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| 20090010675 | Image Forming Apparatus - The image forming apparatus has a configuration in which a secondary transfer roller guides a leading end of a recording material which enters a secondary transfer nip to be led to the secondary transfer nip and the leading end of the recording material is prevented from coming into contact with a toner image on an intermediate transferring member before the recording material enters the secondary transfer nip. Further, in the image forming apparatus, a surface of a transfer roller is smoothened so that the leading end of the recording material is guided to the secondary transfer nip without being caught. As a result, the present invention is intended to prevent the leading end of the recording material which enters the secondary transfer nip from distorting the toner image on the intermediate transferring member. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090060599 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING A MECHANISM FOR DETECTING A MARK ON A BELT - A circumferential length of a belt is measured within a short period of time. A plurality of marks is provided on a belt. Distances between the marks are set to be all different from each other. The distance between the marks is set to allow the mark to be identified by measuring a period of time between the detection of one mark and that of the next mark even if the length of the belt is changed to some degree by the expansion of the belt or the like. Then, a period of time between the identified mark and the next mark is accurately measured. The total circumferential length of the belt is measured based on the results of measurement. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090129797 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is provided, which prevents occurrence of conveying malfunction or image failure due to variation of conveying speed caused by endurance of a fixing unit or a conveying unit, variation of using environment, or a type of a recording material. The image forming apparatus includes: a fixing unit for heating and fixing a toner image on a recording sheet (P); a secondary transferring portion for conveying the recording sheet (P) to the fixing unit; a loop sensor for detecting a degree of a loop of the recording sheet (P) generated according to a speed difference between a conveying speed of the fixing unit and a conveying speed of the secondary transferring portion; a CPU for controlling the conveying speed of the fixing unit; a fixing deliver sensor for detecting a used amount of the fixing unit; and an EEPROM for storing information on the used amount of the fixing unit detected by the fixing deliver sensor. The CPU controls the conveying speed of the fixing unit based on the information of the used amount of the fixing unit stored in the EEPROM and a detection result of the loop sensor. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20110194879 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member for bearing a toner image; a movable endless transfer belt for transferring the toner image from the image bearing member onto a transfer material; and a transfer device for transferring the toner image from the image bearing member toward the transfer belt. The transfer device includes a transfer member for sliding on an inner surface of the transfer belt in contact with the inner surface, a supporting member for supporting the transfer member and an urging member for urging the supporting member toward the transfer belt. The transfer member is contacted to the inner surface of the transfer belt at a contact surface thereof without rotation relative to the supporting member during movement of the transfer belt. The supporting member is rotatable about a center axis thereof so as to be moved in a direction perpendicular to a movement direction of the transfer belt. The contact surface is convex with predetermined curvature toward the transfer belt. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110255909 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus includes an endless and movable transfer material bearing belt, a transfer member, an opposing member and a belt guide member, wherein a conveyance direction of the transfer material in a first area is substantially the same as a conveyance direction of the transfer material in a second area, the first area corresponding to a nip area formed by the opposing member and the transfer member and the second area corresponding to an area in which the belt guide member bringing the transfer material bearing belt and the image bearing belt come into contact with each other. By the virtue of the present invention, a transfer material is restrained from scraping off the leading end of a toner image before the leading end of the toner image enters a transfer nip portion, while suppressing spattering of the toner image on the upstream of the transfer nip portion. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20120039639 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING A MECHANISM FOR DETECTING A MARK ON A BELT - A circumferential length of a belt is measured within a short period of time. A plurality of marks is provided on a belt. Distances between the marks are set to be all different from each other. The distance between the marks is set to allow the mark to be identified by measuring a period of time between the detection of one mark and that of the next mark even if the length of the belt is changed to some degree by the expansion of the belt or the like. Then, a period of time between the identified mark and the next mark is accurately measured. The total circumferential length of the belt is measured based on the results of measurement. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120243925 | CLEANING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable member-to-be-cleaned having elasticity; a cleaning member, having elasticity, for removing a deposited matter deposited on the member-to-be-cleaned; and a supporting portion for supporting the cleaning member so that the cleaning member swings around a swing fulcrum. The swing fulcrum of the supporting portion is provided so that a force exerted from the member-to-be-cleaned onto the cleaning member with respect to a direction along a tangential line where the cleaning member and the member-to-be-cleaned contact each other during movement of the member-to-be-cleaned has a vector component in a direction in which the cleaning member is moved away from the member-to-be-cleaned. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120269531 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a image carrying member; a transfer member forming a transfer nip for nipping and feeding a sheet while transferring the toner image onto the sheet; a fixing unit having a fixing nip for nipping and feeding the sheet discharged from the transfer nip while fixing the toner image; a bowing amount measuring unit for measuring a bowing amount of the sheet which is fed while being nipped by the transfer nip and fixing nip; and a sheet feeding speed controller, wherein the controller is capable of controlling the feeding speed of the fixing nip on the basis of a result detection of the measuring unit such that the bowing amount is substantially zero at the time when a trailing end of the sheet goes out of the transfer nip. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20130016984 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUSAANM Suzuki; AkimichiAACI Yokohama-shiAACO JPAAGP Suzuki; Akimichi Yokohama-shi JPAANM Nada; TakaoAACI Numazu-shiAACO JPAAGP Nada; Takao Numazu-shi JPAANM Kawakami; ShinyaAACI Mishima-shiAACO JPAAGP Kawakami; Shinya Mishima-shi JP - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; a rotatable endless belt; a first driving member for driving the belt in contact to an inner surface of the belt; a second driving member for driving the belt in contact to an outer surface of the belt; a tension detecting unit for detecting a state of tension of the belt; and a controller for controlling a rotational speed of the second driving member. A driving force applied from the second driving member to the belt is smaller than a driving force applied from the first driving member to the belt. The controller controls, on the basis of a detection result of the tension detecting unit, the rotational speed of the second driving member so that the state of tension of the belt is a predetermined state. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130108290 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | 05-02-2013 |
