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| Patent # | Description |
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| US-7,986,907 |
Positional misalignment correcting device and image forming apparatus A positional misalignment correcting device includes a pattern forming unit that forms a correction pattern and a detecting unit that detects the correction... |
| US-7,986,894 |
Power supply device, fixing device and image forming apparatus A disclosed power supply device includes a voltage resonance circuit configured to include an output coil for boosting an input direct-current voltage to a... |
| US-7,986,837 |
Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, image distributing
apparatus, image processing method,... An image processing apparatus includes a binarizing unit, a determining unit, a counting unit, and a correcting unit. The binarizing unit binarizes image data... |
| US-7,986,431 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and
computer program product An information processing apparatus that calculates importance of data based on a print log. A print-log database stores therein a print log of data printed. A... |
| US-7,986,334 |
Image forming apparatus, optical writing device, and optical writing
method An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image carriers and an optical writing device including light sources that emit light beams of different... |
| US-7,986,109 |
Load driving circuit and method of setting load current thereof A load driving circuit is disclosed that allows a charge pump circuit to operate at an optimum step-up ratio without frequently changing the step-up ratio. The... |
| US-7,986,028 |
Semiconductor device having metal thin film resistance element A semiconductor device, includes a lower layer side insulation film; a wiring pattern formed on the lower layer side insulation film; a base insulation film... |
| US-7,985,711 |
Thermosensitive recording material and recording method using the same To provide a thermosensitive recording material that is superior in uniformity, makes it possible to obtain images with high glossiness and has less curl, in... |
| US-7,985,520 |
Photoreceptor, image formation method, image forming apparatus and process
cartridge A photoreceptor including an electroconductive substrate and a photosensitive layer located overlying the electroconductive substrate, the photosensitive layer... |
| US-7,985,518 |
Toner, image forming apparatus using the same, and image forming method An image forming apparatus of the present invention includes a latent electrostatic image bearing member, a latent electrostatic image forming unit configured... |
| US-7,984,239 |
Control program download device A control program download device is disclosed that is to be connected to a host computer and to one or more external devices having predetermined functions so... |
| US-7,984,033 |
Data control system capable of present current image of writer with data A data control system is disclosed, including a storage unit that stores multiple data items and a presentation unit that presents at least one of the multiple... |
| US-7,983,610 |
Image formation method and an image formation apparatus An image formation apparatus configured to switch between an inter-leaf operation and a non-inter-leaf operation is provided for double-sided printing. |
| US-7,983,598 |
Fixing device and image forming apparatus A fixing device includes a rotatable fixing member, a pressing member, a drive input rotating body, a first frame, a support shaft, and at least one positioning... |
| US-7,983,596 |
Housing structure and image forming apparatus A housing structure includes a first structure, which has body frames and a first shaft supported by the body frames, a second structure to be movably supported... |
| US-7,983,583 |
Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and computer program
product An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms an image on a sheet of recording medium, a sheet feed tray selecting unit, a medium size... |
| US-7,983,582 |
Image forming apparatus and control method therefor An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a developing unit, a transfer unit, and a fixer to fix an image formed on a sheet and includes a rotary... |
| US-7,983,577 |
Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus including an image bearing member; a developing device forming a toner image; a toner supplying device including a toner container, a... |
| US-7,983,508 |
Method and apparatus for image processing capable of effectively reducing
an image noise A noise eliminating device may include a noise eliminating mechanism that eliminates an isolated noise in an image being photographed. The noise eliminating... |
| US-7,983,123 |
Methods of defect management and reproduction, program and recording
medium, and apparatuses for information... A method of defect management for managing on a block-by-block basis a defective area in an information-recording medium is disclosed. The medium has a... |
| US-7,982,923 |
Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus that includes an image reading part, an image forming part to form an image on a sheet, a sheet discharge part to discharge the sheet... |
| US-7,982,915 |
Inkjet recording apparatus, image processing method, storage medium,
pigmented ink, and recorded matter A disclosed inkjet recording apparatus for performing recording by jetting a recording liquid onto a recording medium includes an image processing unit... |
| US-7,982,531 |
Reference voltage generating circuit and power supply device using the
