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| Patent # | Description |
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| US-8,566,892 |
Network system and image projection apparatus A network system includes an image projection apparatus that projects image data; a first terminal; and a second terminal where the first terminal includes an... |
| US-8,566,752 |
Persistent selection marks Methods and method and apparatus are disclosed herein for marking electronic documents with one or more persistent selection marks. In one embodiment, the... |
| US-8,566,705 |
Dynamic document icons A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for generating visualizations (e.g., icons) suitable for a specific display. In one embodiment, the method comprises... |
| US-8,566,701 |
Converting metadata for applications having different metadata formats System, apparatus and method for managing documents and metadata generated by a plurality of software application systems are provided. |
| US-8,565,665 |
Image forming apparatus and cover sheet conveyance system incorporated
therein An image forming apparatus includes a first pair of rotary members pressing against each other, forming a first nip therebetween, a cover sheet supply unit to... |
| US-8,565,661 |
Cleaning device including cleaning mechanism having noise reduction
mechanism and image forming apparatus... A cleaning device that can be incorporated in an image forming apparatus which includes an image carrier configured to form a toner image, and a cleaning device... |
| US-8,565,658 |
Driving apparatus, fixing apparatus, and image forming apparatus A driving apparatus which includes a driving mechanism which includes a moving drive gear, the moving drive gear being a drive gear which is mounted on an... |
| US-8,565,652 |
Development roller, development device, process cartridge and
image-forming apparatus A development roller includes a magnet roller and a rotatably supported development sleeve including inside thereof the magnet roller, the development sleeve is... |
| US-8,565,648 |
Charge element, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus A charge element includes an element body in parallel to a photoreceptor element and biased to the photoreceptor element by an elastic element, and a gap... |
| US-8,565,644 |
Fixing device and image forming apparatus with fixing device A fixing device that allows simple and safe replacement of heating rollers. The fixing device includes a first lamp holder provided in the inner periphery of a... |
| US-8,565,633 |
Image forming system, and image forming method An image forming system including an image forming device forming on a recording sheet a first chromatic toner image, and a second chromatic toner image having... |
| US-8,565,631 |
Image forming apparatus, image forming system, fixing control method, and
computer program product An image forming apparatus includes: a PDL analyzing unit that analyzes print data and obtains a drawing condition; a drawing unit that uses a type of dither... |
| US-8,565,626 |
Image forming system, control apparatus, and image forming apparatus
having toner transfer rates for first and... A control apparatus, connected to two image forming apparatuses each forming an image on one of a first face and a second face serving as image forming faces of... |
| US-8,565,298 |
Encoder rate control A method and apparatus for performing compression and/or decompression is described. In one embodiment, the present invention comprises a system having a... |
| US-8,565,291 |
Communication apparatus, data communication method, and storage medium
storing data communication program A communication apparatus for executing half-duplex data communication conforming to V.34 recommendation including, a modulation-demodulation device modulating... |
| US-8,564,983 |
Power supply device and image forming apparatus A power supply device includes a transformer including a primary coil, a secondary coil, and a tertiary coil; a switching element connected via the primary coil... |
| US-8,564,846 |
Form processing apparatus, form processing method, and storage medium for
updating definition data A form processing apparatus includes a storing unit configured to store definition data for scanning and processing a first form in a storage area, an image... |
| US-8,564,838 |
Image processing apparatus and method for determining arrangement of dot
count or recording material amount by... An image processing apparatus quantizes multi-level image data of n colors, where n.gtoreq.2, by performing an error diffusion processing. The image processing... |
| US-8,564,811 |
Method and apparatus for distributing a locked print job A method, apparatus, and system for outputting a locked print job by a printing device connected to a client terminal over a network. The method includes... |
| US-8,564,800 |
Printing system, printing apparatus, computer program, and storage medium A time limit for a printer to be restored to a printable state after an occurrence of a print error that prevents the printer from printing is variably set. If... |
| US-8,564,782 |
Toner-density calculating method, reflective optical sensor, reflective
optical sensor device, and image... A toner density is calculated from outputs of light-receiving elements based on a difference between a reflection property of a supporting member and a... |
| US-8,564,717 |
Assembling method for imaging apparatus and imaging apparatus A method for assembling an imaging apparatus includes steps of: preparing an external cover, an image pickup device, and a tilt detection unit configured to... |
| US-8,564,635 |
Optical scanner and image forming apparatus An optical scanner includes a light source including light emitters, an aperture member collimating light beams from the light source, a deflector deflecting... |
| US-8,564,460 |
Keyboard device and method of identifying a key operation A keyboard device includes multiple key switches, a scan memory that temporarily stores a result obtained by scanning keyboard as scan data, a confirmed data... |
| US-8,562,737 |
Crystal growth method, crystal growth apparatus, group-III nitride crystal
and group III nitride semiconductor... A crystal growth method, comprising the steps of: a) bringing a nitrogen material into a reaction vessel in which a mixed molten liquid comprising an alkaline... |
