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20080240782 | Image forming device - Provided is an image forming device including: a sheet number control part for controlling a maximum processable sheet number set on a paper attribute basis for a finisher for finishing a printed sheet; an automatic tray switching part for switching an initially selected tray part to another tray part when paper runs out in the midst of print processing on sheets fed from the initially selected tray part to continue the print processing, the initially selected tray part being initially selected from a plurality of tray parts holding sheets of different paper attributes; and a tray switch determining part for, when a feeding tray part runs out of paper in the midst of print processing set to execute finishing, determining whether to actuate the automatic tray switching part on the basis of maximum processable sheet numbers and a paper attribute of paper of a selectable tray part candidate. | 10-02-2008 |
20140118753 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a document reading section, a recording medium size selecting section, a large-size document identifying section, and an image forming area setting section. The recording medium size selecting section is configured to select a size of recording media for use in forming images from image data sets of original documents. The large-size document identifying section is configured to identify an image data set greater in document size than a predetermined document size. The image forming area setting section is configured to, for the image data set of greater document size, set an entire imageable area of a recording medium to an image forming area and, for the image data set of the predetermined document size, set one half of the imageable area of a recording medium to an image forming area in a layout for booklet printing. | 05-01-2014 |
20140118763 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section, a document size detecting section, a recording medium size selecting section, and a control section. When one of a pair of image data sets to be placed on both sides of a common recording medium by image formation of the image forming section is greater in length of the document size detected by the document size detecting section than the other, the recording medium size selecting section selects, as a size of the recording medium for the pair of image data sets, a size greater in length than the other image data set. When the other image data set is to be formed as an image on a page preceding the one image data set, the control section allows the image forming section to form the image on an area from a leading edge to a middle of the recording medium. | 05-01-2014 |
20150061217 | Image Forming Apparatus Automatically Setting Noise Reduction - An image forming apparatus can exchange a sound reduction mode and a normal mode. The image forming apparatus includes a sound reduction sheet feed cassette, a normal sheet feed cassette, a sound reduction sheet feed cassette roller, and a normal sheet feed cassette roller. The sound reduction sheet feed cassette roller and the normal sheet feed cassette roller can exchange rotation speed to a slower speed than a normal paper feeding speed, In the sound reduction mode, the image forming apparatus performs one of a noise reduction high performance mode and a noise reduction low performance mode. In the normal mode, the image forming apparatus performs a high performance mode. | 03-05-2015 |
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20080212854 | DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING SUPPORT EQUIPMENT - The present invention comprises: a data storage unit for storing series image data obtained by medical image acquisition equipment and object data containing image acquisition conditions for the series image data and the specific information for specifying other series image data related to the series image data; an information management unit for generating a thumbnail image that represents combination information of the presently obtained series image data and the past related series image data by referring to the object data; and a display unit for displaying the thumbnail image. | 09-04-2008 |
20080247676 | IMAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, REPORT CREATION TERMINAL, MEDICAL IMAGE MANAGEMENT SERVER, AND IMAGE MANAGEMENT METHOD - Enhanced image data is stored, and medical image data contained in the enhanced image data and a screen for creating an interpretation report are displayed on a monitor. In response to a linking operation, link data containing image specification information specifying medical image data to link in the enhanced image data is generated and included into data of the interpretation report. In response to an operation of requesting linked medical image, based on the link data, medical image data indicated by the image specification information within the enhanced image data is specified from the enhanced image data, and the specified medical image data is outputted to a requesting destination of the linked medical image. Thus, a link can be set to medical image data that is one data element within enhanced image data, and only a linked data row can be extracted and read from the enhanced image data. | 10-09-2008 |
