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20120297151 | MEMORY MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, MEMORY MANAGEMENT METHOD AND CONTROL PROGRAM - If it is determined in step S | 11-22-2012 |
20130275785 | MEMORY CONTROL APPARATUS, MEMORY CONTROL METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - There is provided a memory control apparatus including a deciding unit deciding, among a first main storage apparatus that is a main storage apparatus with low power consumption and a second main storage apparatus with power consumption higher than the power consumption of the first main storage apparatus as memory devices of multiple CPU cores, whether the second main storage apparatus is capable of being suspended, and a power managing unit suppressing a power supplied to the second main storage apparatus and at least one of the multiple CPU cores in a case where the deciding unit decides that the second main storage apparatus is capable of being suspended. | 10-17-2013 |
20130332661 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a rewrite frequency management section configured to manage a rewrite frequency of a page included in a nonvolatile primary storage apparatus having an upper limit in the rewrite frequency, and a data processing section configured, when an instruction for writing write data to a predetermined page is issued and a rewrite frequency of the predetermined page reaches a threshold value that is less than the upper limit of the rewrite frequency of the primary storage apparatus, to write the write data to another page different from the predetermined page, the other page storing no effective data and having a rewrite frequency that does not reach the threshold value. | 12-12-2013 |
20130332695 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a primary storage apparatus configured by combining a plurality of memories each having a different upper limit of a number of possible rewrites, and an allocation management section configured to allocate a storage area of data to be stored in the primary storage apparatus to one of the plurality of memories based on a rewrite frequency of the data. | 12-12-2013 |
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20110233502 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile memory device is provided, which includes a nonvolatile memory element in which an anode, a nonvolatile memory layer formed of a metal oxide film, and a cathode are stacked. The anode is formed of a metal nitride material and includes nitrogen more than a stoichiometric ratio of the metal nitride material. The cathode is formed of a metal material. | 09-29-2011 |
20110233509 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile memory device including a nonvolatile memory layer is provided. The nonvolatile memory layer is formed of a metal oxide film that includes an element with a higher electronegativity compared with a metal element forming the metal oxide film in the metal oxide film at a concentration of 25 at % or less. | 09-29-2011 |
20130270506 | NON-VOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY - A non-volatile semiconductor memory includes a word line extending in a first direction, a first electrode connected to the word line electrically, an ion diffusion layer with connected to the first electrode electrically, a second electrode connected to the ion diffusion layer electrically and formed of a metal to be diffused into the ion diffusion layer when a positive voltage is supplied thereto, and a bit line extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the bit line connected to the second electrode electrically. The ion diffusion layer has a first region disposed on the first electrode and a second region disposed between the first region and the second electrode, and the metal is more difficult to diffuse into the second region than into the first region. | 10-17-2013 |
20140008603 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE - A nonvolatile memory device has a memory cell including a resistance change layer, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The resistance change layer switches between high and low resistance states due to the transfer of metal ions from the first electrode in response to voltages applied between the electrodes. The first electrode is formed on a first side of the resistance change layer, and provides metal ions. The second electrode is formed on a second side of the resistance change layer. A memory cell region is formed between the first electrode and the second electrode with the resistance change layer. The memory device also includes a high permittivity layer with a higher dielectric constant than the resistance change layer. | 01-09-2014 |
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20090131291 | LUBRICATING OIL COMPOSITION - The present invention provides a lubricating oil composition which is less in evaporation loss even having a low viscosity and excellent in lubricating properties such as low-temperature viscosity characteristics and anti-seizure properties and in oxidation stability, suitable for use in engines, automatic transmissions, manual transmissions, final reduction gear units, and continuously variable transmissions. The lubricating oil composition comprises (A) a lubricating base oil and (B) a poly(meth)acrylate additive in such an amount that the kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of the composition (Vc) is from 3 to 15 mm | 05-21-2009 |
20090275491 | LUBRICATING OIL COMPOSITION - The present invention provides a lubricating oil composition with excellent torque capacity and shifting characteristics suitable for use as automatic or continuously variable transmission fluids, which composition comprises a base oil and, on the basis of the total mass of the composition, (A) a sulfonate detergent in an amount of 0.01 to 0.3 percent by mass in terms of metal (MeA); (B) a salicylate detergent in an amount of 0 or more than 0 and 0.1 percent by mass or less, in terms of metal (MeB); and (C) a boron-containing succinimide type ashless dispersant in an amount of 0.001 to 0.1 percent by mass in terms of boron (BoC); (MeB)/(MeA) being 0, or greater than 0 and 1.5 or less, and (MeA)/(BoC) being from 0.001 to 20. | 11-05-2009 |
20100035777 | Lubricant base oil, lubricant composition for internal combustion engine and lubricant composition for driving force transmitting device - The lubricating base oil of the invention is characterized by satisfying at least one of the following conditions (a) or (b).
