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| Patent # | Description |
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| US-7,864,443 |
Zoom lens, imaging apparatus, and personal data assistant A zoom lens includes a first optical system having a positive focal length, the first optical system, a second optical system having a negative focal length, a... |
| US-7,864,378 |
Image reader An image reader includes a lamp that irradiates light onto a document, a first carriage that moves the lamp along the document to optically scan the document, a... |
| US-7,864,372 |
Color conversion apparatus and color conversion method A color conversion method including the steps of a) generating output values corresponding to a body-center of each cubic lattice block included in a... |
| US-7,864,371 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer product An image processing apparatus includes a first storage unit, a second storage unit, a selecting unit, a first converting unit, a second converting unit, and a... |
| US-7,864,352 |
Printer with multimedia server A printer with an embedded multimedia server is described that includes a processor primarily allocated for print control and another processor for executing a... |
| US-7,864,241 |
Lens barrel, camera and mobile information terminal A lens barrel includes: a lens frame retaining at least one portion of the plurality of lens groups; a first lens cylinder supporting the lens frame inside... |
| US-7,864,231 |
Imaging apparatus and defective pixel correcting method A disclosed imaging unit includes an image sensor in which plural light receiving elements are arranged in a matrix; a defective information storage unit... |
| US-7,863,946 |
Electric signal outputting apparatus with a switching part, an impedance
matching part, and an auxiliary... The present invention discloses an electric signal outputting apparatus in a serial electric transmission system. The electric signal outputting apparatus... |
| US-7,863,942 |
Voltage detecting circuit A voltage detecting circuit for comparing a voltage to be detected with a reference voltage and outputting an output signal having a level depending on the... |
| US-7,862,973 |
Toner and developer, and image forming apparatus, image forming method and
process cartridge Provided is a toner that comprises a binder resin, a releasing agent, and a colorant, wherein the mass average particle diameter of the toner is 3 .mu.m to 8... |
| US-7,862,969 |
Image bearing member and image forming method using thereof, and image
forming apparatus and process cartridge The present invention provides an image bearing member that includes: a photoconductor; and a heating unit which heats the photoconductor, wherein the... |
| US-7,862,141 |
Liquid-discharge-failure detecting apparatus and inkjet recording
apparatus A light-emitting element emits a beam onto a droplet discharged from a nozzle from a direction opposite to a direction of discharge of the droplet. A... |
| US-7,862,037 |
Sheet feed cassette and image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus has a sheet feed cassette to store a sheet supplied to the image forming apparatus. The sheet feed cassette has a cassette body and a... |
| US-7,862,023 |
Sheet processing device and image forming apparatus A sheet processing device includes a stapling tray, a rear-end clamp, and a stapler that staples sheets while the rear-end clamp is clamping the sheets. In... |
| US-7,861,227 |
Software development environment with design specification validation tool An automated software class specification validation tool automatically determines, for functions defined in a function definition section of a class... |
| US-7,861,182 |
Dynamic printer driver user interface generation After print path construction logic has established a print path to convert print data from a source format to a target format, the print path construction logic... |
| US-7,861,169 |
Multimedia print driver dialog interfaces The system of the present invention includes a media-printing interface that allows users to interact with a multimedia transformation process and format... |
| US-7,861,086 |
Digital signing method, digital signing apparatus, portable information
processing apparatus, digital signing... A digital signing method in a digital signing apparatus that provides a digital signature to electronic data, including: inputting data to be signed with the... |
| US-7,860,442 |
Image fixing device having carbon lamp and reflector An image fixing device for use in an image forming apparatus. The fixing device includes a fixing member which fixes a toner image on a recording medium at a nip... |
| US-7,860,438 |
Image forming apparatus using toner including an external additive at an
additive burial rate of not less than... An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, an endless belt whose front surface contacts the image carrier to form a transfer nip, and a bias applying... |
| US-7,860,424 |
Managing and utilizing error information relating to image processing Image processing apparatus and method to perform an image processing job based on a received processing request, which includes a processing condition set by a... |
| US-7,860,423 |
Image forming method and apparatus for convenient replacement of developer
container An image forming apparatus includes an image forming mechanism for forming an image, at least one developer container replaceably provided in the image forming... |
| US-7,860,421 |
Image forming apparatus A process unit is removably attached inside a main body of an image forming apparatus. The process unit includes a casing and a latent image carrier housed... |
| US-7,860,267 |
System, computer program product and method for managing documents A system, method and computer program product for managing documents. The system includes a document manager that is configured to search for application... |
| US-7,860,035 |
Communication device and remote management system A communication device is provided in a network including a plurality of network segments to which customer devices are connected respectively, the communication... |
| US-7,859,991 |