20080249807 | INTERPRETATION SUPPORT SYSTEM - A medical image storage unit stores medical image. A medical image observation terminal adds interpretation information for medical image and the creator name for interpretation information to the supplementary information of medical image. A reference terminal obtains medical image from the medical image storage unit in order to display medical image. An evaluation management unit instructs the reference terminal to display an evaluation input screen for medical image to allow an evaluation to be entered if the interpretation information has been added to the supplementary information of medical image obtained in the reference terminal, and it then adds evaluation to the supplementary information of medical image stored in the medical image storage unit after receiving an input from the reference terminal and transmits evaluation to the destination for the evaluation that corresponds to the creator name added to the supplementary information of medical image. | 10-09-2008 |
20090192824 | MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM AND MEDICAL IMAGE STORAGE APPARATUS - When a medical image diagnostic apparatus captures a medical image, a medical image storage apparatus retrieves a medical image similar to the captured medical image from among medical images stored in a data storage unit. The medical image storage apparatus collects a past diagnostic reading report that uses the retrieved medical image as a key image or information related to a case, and displays the collected diagnostic reading report or information related to the case. | 07-30-2009 |
20100034442 | REPORT GENERATION SUPPORT APPARATUS, REPORT GENERATION SUPPORT SYSTEM, AND MEDICAL IMAGE REFERRING APPARATUS - A first display displays a medical image based on medical image data. A second display displays a generation screen for generating a string of a medical imaging report. A display controller causes the first display and the second display to display images. An operation part is for operating a pointer displayed on the first display and the second display. An annotation generator receives designation of a position on the medical image displayed on the first display by using the pointer, and attaches sign data representing a position specification sign to the medical image data. An address information acquiring part acquires address information for reading out the medical image data to which the sign data is attached. A linking part links the address information to a link object such as a string designated by using the pointer and displayed on the generation screen displayed on the second display. | 02-11-2010 |
20110075898 | MEDICAL IMAGE INTERPRETING APPARATUS AND CURSOR-MOVING METHOD - In the medical image interpreting apparatus having a pointing device for moving a cursor, medical image, interpretation report, and cursor are displayed on a display screen, and initial movement information and information on the destination of movement of the cursor are linked and stored, via the pointing device when the cursor begins to move, said initial movement information relevant to the initial movement is retrieved to obtain the linked information on the destination of movement and the cursor is moved to the destination of movement indicated in the obtained information on the destination of movement. Due to this, just by slightly moving the cursor, the cursor jumps to the desired destination of movement, therefore, it becomes possible to omit an operation of the pointing device in between. Due to this, the operation load of the pointing device is reduced, thus preventing an operator's thought in creating an interpretation report from being destructed, and the enhancement in interpreting efficiency and the reduction of interpretation mistakes are achieved. | 03-31-2011 |
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20110127694 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING RESIN MOLDED ELECTRONIC COMPONENT (AS AMENDED) - A method of manufacturing a resin molded electronic component using a first mold having a cavity with an open top surface and a second mold combined with the first mold on top includes the following steps: (A) inserting a element of the electronic component and a liquid resin precursor into the cavity of the first mold, the liquid resin precursor having viscosity of 10 Pa·s or lower at 40° C.; (B) arranging the second mold such that the element and the resin precursor are sandwiched after the step (A); and (C) pressing the element and the resin precursor between the first mold and the second mold, and curing the resin precursor by heat from the second mold after the step (B). A temperature of the second mold is set to be higher than that of the first mold. | 06-02-2011 |
20110170712 | SOUND REPRODUCING APPARATUS - In a sound reproducing apparatus, part of a frequency band where mode-coupled vibration can be excited is regarded as a carrier frequency. A frequency of mode coupling, with a low rate of change in vibration displacement with respect to the frequency, is regarded as a carrier signal so that a signal in an audible band which is outputted from an audible band signal source can be demodulated and reproduced with stable sound pressure in a broad frequency band. | 07-14-2011 |
20110188672 | ACOUSTIC REPRODUCTION DEVICE - A sound reproduction apparatus reproduces a sound wave at a listening position. The sound reproduction apparatus includes a compensation processing unit for compensating an audible band signal having an audible band frequency, a carrier signal oscillator for generating a carrier signal, a modulator for outputting a modulated signal obtained by modulating the carrier signal based on the audible band signal compensated by the compensation processing unit, and a sound emission unit for outputting a sound wave depending on the modulated signal output from the modulator. The compensation processing unit compensates the audible band signal based on a distance from the sound emission unit to the listening position. This sound reproduction apparatus can reproduce the original audible band signal with a high fidelity regardless of the listening position. | 08-04-2011 |