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20110134481 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROCESS CONTROL METHOD, AND PROCESS CONTROL PROGRAM PRODUCT - A disclosed information processing apparatus includes an information processing unit configured to operate as a daemon process; an information displaying unit configured to operate as a process different from the daemon process and display a screen relevant to the information processing unit; a first ending unit configured to end the information displaying unit due to a first factor; and a second ending unit configured to end the information displaying unit due to a second factor different from the first factor. The information displaying unit ends the information processing unit in the event of receiving a request to end from the first ending unit and the information displaying unit does not end the information processing unit in the event of receiving a request to end from the second ending unit. | 06-09-2011 |
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20090253116 | METABOLIC SYNDROME EVALUATING APPARATUS, METHOD, SYSTEM, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM THEREFOR - According to the method of evaluating metabolic syndrome, amino acid concentration data on the concentration value of amino acid in blood collected from a subject to be evaluated is measured, and the state of metabolic syndrome in the subject is evaluated based on the measured amino acid concentration data of the subject. | 10-08-2009 |
20100261282 | Method of evaluating IGT, IGT-evaluating apparatus, IGT-evaluating method, IGT--evaluating system, IGT-evaluating program, recording medium, and method of searching for prophylactic/ameliorating substance for IGT - According to the method of evaluating IGT of the present invention, amino acid concentration data on concentration values of amino acids in blood collected from a subject to be evaluated is measured, and an impaired glucose tolerance state in the subject is evaluated based on the measured amino acid concentration data of the subject. | 10-14-2010 |
20100280809 | Biological state-evaluating apparatus, biological state-evaluating method, biological state-evaluating system, biological state-evaluating program and recording medium - An object is to provide a biological state-evaluating apparatus, a biological state-evaluating method, a biological state-evaluating system, a biological state-evaluating program, and a recording medium that can evaluate a biological state with high accuracy by using the concentrations of amino acids in blood. According to the present invention, a Bayesian network method is performed by using previously obtained amino acid concentration data on the concentration values of amino acids and previously obtained biological state data on the numerical value indicative of the biological state so that a Bayesian network model that includes, as explanatory variables, the concentration values of amino acids and the numerical value indicative of the biological state is created, and the biological state of the subject is evaluated by using the created Bayesian network model and the previously obtained amino acid concentration data on the subject. | 11-04-2010 |
20140113378 | Method of evaluating fatty liver related disease, fatty liver related disease-evaluating apparatus, fatty liver related disease-evaluating method, fatty liver related disease-evaluating program product, fatty liver related disease-evaluating system, information communication terminal apparatus, and method of searching for prophylactic/ameliorating substance for fatty liver related disease - A method of evaluating fatty liver related disease includes (I) an obtaining step of obtaining amino acid concentration data on a concentration value of an amino acid in blood collected from a subject to be evaluated and (II) a concentration value criterion evaluating step of evaluating a state of a fatty liver related disease including at least one of fatty liver, NAFLD, and NASH in the subject, based on the amino acid concentration data of the subject obtained at the obtaining step. | 04-24-2014 |
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20120086970 | DIVISION OF RENDERING BLOCK IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus for printing an image of print data includes a generating unit to analyze the print data to generate rendering command data, which includes rendering commands regarding rendering objects for each page, a storing unit to store the rendering command data, and a plurality of rendering processing units to read the rendering command data to execute the rendering commands associated with respective rendering blocks to perform rendering, wherein, upon completing rendering of a first rendering block, a first one of the rendering processing units sends a notice of completion to a second one of the rendering processing units that is performing rendering of a second rendering block, and wherein, in response to the notice, the second one of the rendering processing units divides the second rendering block, and requests the first one of the rendering processing units to perform rendering of part of the second rendering block. | 04-12-2012 |
20120268796 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING DRAWING PROCESSING, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING DRAWING PROCESSING CONTROL PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus provided with a first drawing processor and a second drawing processor, includes a converter to convert a data format of drawing processing data from a data format suitable for the first drawing processor to a data format suitable for the second drawing processor, and a process allocator to control drawing processing based on a processing load on the converter. | 10-25-2012 |
20130070282 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROCESSING METHOD PERFORMED IN IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - When, during execution of a job, an operation/display control unit detects a job execution stop command given by an operation display unit, and receives a command to display a list of jobs in an execution standby state from the operation display unit, the operation/display control unit displays a job list screen on the operation display unit, without accepting an input of authentication information from the operation display unit and without passing authentication conducted by an authentication control unit. When the operation/display control unit accepts a command to delete a job in the execution standby state from the operation display unit, the operation/display control unit accepts an input of authentication information, and a job control unit executes deletion of the job in the execution standby state or change of setting of the job in the execution standby state after successfully passing authentication with the authentication control unit using the authentication information. | 03-21-2013 |