| 20140153950 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus configured to form a toner image on a recording material, includes: an image forming unit configured to form a unfixed toner image on the recording material; a fixing unit configured to heat the recording material where the unfixed toner image is formed while conveying the recording material using a nip portion, and to fix the unfixed toner image on the recording material; and a control unit configured to perform control so that temperature of the fixing unit is maintained in target temperature, with the target temperature (T | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140178087 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an exposure device configured to expose image bearing members charged by charging devices to form latent images on the image bearing members, and a control unit configured to, in ether one or both of an image forming unit A and an image forming unit B, adjust an amount of exposure by which the image bearing member is exposed and a charging voltage based on information about the image bearing members of the image forming units A and B. The control unit is configured to make the charging voltage and the amount of exposure in the image forming unit A different from the charging voltage and the amount of exposure in the image forming unit B. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140178111 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image bearing member, an intermediary transfer belt containing an ion conductive agent, a secondary transfer member, and a charging device. With respect to the intermediary transfer belt, when a difference in number of digits between resistivity measured by using a metal probe and resistivity measured by using a sputtering electrode is ΔM, a difference in number of digits between resistivity in a first environment and resistivity in a second environment higher than the first environment in temperature or humidity is ΔE, a length of the secondary transfer portion with respect to the movement direction of the intermediary transfer belt is La, and a distance from the charging portion to the primary transfer portion with respect to the movement direction is Lb, the following relationship is satisfied: | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140314437 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming portion; a fixing portion; a first air blowing portion; and a second air blowing portion. The apparatus is operable in a first air blowing mode in which both the first and second air blowing portions are driven and in which the direction of the air near the exit is the recording material feeding direction, and is operable in a second air blowing mode in which both the first and second air blowing portions are driven and in which a direction of the air near the exit is a recording material feeding direction and a speed of the air is lower than a speed of the air in the first air blowing mode or in which the direction of the air near the exit is the opposite direction to the recording material feeding direction. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140314458 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion; and a fixing portion. The fixing portion includes a cylindrical film, a nip-forming member and a roller including a shaft portion and an elastic layer. The elastic layer contacts an outer surface of the film except an end region of the film with respect to a generatrix direction. In the end region, the shaft portion and the outer surface of the film oppose each other with a spatial region with respect to a radial direction of the shaft portion. The image forming apparatus includes a spacer occupying at least a part of the spatial region. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20150063885 | FILM AND IMAGE HEATING DEVICE USING FILM - A cylindrical film used in an image heating device heating a recording material, on which an image has been formed, has a resin layer, this resin layer being made from a resin in which a crystalline resin and an amorphous resin having a higher glass transition temperature than the crystalline resin are blended, wherein a volume ratio of the crystalline resin with respect to the amorphous resin in the resin layer is 70/30 to 99/1. | 03-05-2015 |
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| 20090057800 | SMALL-SIZE MODULE - According to one embodiment, a small-size module an IC chip having leads provided on at least two sides of the IC chip, a circuit substrate having a component mounting face, plural pairs of auxiliary substrates which are disposed between the component mounting face of the circuit substrate and the IC chip so as to nip the leads extending from each of the two sides and mount the IC chip on the component mounting face of the circuit substrate, and a through conductor which is provided in at least one of the pair of the auxiliary substrates and bonded conductively to the nipped leads to connect the leads to the circuit substrate. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090283299 | COMPONENT-EMBEDDED PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a component-embedded printed circuit board is provided with a built-in component mounted on a component mounting surface of a substrate and enclosed by an insulating layer, an interior pattern layer for heat radiation which is provided on the opposite side of the built-in component from the substrate and radiates heat generated from the built-in component, and an exterior pattern layer for heat radiation connected to the interior pattern layer for heat radiation. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090294155 | FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD, SHIELD PROCESSING METHOD FOR THE CIRCUIT BOARD AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, there is provided a flexible printed circuit board including a base layer, a signal layer formed on a surface of the base layer, a cover layer covering the signal layer, a connecting pattern portion formed in the signal layer, an opening formed in the cover layer and surrounds periphery of the connecting pattern portion, a conductive shield material covering the cover layer in which part of the conductive shield material fills the opening, thereby adhering to an upper face and sides of the connecting pattern portion, and a protective layer covering the conductive shield material. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090296349 | COMPONENT-EMBEDDED PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a component-embedded printed circuit board includes an opening for member fixation provided on part of a peripheral edge of an outer layer side of the first substrate, a metal member for heat radiation laminated to outer layer side, except for the opening for member fixation, of the first substrate with an insulating layer therebetween, a through-hole penetrating the first and second substrates and communicating with the opening for member fixation, and a through-hole conductor provided on an internal wall of the through-hole. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20110188215 | Electronic Device and Circuit Board - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a circuit board housed in a housing. The circuit board further includes a conductive layer, an insulating layer and a signal line. The conductive layer includes a base portion including a surface, a plurality of first projecting portions formed integrally with the base portion and extending in parallel with each other on the surface of the base portion, and a plurality of second projecting portions formed integrally with the base portion and extending in parallel with each other to cross the plurality of first projecting portions. The insulating layer is stacked on the conductive layer to cover the surface of the base portion, and the signal line is stacked on the insulating layer and extends in a direction crossing directions in which the first and second projecting portions extend. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110240325 | Printed Wiring Board and Electronic Apparatus - According to one embodiment, there is provided a printed wiring board including: a board body having a first surface and a second surface opposite thereto, a product part defined in the board body, at which a wiring pattern is formed; an end part defined in the board body, at a position separated from the product part; a connecting part defined in the board body, through which the product part and the end part are connected; and a coating-material applied on the first surface of the board body along the connecting part. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20120002376 | Flexible Printed Wiring Board and Electronic Apparatus - According to one embodiment, the flexible printed wiring board of the one embodiment has a base, corrugated portion, and block. The base has therein a conductor that electrically connects a first end and a second end. The corrugated portion is formed in a middle part of the base and has a ridge and legs. The ridge is roundly bent. The legs continuously hang from opposite sides of the ridge. The block is located off the ridge within a gap where the legs face each other and is mounted on one of the legs. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20130027939 | BULB-TYPE LED LAMP - According to one embodiment, an LED lamp includes an LED module and a light guide. The LED module includes a plurality of LEDs annularly arranged and mounted on a front surface of a board, and an opening provided in the board at an inside surrounded by the LEDs. The light guide is engaged and fastened to the opening from the front surface side of the board. The light guide guides part of light emitted by the LEDs, and emits the light guided from the front surface side to a rear surface side over an outer edge part of the board. | 01-31-2013 |
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| 20130190978 | In-Car Information System, In-Car Device, and Information Terminal - An information terminal includes: an operation assignment information storage unit that stores operation assignment information; an actuation information reception unit that receives from an in-car device actuation information; an assignment unit that, on the basis of the operation assignment information and the actuation information, assigns some among a plurality of operations in the information terminal to each of one or more actuations among a plurality of types of actuation that can be inputted with an actuation unit provided to the in-car device respectively, according to priority levels; an actuation signal reception unit that receives an actuation signal outputted from the in-car device; and a conversion unit that, on the basis of the result of assignment by the assignment unit, converts the actuation signal into an operating command that corresponds to one among the plurality of operations. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20150024731 | In-Car Information System, In-Car Device, and Information Terminal - An information terminal includes: an operation assignment information storage unit that stores operation assignment information; an actuation information reception unit that receives from an in-car device actuation information; an assignment unit that, on the basis of the operation assignment information and the actuation information, assigns some among a plurality of operations in the information terminal to each of one or more actuations among a plurality of types of actuation that can be inputted with an actuation unit provided to the in-car device respectively, according to priority levels; an actuation signal reception unit that receives an actuation signal outputted from the in-car device; and a conversion unit that, on the basis of the result of assignment by the assignment unit, converts the actuation signal into an operating command that corresponds to one among the plurality of operations. | 01-22-2015 |
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| 20080266610 | DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING BASED ON PAPER FINGERPRINT - There is provided an image forming device that does not require an original image scanning operation upon copying of an original for the second time or later in a device for preventing illegal copying with the use of paper fingerprint information. Upon registration of the paper fingerprint information, original image data is scanned from the original. Also, the paper fingerprint information is scanned. The image forming device associates the original image data and the paper fingerprint information with each other to register them in an information processing device. Upon copying, paper fingerprint information scanned from an original is transmitted to the information processing device to request the device to determine whether or not the paper fingerprint information has been registered. If the paper fingerprint information has been registered is received, the original image data registered in association with the paper fingerprint information is retrieved from the information processing device. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20100049579 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A control method for controlling a data processing apparatus capable of communicating with a management apparatus that manages a starting date and time and an ending date and time of a conference to be held in a conference room and a presence/absence of a participant attending the conference in the conference room includes storing electronic data managed in association with the conference in a storage unit, and invalidating the electronic data stored in the storage unit based on the starting date and time of the conference and the presence/absence of the participant in the conference room or the ending date and time of the conference and a presence/absence of a person in the conference room, which are managed by the management apparatus. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20110134489 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a storage unit for storing image data; a readout unit for reading out the image data from the storage unit, while dividing the image data into a plurality of image data; image processing units for respectively performing image processing on the image data read out by the readout unit; an image combining unit for combining the received image data after deleting an unnecessary pixel; a control unit for shifting the plurality of image data, instructing the readout unit to read out image data to include an overlapping region such that the plurality of image data partially overlap each other, and instructing the image combining unit to delete the unnecessary pixel according to the shift; and an output unit for outputting the image data combined by the image combining unit. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20120263483 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A print control apparatus that controls a printing unit is provided. A determination unit determines print quality of a print image printed by the printing unit. A first counting unit counts the number of pages of each of sets whose print quality is determined by the determination unit not to satisfy a predetermined criterion. A second counting unit counts the number of same pages of the sets whose prnt quality is determined by the determination unit not to satisfy a predetermined criterion. A control unit stops printing by the printing unit if a count value counted by the first counting unit reaches a first predetermined value and stops printing by the printing unit if a count value counted by the second counting unit reaches a second predetermined value. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20130141750 | CHECKING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF CHECKING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - After printing has been normally performed, a printed product which has been divided into small portions and discharged to each output tray are stacked in a page order, so that a normal printed product including one set of pages is acquired. | 06-06-2013 |
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| 20120251480 | Oil-In-Water External Skin Preparation - The present invention provides an oil-in-water external skin preparation having thread-forming property and an excellent time-dependent stability of the thread-forming property, penetrating well into skin, providing richness and no stickiness when the applied preparation gets dry. The oil-in-water external skin preparation includes (a) 0.01 to 3.0% by mass of polyacrylic acid or metal salt thereof, (b) 0.01 to 1.0% by mass of alkyl-modified carboxyvinyl polymer, (c) 1.0 to 10.0% by mass of polyethylene glycol having an average molecular weight of 1000 or more to 50000 or less of, and (d) 0.5 to 20.0% by mass of oil. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20140219939 | LIQUID SKIN-CONDITIONING COMPOSITION - The present invention provides an external-use liquid skin-conditioning composition that not only reduces the sticky and friction sensations caused by the inclusion of tranexamic acid, but also has a rich body without feeling slimy and softens the skin after use. The composition comprises (A) 0.5 to 5 mass % of at least one hem selected from a group consisting of tranexarnic acid and derivatives thereof and (B) 0.005 to 1.5 mass % of carboxymethylcellulose, has a viscosity of no greater than 500 mPa·s at 30° C., and is transparent or semitransparent with an L value between 50 and 100 inclusive. Preferably the composition contains only carboxymethylcellulose as a thickener. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140356401 | LIQUID COSMETIC - A liquid cosmetic which minimizes stickiness or stiffness caused by the incorporation of a large amount of a moisturizing agent is provided. This liquid cosmetic contains 10 to 40% by mass of a moisturizing agent (a), 0.01 to 3% by mass of an oil (b), 0.01 to 5% by mass of a hydrophilic surfactant (c), and 0.001 to 0.3% by mass polyacrylic acid or a metal salt thereof (d), and wherein an average emulsified particle size is 500nm or smaller. Preferably, the amount of polyalkylene glycol contained in the moisturizing agent (a) is adjusted to 0.1 to 3 mass % relative to the whole cosmetic. | 12-04-2014 |
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| 20130124585 | FILE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND FILE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a file processing apparatus includes a file group generator, a divided file generator, and a recorder. The file group generator is configured to generate a file group formed by a plurality of first processing target files each having a size less than a threshold size of processing target files. The divided file generator is configured to generate first divided files by dividing the file group, and to generate second divided files by dividing a second processing target file having a size not less than the threshold size of the processing target files. The recorder is configured to record the first and second divided files. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130290386 | FILE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND FILE PROCESSING METHOD - According to at least one embodiment, a file processing apparatus includes a determination module, and a recording controller. The determination module is configured to determine relevancies of a plurality of files. The recording controller is configured to issue an instruction to record a first file of the first file and a second file having predetermined relevancies in a first area of a first storage of a storage unit configured to simultaneously read data from corresponding locations of a plurality of storages, to record the second file in a second area of a second storage at a location corresponding to the first area, and to record remaining files in free areas of the plurality of storages. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20140043949 | INFORMATION RECORDING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PLAYBACK APPARATUS, AND FORMATTING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information recording apparatus includes a divider, a generator, and a recorder. The divider is configured to divide recording data into a plurality of recording data blocks for each predetermined recording unit. The generator is configured to set, as a first block set, n recording data blocks recorded in corresponding areas in file system management areas of n, first to nth (n: integer, n≧2) storages, and generate first parity data from the n recording data blocks forming the first block set. The recorder is configured to record the n recording data blocks forming the first block set and the first parity data. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140068641 | CASSETTE AND CHANGER APPARATUS FOR OPTICAL DISK - According to one embodiment, the cassette is provided with an outer shell, a plurality of trays, a shutter, and a lock mechanism. The outer shell has an upper wall and a lower wall each including a square shape and a circular shape, a side wall between edges of the square shapes, and an opening portion between edges of the circular shapes. A tray is an annular shape having a concave portion in which an optical disk is placed. The shutter is a semicircular shape, includes a gear on an outer peripheral wall and a plurality of shelves to support each of the trays on an inner peripheral wall, and rotates from a first position for closing an opening portion to a second position for opening the opening portion. The lock mechanism locks the shutter in the first position. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140075461 | MEDIUM PROCESSING METHOD AND CASSETTE - According to one embodiment, a medium processing method includes first reading, second reading, and determining. The first reading is configured to read first medium identification information and cassette identification information which are stored in a first medium contained in a cassette. The second reading is configured to read cassette information from the cassette. The determining is configured to determine a cassette contained medium formed of the cassette and the medium as authentic, when the cassette information includes the first medium identification information and the cassette identification information. | 03-13-2014 |
