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| 20150096701 | SHEET MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND DEFIBRATING UNIT - The sheet manufacturing apparatus includes the defibrating unit configured to carry out a dry-type defibrating process on defibration object by rotating a rotating unit, and manufactures sheets by accumulating and heating at least a portion of defibrated material on which the dry-type defibrating process is carried out. The rotating unit includes a rotor that has a plurality of protruding sections on an outer circumference of the rotor, and a feeding blade configured to generate a flow of air and arranged on a side section of the rotor on a side of the input section for the defibration object. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150096702 | SHEET MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND DEFIBRATION UNIT - The sheet manufacturing apparatus in the present invention includes a defibration unit configured to cause a rotating unit to rotate and dry-defibrating a defibration object, and at least a part of defibrated material that has been dry-defibrated is deposited and heated to manufacture a sheet. A plurality of rotating plates provided with a base section located on a central rotation axis side and a plurality of protruding sections that protrude out in a direction drawing away from the central rotation axis are stacked in the rotating unit such that the protruding sections are in contact in a direction in which the central rotation axis extends. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150240417 | SHEET MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - The sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a defibrating unit configured to defibrate a defibration object in the air, and a sheet forming unit configured to form a sheet by using at least a part of defibrated material that has been defibrated by the defibrating unit. The flow path configured to transfer the defibration object to the defibrating unit has a pipeline unit through which the defibration object passes, an opening having a size through which the defibration object does not pass on a surface of the pipeline unit, and an enclosure unit enclosing the pipeline unit such that the opening is positioned inside. | 08-27-2015 |
| 20150251867 | SHEET MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes: a first transport unit that causes a first transport belt to circle around so as to transport a web; and a second transport unit that is disposed with a part thereof shifted from the first transport unit toward the downstream side in a transport direction of the web, sucks the web in a direction in which the web is spaced from the first transport belt, and transports the web. The second transport unit includes a suction chamber which is positioned on an inner side of a second transport belt circling around and of which an inner space is sucked by a suction unit such that the web is adsorbed onto the second transport belt. The suction unit is positioned on the outer side of the second transport belt in a direction orthogonal to the transport direction of the web along the surface of the web. | 09-10-2015 |
| 20150252530 | SHEET MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes: a first transport unit that causes a first transport belt to circle around so as to transport a web containing a fiber; and a second transport unit that is disposed with a part thereof shifted from the first transport unit toward the downstream side in a transport direction of the web, sucks the web in a direction in which the web is spaced from the first transport belt, and transports the web. The second transport unit includes a suction unit that generates a suction force and a suction chamber which is positioned on an inner side of a second transport belt circling around and of which an inner space is sucked by the suction unit such that the web is adsorbed onto the second transport belt. A part of the suction chamber faces the first transport belt. | 09-10-2015 |
| 20150275429 | SHEET MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes: a defibrating unit which defibrates a defibration object including fibers; a cylinder unit which allows a defibrated material which is defibration-processed in the defibrating unit to pass through a plurality of holes that is on a cylindrical surface by rotating; a housing unit which covers the cylinder unit so that the plurality of holes is included therein; a supplying unit which supplies additive agents that bonds the plurality of fibers, on an outer side of the cylinder unit to an inner side of the housing unit; and a bonding unit which forms a sheet by bonding the fibers and the additive agents. | 10-01-2015 |
| 20150275430 | SHEET MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes: a defibrating unit which defibrates a defibration object including fibers; a cylinder unit which allows a defibrated material which is defibration-processed in the defibrating unit and introduced via an introduction port to pass through a plurality of holes that is on a cylindrical surface by rotating; a supplying unit which is provided with a supply port which supplies additive agents that bond the plurality of fibers in the cylinder portion; and a bonding unit which forms a sheet by bonding the fibers and the additive agents. | 10-01-2015 |
