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| Patent # | Description |
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| US-8,213,848 |
Image forming apparatus including a fixing device configured to apply heat
and method thereof An image forming apparatus includes a first fixing device that applies heat to a non fixed toner image and a second fixing device arranged downstream of the... |
| US-8,213,834 |
Photoconductive drum and image forming apparatus having the same A disclosed photoconductive drum includes a mechanism where, when the sleeve inner circumferential surface pressing member is in contact with the inner... |
| US-8,213,833 |
Image forming apparatus, process cartridge, image forming method and
developer for electrophotography An image forming apparatus including at least an image bearer; a charger charging the image bearer; an irradiator irradiating the image bearer to form an... |
| US-8,213,827 |
Fixing device, image forming apparatus incorporating same, and fixing
method In a fixing device, a metal member is provided inside a fixing belt to heat the fixing belt. A first lubricant is applied between the metal member and the... |
| US-8,213,785 |
Focus detection optical system A focus detection optical system includes a condenser lens positioned behind an expected image plane of a photographing lens, an auxiliary lens positioned... |
| US-8,213,780 |
Information recording/reproducing apparatus, information
recording/reproducing method, and recording medium... An information recording/reproducing apparatus is disclosed. The information recording/reproducing apparatus includes a recording/reproducing unit that records... |
| US-8,213,083 |
Wavelength selection filter, filter unit, light source device, optical
apparatus, and refractive index sensor A wavelength selection filter selectively resonating and reflecting light of a given wavelength contained in incident light, includes a substrate having a... |
| US-8,213,067 |
Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus A temperature of a scanning optical system is different from a temperature of a light source when an optical scanning device is in operation, and when the both... |
| US-8,213,053 |
Information processing apparatus and computer-readable information
recording medium A type detecting part detects types of drawing objects included in a printing job. A rate detecting part detects a rate of each type of drawing object. A... |
| US-8,213,040 |
Image forming apparatus, program adding method, and a recording medium An image forming apparatus include a program for performing a process concerning image formation by using a hardware resource, and a slot which a recording... |
| US-8,213,039 |
Application service provider server, data server, recording medium, and
program An application server, a data server, and a printer are connected to one another via a communication network. The application server executes application... |
| US-8,213,036 |
Distribution system for scan image data and validating the scan image data A disclosed information processing device connected to an image forming device having a distribution destination setting unit setting a distribution destination... |
| US-8,212,908 |
Timing generator and image scanning apparatus A clock output from a quartz oscillator is input to a timing generator via a spread spectrum clock generator that spreads the spectrum of the clock. The clock... |
| US-8,212,907 |
Imaging-device driving unit and imaging apparatus for driving an image
pickup device in accordance with... A imaging-device driving unit, comprising a signal generator, a detector, and a controller, is provided. The imaging-device driving unit drives an imaging... |
| US-8,212,890 |
Imaging device and imaging method An imaging device is configured to include a dividing unit which divides a generated image into blocks, a white balance evaluation value acquiring unit which... |
| US-8,212,881 |
Drive device A drive device is provided having a movable part, a fixed part, a drive part, and a direction-detecting part. The fixed part is provided within a movement range... |
| US-8,212,860 |
Digital camera having an image mover A digital camera having an image mover includes a controller, a location information inputter, an orientation information inputter, a focal length information... |
| US-8,212,852 |
Image writing device using digital light-emitting elements An image-data transfer controller divides one line of image data for each of the light-emitting-element array units, transfers the divided image data to... |
| US-8,212,598 |
Oscillation frequency control circuit, DC-DC converter including the
oscillation frequency control circuit, and... An oscillation frequency control circuit controls a second oscillation circuit, which generates and outputs a second clock signal of a second frequency... |
| US-8,212,538 |
Hysteretic switching regulator and control method used therein A switching regulator includes a switching transistor, an inductor, a feedback voltage generator, a hysteresis comparator circuit, and a feedback loop circuit.... |
| US-8,212,529 |
Charge/discharge protection circuit, battery pack including
charge/discharge protection circuit, and electronic... A charge/discharge protection circuit for protecting a plurality of serially connected secondary batteries from overcharge, overdischarge, and current overflow... |
| US-8,212,282 |
Semiconductor device used in step-up DC-DC converter, and step-up DC-DC
converter A power supply device is disclosed that is able to satisfy the power requirements of a device in service and has high efficiency. The power supply device... |
| US-8,211,610 |
Carrier for use in developer developing electrostatic image, developer
using the carrier, and image forming... The carrier includes a particulate core material having magnetism; and a resin layer located on the surface of the particulate core material. The resin layer is... |
| US-8,211,605 |
Toner, developer, toner container, process cartridge, image forming
method, and image forming apparatus There is provided a toner which contains at least a binder resin, and filler including a layered inorganic compound, wherein the layered inorganic compound is... |
| US-8,210,489 |