20140010566 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, POWER SAVE CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM STORING POWER SAVE CONTROL PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus, a method of controlling a power save state of the image processing apparatus, and a non-transitory recording medium storing a power save control program are provided. In response to detection of a power save transition factor that triggers transition to a power save state, the image processing apparatus determines whether a power save extension factor is detected, extends transition to the power save state at least during when the power save extension factor is being detected, and causes transition to the power save state according to the detected power save transition factor when the power save extension factor is not detected. | 01-09-2014 |
20140149894 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM - An electronic apparatus, a display control system, a display control method, and a display control program stored on a recording medium, each of which determines one or more display components to be displayed together with an application user interface, using display size information, priority order information, and display condition information that are previously stored for each one of the display components. | 05-29-2014 |
20140176976 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus which has a first and second mode in which power consumption is lower than that of the first mode is disclosed that includes an accepting unit configured to accept an operation; a display configured to transmit a notification when the apparatus switches from the second mode to the first mode; and a control unit configured to store function data representing function providing units registered; generate, in response to the notification received from the display, a first screen indicating the units and cause the display to display the first screen; store identification data identifying one of the units selected; transmit, in response to the notification received from the display, the notification to the units represented in the function data; and when a response is received from the unit identified in the identification data, cause the display to display a second screen generated by the identified unit. | 06-26-2014 |
20140294421 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, INSTRUCTION OUTPUT CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming system, an instruction output control method, and a non-transitory recording medium storing an instruction output control method, each of which obtains information indicating detection of a jam at an image forming system including an image forming apparatus and one or more peripheral devices, detects a current location of a user who is present near the image forming apparatus or the peripheral devices, determines a method of outputting a jam removal instruction to the user through a first display of the image forming apparatus based on the current user location, and causes the first display to display the jam removal instruction according to the determined jam removal instruction method. | 10-02-2014 |
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20130033591 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - In an embodiment, an image processing device includes: a first calculating unit; a selecting unit; an extracting unit; a second calculating unit; a determining unit; and a generating unit. The first calculating unit calculates posture information of a subject from a first image including the subject. The selecting unit selects a second image associated with the posture information from a plurality of second images including clothing. The extracting unit extracts a first feature of the subject from a first contour in the first image and extracts a second feature from a second contour in the second image. The second calculating unit calculates a first difference between the first feature and the second feature. The determining unit determines a transparency that is higher as the first difference is larger. The generating unit generates a composite image combining the first image and the second image with the determined transparency. | 02-07-2013 |
20130185288 | PRODUCT SEARCH DEVICE, PRODUCT SEARCH METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, a product search device includes an obtaining unit, a determiner, a first controller, a reception unit, a retrieval unit, and a second controller. The obtaining unit obtains a first image including plural items. The determiner determines to which group each of the items in the obtained first image belongs among plural groups into which products related to the items are categorized in accordance with a predetermined categorization condition. The first controller displays the group to which each of the items belongs on a display unit. The reception unit receives a user input specifying at least one of the groups displayed on the display unit. The retrieval unit searches a storage unit storing the groups and second images of the products in an association manner, and extracts the second image corresponding to the specified group. The second controller displays the extracted second image on the display unit. | 07-18-2013 |
20140118396 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, an image processing device includes a first obtaining unit to obtain a first image which contains a clothing image to be superimposed; a second obtaining unit to obtain a second image which contains a photographic subject image on which the clothing image is to be superimposed; a third obtaining unit to obtain, of an image outline of the clothing image, a first outline that is the image outline other than openings formed in clothing; a setting unit to set, as a drawing restriction area, at least some area that is on the outside of the clothing image in the first image and that is continuous to the first outline; and a generating unit to generate a synthetic image by synthesizing the photographic subject image, from which is removed an area corresponding to the drawing restriction area, with the clothing image. | 05-01-2014 |
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20100093390 | Mobile Radio Device - The present invention provides a portable wireless device that allows for a reduction in size of a body thereof through effective use of space inside the body by suppressing gain degradation of antennae. The portable wireless device includes: a body; a first communication unit | 04-15-2010 |
20110130102 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE - The communication device includes: a first body; a second body; a connecting portion that connects the first body and the second body, so as to be capable of switching between a closed state in which the first body and the second body are superimposed with each other, and an opened state in which a degree of mutual superimposition is smaller than that of the closed state; a first conductive portion that is disposed in the first body; a second conductive portion that is disposed in the second body; a signal line that electrically connects the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion via the inside of the connecting portion; a first antenna, which is disposed in at least one of the first body and the second body, and which is electrically connected to the first conductive portion or the second conductive portion; and a second antenna, which is disposed in at least one of the first body and the second body, and which is capacitively coupled with the first conductive portion or the second conductive portion. | 06-02-2011 |
