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| Patent # | Description |
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| US-8,953,992 |
Fixing device and image forming apparatus A fixing device includes a fixing unit, a cleaning unit, and a controller. The fixing unit includes a pair of nipping members and a heat source that heats at... |
| US-8,953,991 |
Fixing device and image forming apparatus A fixing device includes a fixing member configured to heat and fix a toner image onto a recording medium; a pressurizing member configured to press a heating... |
| US-8,953,987 |
Development device, and process cartridge and image forming apparatus
including same A development device includes a development casing, a developer bearer, a first developer conveyance member to supply developer to the developer bearer, a... |
| US-8,953,986 |
Powder container, powder conveying apparatus, and image forming apparatus A powder container includes: a powder containing unit which has an opening portion formed at one end portion thereof, contains a powder therein, and is formed... |
| US-8,953,976 |
Developing device, image forming apparatus, and process cartridge A developing device including a developer bearing member rotatable while bearing developer on a surface thereof, a rotary body having a rotary shaft, a casing... |
| US-8,953,975 |
Seal and image forming device including a seal A seal includes a photoreceptor contacting portion to contact a photoreceptor, and a charge roller contacting portion to contact a charge roller. The... |
| US-8,953,967 |
Fixation device having temperature control and image forming apparatus
including the same A fixation device includes a fixation member including a heating member, a pressure-application member press-contacting the fixation member forming a nip... |
| US-8,953,966 |
Fixing device and image forming apparatus A fixing device includes a fixing member including a heating unit, and a pressure member, the heating unit includes a sub-heater having a heat generating... |
| US-8,953,960 |
Fixing device and image forming apparatus A fixing device includes a fixing rotation body heating and fixing an unfixed image onto a recording medium; a pressing rotation body pressing the recording... |
| US-8,953,957 |
Image forming apparatus including a surface potential detector An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit including a latent image carrier, a charging device, a latent image writing device, and a development... |
| US-8,953,955 |
Image forming device, method of notifying consumable exhaustion, and
computer-readable storage medium An image forming device includes a calculation unit configured to calculate, based on attribute information of a print job, a supply time point at which supply... |
| US-8,953,954 |
Monitoring device system, image forming apparatus, and monitoring device
method A monitoring device system that includes a user apparatus, including a monitoring device application, and an image forming apparatus. The user apparatus... |
| US-8,953,222 |
Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and computer program
product An image forming apparatus includes a printer engine, a storage unit, a print data interpreting unit, and a print control unit. The print data interpreting unit... |
| US-8,953,214 |
Print control method, information processing apparatus, and recording
medium A print control method for an information processing apparatus connected to an image forming apparatus via a network, includes acquiring print data and print... |
| US-8,953,197 |
Image processing system, image inputting apparatus, display controlling
apparatus, management method and... An image processing system, connecting a plurality of image forming apparatuses via a network for outputting an input image using one of image forming... |
| US-8,953,196 |
Image processing workflow with virtual plug-in In an image forming device adapted to acquire image data and distribute the image data, a storage unit stores respective plug-in modules of an input process, an... |
| US-8,953,186 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and
information processing method An information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive output object information on an object to be output; a storage unit... |
| US-8,953,181 |
Virtual print job preview and validation Apparatuses, systems and methods are provided for previewing and submitting print jobs. A printer apparatus generates and outputs preview data based on printer... |
| US-8,953,101 |
Projector and control method thereof A projector includes an image taking part that takes an image of an area that includes a target onto which an image is projected; a distance measuring part that... |
| US-8,952,181 |
Organic semiconductive material precursor containing
dithienobenzodithiophene derivative, ink, insulating... An ink containing an organic semiconductive material precursor containing a dithienobenzodithiophene derivative of the following formula: ##STR00001## X and Y... |
| US-8,951,707 |
Toner, developer and image forming apparatus A toner, including: a crystalline resin containing a urethane bond, a urea bond, or both thereof; and a compound represented by the following General Formula... |
| US-8,951,705 |
Development agent and image forming apparatus employing same A development agent containing toner that contains a binder resin having a crystalline resin that has a urethane and/or urea bond in its main chain, a coloring... |
| US-8,950,874 |
Projection optical system and image display apparatus A projection optical system for use in an image display apparatus having an illumination optical system applying light from a light source, and an image display... |
| US-8,950,872 |
Image projecting device, image processing device, image projecting method,
and computer-readable recording medium Disclosed is an image projecting device, including a projecting part configured to project an image for calibration onto a projection object, an image capturing... |
| US-8,950,750 |
Sheet thickness detector and image forming apparatus including same A sheet thickness detector incorporated in an image forming apparatus includes a sheet conveying member to rotate and convey a sheet in a sheet conveyance... |
| US-8,950,743 |