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20130172463 | INORGANIC FINE PARTICLE DISPERSANT AND INORGANIC FINE PARTICLE DISPERSION USING THE SAME - Provided is a inorganic fine particle dispersant comprising, as an essential component, a compound resin (A) in which a polysiloxane segment (a1) having a structural unit represented by general formula (1) and/or general formula (2) and a silanol group and/or a hydrolyzable silyl group is bonded to a vinyl-based polymer segment (a2) through a bond represented by general formula (3). An inorganic fine particle dispersion liquid that contains the inorganic fine particle dispersant and inorganic fine particles, an inorganic fine particle dispersion containing the inorganic fine particle dispersion liquid, a paint, and a cured product are also provided. | 07-04-2013 |
20150126677 | CURED PRODUCT FROM A PAINT COMPRISING AN INORGANIC FINE PARTICLE DISPERSANT - Provided is a inorganic fine particle dispersant comprising, as an essential component, a compound resin (A) in which a polysiloxane segment (a1) having a structural unit represented by general formula (1) and/or general formula (2) and a silanol group and/or a hydrolyzable silyl group is bonded to a vinyl-based polymer segment (a2) through a bond represented by general formula (3). An inorganic fine particle dispersion liquid that contains the inorganic fine particle dispersant and inorganic fine particles, an inorganic fine particle dispersion containing the inorganic fine particle dispersion liquid, a paint, and a cured product are also provided. | 05-07-2015 |
20150353665 | RESIN COMPOSITION FOR INSULATING MATERIALS, INSULATING INK, INSULATING FILM AND ORGANIC FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR USING INSULATING FILM - The present invention provides an insulating material which has a high curing rate as well as solvent resistance suitable for a printing method while having a high degree of breakdown strength as well as a low leak current density in order to improve the performance of an organic field effect transistor, and also provides an insulating film having the insulating material and a transistor. A resin composition for insulating materials contains a vinyl polymer, and the vinyl polymer has an acid value of 20 mgKOH/g or less, a (meth)acryloyl group equivalent of 220 to 1600 g/eq, and phenyl groups and (meth)acryloyl groups. | 12-10-2015 |
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20090030278 | ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLY DEVICE FOR ENDOSCOPE AND ENDOSCOPE - An electrical power supply device is for an endoscope having a scope for insertion into the body of a subject. The electrical power supply device includes a temperature controller and a thermoelectric converter. The thermoelectric converter controls the temperature of the interior of the scope. The thermoelectric converter generates electricity based on the difference in temperature between the body interior of the subject and the interior of the scope. | 01-29-2009 |
20090102917 | BIDIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A bidirectional communication device for an electronic endoscope provided with a videoscope having an imaging function and generating a scope information signal, has a communication channel, a first communication circuit and a second communication circuit. The first communication circuit outputs a clock signal to the communication channel in order to perform the imaging function in the videoscope. The second communication circuit receives the clock signal through the communication channel and amplifies the clock signal to generate an amplified clock signal. The second communication circuit superimposes the scope information signal onto the amplified clock signal to generate a superimposed signal, which is transmitted to the first communication circuit through the communication channel. The first communication circuit obtains the scope information signal from the superimposed signal at a timing corresponding to the clock signal. | 04-23-2009 |
20140176691 | ENDOSCOPE FOR OUTPUTTING SIGNAL - An endoscope is provided having an imager, an analog-digital converter, and a data converter. The imager comprises multiple pixels which output pixel signals, and that outputs an image signal comprising the pixel signals. The analog-digital converter converts the image signal to digital image data in parallel data format. The data converter converts the digital image data to transmission data. The data converter converts the pixel-generated digital image data based on a first rule, converts the converted digital image data to converted pixel data in serial data format, and adds a start bit and an end bit to the converted pixel data to convert the digital image data to the transmission data. | 06-26-2014 |
20150280550 | LOAD VOLTAGE CONTROL DEVICE, ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPE AND ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM - A load voltage control device, comprising: a load disposed in a tip portion; a power supply circuit and a controller disposed in a proximal end portion; and a cable connecting the tip portion with the proximal end portion, the cable comprising a first and second power supply lines, the power supply circuit comprising at least one power supply, wherein the controller operates to: obtain a voltage applied to the load based on a voltage applied to an input point of the first power supply line, a current flowing through the first power supply line, a voltage applied to an input point of the second power supply line and a current flowing through the second power supply line; and adjust the power supply voltage by controlling the at least one power supply so that the voltage applied to the load becomes substantially equal to a predetermined reference voltage. | 10-01-2015 |