20110183730 | PORTABLE WIRELESS DEVICE - A portable wireless device which effectively uses a space in a case while maintaining communication qualities by reducing antenna gain deterioration even when a plurality of antennas of different frequency bands are arranged adjacent to each other. The portable wireless device is provided with patterns for adding a band disturbing element, which is composed of beads and a parallel resonance circuit, to a part where one side of an antenna pattern of a magnetic field antenna is closed to between the main antenna and the magnetic field antenna is more easily generated. The band disturbing element may be composed of ferrite core or the like. | 07-28-2011 |
20110207508 | MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to provide a mobile terminal device capable of utilizing a conductive portion further more effectively. A cellular telephone device includes: a key switch, of which electrical state changes depending on an operation on an operation unit; a CPU that is connected to the key switch, and detects an operation on the operation unit based on change in the electrical state of the key switch; a power supply unit that is electrically connected to the key switch; and an RF circuit unit that is connected to the power supply unit, and processes a signal resonated by the key switch. | 08-25-2011 |
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20090046322 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PRINT-DATA GENERATION METHOD, MAP-INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A data storing unit stores therein first data that includes replaceable data and can be printed by a printing unit or generate print data to be printed. A map-information storing unit stores therein data identification information for identifying the replaceable data and its position in the first data in association with each other. A replacement-data obtaining unit obtains the data identification information and replacement data for replacing the replaceable data. A data generating unit generates second data in which the replaceable data is replaced with the replacement data at the position corresponding to the data identification information. | 02-19-2009 |
20100208283 | Apparatus, method, system, and computer program product for creating operation definition file, and image forming apparatus - An operation-definition-file creating apparatus includes a setting data file in which setting data of a setting item that is to be set in an MFP is defined. A creating unit creates, on the basis of the setting data, an operation definition file in which an operation for reflecting the setting data in the MFP is described and a saving unit saves the created operation definition file in an external storage medium. | 08-19-2010 |
20140115014 | APPARATUS, METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CREATING OPERATION DEFINITION FILE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An operation-definition-file creating apparatus includes a setting data file in which setting data of a setting item that is to be set in an MFP is defined. A creating unit creates, on the basis of the setting data, an operation definition file in which an operation for reflecting the setting data in the MFP is described and a saving unit saves the created operation definition file in an external storage medium. | 04-24-2014 |
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20110318683 | TONER, DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner contains a binder resin and a polyalkylene, wherein the following formula is satisfied: | 12-29-2011 |
20130078562 | PHOTOLUMINESCENT TONER, DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE PHOTOLUMINESCENT TONER - An electrostatic image developing toner including: first toner particles which contain a first binder resin and a photoluminescent pigment; and second toner particles which contain a second binder resin and do not contain a photoluminescent pigment, wherein the proportion of the second toner particles is in a range from 5% by number to 80% by number with respect to a total number of all toner particles. | 03-28-2013 |
20130137030 | TONER, DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles containing a binder resin and pigment particles and an external additive containing fluorine resin particles, wherein the electrostatic charge image developing toner satisfies the following expression: 2≦A/B≦100, wherein A represents reflectance at an acceptance angle of +30° which is measured when a solid image is formed using the electrostatic charge image developing toner and the solid image is irradiated with incident light at an incidence angle of −45° by the use of a variable-angle photometer, and B represents reflectance at an acceptance angle of −30° which is measured when the solid image is irradiated with incident light at an incidence angle of −45° by the use of the variable-angle photometer. | 05-30-2013 |
20130143151 | ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes: bright pigment particles; and a binder resin, and the electrostatic charge image developing toner has a main peak and at least one peak or shoulder that is higher in molecular weight than the main peak in a molecular weight distribution of a tetrahydrofuran-soluble component that is obtained through gel permeation chromatography measurement, and satisfies the following formula: 2≦A/B≦100, wherein A is reflectance at an acceptance angle of +30° that is measured when a solid image is formed using an electrostatic charge image developing toner and the image is irradiated with incident light at an incidence angle of −45° by the use of a variable-angle photometer, and B is reflectance at an acceptance angle of −30° that is measured when the image is irradiated with incident light at an incidence angle of −45° by the use of a variable-angle photometer. | 06-06-2013 |
20130244163 | ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An electrostatic latent image developing toner contains toner particles that contain a binder resin and a pigment; and an external additive that contains inorganic particles, a ratio (C/D) of an average maximum thickness C to an average equivalent circle diameter D in the toner particles is from 0.05 to 0.7, the inorganic particles include silicone oil-treated inorganic particles in which the amount of free silicone oil with respect to the inorganic particles is from 0.1% by weight to 10% by weight, and the amount of the silicone oil-treated inorganic particles added with respect to 100 parts by weight of the toner particles is from 0.1 part by weight to 10 parts by weight. | 09-19-2013 |
20130252155 | ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Provided is an electrostatic charge image developer including a first toner that contains a binder resin and a brilliant pigment, a second toner that contains a binder resin without a brilliant pigment, and a carrier, wherein the developer satisfies the following formulae, | 09-26-2013 |
20130323633 | BRILLIANT TONER, DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A brilliant toner includes toner particles which at least contain a brilliant pigment, a binder resin, and a release agent; and an external additive, wherein a ratio (X/Y) of a specific surface area X (m | 12-05-2013 |