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| 20120325089 | CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURING DEVICE AND CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURING METHOD - In accordance with an embodiment, a carbon dioxide capturing device includes an absorption tower, a regeneration tower, and a cooling unit. A gas containing carbon dioxide and a lean liquid is introduced to the absorption tower which brings the gas and the lean liquid into contact with each other to generate a rich liquid. The regeneration tower generates a lean liquid by diffusing vapor containing carbon dioxide from the rich liquid from the absorption tower, and then returns the lean liquid to the absorption tower. The cooling unit cools at least one of the gas, the lean liquid, and the rich liquid. The cooling unit includes first and second coolers connected in series to each other, by first and second cooling mediums, respectively. The first cooling medium is generated outside the device without using power for cooling in the device. The first cooler is located upstream of the second cooler. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20140033716 | STEAM TURBINE PLANT, CONTROL METHOD OF SAME, AND CONTROL SYSTEM OF SAME - In one embodiment, a steam turbine plant includes a first turbine driven by steam from a boiler, a second turbine driven by steam from a reheater, a third turbine driven by the steam exhausted from the second turbine, and a carbon dioxide capturing system including a reboiler to heat an absorbing liquid with the steam exhausted or extracted from the second turbine. The plant further includes a steam pipe to feed the steam exhausted from the second turbine to the third turbine, and a first steam extraction pipe to send the steam exhausted or extracted from the second turbine to the reboiler. The plant further includes a pressure detector to detect a pressure of the steam flowing through the steam pipe or the first steam extraction pipe, a pressure adjustment valve provided on the steam pipe, and a controller to control the valve based on the detected pressure. | 02-06-2014 |
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| 20100045929 | SPECTACLE LENS - A spectacle lens includes a multi-contact diffractive optical element formed on at least one surface of a overall lens system that is arranged from an object to a pupil, in which an apparent Abbe number V | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100182697 | DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL SYSTEM AND EYEPIECE OPTICAL SYSTEM - A diffractive optical system including a diffractive optical element is provided with a first lens component having a first positive lens, and a second lens component having a second positive lens and a negative lens. The diffractive optical element has a first diffractive optical member having a first diffractive optical surface, and a second diffractive optical member having a second diffractive optical surface. The first diffractive optical member and the second diffractive optical member are arranged so that the first diffractive optical surface and the second diffractive optical surface are in contact with each other. A refractive index of the first diffractive optical member and a refractive index of the second diffractive optical member at the d line are different from each other. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100246006 | DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL SYSTEM AND OPTICAL DEVICE - A diffractive optical system including a diffractive optical element has a concave lens component having a first diffractive optical surface, and an optical member having a second diffractive optical surface, the concave lens component and the optical member being arranged so that the first diffractive optical surface and the second diffractive optical surface face each other, and the conditional expression 0.003| 09-30-2010 | |
| 20130229705 | OPTICAL SYSTEM, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND IMAGING DEVICE - This optical system ( | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130308191 | DIFFRACTION OPTICAL SYSTEM USING FREE CURVE SURFACE PRISM, AND IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE - A diffraction optical system comprises a free curve surface prism ( | 11-21-2013 |
| 20150043078 | ZOOM LENS AND OPTICAL APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - Provided is a zoom lens having, in order from an object: a first lens group (G1) having positive refractive power; a second lens group (G2) having negative refractive power; and a third lens group (G3) having positive refractive power. The first lens group (G1) and the third lens group (G3) respectively move toward the object upon zooming from the wide-angle end state to the telephoto end state. The first lens group (G1) includes a diffraction optical element (DOE) in which two optical elements, constituted by optical materials of which refractive index difference at the d-line is 0.45 or less, are cemented and a diffraction optical surface (corresponding to the optical surface with the radius of curvature R8 in FIG. | 02-12-2015 |
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| 20080224226 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, p-type first and n-type second semiconductor regions formed on the substrate so as to be insulated with each other, n-channel and p-channel MOS transistors formed on the first and second semiconductor regions, the n-channel transistor including a first pair of source/drain regions formed on the first semiconductor region, a first gate insulator formed in direct contact with the first semiconductor region and formed as an amorphous insulator containing at least La, and a first gate electrode formed on the first gate insulator, the p-channel MOS transistor including a second pair of source/drain regions formed opposite to each other on the second semiconductor region, a second gate insulator including a silicon oxide film and the amorphous insulating film formed thereon on the second semiconductor region, and a second gate electrode formed on the second gate insulator. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20090114995 | COMPLEMENTARY SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A complementary semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a first semiconductor region formed on a surface of the semiconductor substrate, a second semiconductor region formed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate apart from the first semiconductor region, an n-MIS transistor having a first gate insulating film including La and Al, formed on the first semiconductor region, and a first gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film, and a p-MIS transistor having a second gate insulating film including La and Al, formed on the second semiconductor region, and a second gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film, an atomic density ratio Al/La in the second gate insulating film being larger than an atomic density ratio Al/La in the first gate insulating film. | 05-07-2009 |