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| 20110206397 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus comprising a latent image carrier for supporting a latent image, a charging unit for charging the latent image carrier, a developing unit for developing the latent image supported by the latent image carrier which has a developing member for supporting a liquid developer containing a toner and a carrier liquid, and to which a developing bias is applied, a first optical density detector for detecting the toner optical density in the liquid developer supported by the latent image carrier developed by the developing member, a squeeze unit for squeezing the latent image carrier which has a squeeze member brought into contact with the latent image carrier for which toner optical density has been detected by the first optical density detector, and a second optical density detector for detecting the toner optical density of the liquid developer supported by the latent image carrier squeezed by the squeeze member. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110217083 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The image forming apparatus includes a latent image carrier that holds a latent image thereon, a developer carrier that develops the latent image on the latent image carrier by using a liquid developer including a toner and a carrier liquid, a squeeze roller being in contact with the latent image carrier, that holds an image developed by the developer carrier, to squeeze the liquid developer on the latent image, and a control unit that applies a first bias to the squeeze roller, when a first position of the latent image carrier that does not hold the latent image is in contact with the squeeze roller, and that applies a second bias being different from the first bias to the squeeze roller, when a second position of the latent image carrier that holds the latent image is in contact with the squeeze roller. | 09-08-2011 |
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| 20100009278 | TONER AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A toner is provided which has toner particles and a fine silica powder mixed by external addition to the toner particles. The toner has a weight average particle diameter of 4.0 to 9.0 μm. The fine silica powder is subjected to hydrophobic treatment with dimethylsilicone oil, and has, in particle size distribution based on volume, a peak at which cumulative frequency is largest, in the measurement range of 0.02 μm to 1,000.00 μm; the cumulative frequency of 0.10 μm to less than 1.00 μm being 7.0% or less, and, the fine silica powder fulfills the following conditions:
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| 20110136054 | TONER - A toner having toner base particles each of which contains at least a binder resin and a colorant, and silica titania composite particles. The silica titania composite particles contain silica in an amount of from 55.0% by mass to 85.0% by mass; and, in a chart obtained by the measurement by Xray diffraction of the silica titania composite particles and where, in respect of a peak having the highest diffraction intensity and a peak having the next-highest diffraction intensity among peaks present in the range of 2θ=24.0 to 29.0, the value of area of the peak on the lower-angle side is represented by Xa and the value of area of the peak on the higher-angle side is represented by Xb, the ratio of Xa/Xb is from 95/5 to 75/25. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20130224647 | TONER - Provided is a toner manufactured in an aqueous solvent, whereby a satisfactory image density can be obtained and the toner laid-on level on a recording medium can be reduced with a normal added concentration of pigment without adding a large quantity of pigment to the toner. The toner is manufactured in an aqueous medium by the suspension polymerization or dissolution suspension method and contains a binder resin, a pigment and an azo compound. The azo compound is a specific azo compound, and the absolute value of the difference in zeta potential between the binder resin and the azo compound is 25 mV or less. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130244165 | TONER - A toner is provided that, even in a small amount thereof, gives a satisfactory image density and that is free of image problems, e.g., fogging and offset resistance, even during long-term use and in a high-temperature, high-humidity environment. The toner contains a binder resin, a pigment, and a prescribed azo compound wherein, designating as (A) the solubility of the azo compound in a toluene-hexane solubility test and as (B) the solubility of the binder resin constituting the toner in the toluene-hexane solubility test, the (A) and the (B) satisfy the relationship |(B)−(A)|≦60. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20140080048 | TONER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING TONER - A toner is provided that can maintain high transferability even in long-term image output, can maintain high chargeability even in a high temperature and high humidity environment, and rarely causes fogging due to charging failure. The toner contains toner particles produced by a suspension polymerization method or a dissolution suspension method. The volume-average particle diameter (Dv) of silica particles is 50 nm or more and 800 nm or less. The mass loss rate due to heating of the silica particles from 105° C. to 200° C. is 0.60% or less. The hydrophobicity of the silica particles is 5% or more and less than 40%. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20150056549 | TONER - The present invention is a toner including toner particles prepared by forming particles of a polymerizable monomer composition including a polymerizable monomer, a pigment, a pigment dispersant and a crystalline polyester resin in an aqueous medium, and polymerizing the polymerizable monomer, wherein the polymerizable monomer is a polymerizable monomer for preparing a vinyl copolymer, the difference in an SP value between the pigment dispersant and the crystalline polyester resin is −1.5 to +0.8, the difference in an SP value between the pigment dispersant an the vinyl copolymer is −1.1 to +1.2, the pigment dispersant has a polymer component and an adsorbable component adsorbed to the pigment, the polymer component is a vinyl polymer, the polymer component of the pigment dispersant has a number average molecular weight of 3,000 to 20,000, and a rate of adsorption of the pigment dispersant to the pigment is 30% or more. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150241806 | TONER - A toner has a toner particle that contains a binder resin and a charge control resin, wherein the charge control resin is a polymer that contains a unit A and a unit B, the unit A is a unit derived from 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid, the unit B is a unit derived from an electron donor compound that has a polymerizable unsaturated group, and a molar ratio between the unit A and the unit B is from 1.0 to 10.0. | 08-27-2015 |
