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| Patent # | Description |
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| US-8,017,209 |
Optical recording medium To provide an optical recording medium in which error-causing short marks are produced in numbers small enough excellent high-recording characteristics and in... |
| US-8,016,384 |
Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes at least one recording head module including a plurality of heads, a branch member, and a base member. Each of the heads... |
| US-8,016,375 |
Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a recording head configured to jet a liquid; a liquid tank configured to store the liquid; and a supply tube having... |
| US-8,016,283 |
Recording sheet feeder and image forming apparatus providing easy
maintenance with simple structure In a recording sheet feeder, a recording sheet tray moving mechanism moves a recording sheet tray between an upper position, at which an uppermost recording... |
| US-8,015,494 |
Melded user interfaces In one embodiment, a method for combining the user interfaces of several applications is disclosed. Data generated by a first application is extracted from a... |
| US-8,015,399 |
Communication apparatus, communication system, certificate transmission
method and program A communication apparatus includes an authentication part for authenticating another communication apparatus with a first digital certificate, and a certificate... |
| US-8,015,194 |
Refining based on log content A method and an apparatus for performing a refining operation based on content of a log are described. In one embodiment, the method comprises analyzing one or... |
| US-8,014,998 |
Electronic device A storing unit stores therein a plurality of different display language data that is switchable according to a use environment of a user. A selecting unit... |
| US-8,014,715 |
Fixing apparatus using fixing solution and image forming apparatus
including the fixing apparatus A fixing apparatus to fix unfixed toner carried on a surface of a recording medium by attaching a fixing solution capable of softening toner onto the unfixed... |
| US-8,014,713 |
Fixing device and image forming apparatus A fixing device includes a flexible fixing member that heats a toner image to fuse, a contact member fixedly disposed internal to the fixing member and comes... |
| US-8,014,711 |
Fixing unit having enhanced temperature control and image forming
apparatus using the same A fixing unit includes a rotatable fixing member and a rotatable pressure applying member. The rotatable fixing member has a heat generating layer to generate... |
| US-8,014,708 |
Belt member, transfer unit incorporating same, image forming apparatus
incorporating same, and method of... A multi-layer endless belt member with a high-resistance surface layer for use in an image forming apparatus. A volume resistivity thereof ranges from... |
| US-8,014,706 |
Developing device, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus A developing device is disclosed. The developing device includes a developing roller disposed to face an image carrier and a toner carrier capturing roller... |
| US-8,014,704 |
Developing agent storage device and image forming apparatus having same in
which the chargeability level of the... A developing agent storage device for storing a refill developing agent includes toner particles, carrier particles, an inner layer of the developing agent... |
| US-8,014,703 |
Development device and image forming apparatus The development device includes a development member and a circulation member. The development member develops an electrostatic latent image formed on a latent... |
| US-8,014,701 |
Contacting and separating mechanism and image forming apparatus A contacting and separating mechanism which causes a first member to contact a second member and separates the first member contacting the second member from... |
| US-8,014,693 |
Image forming apparatus having improved serviceability An image forming apparatus including maintenance function for maintaining the image forming apparatus at a given operating condition includes an operation... |
| US-8,014,661 |
Imaging device and imaging method An imaging device includes an autofocusing section, which moves at least a part of an imaging lens as a focusing lens, and focuses the imaging device on a... |
| US-8,014,627 |
Image processing apparatus, imaging apparatus, image processing method,
and computer program product An image-information acquiring unit acquires image information. A component separating unit separates the image information acquired into luminance information... |
| US-8,014,559 |
Information embedding apparatus, information embedding method, information
extracting apparatus, information... A first-information obtaining unit that obtains first information and a second-information obtaining unit obtains second information. The second information has... |
| US-8,014,502 |
Communication device A communication device includes a network control device connected to a Public Switched Telephone Network; an interface connected to an IP network; an... |
| US-8,014,058 |
Method for driving optical deflecting device array, optical deflecting
device array, optical deflecting device,... A method for driving an optical deflecting device array is disclosed, including in a series of processes for the light deflection operation, at least, a state... |
| US-8,014,051 |
Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus At least one of a coupling lens and a cylindrical lens has a diffraction lens surface having a ring-band structure with a height h between adjacent ring-bands.... |
| US-8,014,041 |
Optical scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus An optical scanning apparatus which includes: a light source unit which emits a light beam; a deflection scanning device which deflects the light beam emitted... |
| US-8,014,039 |
Document management system, a document management method, and a document
management program A document management system, a document management method, and a document management program for managing document data generated by scanning are disclosed.... |
| US-8,013,348 |