Automatic document feeder, image reading device including the same, and
image forming apparatus including the same According to an embodiment, an ADF that feeds and conveys original document sheets one sheet by one sheet from a tray unit to a read position on a document... |
| US-8,949,599 |
Device management apparatus, method for device management, and computer
program product According to an embodiment, provided is a device management apparatus that issues a digital certificate to a device. The device management apparatus includes: a... |
| US-8,949,593 |
Authentication system for terminal identification information An authentication system receives encrypted terminal identification information and terminal identification information, from a transmission terminal, and... |
| US-8,949,482 |
Device management apparatus, device management system, information
management method, information management... A device management apparatus connected to one or more devices via a data transmission channel includes an input information holding unit for holding an input... |
| US-8,949,417 |
Method and system for remote diagnostic, control, and information
collection based upon a connection or... A method, system, and program product for communicating with machines connected to a network. Information sent to or from the machines is transmitted using... |
| US-8,949,287 |
Embedding hot spots in imaged documents A Mixed Media Reality (MMR) system and associated techniques are disclosed. The MMR system provides mechanisms for forming a mixed media document that includes... |
| US-8,949,260 |
Method and apparatus for secure and oblivious document matching A method and apparatus for secure and oblivious document matching are described. In one embodiment, the method comprises transmitting initial secure dot product... |
| US-8,949,078 |
Filter modules for aperture-coded, multiplexed imaging systems A method for designing the spatial partition of a filter module used in an aperture-multiplexed imaging system. The filter module is spatially partitioned into... |
| US-8,948,679 |
Sheet conveyance device and image forming apparatus including same A sheet conveyance device for conveying a recording medium includes a fixed roller, a movable roller, an urging member, and a shock absorber, and an image... |
| US-8,948,677 |
Protective agent block, method of manufacturing the same, process
cartridge, and image forming apparatus A protective agent block including metal soap; and boron nitride, wherein the weight ratio Mr of boron nitride to the metal soap is calculated from the... |
| US-8,948,676 |
Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member to bear a toner image, a waste toner storage mechanism to store residual toner, and an intermediate... |
| US-8,948,673 |
Fixing-unit roller, fixing unit, and image forming apparatus including an
elastic layer A fixing-unit roller includes: a core bar; and an elastic layer formed on an outer peripheral surface of the core bar. The elastic layer is formed from a porous... |
| US-8,948,653 |
Image forming apparatus and developer container An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a developer container, an outlet, a first shutter, a cover member, a movable member, and a transmission... |
| US-8,948,647 |
Belt device and image forming apparatus incorporating same having a
cleaning device which cleans utilizing... A belt device incorporatable in an image forming apparatus includes an endless belt, multiple belt tension rollers disposed in contact with an inner surface of... |
| US-8,948,644 |
Power supply module and image forming apparatus including same An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member to bear a toner image on a surface thereof, a transfer unit including a transfer device to transfer... |
| US-8,948,641 |
Fixing device and control method used therein A fixing device includes a rotatable fuser member, a rotatable pressure member, a heater, a temperature detector, and a controller. The rotatable fuser member... |
| US-8,948,639 |
Fixing device with mechanism capable of detecting pressure exerted between
opposed components and image forming... A fixing device includes a pressurization member connected to a pressing rotary body to press the pressing rotary body against a fixing rotary body; a... |
| US-8,948,638 |
Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a latent image carrier; a latent image writer to write a latent image on the latent image carrier; a developing unit... |
| US-8,948,627 |
Load abnormality detection apparatus performing accurate judgment of cause
of abnormality A load abnormality detection apparatus detects a load abnormality in first and second rotational members acting on each other. An inclination calculation part... |
| US-8,948,621 |
Management apparatus, image forming apparatus maintenance system including
the same, and management method A management apparatus communicates, via a communication network, with image forming apparatuses, and includes an information reception device that receives,... |
| US-8,948,620 |
Image forming system and latent image carrier replacement time detection
method An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus, a physical property detector, a data storage device, and a latent image carrier replacement time... |
| US-8,947,798 |
Lens cap unit A lens cap unit includes a mounting part mounted on a fixed cylinder in which a movable lens cylinder is movably contained, at least one barrier provided on the... |
| US-8,947,753 |
Imaging device for an image reading apparatus, and image reading method An imaging device includes a plurality of light-receiving units configured to perform photoelectric conversion for different colors, respectively, each light... |
| US-8,947,751 |
Image reading device and image forming apparatus An image reading device, which can be included in an image forming apparatus, includes an image pickup device, a transparent member, a traveling body, and a... |
| US-8,947,743 |
Parallel rip processing for sheet images that include graphics defined by
a job ticket Systems and methods are provided for processing a logical page in parallel with graphics for the sheet that are defined in a job ticket. The system includes... |
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