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| 20120013953 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A method for image processing in which an area of a platen on which a document is placed is read and the platen image is processed includes extracting an object included in the platen image, detecting an area of the object and inclination of the area of the object with respect to the platen image, determining the minimum rectangular area which includes the area of the object, and is surrounded with four sides parallel to four sides of the platen image respectively, comparing an extent to which a pixel group constituting an edge of each area includes pixels constituting an edge of the platen image between the area of the object and the minimum rectangular area, and determining a minimum rectangular area as the area of the document if a pixel group includes a larger number of pixels based on the comparing or if the inclination is small. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120224234 | CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE READING SYSTEM - In a control method for an image reading system comprising an image scanning apparatus selectively reading an original as a reflective or transmissive original, an image processing apparatus receiving image data read by the image scanning apparatus and executing image processing of the image data, an operating unit, and a display unit. The control method includes determining whether the original is the reflective or transmissive original, executing reading of the reflective or transmissive original based on the determination result, processing the read image data, displaying details of processing executed and the image processing, and inputting an instruction to change the details of displayed processing. When the change instruction input instructs change of a process under execution or having been already executed, the image processing is executed again from the changed process. | 09-06-2012 |
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| 20090160313 | LIGHT-EMITTING SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A light-emitting substrate includes a substrate, a plurality of light-emitting members arranged on the substrate in a matrix pattern, a partition arranged between respective adjacent ones of the plurality of light-emitting members and projecting relative to a surface of the substrate to a position higher than the light-emitting members, a plurality of conductors each covering at least one of the light-emitting members and arranged in a matrix pattern in a mutually spaced relation, and a resistor electrically interconnecting the plurality of conductors. The resistor has a column stripe portion extending in a column direction, and the column stripe portion is positioned on the partition. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20100259171 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image display apparatus according to the present invention comprises a plurality of electron emitting devices having an electron emitting portion provided between a cathode electrode and a gate electrode; a cathode wiring connected to the cathode electrode; and a gate wiring connected to the gate electrode and having a resistance higher than the resistance of the cathode wiring, wherein an impedance element having a resistance value of Ry and an electrostatic capacitance of Cy is connected to between the cathode wiring and the cathode electrode, a resistive element having a resistance value of Rx is connected to between the gate wiring and the gate electrode, and |Ry/(1+jωRyCy)|Rx are satisfied, where ω is 100 MHz. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20150049596 | ENCODER - An encoder that detects a position of a movable body from an origin includes a signal generation unit configured to generate an incremental signal and an origin candidate signal by using A-phase and B-phase voltages obtained from an orthogonal signal pattern, a reference position detection unit configured to detect a reference position signal by using a Z-phase voltage obtained from a reference position signal pattern, and a counter configured to reset a counted value of the incremental signal on the basis of the origin candidate signal. | 02-19-2015 |
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| 20090136540 | Anti-aging composition and collagen production promoting composition - There are provided an anti-aging composition, a collagen production promoting composition, a collagen gel contraction promoting composition, and an integrin production promoting composition for promoting integrin production in fibroblasts/epidermal cell, which have improved collagen production promotion effect and are effective for preventing or reducing wrinkle and/or sagging caused by aging. These anti-aging composition and promoting composition comprise, as an active ingredient, a hydrogen peroxide-treated yeast hydrolysate. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20120141400 | EXTERNAL SKIN PREPARATION, WHITENER, ANTIOXIDANT AND ANTI-AGING AGENT - Provided are a whitener having superior whitening action and superior skin lightening and whitening effects against pigment deposition, age spots, freckles, liver spots and the like, and an antioxidant and anti-aging agent having superior free radical capturing abilities that prevent and/or inhibit skin aging and skin diseases caused by active oxygen (free radicals). The whitener, antioxidant and anti-aging agent contain an extract from | 06-07-2012 |
| 20130109878 | 4-Alkylresorcinol Derivative And External Preparation For Skin Containing The Same | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130315850 | WHITENING AGENT, ANTI-AGING AGENT, AND ANTIOXIDANT AGENT - The present invention is directed to an extrace of | 11-28-2013 |
