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20140006387 | SEARCH APPARATUS, SEARCH METHOD, AND SEARCH SYSTEM | 01-02-2014 |
20140006435 | SEARCHING APPARATUS, SEARCHING METHOD, AND SEARCHING SYSTEM | 01-02-2014 |
20140362235 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing system comprises a terminal device and an image search system that are connected to each other via a network, the image search system comprises: a storage unit storing an object and linkage information; a first receiver receiving a captured image; and a first transmitter transmitting the linkage information associated with the object to a source from which the captured image is transmitted, and the terminal device comprises: an identification information acquisition unit acquiring identification information that identifies each terminal device; an image capturing unit capturing an image of a subject and output the captured image; a second transmitter transmitting the captured image to the image search system; a second receiver receiving the linkage information; and a third transmitter transmitting, when an access is made via the network on the basis of the linkage information, the identification information to an access destination to which the access is made. | 12-11-2014 |
20150016675 | TERMINAL APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A terminal apparatus includes a first execution unit. The first execution unit includes an acquisition unit that acquires a captured image captured by an image capturing unit, a transmitting unit that transmits the captured image acquired by the acquisition unit to an image search system including a storage unit, in which objects and associated information associated with each other are stored, and an image search server that retrieves associated information associated with an object contained in the transmitted captured image and transmit the retrieved associated information to a transmission source of the captured image, a receiving unit that receives the associated information transmitted from the image search system based on the captured image transmitted from the transmitting unit, and a presenting unit that presents associated information corresponding to an externally-fed parameter, among the associated information received by the receiving unit. | 01-15-2015 |
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20080304852 | ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE, AND DISCHARGE CONTROL METHOD - An energy storage device is disclosed that includes capacitor cells of a first type having a first internal resistance and 0 capacitor cells of a second type having a second internal resistance which is higher than the first internal resistance. | 12-11-2008 |
20090123172 | HEATER, FIXING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A heater is operable with a main power supply unit and a chargeable auxiliary power supplying unit. The heater includes a heater part having one or a plurality of heater elements to receive power from the main and auxiliary power supplying units, a detecting part to detect information related to the heater part, and a controller to vary an amount of power supplied from the auxiliary power supply unit to the heater part per unit time based on the information detected by the detecting part. | 05-14-2009 |
20090317113 | HEATER, FIXING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A heater is operable with a main power supply unit and a chargeable auxiliary power supplying unit. The heater includes a heater part having one or a plurality of heater elements to receive power from the main and auxiliary power supplying units, a detecting part to detect information related to the heater part, and a controller to vary an amount of power supplied from the auxiliary power supply unit to the heater part per unit time based on the information detected by the detecting part. | 12-24-2009 |
20110085815 | HEATER, FIXING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A heater is operable with a main power supply unit and a chargeable auxiliary power supplying unit. The heater includes a heater part having one or a plurality of heater elements to receive power from the main and auxiliary power supplying units, a detecting part to detect information related to the heater part, and a controller to vary an amount of power supplied from the auxiliary power supply unit to the heater part per unit time based on the information detected by the detecting part. | 04-14-2011 |
20140219672 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A fixing device includes a fixing rotary body, an opposed member, a heater, and a heating controller. The opposed member opposes the fixing rotary body to form a nipping portion therebetween. The heater includes heat generators arranged in a width direction of a recording medium. When the recording medium fed to the nipping portion has an image area and a non-image area, the heating controller controls the outputs of the heat generators based on image information so that a first heat generator of the heat generators corresponding to the image area is higher in temperature and a second heat generator of the heat generators corresponding to the non-image area is lower in temperature. Based on information other than the image information, the heating controller temporarily shifts an area of the fixing rotary body corresponding to the non-image area to a temperature differing from a normal temperature. | 08-07-2014 |