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| 20120115079 | TONER - A toner containing toner particles, each of which contains a binder resin and a colorant, and silica particles, wherein the silica particles have a volume average particle diameter (Dv) of 70 nm or more and 500 nm or less, the variation coefficient of diameters of the silica particles, based on volume distribution thereof, is 23% or less, and wherein when the silica particles are heated from 105° C. to 200° C., the ratio of mass decrease is 0.60% or less. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20140162185 | TONER - A toner containing toner particles, each of which contains a binder resin and a colorant, and silica particles, wherein the silica particles have a volume average particle diameter (Dv) of 70 nm or more and 500 nm or less, the variation coefficient of diameters of the silica particles, based on volume distribution thereof, is 23% or less, and wherein when the silica particles are heated from 105° C. to 200° C., the ratio of mass decrease is 0.60% or less. | 06-12-2014 |
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| 20090157856 | Storage Device System and Storage Device System Activating Method - A storage device system has a plurality of storage devices for storing information; a storage device control section that controls storage of information in the storage devices; and a connection unit connected to the storage device control section. Furthermore, the storage device system has a first communication control section that includes a first processor which is connected to the storage device control section via the connection unit and also connected on a first network external to the storage device system, which converts information of a first form received over the first external network into information of a second form, and which issues a request for access to the storage devices; and a second processor which accesses the storage devices via the connection unit and the storage device control section in response to the access request issued from the first processor, and which controls activation of the first processor. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20110029732 | STORAGE DEVICE CONTROLLER WITH A PLURALITY OF I/O PROCESSORS REQUESTING DATA FROM A PLURALITY OF STRIPE UNITS OF A LOGICAL VOLUME - Provided is a storage controller capable of improving the access performance to the storage device by preventing an I/O access request to the storage device from being concentrated on certain I/O processors among a plurality of I/O processor, and causing the plurality of I/O processors to issue the I/O access request in a well balanced manner. With this storage control system, a plurality of stripe units are formed by striping the logical volume into a stripe size of an arbitrary storage capacity, and information regarding which I/O processor among the plurality of I/O processors will output the I/O request to which stripe unit among the plurality of stripe units is stored as the control information in the memory. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110289331 | STORAGE SYSTEM AND ITS INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - Returning a response to a host system in a range which does not cause time-out by the host system even if a disk device in a power saving status is an access target of the host system. A NAS controller determines an access request from a client terminal, outputs a command for spinning up a disk device in a spin off status to a disk controller if the access target includes shared folders corresponding with the disk devices in the spin off status, sends response information to the client terminal to the effect that processing for connection with the shared folder as the access target is being performed in response to the access request, and inhibits the client terminal from shifting to the time-out processing. | 11-24-2011 |
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| 20130081055 | TASK PROCESSOR - A task processor includes a CPU, a save circuit, and a task control circuit. A task control circuit is provided with a task selection circuit and state storage units associated with respective tasks. When executing a predetermined system call instruction, the CPU notifies the task control circuit accordingly. When informed of the execution of a system call instruction, the task control circuit selects a task to be subsequently executed in accordance with an output from the selection circuit. When an interrupt circuit receives a high-speed interrupt request signal, the task switching circuit controls the state transition of a task by executing an interrupt handling instruction designated by the interrupt circuit. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20140215488 | TASK PROCESSOR - A task processor includes a CPU, a save circuit, and a task control circuit. A task control circuit is provided with a task selection circuit and state storage units associated with respective tasks. When executing a predetermined system call instruction, the CPU notifies the task control circuit accordingly. When informed of the execution of a system call instruction, the task control circuit selects a task to be subsequently executed in accordance with an output from the selection circuit. When an interrupt circuit receives a high-speed interrupt request signal, the task switching circuit controls the state transition of a task by executing an interrupt handling instruction designated by the interrupt circuit. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20150074676 | TASK PROCESSNG DEVICE - A plurality of tasks are processed simultaneously in a plurality of CPUs. A task control circuit is connected to the plurality of CPUs, and when executing a system call signal instruction, each CPU transmits a system call signal to the task control circuit. Upon receipt of a system call signal from a CPU 0, the task control circuit | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150301856 | TASK PROCESSOR - A task processor includes a CPU, a save circuit, and a task control circuit. A task control circuit is provided with a task selection circuit and state storage units associated with respective tasks. When executing a predetermined system call instruction, the CPU notifies the task control circuit accordingly. When informed of the execution of a system call instruction, the task control circuit selects a task to be subsequently executed in accordance with an output from the selection circuit. When an interrupt circuit receives a high-speed interrupt request signal, the task switching circuit controls the state transition of a task by executing an interrupt handling instruction designated by the interrupt circuit. | 10-22-2015 |
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| 20090241713 | VEHICLE RANGE SWITCHING DEVICE - A vehicle range switching device including a motor that is controlled according to operation of a shift range selecting portion, a driving portion that is driven by the motor, and a detecting portion for detecting a pivot position of a range control shaft for transmitting driving force from the driving portion to a shift range operating portion for switching a shift range, comprising: a case member accommodating the driving portion and the detecting portion; a support portion pivotally supported by the case member and having a recess for mounting one end of the range control shaft therein, wherein the support portion and the case member are sealed; and a removing unit disposed in the recess of the support portion for removing a play between the one end of the range control shaft and the recess of the support portion. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20100229677 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION CONTROL UNIT AND AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION INCLUDING THE SAME - A control unit that is not subjected to any external force except its own weight until completion of assembly, and is easily mounted to an automatic transmission. A connector facing an inside connector provided inside an automatic transmission is provided at a lower end of a unit main body, and another connecter exposed to the outside of the automatic transmission is provided at an upper end of the unit main body. The unit main body includes a control device such as a microcomputer for controlling the automatic transmission. The unit main body is guided by a moving-side guide portion formed in a lower part thereof and protrusions provided as a fixing-side guide portion, thereby connecting the lower end connecter to the connector. The automatic transmission and the unit main body are sealed by a flange and a packing of a sealing mechanism portion. The flange covers from above a through hole for inserting the unit main body of the automatic transmission therein. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100232115 | ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT DEVICE - An electronic circuit device including a circuit board having electronic parts, and a flexible wiring board for connection between the circuit board and external equipment. The circuit board has circuit-side connection terminals juxtaposed on a mount surface having the electrical parts mounted thereon or a non-mount surface. The wiring board has terminals juxtaposed on one of the surfaces thereof so that the wiring-board-side connection terminals confront the circuit-side circuit board connection terminals, and free-end portions each formed so as to include at least one of the wiring-board-side connection terminals, and the wiring board free-end portions are not adhesively attached to the circuit board, and the circuit-side connection terminals are electrically connected to the corresponding wiring-board-side connection terminals while the circuit-side connection terminals confront the wiring-board-side connection terminals. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20110007478 | ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT DEVICE - An electronic circuit device that suppresses deformation of an adhesive layer of a flexible printed circuit board during formation of a resin seal portion, and suppresses deterioration of the circuit board caused by deformation of the adhesive layer. The electronic circuit device includes a substrate mounted with an electronic component; a flexible printed circuit board electrically connectable to the substrate and an external device, and includes a wiring conductor and a pair of insulation films covering upper and lower surfaces of the wiring conductor; and a resin molding portion to seal the substrate and a portion of the circuit board. The wiring conductor of the circuit board is adhered through an adhesive layer to at least one of the pair of insulation films, and a dummy wiring material that does not function as wiring is disposed on an outer side of a border between the circuit board and an outer peripheral portion of the plastic molding portion, and disposed between the pair of insulation films. | 01-13-2011 |
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| 20090306552 | ULTRASONIC MEDICAL APPARATUS - The present invention solves the issue of bacterial infection by medical devices such as intracorporeal indwelling catheters. The present invention relates to an ultrasonic medical apparatus including a medical device (titanium oxide coated medical device | 12-10-2009 |