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| 20140269072 | STORAGE DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a storage device includes a nonvolatile memory and a controller. The nonvolatile memory includes blocks which store data. Each of the blocks is an erase unit. The controller controls an operation of the nonvolatile memory. The controller executes writes and erases with respect to a first block of the blocks in the nonvolatile memory for the first number of times during a first period. The controller executes writes and erases with respect to other blocks for the second number of times smaller than the first number of times during the first period. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140281144 | MEMORY SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a nonvolatile memory including first blocks configured to store an address indicating a data storage position, and second blocks configured to store the data, a first table configured to store a first address including first information and second information, the second information indicating a data storage position in the first block, and a second table configured to convert the first information into third information, the first information having a first data size by which one entry of the second table can be identified, the third information having a second data size which is larger than the first data size and by which one of the first blocks and the second blocks can be identified. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140281160 | NON-VOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, apparatus includes non-volatile memory chips, and a first controller which executes processing for reading first valid data stored in a first storage region of a first non-volatile memory chip in the non-volatile memory chips, processing for storing the first valid data in a buffer memory, processing for writing the first valid data stored in the buffer memory in a second storage region of the first non-volatile memory chip, and processing for erasing data stored in the first storage region. Each of the non-volatile memory chips comprises erase blocks. Each erase block includes write blocks. Each of the first storage region and the second storage region includes at least one erase block. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20150067438 | MEMORY CONTROLLER, MEMORY SYSTEM, AND MEMORY CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, a memory controller that controls non-volatile memory including a data area and a parity area in which parity for data of a fixed length to be stored in the data area is stored is provided, the memory controller including a coding unit configured to generate parity for each of two or more partial data, each of which has a length less than the fixed length, and the memory controller writing one of the parity generated by the coding unit onto the parity area as first parity, writing the partial data and second parity that is the parity, other than the first parity, generated by the coding unit, onto the data area as the data of the fixed length, and writing the second parity onto a position subsequent to the partial data corresponding to the second parity. | 03-05-2015 |
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| 20120033987 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The task is accomplished by an image forming system comprising an image forming apparatus including a heating fixing portion and a host computer capable of instructing printing. In an image forming apparatus, a throughput can be changed and discriminated in accordance with a printing number, wherein for printing on a small size sheet, said system is operable in a normal small size sheet mode, and in a high speed small size sheet output mode in which the printing is effected at a throughput which is higher than in the normal small size sheet mode, and after completion of the printing, the image forming apparatus rests for a predetermined rest period, wherein said host computer includes a mode selector for selecting a mode from the high speed small size sheet output mode and the normal small size sheet mode, and a controller for transmitting the mode selected by said mode selector to said image forming apparatus. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20150086253 | FIXING DEVICE - The fixing device includes a rotary member for contacting the unfixed toner image, a pressure member for forming the nip portion by contacting the rotary member, and a cover for covering the rotary member with a space between the rotary member and the cover, wherein in a cross section of the fixing device, the cross section being orthogonal to a generatrix direction of the rotary member, wherein a shortest distance (H) between the nip portion and a farthest surface portion of the rotary member farthest away from a surface portion forming the nip portion of the rotary member, a maximum width (W) of the rotary member in the conveyance direction of the recording member, and an area (S) of the space in a range of the maximum width W in the cross section satisfy with a relationship of S/W≧0.7×H. | 03-26-2015 |
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| 20090096910 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes an imaging element configured to convert an optical image to a digital image information, an imaging processing device configured to acquire an image information by way of the imaging element, an incline detection device configured to detect an incline of the imaging apparatus, an image display device configured to display an image based on the image information, an incline computation device configured to compute an incline information that corresponds to a magnitude of the incline, in accordance with a detection data that is obtained by the incline detection device, an information storage device configured to store the incline information that is computed by the incline computation device, and a display processing device configured to display the image and an incline guide display corresponding to the incline information upon a screen of the image display device. The display processing device is configured to change a display format of the incline guide display in accordance with the magnitude of the incline. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090141135 | LENS DRIVE DEVICE, IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND LENS DRIVE METHOD - A lens drive device in at least one lens barrel holding a lens moveably includes a motor to drive the lens; an acceleration detection section to detect an acceleration; and an output control section to control an output of the motor corresponding to the acceleration detected by the acceleration detection section. The output control section determines whether the acceleration detected by the acceleration detection section falls within a predetermined acceleration range or not. When the acceleration is determined to be within the range, a further determination of whether the lens drive device is in a stationary state is performed. When it is determined not being in the stationary state, the motor is driven by a maximum drive voltage. When it is determined being in the stationary state, a further determination of whether the posture is horizontal or not is performed. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20120069234 | Imaging Apparatus capable of detecting and displaying information with respect to an incline thereof - An imaging apparatus including an incline detection device configured to detect an incline of the imaging apparatus, an image display device configured to display an image based on the image information, an incline computation device configured to compute an incline information that corresponds to a magnitude of the incline, an information storage device configured to store the incline information that is computed by the incline computation device, and a display processing device configured to display the image and an incline guide display corresponding to the incline information upon a screen of the image display device. The display processing device is configured to change a display format of the incline guide display in accordance with the magnitude of the incline. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20140368720 | IMAGING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF DETECTING AND DISPLAYING INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO AN INCLINE THEREOF - An imaging apparatus including an incline detection device configured to detect an incline of the imaging apparatus, an image display device configured to display an image based on the image information, an incline computation device configured to compute an incline information that corresponds to a magnitude of the incline, an information storage device configured to store the incline information that is computed by the incline computation device, and a display processing device configured to display the image and an incline guide display corresponding to the incline information upon a screen of the image display device. The display processing device is configured to change a display format of the incline guide display in accordance with the magnitude of the incline. | 12-18-2014 |