Semiconductor device with a driver circuit for light emitting diodes A novel semiconductor device includes a plurality of light emitting diodes, a plurality of transistors, a source pad, and a plurality of wires. The plurality of... |
| US-8,012,663 |
Toner manufacturing method, toner manufacturing apparatus, and toner
manufactured by way of the toner... A method of manufacturing a toner includes preparing a droplet forming device, comprising a storage portion to store a toner composition solution, a thin film... |
| US-8,012,662 |
Method of manufacturing toner A method of manufacturing toner including; melting and kneading a mixture including a binder resin and a coloring agent; cooling down the melted and kneaded... |
| US-8,012,660 |
Image forming method and image forming apparatus An image forming method is provided including: charging an image bearing member; irradiating the image bearing member with a light beam to form an electrostatic... |
| US-8,012,659 |
Image forming apparatus, toner, and process cartridge An image forming apparatus including a fixing device to fix a toner image on a recording medium including a heat roller and an oil applicator to apply a... |
| US-8,012,658 |
Toner for developing electrostatic image, and image forming apparatus and
process cartridge using the toner A toner including a binder resin including a polyester resin and a vinyl resin; a wax; and a colorant, wherein the vinyl resin includes a unit obtained from a... |
| US-8,011,765 |
Liquid feeding member for liquid ejection head, liquid ejection device,
and image forming apparatus A liquid ejection device ejects liquid droplets from a liquid ejection head. The liquid ejection device includes a liquid feeding member that feeds liquid to... |
| US-8,011,756 |
Imaging method and inkjet recording apparatus An imaging method is disclosed for realizing full color printing using an ink head configured to discharge black ink and a plurality of color inks. The imaging... |
| US-8,011,611 |
Roll paper type recording medium transporting mechanism and image forming
apparatus In a recording medium transporting mechanism, a flange member is attached on either side of a roll paper and the flange member has a diameter smaller than a... |
| US-8,011,282 |
Sheet processing device, image forming apparatus, and sheet processing
method A sheet processing device having punch processing device(s) for punch-processing on a conveyed sheet member and a punch-scrap storage box for storing punch... |
| US-8,011,281 |
Punching device, conveying device, finishing device, and image forming
apparatus A punching device includes a detecting unit, a punching unit, a moving unit, a storage unit, and a controlling unit. The detecting unit detects a lateral edge... |
| US-8,010,841 |
Diagnosis apparatus, diagnosis method, and storage medium A diagnosis apparatus is disclosed that is able to promote productivity of a diagnosis of the target program which may be for an image forming apparatus such as... |
| US-8,010,730 |
Bus converter, semiconductor device, and noise reduction method of bus
converter and semiconductor device A bus converter is disclosed that converts a signal of a synchronous bus into a signal of an asynchronous bus. The bus converter includes a control signal... |
| US-8,010,729 |
Image processing controller and image processing device A first interface receives image information and an output destination address from a first external device. A second interface transmits image information to a... |
| US-8,010,660 |
System and method for processing data from functional entities using an
intermediate storage The present invention is directed to a server system for supplying differing amounts of data into a database, wherein the system comprises the database and a... |
| US-8,010,034 |
Waste toner conveying device and image forming apparatus A waste toner conveying device includes a first conveying path configured to convey waste toner having paper powder at a low mixed ratio, which is stored in a... |
| US-8,010,028 |
Image forming apparatus and fixing device An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device for forming a toner image on a recording medium and a fixing device for fixing the toner image... |
| US-8,010,027 |
Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an image transfer belt, a first pressure member, a second pressure member, and an adjustable tension member. The image... |
| US-8,010,026 |
Image forming system and method of detecting color misregistration An image forming system, in which a method of detecting a misregistration of a color image is performed, includes multiple image carriers, an optical writing... |
| US-8,010,023 |
Developing device, process cartridge and image forming apparatus A developing device for developing an electrostatic latent image on an image carrier by supplying a one-component developer to the image carrier. Good images... |
| US-8,010,020 |
Developing device and image forming apparatus equipped with the same The developer conveyance amount on the upstream side of an agitation conveyance path in a developer conveyance direction becomes larger than the amount of... |
| US-8,010,019 |
Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus that includes a plurality of image bearing members, a plurality of drive sources each including a drive gear, a plurality of driven... |
| US-8,010,012 |
Image forming apparatus including a latent image carrier and an exposing
unit A biasing unit biases an exposing unit with respect to a main unit in at least one direction in a direction approaching the main body, so that the exposing unit... |
| US-8,010,010 |
Energy storage device, image forming apparatus including energy storage
device, and discharge control method An energy storage device that includes capacitor cells of a first type having a first internal resistance and capacitor cells of a second type having a second... |
| US-8,010,007 |
Image forming apparatus including a plurality of heating units and method
of controlling the same A control unit controls supply of power to a plurality of heating units at predetermined control period T1 that is set by a first unit. A second unit sets power... |
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