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20150152934 | BI-DIRECTIONAL SHOCK ABSORBING DEVICE - A bidirectional shock absorber includes a cylinder housing including a liquid chamber, a shock-absorbing mechanism located inside the liquid chamber and supported by a rod sticking out of the cylinder housing. The shock-absorbing mechanism includes a pair of pistons located in the liquid chamber and attached to the rod on the respective sides of a liquid storage chamber constituting an accumulator, resistance paths formed between an outer circumferential surface of the pistons and an inner circumferential surface of a piston chamber, to apply flow resistance to the liquid, and unidirectional flow paths formed along the respective pistons and configured to block the liquid flow toward the liquid storage chamber when the corresponding piston is pressed toward the piston chamber, but to permit the liquid to flow in the opposite direction. | 06-04-2015 |
20150198212 | DOUBLE-ROD TYPE SHOCK ABSORBER - A double-rod type shock absorber includes a rod, first and second pistons held by the rod, first and second piston chambers disposed on an outer side of the first and second pistons, a liquid storage chamber between the first piston and the second piston, a flow path gap formed between an outer peripheral surface of the first and second pistons and an inner peripheral surface of the liquid chamber, and first and second unidirectional flow paths which connect the first and second piston chambers with the liquid storage chamber, wherein, during reciprocating motion of the rod, the unidirectional flow path located on a front side in a movement direction of the rod is closed, and the unidirectional flow path located on a back side in the movement direction of the rod is opened. | 07-16-2015 |
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20140101320 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A management apparatus of a sub-system receives, from a main system, management information including information about each resource of processor resource, storage resource, network resource, which are used by a user with the main system. The management apparatus of the sub-system reserves, in the sub-system, the storage resource for storing data of the user held by the main system and the minimum network resource for receiving the data, on the basis of the management information received. The management apparatus of the sub-system uses the reserved network resource to receive the data from the main system, and stores the data to the reserved storage resource. The management apparatus of the sub-system reserves, in the sub-system, the network resource and the processor resource used by the user with the main system, on the basis of the received management information when the user is allowed to use the second system. | 04-10-2014 |
20140244844 | CONTROL DEVICE AND RESOURCE CONTROL METHOD - A control device includes a collecting unit that collects load information representing load at execution of an application from an information processing device which executes the application, a determining unit that determines whether or not the load represented in the load information collected by the collecting unit exceeds a predetermined threshold value, a deciding unit that obtains an increase/decrease amount of the load at the execution of the application using the load information collected by the collecting unit and load information collected in past by the collecting unit, and decides an amount of resource to be allocated at the execution of the application based on the obtained increase/decrease amount, when the determining unit determines that the load exceeds the predetermined threshold value, and an allocation unit that allocates the amount of resource decided by the deciding unit to the application. | 08-28-2014 |
20140258540 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A management system includes an information processing apparatus; a management apparatus; and a load balancing apparatus. And the management apparatus specifies a first processing entity that relates to a first application program whose performance is not guaranteed, upon detecting that a value related to a load of a second processing entity that relates to a second application program whose performance is guaranteed is equal to or greater than a first predetermined threshold, and requests the information processing apparatus to stop the first processing entity, and the information processing apparatus requests the load balancing apparatus to stop allocating processing to the first processing entity, stops the first processing entity upon detecting that a value related to a load of the first processing entity is equal to or less than a second predetermined threshold, and causes a third processing entity to start processing for the second application program. | 09-11-2014 |
20150254139 | REDUNDANCY PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS THEREOF - In this method, a first information processing apparatus in a first system identifies a second system that performs a first processing on behalf of the first system when an abnormality occurs in the first system, and transmits a first request that includes data concerning resources used to perform the first processing to a second information processing apparatus in the second system. Upon detecting an abnormality in the second system, the first information processing apparatus identifies a third system other than the second system, transmits a second request that includes data concerning resources used to perform the first processing to a third information processing apparatus in the third system, and transmits a third request to release resources secured for the first system to the second information processing apparatus in the second system, upon detecting return of the second system. | 09-10-2015 |