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| 20110267864 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a first memory chip, a second memory chip, and a control chip. The first chip includes a first inductor configured to transmit/receive a signal, and a memory cell. The second chip is disposed on the first chip and includes a second inductor configured to transmit/receive a signal, and a memory cell. The control chip includes a control circuit configured to control the first and second chips, and a third inductor configured to transmit/receive a signal to/from the first and second inductors. The outer peripheries of the first and second inductors are included in a closed space produced by extending the outer periphery of the third inductor in a direction perpendicular to a plane that includes the third inductor. The inductance of the third inductor is greater than at least one of the inductances of the first and second inductors. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20120293243 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING BOOSTING CIRCUIT - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes the following configuration. A control circuit controls an output voltage to a predetermined voltage, based on a monitor voltage configured to monitor the output voltage. A switch circuit sets the output voltage to first and second voltages in first and second operation states, respectively. The second voltage is higher than the first voltage. A clock driver generates a clock signal that includes a voltage level of the output voltage as an amplitude thereof. A charge pump is formed by connecting unit circuits in series and at multiple stages. Each of the unit circuits includes a capacitor and a diode. The charge pump boosts an input voltage by the clock signal that is inputted to the capacitor. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20130193944 | VOLTAGE GENERATOR - According to one embodiment, a voltage generator includes a step-up circuit and a limiter circuit. The step-up circuit outputs a first voltage to a first node. The limiter circuit includes first and second resistive elements, first and second capacitive elements, a switch element, and a comparator. The first resistive element is between the first node and a second node. The second resistive element is connected to the second node. The first capacitive element is between the first and second nodes. The switch element connects the second capacitive element to the second node at the same time that the first node is connected to a load. The comparator compares the potential at the second node with a reference potential. | 08-01-2013 |
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| 20100124111 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device comprises: a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cell units each including memory cells, a plurality of bit lines, and a common source line; a sense amplifier operative to read data from a selected memory cell; a control circuit operative to control a read operation of the sense amplifier; and a cell source monitoring circuit operative to detect a voltage of the common source line, compare the detected voltage of the common source line with a reference voltage, and output a read control signal. The sense amplifier is configured to read data from the selected memory cell through at least two cycles. The control circuit is configured to perform control to determine whether the data reading is to be ended after a first reading cycle or a second reading cycle is to be carried out, based on the read control signal. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100232225 | SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE - A semiconductor storage device has a sense amplifier. The sense amplifier includes a first lower interconnection; a second interlayer insulation film formed on the first interlayer insulation film and top of the first interconnection; a contact interconnection formed in a direction perpendicular to a substrate plane of the semiconductor substrate so as to pass through the second interlayer insulation film, and connected to the first lower interconnection; a first upper interconnection formed on the second interlayer insulation film and connected to the contact interconnection disposed under the first upper interconnection; a dummy contact interconnection formed in a direction perpendicular to the substrate plane of the semiconductor substrate in the second interlayer insulation film, and adjacent to the contact interconnection; and a second upper interconnection formed on the second interlayer insulation film so as to extend in the first direction, and connected to the dummy contact interconnection disposed under the second upper interconnection. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100322012 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND WRITE METHOD FOR THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes memory cells, bit lines, a write circuit, and sense amplifiers. The bit lines are connected to the memory cells. The sense amplifiers are configured to bias the bit line to which the selected memory cell is connected, to a first voltage until the threshold of the selected memory cell reaches the value of a first write state. Then, when the threshold of the selected memory cell reaches the value of the first write state, the bit line is biased to a second voltage higher than the first voltage. When the threshold of the selected memory cell reaches the value of a second write state, the bit line is continuously biased to a third voltage higher than the second voltage. Bit lines connected to unselected memory cells corresponding to the memory cells other than the selected one are biased to the third voltage. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100329013 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING NONVOLATILE MEMORY CELL AND DATA WRITING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor memory device includes memory cells, bit lines, and first and second control circuits. The first control circuit supplies a write voltage and a write control voltage to a selected memory cell to write the data in the selected memory cell, the first control circuit changes a supply state of the write control voltage to further write the data when the selected memory cell reaches a first write state by the write, the first control circuit further changes the supply state of the write control voltage to prohibit the write when the selected memory cell reaches a second write state by the write. The second control circuit controls a rising of the write control voltage when the first control circuit starts the writing to make the selected memory cell the second write state. | 12-30-2010 |