20140219673 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A fixing device includes a rotatable, endless fixing belt; a rotatable contact member configured to contact a circumferential surface of the fixing belt to form a nip in association with the fixing belt; and a heating member disposed at an interior surface of the fixing belt, configured to heat the fixing belt. The heating member includes a multiple heat sources arranged along the width of a sheet of recording media in a direction perpendicular to a sheet conveyance direction. A controller changes an area to be heated by each heat source based on image data and corresponding to an unfixed image on the sheet. The fixing belt is heated by the heating member so that the unfixed image on the sheet that has been conveyed to the nip is fixed onto the sheet at least with heat. The heating member is disposed at a portion other than the fixing nip. | 08-07-2014 |
20140219696 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A fixing device includes a fixing rotary body, an opposed member opposing the fixing rotary body to form a nipping portion, and a heater to heat the fixing rotary body. The heater includes heat generators arranged in a width direction of a recording medium and separately supplied with power. When an unfixed image on the medium has an image area and a non-image area, power supplied to each of the heat generators is controlled so that, of the heat generators, a first heat generator corresponding to the image area becomes a higher temperature and second heat generators corresponding to the non-image area becomes a lower temperature. When the second heat generators are adjacent to each other, power supplied to one of the second heat generators closer to the image area is set to be greater than power supplied to another of the second heat generators farther from the image area. | 08-07-2014 |
20150050046 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a fixing rotator and an abutment rotator contacting the fixing rotator to form a fixing nip therebetween through which a recording medium is conveyed. A heater is disposed opposite the fixing rotator to heat the fixing rotator. A thermopile array is disposed opposite an outer circumferential surface of the fixing rotator to detect a temperature of the outer circumferential surface of the fixing rotator. The thermopile array is tilted with respect to the outer circumferential surface of the fixing rotator to cause a bisector dividing a view angle of the thermopile array in an axial direction of the fixing rotator into two equal parts and a rotation axis of the fixing rotator to define an outboard angle and an inboard angle disposed inboard from the outboard angle in the axial direction of the fixing rotator and different from the outboard angle. | 02-19-2015 |
20150071688 | FIXING DEVICE, BELT DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a first support and a second support to rotatably support a fixing rotator at a first lateral end and a second lateral end of the fixing rotator in an axial direction thereof. A first stopper is mounted on the first support. A second stopper is mounted on the second support. A first skew restraint projects from an outer circumferential surface of the fixing rotator radially at the first lateral end of the fixing rotator in the axial direction thereof. A second skew restraint projects from the outer circumferential surface of the fixing rotator radially at the second lateral end of the fixing rotator in the axial direction thereof. The second skew restraint comes into contact with the second stopper as the fixing rotator moves in the axial direction thereof toward the first support. | 03-12-2015 |
20150078768 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a fixing rotator formed into a loop and rotatable in a predetermined direction of rotation and a pressure rotator disposed outside the loop formed by the fixing rotator and pressed against the fixing rotator to form a fixing nip therebetween through which a recording medium bearing a toner image is conveyed. A stay is disposed opposite the pressure rotator via the fixing rotator. A heater is disposed opposite an inner circumferential surface of the fixing rotator to heat the fixing rotator. A pressurization member is pressed against the heater via the fixing rotator. A housing is interposed between the stay and the heater. A temperature detector is mounted on the housing to detect a temperature of the heater. | 03-19-2015 |
20150177655 | HEATER, FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a fixing rotator rotatable in a predetermined direction of rotation and including a heated face and a heater including a contact face contacting the heated face of the fixing rotator. The contact face has a Vickers hardness not greater than about 600 Hv. | 06-25-2015 |
20150177659 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a fixing rotator and a pressure rotator contacting the fixing rotator to form a fixing nip therebetween, through which recording media of a plurality of sizes are conveyed. The recording media create a plurality of non-conveyance spans on a lateral end of the fixing rotator in an axial direction thereof where the recording media are not conveyed. A heater is disposed opposite the fixing rotator to heat the fixing rotator. A multi-view thermopile array is disposed opposite an outer circumferential surface of the lateral end of the fixing rotator in the axial direction thereof and angled relative to the fixing rotator to detect a temperature of the fixing rotator. The thermopile array includes an inboard temperature detection element directed to a conveyance span on the fixing rotator where the recording medium of a decreased size is conveyed. | 06-25-2015 |
