate, a first insulating film over the photoelectric conversion portion, functioning as an antireflection film, a second insulating film on the first insulating film, disposed corresponding to the photoelectric conversion portion, and a waveguide having a clad and a core whose bottom is disposed on the second insulating film. The method includes forming an opening by anisotropically etching part of a member disposed over the photoelectric conversion portion, thereby forming the clad, and forming the core in the opening. In the method, the etching is performed under conditions where the etching rate of the second insulating film is lower than the etching rate of the member. | 08-09-2012 |
20120200727 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS AND IMAGE SENSING SYSTEM - A member for light path to a photoelectric conversion portion includes a middle portion, and a peripheral portion having a refractive index different from the refractive index of the middle portion, and within some plane in parallel with the light receiving surface of a photoelectric conversion portion, and within other plane closer to the light receiving surface than the some plane in parallel with the light receiving surface, the peripheral portion is continuous with the middle portion and surrounds the middle portion, and also the refractive index of the peripheral portion is higher than the refractive index of an insulator film, and the thickness of the peripheral portion within the other plane is smaller than the thickness of the peripheral portion within the some plane. | 08-09-2012 |
20120200728 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS AND IMAGE SENSING SYSTEM - A photoelectric conversion apparatus at least includes an insulating film, a plurality of high-refractive-index members provided so as to correspond respectively to individual photoelectric conversion portions, being surrounded by the insulating film and having a refractive index higher than the refractive index of the insulating film, and a high-refractive-index film provided on the insulating film so as to connect the plurality of high-refractive-index members to one another and having a refractive index higher than the refractive index of the insulating film, and lens portions lying next to each other from among a plurality of lens portions border each other. | 08-09-2012 |
20120200751 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS - A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a semiconductor substrate having a photoelectric conversion portion. An insulator is provided on the semiconductor substrate. The insulator has a hole corresponding to the photoelectric conversion portion. A waveguide member is provided in the hole. An in-layer lens is provided on a side of the waveguide member farther from the semiconductor substrate. A first intermediate member is provided between the waveguide member and the in-layer lens. The first intermediate member has a lower refractive index than the in-layer lens. | 08-09-2012 |
20130100322 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR AND CAMERA - A solid-state image sensor has a plurality of pixel units, each pixel unit including a plurality of pixels, and a charge-voltage converter shared by the plurality of pixels. The sensor includes a structural portion including a plurality of wiring layers, an interlayer insulating film, and light waveguides configured by embedding, in portions of the interlayer insulating film located above the photoelectric converters, a material having a refractive index higher than that of the interlayer insulating film. A dummy pattern is formed in the structural portion to reduce a difference between a sensitivity of a first pixel and that of a second pixel, which is produced by a difference between a structure in a periphery of the light waveguide arranged above the photoelectric converter of the first pixel and that of the second pixel. | 04-25-2013 |
20140035086 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR - A solid-state image sensor includes a semiconductor layer having photoelectric conversion portions, and a wiring structure arranged on a side of a first face of the semiconductor layer, and receives light from a side of a second face of the semiconductor layer. The wiring structure includes a reflection portion having a reflection surface reflecting light transmitted through the semiconductor layer from the second face toward the first face, toward the semiconductor layer, and an insulation film located between the reflection surface and the first face. The sensor includes a first dielectric film arranged to contact the first face, and a second dielectric film arranged between the insulation film and the first dielectric film and having a refractive index different from refractive indices of the first dielectric film and the insulation film. | 02-06-2014 |
20140117481 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM - A solid-state imaging apparatus comprising a semiconductor layer, a first region on a side of a first surface of the semiconductor layer, and a second region on a side of a second surface of the semiconductor layer, wherein photoelectric conversion portions are arrayed in the semiconductor layer, lens portions are arrayed in the first region, and an interconnection pattern and reflection portions are arrayed in the second region, in one of pixels of the apparatus, the apparatus has a structure in which sectional areas, on the second surface and on a reflection surface of the reflection portion, of the light beam traveling from the photoelectric conversion portion, are larger than a sectional area, in a portion between the photoelectric conversion portion and the reflection portion, of the light beam traveling from the photoelectric conversion portion. | 05-01-2014 |
20140145287 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR - An image sensor includes a first pixel having a first color filter, a first reflection region which reflects light from the first color filter, and a first photoelectric conversion portion arranged in a semiconductor layer and located between the first color filter and the first reflection region, and a second pixel including a second color filter, a second reflection region which reflects light from the second color filter, and a second photoelectric conversion portion arranged in the semiconductor layer and located between the second color filter and the second reflection region. Wavelength corresponding to a maximum transmittance of the first color filter is shorter than wavelength corresponding to a maximum transmittance of the second color filter. An area of the first reflection region is smaller than area of the second reflection region. | 05-29-2014 |
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20140306309 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS - A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a semiconductor substrate having a photoelectric conversion portion. An insulator is provided on the semiconductor substrate. The insulator has a hole corresponding to the photoelectric conversion portion. A waveguide member is provided in the hole. An in-layer lens is provided on a side of the waveguide member farther from the semiconductor substrate. A first intermediate member is provided between the waveguide member and the in-layer lens. The first intermediate member has a lower refractive index than the in-layer lens. | 10-16-2014 |
20150179700 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM INCLUDING SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A method for manufacturing a solid-state image pickup device is provided. The image pickup apparatus includes a photoelectric conversion portion disposed on the semiconductor substrate, a first insulating film over the photoelectric conversion portion, functioning as an antireflection film, a second insulating film on the first insulating film, disposed corresponding to the photoelectric conversion portion, and a waveguide having a clad and a core whose bottom is disposed on the second insulating film. The method includes forming an opening by anisotropically etching part of a member disposed over the photoelectric conversion portion, thereby forming the clad, and forming the core in the opening. In the method, the etching is performed under conditions where the etching rate of the second insulating film is lower than the etching rate of the member. | 06-25-2015 |
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20150349007 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - A photoelectric conversion apparatus including a light-receiving element, including: a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions; a separating portion located between the plurality of photoelectric conversion portions; and a light guide portion surrounded by an insulation film including at least one insulation layer and provided so as to extend over the plurality of photoelectric conversion portions, and the light guide portion includes: a high refractive index part having a refractive index higher than a refractive index of the insulation layer; and a low refractive index part having a refractive index higher than the refractive index of the insulation layer and lower than the refractive index of the high refractive index part, and the high refractive index part is located on each of the plurality of photoelectric conversion portions and the low refractive index part is located on the separating portion. | 12-03-2015 |
20150349011 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM - A photoelectric conversion apparatus has light receiving elements disposed on an imaging plane. The light receiving element includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions arrayed in a first direction parallel to the imaging plane, across an isolation portion, and a light guide portion extending over the plurality of photoelectric conversion portions. In a first plane which is parallel to the imaging plane and which traverses the light guide portion, a greatest width of the light guide portion in the first direction is larger than a greatest width of the light guide portion in a second direction parallel to the imaging plane and orthogonal to the first direction. | 12-03-2015 |
20150350529 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - An image pickup device includes a pixel region having a plurality of pixels that are two-dimensionally arranged, the plurality of pixels including a plurality of image pickup pixels and a plurality of focus detection pixels capable of phase difference detection; a plurality of microlenses arranged to correspond to respective photoelectric conversion units of respective image pickup pixels; and a plurality of microlenses arranged to correspond to respective photoelectric conversion units of the respective focus detection pixels. When at least one of the plurality of microlenses is orthogonally projected onto the corresponding photoelectric conversion unit, a vertex position of the at least one microlens is off a center position of the at least one microlens. | 12-03-2015 |