20140023964 | TONER SET, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Provided is a toner set including at least a first brilliant toner that contains a brilliant pigment, and a second brilliant toner that contains a brilliant pigment and exhibits a different color from the first brilliant toner. | 01-23-2014 |
20140045113 | BRILLIANT TONER, DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is a brilliant toner containing a brilliant metallic pigment of which the surface is covered with at least one kind of metal oxides selected from a group consisting of silica, alumina, and titania, wherein the brilliant toner has a dielectric loss factor of from 10×10 | 02-13-2014 |
20140193751 | TONER SET, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Provided is a toner set including a brilliant toner containing a brilliant pigment and at least one kind of color toner containing a colorant, in which a ratio (G′ A/G′B) of G′A to G′B satisfies a relationship of 1≦G′A/G′B≦10, when a storage modulus in 120° C. of the brilliant toner is G′A and a storage modulus in 120° C. of the color toner is G′B. | 07-10-2014 |
20140234765 | BRILLIANT TONER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, AND TONER CARTRIDGE - A brilliant toner includes a metallic pigment, and a Fe content in the brilliant toner is from 0.001% by weight to 2% by weight. | 08-21-2014 |
20140348539 | BRILLIANT TONER, DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A brilliant toner includes toner particles which at least contain a brilliant pigment, a binder resin, and a release agent; and an external additive, wherein a ratio (X/Y) of a specific surface area X (m | 11-27-2014 |
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20100039504 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE CORRECTION DEVICE, THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE CORRECTION METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE REPRODUCTION DEVICE, THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROVISION SYSTEM, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A three-dimensional image correction device includes when a displacement amount which is a difference between a convergence angle on a display surface and a convergence angle on a perceived three-dimensional surface based on image information for a three-dimensional image is set as a disparity amount, a width of a depth amount represented by pop-up and pull-in of the three-dimensional image is set as a dynamic range, and display device specification information is set as display device information, a disparity amount detection unit for inputting the image information to detect the disparity amount from the image information, a correction computation unit for adjusting the detected disparity amount on the basis of the display device information to correct the dynamic range, and a disparity amount correction unit for correcting the disparity amount in the corrected dynamic range while corresponding to the display device information. | 02-18-2010 |
20100091098 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD, AND DISPLAY SYSTEM - A display apparatus includes: a video display unit that converts a video signal containing information indicating the magnitude of disparity between left-eye and right-eye video images into video images and displays the video images on a screen; a projection distance detector that detects a projection distance that is the distance between the video display unit and the screen; a display size calculator that calculates the size of the video images displayed on the screen using the projection distance detected by the projection distance detector; a disparity magnitude detector that detects the information indicating the magnitude of disparity from the video signal; and a disparity magnitude adjuster that adjusts the magnitude of disparity using the size of the video images displayed on the screen and the information indicating the magnitude of disparity detected by the disparity magnitude detector. | 04-15-2010 |
20100118120 | TRANSMITTER, RECEIVER, SIGNAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, AND SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD - A transmitter is provided. When a three-dimensional image signal including a two-dimensional image signal and depth information of the two-dimensional image signal is transmitted to a receiver using a two signal transmission lines, the three-dimensional image signal including the two-dimensional image signal and the depth information of the two-dimensional image signal is input. Also, signal separation of the two-dimensional image signal is performed. In addition, one signal-separated part of the two-dimensional image signal is transmitted to a first signal transmission line and the other signal-separated part of the two-dimensional image signal is combined with the depth information and then transmitted to a second signal transmission line. | 05-13-2010 |
20100220178 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes: an adjustment amount setting section to set an adjustment amount of a parallax amount with respect to a two-dimensional image for left eye and a two-dimensional image for right eye; a difference calculation section to calculate a difference between brightness values of the two-dimensional image for left eye and the two-dimensional image for right eye in which the parallax amount is changed using the adjustment amount set by the adjustment amount setting section; a smallest value judgment section to determine an optimum adjustment amount by judging the adjustment amount at which a calculation amount using the difference between brightness values is smallest; and a parallax amount adjustment section to adjust the parallax amount of the two-dimensional image for left eye and the two-dimensional image for right eye, based on the optimum adjustment amount determined by the smallest value judgment section. | 09-02-2010 |
20110129144 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes: a depth information extraction means for extracting depth information from an input 3D image; a luminance extraction means for extracting luminance components of the 3D image; a contrast extraction means for extracting contrast components of the 3D image based on the luminance components; a storage means for storing a performance function indicating relation between the contrast components and depth amounts subjectively perceived, which is determined based on visual sense characteristics of human beings; and a contrast adjustment means for calculating present depth amounts of the inputted 3D image from the contrast components based on the performance function with respect to at least one of a near side region and a deep side region of the inputted 3D image which are determined from the depth information and adjusting contrast components of the inputted 3D image based on the calculated present depth amounts and a set depth adjustment amount. | 06-02-2011 |
20120127572 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD - A stereoscopic display apparatus includes a display mode control unit configured to switch the display unit between a first stereoscopic display mode configured for a viewer to view images with stereoscopic viewing glasses and a second stereoscopic display mode configured for a viewer to view images without stereoscopic viewing glasses. Also described is a method of displaying images that includes switching between displaying images in a first stereoscopic display mode in which images are displayed to be viewed with stereoscopic viewing glasses and a second stereoscopic display mode in which images are displayed to be viewed without stereoscopic viewing glasses. | 05-24-2012 |