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20140211279 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image reading device, which can be included in an image forming apparatus, includes an image pickup device, a transparent member, a traveling body, and a housing. The traveling body includes a light source to emit light and guides the light reflected from a surface of the document to the image pickup device while moving in a sub scanning direction along the document surface on the transparent member. The housing accommodates the image pickup device and the traveling body, and includes a base member including a rectangular bottom surface and a side surface, and a rail member including a rail surface and a first vertical surface. The rail member further includes a fixing part that is a surface to be fixed to the bottom surface of the base member and to extend from one end of the rail member in the sub scanning direction to the other end. | 07-31-2014 |
20150341515 | IMAGE SCANNER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image scanner includes a primary conveyance roller to convey an original bearing an image in an original conveyance direction and an image reader disposed downstream from the primary conveyance roller in the original conveyance direction to read the image on the original. A moving original reading portion is disposed opposite the image reader. The image reader reads the image on the original through the moving original reading portion while the original moves over the moving original reading portion. A slope is disposed downstream from the moving original reading portion in the original conveyance direction. A spacer is interposed between the moving original reading portion and the slope in the original conveyance direction. A secondary conveyance roller has an original contact point to come into contact with the original. The original contact point is disposed opposite the spacer with an interval therebetween. | 11-26-2015 |
20150341523 | IMAGE READING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE READING METHOD - An image reading device includes: a moving body that moves to convey at least any of a light source that irradiates a document, a reflecting member that reflects reflected light from the document, and a photoelectric conversion element that performs photoelectric conversion on the reflected light; a driving unit that drives the moving body such that the moving body moves from a stop position to a target stop position in a sub-scanning direction; a detecting unit that is arranged at a position away from the target stop position in the sub-scanning direction, and detects arrival of the moving body; and a control unit that controls the driving unit such that the driving unit is switched from a state of being driven in a synchronizing operation region to a state of being driven in a self-starting region before the detecting unit detects arrival of the moving body. | 11-26-2015 |
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20080197250 | ARTICLE ATTACHING TOOL - An article attaching tool includes a pair of suction cup devices each having a suction cup and a case connected to the suction cup for being attached to an attaching object face through the suction cup in a state wherein the suction cup sucks the attaching object face. The article attaching tool further includes a connection section for connecting the cases of the suction cup devices in such a manner as to allow change of the posture of the cases. | 08-21-2008 |
20080245935 | CONNECTION STRUCTURE AND JOINT - Disclosed herein is a connection structure including, a first spherical member, a second spherical member, first and second clamping plates, a single external thread member, and first, second, third and forth clamping recessed portions. | 10-09-2008 |
20090224117 | Suction cup device and article attaching apparatus - Disclosed herein is a suction cup device, including: a suction cup having a suction face, and a rear face along a thicknesswise direction thereof; a center stem connected to a central portion of the rear face of the suction cup and extending in a direction away from the rear face along the thicknesswise direction; a case having a contacting portion capable of contacting with an outer circumferential portion of the rear face or with a portion of an attaching object face outside the suction cup; and a displacement mechanism provided between the center stem and the case for operating the case to cause the contacting portion of the case to contact with the outer circumferential portion of the rear face or the portion of the attaching object face outside the suction cup to displace the center stem in the direction away from the attaching object face. | 09-10-2009 |
20090257616 | SPEAKER SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a speaker system including: a laterally extending body portion for supporting the back of the head of a user; and a pair of right and left side portions respectively connected to the right and left ends of the body portion. | 10-15-2009 |