| 20120089020 | BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION INSPECTING APPARATUS - A blood vessel function inspecting apparatus including a first blood state index value calculating portion that obtains estimated hematocrit values at a plurality of points predetermined within a blood vessel, on the basis of values of a blood viscosity and values of a shear rate at said plurality of points, which are respectively extracted from a viscosity distribution and a shear rate distribution, and according to reference relationships between a hematocrit value and the blood viscosity, which reference relationships respectively correspond predetermined different values of the shear rate; and a second blood state index value calculating portion that calculates, as said blood state index value, a value relating to an amount of difference of the estimated hematocrit values at said plurality of points with respect to each other, which amount is minimized by transforming said reference relationships at the same ratio for all of the values of the shear rate. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120095332 | BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION INSPECTING APPARATUS - A blood vessel function inspecting apparatus including blood flow velocity distribution measuring portion for measuring a blood flow velocity distribution within a blood vessel in a non-invasion manner with ultrasonic waves before releasing of the blood vessel from a blood flow obstruction or after a blood vessel diameter measuring time period; viscosity-shear rate relationship calculating portion; and blood shear stress calculating portion for measuring a blood flow velocity within the blood vessel, concurrently with the measurement of a change ratio of the diameter of the blood vessel within the predetermined blood vessel diameter measuring time period after releasing of the blood vessel from the blood flow obstruction, and calculating a blood shear stress on the basis of a measured blood flow velocity, and according to a viscosity-shear rate relationship. | 04-19-2012 |
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| 20090016543 | ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - An apparatus for performing processing of an input acoustic signal to be reproduced by a loudspeaker, which generates a harmonic of a low pitch sound component equal to or lower than a predetermined low cutoff frequency, and generates a harmonic synthesized acoustic signal synthesizing the input signal with the harmonic. The apparatus generates an output acoustic signal which cuts off, from the harmonic synthesized acoustic signal, a low pitch sound component equal to or lower than the low cutoff frequency and a high pitch sound component equal to or higher than the high cutoff frequency. The apparatus sets a low and high cutoff frequencies in accordance with an output characteristic of a loudspeaker. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090169026 | SOUND EFFECT CIRCUIT AND PROCESSING METHOD - A sound effect circuit and processing method are disclosed. An input audio signal is input to a digital sound effect unit, an output signal is generated and output with a sound effect in accordance with an effect amount of a certain value from the input audio signal using the digital sound effect unit, the input audio signal is also input to a silence state detection unit, a silence detect signal is generated and output when detecting that the current state of the input audio signal is a silence state using the silence state detection unit, the output signal is input to a sound effect amount control unit, and an output audio signal is output using the sound effect amount control unit, wherein the sound effect amount control unit changes the effect amount to be smaller than the certain value when the silence detect signal is generated. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20100073213 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE - A CLK generating section of a digital ALC generates a multiplication clock signal that is obtained by multiplying a triangular wave generated at a triangular wave generating circuit. On the basis of the multiplication clock signal, a signal converting section converts a one-bit digital audio signal outputted from an outputting stage into a multi-bit digital signal, and monitors a voltage value of an input signal. A level controlling section controls a voltage level on the basis of a target level inputted from an exterior of an LSI. On the basis of a control signal inputted from an exterior of the LSI, a volume controlling section outputs, to a PGA, a gain adjusting signal so as to vary a waveform of an input signal. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20110128019 | Method and circuitry for identifying plug type - This method is applied to a dual-use jack of an electronic device. Either a headphone plug or a line output plug is inserted into the dual-use jack. The method determines the type of a plug connected to the dual-use jack when the plug is inserted into the dual-use jack. The determination is made based on a load resistance of the plug connected to the jack. The method includes feeding an electric current through the load resistance in a first direction. The method compares a voltage across the load resistance to a reference voltage and determines the type of the plug in use. The method also includes feeding an electric current through the load resistance in a second direction. This electric current can reduce or eliminate a pop-noise when the plug type is determined. The second direction is different from the first direction. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110150237 | Signal processing device and signal processing method - A signal processing device includes a non-inverting amplifier, an inverting amplifier, a converter, and a controller. The non-inverting amplifier amplifies a level of an analog sound signal input from outside with a first gain whose value is variable. The inverting amplifier amplifies a level of the analog sound signal amplified by the non-inverting amplifier with a second gain whose value is variable. The converter converts the analog sound signal amplified by the inverting amplifier to a digital sound signal. The controller detects a level of the digital sound signal converted by the converter and, in accordance with the detected level of the digital sound signal converted by the converter, controls the first gain and the second gain such that a level of the analog sound signal input to the converter is at a pre-specified level. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110153046 | Signal processing device and signal processing method - A signal processing device includes a first amplifier, a converter, a signal processor, a controller, and a second amplifier. The first amplifier amplifies a level of an externally input analog audio signal with a first gain whose value is variable. The converter converts the analog audio signal amplified by the first amplifier into a digital audio signal. The signal processor that performs tone control signal processing on the digital audio signal. The controller detects a level of the digital audio signal before the signal processing and controls the value of the first gain in accordance with the detected level. The second amplifier detects a level of the digital audio signal after the signal processing and amplifies the digital audio signal after the signal processing with a second gain determined in accordance with the detected level and the first gain whose value has been controlled by the controller. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20120014539 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP, SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF PROCESSING SIGNAL - In a signal processing apparatus, a high frequency level detecting unit detects a level of a high frequency component adjusted with a first adjusting unit, and a first control unit controls a first gain of the adjusting unit according to the level of the high frequency component thus detected. Further, a low frequency level detecting unit detects a level of a low frequency component adjusted with a second adjusting unit. A second control unit controls a second gain according to the level of the high frequency component and the level of the low frequency component thus adjusted, so that a difference between the level of the high frequency component adjusted with the first adjusting unit and the level of the low frequency component adjusted with the second adjusting unit becomes smaller than a specific level determined in advance. | 01-19-2012 |
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| 20140112444 | X-RAY DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - In an embodiment, an X-ray diagnostic apparatus includes an image capturing unit which captures an X-ray image of a subject on a tabletop, a movement mechanism which moves the tabletop and the image capturing unit relative to each other, an acquisition unit which acquires device position information on the tabletop and the image capturing unit in capturing the X-ray image, a display unit which displays the X-ray image captured by the image capturing unit, an input unit which inputs added information to be added to the X-ray image displayed on the display unit, and a management unit which manages the X-ray image captured by the image capturing unit, the device position information acquired by the acquisition unit, and the added information inputted by the input unit in association with one another. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140146944 | X-RAY DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND A DOSE MANAGEMENT METHOD - An X-ray diagnosis apparatus detects X-rays output from an X-ray source and transmitted through a subject, and generates images of the inside of the subject, and comprises a detector, an X-ray intensity distribution data generator, and an entrance dose distribution data generator. The detector detects the intensity of the X-rays output from the X-ray source. The X-ray intensity distribution data generator generates X-ray intensity distribution data showing the X-ray intensity for each of a plurality of subdomains of an X-ray irradiation field from the X-ray source based on the detection outcome by the detector. The entrance dose distribution data generator generates entrance dose distribution data showing the dose of X-rays output from the X-ray source and irradiated onto the subject, based on the X-ray intensity distribution data. | 05-29-2014 |
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| 20110235254 | CONTROL PANEL SUPPORT MECHANISM, CONTROL PANEL ASSEMBLY, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is a control panel support mechanism having a first support member attached to an image forming apparatus, a second support member supporting a control panel and axially supported by the first support member to be vertically swingable with respect to the first support member, a lock member slidable towards or away from a swing axis of the second support member, and a biasing unit to bias the lock member to slide towards the swing axis. The first support member has a plurality of engaging grooves each positioned along a radial direction with respect to the swing axis and having an opening at an end of the first support member opposite the swing axis, the plurality of engaging grooves being aligned vertically. The biasing unit biases the lock member so that the lock member enters one of the plurality of engaging grooves through the opening to lock in engagement with the engaging groove. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20120307317 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus includes a light source device, a reader, a plurality of strip-shaped density reference members, and a shading corrector. The plurality of strip-shaped density reference members that extend along main scanning direction. The plurality of strip-shaped density reference members are separately disposed in at least three positions including an upstream end portion, a center portion, and a downstream end portion in the moving direction of the sub scanning direction within a readable area of the reader. The shading corrector is configured to calculate shading correction data using density distribution data obtained by reading the plurality of strip-shaped density reference members with the reader and correct image data of the printed document on a pixel to pixel basis, based on the shading correction data. | 12-06-2012 |