Signal transmitting apparatus, power supplying system, and serial
communication apparatus A signal transmitting apparatus includes a sending part and a receiving part. The sending part converts each width of a plurality of digital input signals into a... |
| US-7,859,957 |
Optical disc system An optical disc apparatus includes a pause circuit for pausing data encoders upon receiving a pause signal so that a write operation may be paused without... |
| US-7,859,732 |
Optical scanner and image forming apparatus A scanning optical system is configured such that at least a smaller value of the size in a main scanning direction of optical beams entering into an opening... |
| US-7,859,704 |
Image forming apparatus including a storable page number calculating unit In a disclosed image forming apparatus, an original is scanned and image data of the original are obtained. The data size of the image data corresponding to one... |
| US-7,859,700 |
Image forming apparatus associating with other apparatuses through network In an image forming apparatus, screen information for displaying a plurality of function options available for a predetermined process is generated. A screen... |
| US-7,859,558 |
Optical scanning device, control method thereof, and image forming
apparatus therewith An optical scanning device is disclosed, including: a light deflection part, an imaging optical element, a variable focus optical element, and a focal point... |
| US-7,859,239 |
Switching regulator and method of adjusting pulse width A switching regulator switches according to an input signal and performs PWM control with a PWM pulse signal. The switching regulator includes a pulse width... |
| US-7,858,280 |
Toner and image forming method using the same A toner formed of a toner composition containing a resin and a plasticizer, wherein the following relationships (1) and (2) are satisfied: Tg2r>Tg2t (1), and... |
| US-7,858,278 |
Electrophotographic photoreceptor, and image forming apparatus and process
cartridge using the... An electrophotographic photoreceptor is provided, including an electroconductive substrate and a photosensitive layer located overlying the electroconductive... |
| US-7,857,458 |
Image display device and image projection device An image display device is disclosed that has a simplified structure and is able to display a high quality image of high resolution at low cost. The image... |
| US-7,857,434 |
Liquid discharging head, liquid discharging device, and image forming
apparatus A liquid discharging head includes a nozzle, a pressing liquid chamber, a plurality of energy generators, and a base. The nozzle discharges a liquid drop. The... |
| US-7,856,400 |
Billing based on the type of printed document Techniques are provided for billing a customer for printing services based on the type of document printed. Types of documents may include business cards, books,... |
| US-7,856,253 |
Power supply IC having switching regulator and series regulator An integrated circuit for supplying power includes an IC chip having a rectangular shape and having a first edge and a second edge opposite the first edge, a... |
| US-7,856,201 |
Image transfer fixation apparatus and image formation apparatus A transfer fixation apparatus includes: a fixing member that carries the toner image; a pressurizing member that becomes in contact with the fixing member with... |
| US-7,856,190 |
Heating device, fixing device, method of controlling temperature of
heating member, and image forming apparatus A heating device heats, by electromagnetic induction heating, a heating member disposed in a fixing device for use in an image forming apparatus. The fixing... |
| US-7,856,189 |
Image forming apparatus and a method of effectively detecting toner state
in the same An image forming apparatus includes an optical sensor configured to optically detect a density of a reference pattern image, a toner density sensor configured to... |
| US-7,856,153 |
Displaying a long sequence of images in a short amount of time A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for displaying a long sequence of images in a short amount of time. In one embodiment, the method comprises selecting... |
| US-7,856,039 |
Semiconductor device and semiconductor laser driving device In a semiconductor device, a switching current generator circuit generates and outputs a switching current such that a voltage input to a switching current... |
| US-7,855,842 |
Zoom lens unit, imaging apparatus and portable information terminal device A zoom lens unit including, in order from an object side to an image surface side: a first lens group having a positive refracting power; a second lens group... |
| US-7,855,818 |
Optical scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus In an optical scanning apparatus, an aperture is provided between a semiconductor laser in a light source unit and an oscillating mirror, and between a... |
| US-7,855,746 |
Lens barrel, camera, and mobile information terminal A lens barrel including a plurality of lens groups; a plurality of lens retaining frames; a telescopic cylinder retained by a fixed base member and configured to... |
| US-7,855,471 |
Power supply device and image forming apparatus A voltage converting unit converts a first voltage of an auxiliary power supply unit into a second voltage. A voltage determining unit determines whether the... |
| US-7,855,434 |
Semiconductor device capable of decreasing variations in size of metal
resistance element A semiconductor device is provided wherein a foundation insulating film is formed over a semiconductor substrate, a metal resistance element is formed on the... |
| US-7,855,346 |
Data processing apparatus and removal recording media A data processing apparatus includes a manipulation member, a protection cover, a latch member, a coupling device, and a control unit. The protection cover... |
| US-7,855,040 |
Method for preparing photoreceptor, photoreceptor prepared by the method,
and image forming method and... A method for preparing a photoreceptor including forming a photosensitive layer overlying an electroconductive substrate; coating a liquid including a radically... |
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