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20130313506 | MAGNETORESISTIVE ELEMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - A magnetoresistive element has a magnetic layer, an insulating layer and a magnetic layer, which are laminated on a base electrode, and side walls of the magnetic layers that are formed when the magnetic layers are processed. At least one element selected from the group of consisting He, C, N, O, F, Ne, Ti, V, Cu, Al, Si, P, S, Cl, Ar, Ge, As, Kr, Zr, In, Sn, Sb, Pb and Bi is injected into the side walls and edge portions of the magnetic layers to improve the magnetic characteristics of the first and second magnetic layers. | 11-28-2013 |
20140035073 | MAGNETO-RESISTIVE ELEMENT - A magneto-resistive element has a memory layer, which has magnetic anisotropy along a direction perpendicular to its surface and variable magnetization directions, a reference layer, which has magnetic anisotropy along a direction perpendicular to its surface and a fixed magnetization direction, and a tunnel barrier layer, which is formed between the memory layer and the reference layer. The memory layer is composed of Co | 02-06-2014 |
20140070343 | MAGNETORESISTIVE EFFECT ELEMENT - A magnetoresistive effect element in one or more embodiments of the present invention is provided with a memory layer with a variable magnetization direction having a magnetic anisotropy in a direction perpendicular to a film surface, a reference layer with an invariable magnetization direction having the magnetic anisotropy in a direction perpendicular to the film surface, and a tunnel barrier layer formed between the memory layer and the reference layer. The tunnel barrier layer has a first portion at the central part in the film surface and a second portion at a peripheral part. The second portion contains at least boron and oxygen. | 03-13-2014 |
20140264669 | MAGNETIC MEMORY ELEMENT - A magnetic memory element includes a memory layer having magnetic anisotropy on the film surface thereof in the perpendicular direction and in which the magnetization direction is variable, a reference layer having magnetic anisotropy on the film surface thereof in the perpendicular direction and in which the magnetization direction is not variable, and a tunnel barrier layer which is interposed between the memory layer and the reference layer. The memory layer is made of an alloy including cobalt (Co) andiron (Fe). A plurality of oxygen atoms are present on both interfaces of the memory layer. | 09-18-2014 |
20140284736 | MAGNETORESISTIVE EFFECT ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MAGNETORESISTIVE EFFECT ELEMENT - A magnetoresistive effect element includes first and second conductive layers, a first magnetic layer between the first and second conductive layers having a magnetization direction that is unchangeable, a second magnetic layer between the first and second conductive layers having a magnetization direction that is changeable, a tunnel barrier layer between the first and second magnetic layers, a nonmagnetic layer between the second magnetic layer and the second conductive layer, and a conductive sidewall film that provides a current path between the second magnetic layer and the second conductive layer that has a lower resistance than a current path through the nonmagnetic layer. | 09-25-2014 |
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20090168109 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus for performing image reduction correction on target image data corresponding to pixels, includes a deletion position specifying unit configured to specify, as deletion positions of deletion pixels in the target image data, predetermined positions in image regions including the pixels having gradation values that are more than or equal to a predetermined density; and a pixel deleting unit configured to delete the deletion pixels at the deletion positions specified by the deletion position specifying unit, and to shift the pixels subsequent to the deletion pixels in a reduction direction as the deletion pixels are deleted. | 07-02-2009 |
20090232351 | Authentication method, authentication device, and recording medium - An authentication method performed by an authentication device to authenticate a user includes an authentication-use image generating step of generating an authentication-use image including authentication-use information corresponding to an image expressing one or more characters and/or symbols which is provided on a background, wherein an edge formed by a difference in image density does not exist between the background and the image expressing the characters and/or the symbols; an authentication-use image presenting step of presenting, to the user, the authentication-use image generated at the authentication-use image generating step; and an authentication step of performing authentication by comparing character and/or symbol information input by the user based on the authentication-use image presented at the authentication-use image presenting step, with the characters and/or the symbols in the authentication-use image. | 09-17-2009 |
20150070732 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF ADJUSTING IMAGE FORMATION, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE DATA FOR ADJUSTMENT OF IMAGE FORMATION - A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores image data for adjustment of image formation. The image data includes a cross-hair formed in a corner of a recording medium, and a corner edge detection mark formed to detect a folded corner edge of the recording medium from read data obtained when the corner of the recording medium including an area where the cross-hair is formed on one side is folded to an opposite side to the one side of the recording medium and an image reader reads the opposite side. | 03-12-2015 |