20120133747 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is an image processing apparatus including: a depth-information extraction section; a luminance extraction section; a contrast extraction section; a gain generation section; a correlation estimation section; and a movement analyzing section. | 05-31-2012 |
20120134574 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is an image processing apparatus including: a depth-information extraction section; a luminance extraction section; a contrast extraction section; a gain generation section; and a correlation estimation section. | 05-31-2012 |
20120182290 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An autostereoscopic image display device in which an image of each viewpoint can be observed in each one of a plurality of observation areas, wherein one or both of a pair of images having relationship of a reverse view near an end portion of the observation area are displayed by using first image data and added image data acquired by weighting values of the first image data and second image data based on relationship of parallax between the second image data different from the first image data and the first image data and adding the weighted values. | 07-19-2012 |
20120206444 | DISPLAY AND DISPLAYING METHOD - Favorable stereoscopic display is allowed to be performed with, for example, intended magnitude of depth perception irrespective of a viewing distance. A display includes: a display section displaying a stereoscopic image based on stereoscopic image data; a detection section detecting a viewing distance of a viewer; and an adjustment section modifying magnitude of parallax of the stereoscopic image data from first magnitude of parallax to second magnitude of parallax, in which the adjustment section modifies a correspondence relationship between the first magnitude of parallax and the second magnitude of parallax depending on the detected viewing distance. | 08-16-2012 |
20120327200 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE CORRECTION DEVICE, THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE CORRECTION METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE REPRODUCTION DEVICE, THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE PROVISION SYSTEM, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A three-dimensional image correction device includes when a displacement amount which is a difference between a convergence angle on a display surface and a convergence angle on a perceived three-dimensional surface based on image information for a three-dimensional image is set as a disparity amount, a width of a depth amount represented by pop-up and pull-in of the three-dimensional image is set as a dynamic range, and display device specification information is set as display device information, a disparity amount detection unit for inputting the image information to detect the disparity amount from the image information, a correction computation unit for adjusting the detected disparity amount on the basis of the display device information to correct the dynamic range, and a disparity amount correction unit for correcting the disparity amount in the corrected dynamic range while corresponding to the display device information. | 12-27-2012 |
20130127837 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - By adjusting parameters of single-eye 3D information on the basis of the visual-sense characteristic of a human being, it is possible to present a 3D image more hardly causing the human being to have a feeling of discomfort and a feeling of displeasure. An input-value-adjustment-quantity determination section determines an adjustment quantity of an input value on the basis of an evaluation function to serve as an adjustment quantity corresponding to a determined depth adjustment quantity. An adjustment-gain computation block computes a gain value of each of spatial-frequency components of an input 3D image on the basis of the adjustment quantity of the input value. An image adjustment block adjusts the spatial-frequency components in accordance with the gain values computed for the spatial-frequency components respectively. The present application can be applied to typically an image processing apparatus for adjusting depths of the input 3D image. | 05-23-2013 |
20140126807 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes: a luminance extraction means to extract luminance components of an input image; a contrast extraction means to extract contrast components of the input image based on the luminance components of the input image extracted by the luminance extraction means; a storage means to store a performance function indicating relation between the contrast components of the input image and depth amounts subjectively perceived, which is determined based at least in part on visual sense characteristics of human beings; and a contrast adjustment means to calculate present depth amounts of the input image from the contrast components of the input image extracted by the contrast extraction means based at least in part on the performance function with respect to region of the input image which are determined from depth information of the input image and adjusting contrast components of the input image. | 05-08-2014 |
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20130027744 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF OUTPUT DISTRIBUTION, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING OUTPUT DISTRIBUTION CONTROL PROGRAM - An output distribution system extracts user-specific information from job data that is generated in response to an output request, obtains terminal-specific information that identifies a terminal that is associated with a user specified by user-specific information, and transmits drawing data of the job data to an output destination determined based on the identified terminal. | 01-31-2013 |
20140029033 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A data processing apparatus includes an assignment database. The assignment database includes a user-information registration unit configured to collect pieces of user information about users authorized to operate a plurality of information processing apparatuses, and register each piece of user information and an identifier assigned to the corresponding user in association with each other; an output destination association table in which each piece of user information is associated with a printing apparatus that is to be an output destination; and an output-destination determining unit configured to determine the output destination of the output data by referring to the user-information registration unit and the output destination association table. | 01-30-2014 |