Frame that supports a housing There is provided a frame for holding an electronic device, the frame including an inner member that has a shape of continuous or discontinuous loop, and is... |
| US-8,209,762 |
Approach for printing locked print data using user and print data
authentication An approach is provided for printing locked print data using user and print data authentication. The approach is applicable to a wide variety of contexts and... |
| US-8,209,752 |
Imaging system and authentication method An imaging system is disclosed that performs authentication of a user. The system includes one or more manipulation detecting parts that detect one or more... |
| US-8,209,547 |
Recording medium, storage unit, information processing apparatus,
information processing method, information... A recording medium is provided. The recording medium is used for inputting, into an information processing apparatus, a program for causing the information... |
| US-8,209,375 |
Communication of compressed digital images with restricted access and
server/client hand-offs A method and apparatus for handling restricted access and server/client handoffs in a communication environment is described. In one embodiment, the method... |
| US-8,208,847 |
Sheet folding apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet folding apparatus includes a fan folding unit that fan folds a folded-back sheet into a width or length of the regular size to file the sheet in the... |
| US-8,208,842 |
Belt driving control device, belt device, image forming apparatus, belt
driving control method, computer... A belt driving control device includes an endless belt looped over a plurality of supporting rollers, a driving source supplying rotational driving force the... |
| US-8,208,840 |
Developer carrier, developing device, image forming apparatus, process
cartridge, and image forming method A developer carrier which holds a developer on a surface and is rotatable includes: a plurality of grooves which is formed on the surface, wherein each of the... |
| US-8,208,835 |
Protective layer forming device, image forming apparatus, and process
cartridge A protective layer forming device including: a protective agent block containing a metal soap, a protective agent supplying unit configured to supply a... |
| US-8,208,832 |
Toner-collecting device and image forming apparatus A toner-collecting device includes a toner-collecting unit, a shaft member, and a guide member. The toner-collecting unit is configured to be detachably... |
| US-8,208,820 |
Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a data processor, a first calculating unit, a second calculating unit, an updating unit, and an instructing unit. The first... |
| US-8,208,766 |
Method of selecting image, program and storage medium for the method, and
image processing apparatus using the... An image processing apparatus includes a storage unit, an input unit, a reading unit, a controller, and an output unit. The storage unit stores article images... |
| US-8,208,751 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program An image processing apparatus, which quantizes M-level image data into N levels (M>N>2) using a multi-level error diffusion method or a multi-level... |
| US-8,208,511 |
Surface emitting laser, surface emitting laser array, optical scanning
device, image forming apparatus, optical... A disclosed surface emitting laser is capable of being manufactured easily, having a higher yield and a longer service lifetime. In the surface emitting laser,... |
| US-8,208,187 |
Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus An optical scanning device includes a plurality of converging lenses and a plurality of supporting members. Each supporting member supports a corresponding one... |
| US-8,208,181 |
Image reading apparatus, document reading apparatus, and image forming
apparatus An image reading apparatus is disclosed that includes plural line image sensors partially overlapped with each other in an overlapped reading portion, the image... |
| US-8,208,179 |
Apparatus, system, and method for image processing An image processing apparatus includes an image information acquisition device, an embedment information acquisition device, an embedment mode information... |
| US-8,208,167 |
Information processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, print-data
generation method, map-information... 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... |
| US-8,208,159 |
Controllling a document processing workflow In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises receiving an application identifier value associated with a printed application; receiving a media... |
| US-8,208,056 |
Digital camera A digital camera has a display and a shifting device. The display has display areas and simultaneously displays images in each display areas. The shifting... |
| US-8,208,034 |
Imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus, includes: an imaging optical system; an image pickup device; and a control device which is configured to control the image pickup device,... |
| US-8,208,032 |
Image shake correction apparatus, and camera having image shake correction
apparatus An image shake correction apparatus of a camera in which an object image is formed on an image sensor that is driven to move in first and second directions,... |
| US-8,207,996 |
Light source device, optical scanning device, and image forming apparatus A light source device includes a light source that includes a vertical cavity surface emitting laser; a drive circuit that drives the light source; and a... |
| US-8,207,979 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program
product A storage unit stores therein first image data having a file size smaller than a predetermined size and a second image data having a file size larger than the... |
| US-8,207,721 |
Switching regulator capable of stable operation and improved frequency
characteristics in a broad input and... A disclosed switching regulator includes: a switching element switching in accordance with an input control signal; an inductor charged with a supply voltage by... |
| US-8,207,715 |
Soft-start circuit and power supply circuit including same A soft-start circuit to generate and output a soft-start voltage having a specified gradient. The soft-start circuit includes a slope voltage generator circuit... |
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