20150263963 | PACKET TRANSFER SYSTEM AND PACKET TRANSFER METHOD - A packet transfer system includes a transmitter apparatus, a processing apparatus, a first transfer apparatus and a second transfer apparatus. The transmitter apparatus transmits a data packet including data and quality information associated with a transfer rate of the data. The first transfer apparatus performs a transfer process of the data packet received from the transmitter apparatus. The second transfer apparatus is connected to the first transfer apparatus through first and second routes, and transfers a data packet received from the first transfer apparatus. The first route is used for transferring a data packet including first quality information associated with a first transfer rate. The second route is used for transferring a data packet including second quality information associated with a second transfer rate. The second transfer apparatus releases the first route when reception of a data packet including the first quality information has been terminated. | 09-17-2015 |
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20100131992 | Delivery of content in video-on-demand system - A method of delivering and playing content includes delivering, through first-group channels, an entirety of content at a content bit rate with a time difference between each delivery commencement, delivering, through one or more second-group channels, only a start portion of the content at two or more times the content bit rate, selecting, from the first-group channels and the one or more second-group channels, a channel through which the start portion of the content is received earliest after a view request, followed by receiving and playing the start portion, and selecting, after receiving the start portion through the selected channel that is one of the one or more second-group channels, one of the first-group channels through which the remainder of the content is received for a first time after a start of the reception of the start portion, followed by receiving and playing the remainder of the content. | 05-27-2010 |
20100332590 | Inheritance communication administrating apparatus - A disclosed inheritance communication administrating apparatus including a state administration unit configured to receive a report in a certain timing from a first terminal apparatus, the report includes position data of a content received by the first terminal apparatus, and configured to store the position data, and a list sending unit configured to receive a request for a list from a second terminal, acquire the requested list from a menu server, determine whether there is the content which is being viewed and listened to by a user of the second terminal in reference to the position data, and add to the list the content which is being viewed and listened to as a candidate content and send the list to the second terminal. | 12-30-2010 |
20120060178 | Continuable communication management apparatus and continuable communication managing method - A continuable communication management apparatus includes a viewing manage that, upon receiving view information representing a reproduction state of video content from an arbitrary view terminal, registers the view information; a video list provider that, in response to a video list request transmitted from a view terminal, accesses a menu server to acquire the video list, determines if there is video content with a suspended state designated by the view terminal in the view information, and if there is the video content with the suspended state, adds the video content with the suspended state as a candidate of continuable viewing to the video list, and transmit the added video list to the view terminal; and a reporting device that finds an information item containing an indication of a view location of the video content with the suspended state from the view information and transmits the information item to the view terminal. | 03-08-2012 |
20120216289 | CONTENT PROVISION SYSTEM - The second content provision system determines, in response to a request by a user from a second terminal belonging to a second network, a second content being a same content as a first content, which is provided to the first terminal belonging to a first network or an alternative content for the first content and matching rights of the user. The second content is provided from the second network to the second terminal and can be used by the second terminal. The second content is determined by using content information specifying the first content which is in-use or which the use has interrupted and ownership information indicating the rights of the user and the content provision system acquires the content information and the ownership information from the first content provision system in response to the request from the second terminal. | 08-23-2012 |
20120227080 | INHERITED COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANAGING INHERITED COMMUNICATION - In an inherited communication management apparatus, a storage unit stores viewing information relating to the content viewing state of a user of a terminal. On a request from the user of the terminal for content viewing, a requesting unit requests another inherited communication management apparatus to examine whether or not the other inherited communication management apparatus stores viewing information including information relating to interruption of the content viewing by the user. A receiving unit receives a result of the examination requested by the requesting unit. When the examination result received by the receiving unit includes the viewing information including information relating to the interruption of the content viewing, a transmitting unit transmits information relating to interrupted content based on the viewing information to the terminal of the user that has requested the content viewing. | 09-06-2012 |