| US-8,562,103 |
Recovery apparatus and image forming apparatus A recovery apparatus for recovering an ejection state of an ejection opening is disclosed. The recovery apparatus includes a cap member to seal an ejection... |
| US-8,562,096 |
Image forming apparatus, image formation method, and computer-readable
medium An image forming apparatus including a first carriage having a print head independently movable in a main scanning direction, a second carriage having a print... |
| US-8,562,090 |
Image forming apparatus and method for controlling the same A method for controlling an image forming apparatus including a head having a nozzle for discharging a liquid droplet; a sub-tank for temporarily storing the... |
| US-8,561,985 |
Conveying device, image forming apparatus, and program An image forming apparatus includes a feed unit, a sensor, a control unit, a measuring unit, and a determining unit. The feed unit 1 conveys a sheet. The sensor... |
| US-8,561,983 |
Sheet eject device, fullness detecting method, and computer-readable
recording medium A sheet eject device is provided for detecting whether a sheet eject tray is filled with ejected sheets. The sheet eject device includes an ejecting unit that... |
| US-8,561,979 |
Open/close mechanism for paper tray for use in image forming apparatus An open/close mechanism can be used for paper trays of an image forming apparatus. The open/close mechanism includes a plate member provided on a side of a... |
| US-8,302,205 |
Access control decision system, access control enforcing system, and
security policy An access control enforcing system, method, and computer-readable storage medium, the system including an access control enforcing part enforcing an access... |
| US-8,301,816 |
Memory access controller, system, and method A memory access controller including a command analysis unit to receive write access request and command data and to analyze access to a memory, a command... |
| US-8,301,807 |
Device management apparatus, device management method, and recording
medium A device management apparatus is connected to a plurality of devices via a network and includes a processing unit. The processing unit includes a trap setting... |
| US-8,301,068 |
Fixing member including through-holes formed through release layer, method
for producing the same, and fixing... To provide a fixing member for fixing to a recording medium an unfixed image formed with a developer, the fixing member including: a base material; an elastic... |
| US-8,301,064 |
Image forming apparatus including pressers configured to press a receptor
to image bearers downward in the... An image forming apparatus, including: a plural image bearers bearing toner images including a black toner image, which are developed with a two-component... |
| US-8,301,051 |
Fixing device, image forming apparatus, and method of controlling fixing
device In a fixing apparatus, an internal temperature detection device is arranged within a heat generation region and detects temperature of a fixing device. An... |
| US-8,301,047 |
Image forming apparatus and method of controlling development electric
field strength therein An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a developer carrier, a runout measurement information storage unit to store runout measurement information... |
| US-8,300,334 |
Variable power lens A variable power lens, having first and second lens groups, includes first and second lens group support frames, a linear guide ring, first and second lens... |
| US-8,300,260 |
Image forming apparatus, print control method, and computer-readable
recording medium storing print control program An image forming apparatus and a print control method prevents a disadvantageous effect to a user due to print failure, before an image forming operation is... |
| US-8,300,248 |
Printing control system with suspend modes and method thereof A printing control system includes a host interface, a user interface, a printing unit, and a controller. The host interface communicates with a host device... |
| US-8,300,247 |
Image processing apparatus and image processing method A disclosed image processing apparatus executes an application relevant to image processing. The image processing apparatus includes a request analyzing layer... |
| US-8,300,237 |
Information processing apparatus, rule file outputting apparatus, program,
and method of determining exclusive... The propriety of combining received parameters is determined based on a property as a characteristic resulting from the content of processing executed in... |
| US-8,300,142 |
Imaging apparatus having adjustable power supply based on imager
sensitivity An imaging apparatus includes: a power supply; a first voltage converter producing first and second voltages which are different from each other based on an... |
| US-8,300,075 |
Laser driving device, optical scanning device, and image forming apparatus A laser driving device in the embodiment includes: a laser light source that emits laser light; a light source drive control unit that adjusts a light amount of... |
| US-8,299,190 |
Colored polymer particles, method for producing the same, and toner and
developer using the same A method for producing colored polymer particles, including adding a colorant-containing composition containing a radically polymerizable monomer and a colorant... |
| US-8,298,734 |
Electrophotographic photoreceptor, image forming method, image forming
apparatus, and process cartridge An electrophotographic photoreceptor including a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer located overlying the conductive substrate. The photosensitive... |
| US-8,298,653 |
Recording medium A recording medium contains a support, and an antistatic agent-containing layer, and the antistatic agent-containing layer contains a binder resin and tin... |
| US-8,298,651 |
Hollow structure forming substrate, method of producing hollow structure
forming substrate, and method of... A hollow structure forming substrate includes: a surface on which a plastic-deformation film is formed by using a plastic-deformable material; a plurality of... |
| US-8,298,622 |
Silica aerogel coating and its production method Methods for producing a silica aerogel coating by: producing a wet gel formed by the hydrolysis and polymerization of an alkoxysilane having an ... |
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