20140337928 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing device for managing information saved in a save location, including an authentication unit configured to manage first authentication information and second authentication information in association with each other, said first authentication information required to authenticate a client device requesting an operation relevant to the information, and said second authentication information required for authentication at said save location that saves the information; a save location monitor unit configured to monitor the information saved in the save location by using the second authentication information, and update index information of the information saved in the save location; and an information management unit configured to create a list of the information saved in the save location by using the index information of the information saved in the save location, and provide the list to the client device. | 11-13-2014 |
20140340713 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF OUTPUT DISTRIBUTION, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING OUTPUT DISTRIBUTION CONTROL PROGRAM - An output distribution system extracts user-specific information from job data that is generated in response to an output request, obtains terminal-specific information that identifies a terminal that is associated with a user specified by user-specific information, and transmits drawing data of the job data to an output destination determined based on the identified terminal. | 11-20-2014 |
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20120038532 | CORE-SHELL MAGNETIC MATERIAL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING CORE-SHELL MAGNETIC MATERIAL, DEVICE, AND ANTENNA DEVICE - A core-shell magnetic material having an excellent characteristic in a high-frequency band, in particular a GHz-band and a high environment resistance is provided. The core-shell magnetic material includes: a magnetic member in which plural core-shell magnetic particles are bound by a binder made of a first resin; and a coating layer that is made of a second resin different from the first resin, a surface of the magnetic member being covered with the coating layer. The core-shell magnetic material is characterized in that the core-shell magnetic particle includes a magnetic metallic particle and a covering layer that covers at least part of a surface of the magnetic metallic particle, the magnetic metallic particle contains at least one magnetic metal selected from a group consisting of Fe, Co, and Ni, and the covering layer is made of an oxide, a nitride, or a carbide that contains at least one magnetic metal. | 02-16-2012 |
20130228716 | MAGNETIC MATERIAL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING MAGNETIC MATERIAL, AND INDUCTOR ELEMENT - A magnetic material is disclosed, which includes magnetic particles containing at least one magnetic metal selected from the group including Fe, Co and Ni, and at least one non-magnetic metal selected from Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Zr, Ti, Hf, Zn, Mn, rare earth elements, Ba and Sr; a first coating layer of a first oxide that covers at least a portion of the magnetic particles; oxide particles of a second oxide that is present between the magnetic particles and constitutes an eutectic reaction system with the first oxide; and an oxide phase that is present between the magnetic particles and has an eutectic structure of the first oxide and the second oxide. | 09-05-2013 |
20130228717 | MAGNETIC MATERIALS, METHODS OF MANUFACTURING MAGNETIC MATERIAL, AND INDUCTOR ELEMENT USING MAGNETIC MATERIAL - A magnetic material of an embodiment includes: first magnetic particles that contain at least one magnetic metal selected from the group including Fe, Co, and Ni, are 1 μm or greater in particle size, and are 5 to 50 μm in average particle size; second magnetic particles that contain at least one magnetic metal selected from the group including Fe, Co, and Ni, are smaller than 1 μm in particle size, and are 5 to 50 nm in average particle size; and an intermediate phase that exists between the first magnetic particles and the second magnetic particles. | 09-05-2013 |
20130257639 | RADIOWAVE ABSORBER - A radiowave absorber of an embodiment includes: core-shell particles each including: a core portion that contains at least one magnetic metal element selected from a first group including Fe, Co, and Ni, and at least one metal element selected from a second group including Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Zr, Ti, Hf, Zn, Mn, rare-earth elements, Ba, and Sr; and a shell layer that coats at least part of the core portion, and includes an oxide layer containing at least one metal element selected from the second group and contained in the core portion; and a binding layer that binds the core-shell particles, and has a higher resistance than the resistance of the core-shell particles. The volume filling rate of the core-shell particles in the radiowave absorber is not lower than 10% and not higher than 55%. | 10-03-2013 |
20140319406 | MAGNETIC MATERIAL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING MAGNETIC MATERIAL, AND INDUCTOR ELEMENT - A magnetic material is disclosed, which includes magnetic particles containing at least one magnetic metal selected from the group including Fe, Co and Ni, and at least one non-magnetic metal selected from Mg, Al, Si, Ca, Zr, Ti, Hf, Zn, Mn, rare earth elements, Ba and Sr; a first coating layer of a first oxide that covers at least a portion of the magnetic particles; oxide particles of a second oxide that is present between the magnetic particles and constitutes an eutectic reaction system with the first oxide; and an oxide phase that is present between the magnetic particles and has an eutectic structure of the first oxide and the second oxide. | 10-30-2014 |
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20090123083 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, LEARNING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing method includes determining whether an image is corrupted, extracting class taps used for classification of a pixel to be generated, performing classification of the pixel to be generated by using the class taps, extracting prediction taps used for prediction of the pixel to be generated, and generating an image by predictively calculating a pixel value of the pixel to be generated by using the prediction taps and prediction coefficients for the class of the pixel among a first prediction coefficient set if the subject pixel is determined as a pixel representing a corrupted image, and by predictively calculating a pixel value of the pixel to be generated by using the prediction taps and prediction coefficients for the class of the pixel to be generated among a second prediction coefficient set if the subject pixel is determined as a pixel representing an uncorrupted image. | 05-14-2009 |
20090136146 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention relates to an image processing device and method, a program, and a recording medium whereby the detection precision of a motion vector by the gradient method can be further improved. A counter value computing unit | 05-28-2009 |
20090167959 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention relates to an image processing device and method, a program, and a recording medium whereby the evaluation regarding the reliability of a motion vector can be performed even in the case of an average brightness level between frames changing greatly. On a frame t+1, a block B | 07-02-2009 |
20100097466 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE AND METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - A feature extracting unit obtains sensor data from a plurality of sensors to calculate each feature. When an event determining unit determines the occurrence of an event based on each feature, a display data constructor generates remote-controller display data for displaying the event, and controls a remote-controller display device to display the remote-controller display data. When a user decision is input from a user input IF based on this display, a control unit controls the sensors to be turned ON or OFF. When an infrared sensor detects an abnormality, a microwave sensor whose power consumption is small after the infrared sensor is turned ON. When the microwave sensor detects an abnormality, a video camera and a microphone are turned ON, and the microwave sensor is turned OFF. A communication unit wirelessly transmits an image signal captured by the video camera and an audio signal processed by the microphone. Then, if the infrared sensor does not detect an abnormality, the video camera and the microphone are turned OFF. With this arrangement, power consumption can be suppressed. The present invention is applied to, for example, a security system, for example, for monitoring outside a vehicle by a video camera disposed in the vehicle when the vehicle is parked. | 04-22-2010 |
20120093485 | EDITING DEVICE, EDITING METHOD, AND EDITING PROGRAM - An editing device includes an editing unit that partially edits content constituted of a plurality of clips using the clip as a unit, the clip including a moving image; a measurement unit that, each time the edited part of the content is reproduced by the editing unit, by measuring the part as each single reproduction of the clip which includes the interior portions or the connection points, measures the total count of the respective plurality of clips; a clip setting unit that sets each of the plurality of clips to at any of a plurality of types of clip based on the measured total count; a mark adding unit that performs an image process for adding a mark in accordance with the set type to at least a part of the content; and a reproduction control unit that controls reproduction of the content being subjected to the image process. | 04-19-2012 |
20120243781 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing device including a decoding unit that decodes compressed image data that is an encoded image and generates a decoded image that is decoded and parameters that relate to encoding which are calculated during encoding; an image processing unit that applies image processing including at least a color adjustment process on the decoded image; a control unit that controls whether to encode the decoded image on which image processing has been applied by the image processing unit using the parameters or to encode the decoded image without using the parameters according to processing of the image processing unit; and an encoding unit that encode the decoded image according to a control Of the control unit. | 09-27-2012 |
20140309848 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE AND METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - A feature extracting unit obtains sensor data from a plurality of sensors to calculate each feature. When an event determining unit determines the occurrence of an event based on each feature, a display data constructor generates remote-controller display data for displaying the event, and controls a remote-controller display device to display the remote-controller display data. When a user decision is input from a user input IF based on this display, a control unit controls the sensors to be turned ON or OFF. When an infrared sensor detects an abnormality, a microwave sensor whose power consumption is small after the infrared sensor is turned ON. When the microwave sensor detects an abnormality, a video camera and a microphone are turned ON, and the microwave sensor is turned OFF. A communication unit wirelessly transmits an image signal captured by the video camera and an audio signal processed by the microphone. Then, if the infrared sensor does not detect an abnormality, the video camera and the microphone are turned OFF. With this arrangement, power consumption can be suppressed. The present invention is applied to, for example, a security system, for example, for monitoring outside a vehicle by a video camera disposed in the vehicle when the vehicle is parked. | 10-16-2014 |
20140313318 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE AND METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - A feature extracting unit obtains sensor data from a plurality of sensors to calculate each feature. When an event determining unit determines the occurrence of an event based on each feature, a display data constructor generates remote-controller display data for displaying the event, and controls a remote-controller display device to display the remote-controller display data. When a user decision is input from a user input IF based on this display, a control unit controls the sensors to be turned ON or OFF. When an infrared sensor detects an abnormality, a microwave sensor whose power consumption is small after the infrared sensor is turned ON. When the microwave sensor detects an abnormality, a video camera and a microphone are turned ON, and the microwave sensor is turned OFF. A communication unit wirelessly transmits an image signal captured by the video camera and an audio signal processed by the microphone. Then, if the infrared sensor does not detect an abnormality, the video camera and the microphone are turned OFF. With this arrangement, power consumption can be suppressed. The present invention is applied to, for example, a security system, for example, for monitoring outside a vehicle by a video camera disposed in the vehicle when the vehicle is parked. | 10-23-2014 |
20140313338 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE AND METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - A feature extracting unit obtains sensor data from a plurality of sensors to calculate each feature. When an event determining unit determines the occurrence of an event based on each feature, a display data constructor generates remote-controller display data for displaying the event, and controls a remote-controller display device to display the remote-controller display data. When a user decision is input from a user input IF based on this display, a control unit controls the sensors to be turned ON or OFF. When an infrared sensor detects an abnormality, a microwave sensor whose power consumption is small after the infrared sensor is turned ON. When the microwave sensor detects an abnormality, a video camera and a microphone are turned ON, and the microwave sensor is turned OFF. A communication unit wirelessly transmits an image signal captured by the video camera and an audio signal processed by the microphone. Then, if the infrared sensor does not detect an abnormality, the video camera and the microphone are turned OFF. With this arrangement, power consumption can be suppressed. The present invention is applied to, for example, a security system, for example, for monitoring outside a vehicle by a video camera disposed in the vehicle when the vehicle is parked. | 10-23-2014 |