same A reference voltage generating circuit for generating a reference voltage includes MOSFETs connected to each other. At least one of the MOSFETs includes a... |
| US-7,982,141 |
Coordinate detecting device, writing instrument, and coordinate inputting
system A pen includes a first speaker that outputs a first signal and a second speaker that outputs a second signal. The first and second speakers are located away... |
| US-7,981,700 |
Semiconductor oxidation apparatus and method of producing semiconductor
element A semiconductor oxidation apparatus is provided with a sealable oxidation chamber defined by walls, a base provided within the oxidation chamber and configured... |
| US-7,981,593 |
Toner, developer including the toner, and image forming method and
apparatus using the toner A toner including toner particles including a resin, a colorant, a wax, and a charge controlling agent, and an external additive, wherein the toner satisfies... |
| US-7,981,213 |
Group III nitride crystal, crystal growth process and crystal growth
apparatus of group III nitride A crystal growth method of a group III nitride includes the steps of forming a melt mixture of an alkali metal and a group III element in a reaction vessel, and... |
| US-7,980,277 |
Powder charging device and powder charging method The invention discloses a powder filling device and method which is capable of making stable powder flow rate, preventing powder from being leaked or dispersed... |
| US-7,979,872 |
Lens actuator, optical pickup device, and optical recording and
reproducing apparatus A disclosed lens actuator includes: an objective lens condensing a light beam on an optical storage medium; a diffractive element providing compatibility with... |
| US-7,979,786 |
Techniques for retrieving multimedia information using a paper-based
interface The present invention provides techniques for generating a printable representation of multimedia information that can be printed on a paper medium to provide a... |
| US-7,979,726 |
Information processing apparatus using server copy of predetermined
information when storing part is in power... An information processing apparatus having a plurality of power modes having different power consumptions, includes: a storing part storing therein... |
| US-7,979,645 |
Multiprocessor system for memory mapping of processing nodes A memory mapping unit requests allocation of a remote memory to memory mapping units of other processor nodes via a second communication unit, and requests... |
| US-7,979,595 |
External apparatus function extension application system and firmware
download driver system An external apparatus function extension application system in a host computer is provided. The host computer sets a property value of an external apparatus... |
| US-7,979,581 |
Apparatus and method for proper name resolution An image processing apparatus to be coupled to a DNS server through a network includes a name registration requesting unit configured to transmit a registration... |
| US-7,979,536 |
Method and system of remote diagnostic, control and information collection
using a dynamic linked library for... A system, method and program product for diagnosing, controlling and collecting information from devices. Information regarding events of a target application... |
| US-7,979,534 |
Method of configuring a computer to include the available options of a
printer A method of configuring a computer connected to a printer via a network by transmitting commands, such as SNMP commands, to the printer in order to retrieve the... |
| US-7,979,325 |
Online merchandising system, server, estimation managing method, computer
program product, and computer data signal A shopping server accepts a request for estimation of arbitrary designated items given by a client terminal, and generates estimation data for the designated... |
| US-7,979,017 |
Image-bearing member protecting agent, protective layer forming device,
image forming method, image forming... An object of the present disclosure is to provide an image-bearing member protecting agent capable of preventing abrasion of an image-bearing member, filming on... |
| US-7,979,016 |
Image forming apparatus and protective agent block An image forming apparatus including an image bearing member that bears a latent electrostatic image on the surface thereof, a charging device that uniformly... |
| US-7,979,013 |
Developing device of image forming apparatus A developing device that can be formed at low cost and without increasing the complexity of a die structure of a casing comprises a development roller, a supply... |
| US-7,979,010 |
Image forming apparatus and image forming method Provided is an image forming apparatus including at least a latent image bearing member, a latent electrostatic image forming unit, a developing unit which... |
| US-7,979,000 |
Transfer unit and image forming apparatus A turnable transfer unit, including a transfer member forming a transfer nip while contacting an image bearer installed in an image forming apparatus; and a... |
| US-7,978,993 |
Image forming apparatus, computer program product for forming image, and
image forming method A first calculating unit calculates an allocation time required for forming a patch pattern. A second calculating unit calculates a maximum patch-pattern length... |
| US-7,978,986 |
Image forming apparatus and method for monitoring the degree of
consumption of consumable components Upon generation of an image forming request, a control unit sets a request flag in a nonvolatile rewritable memory. A toner consumption monitoring unit... |
| US-7,978,739 |
Surface emitting laser element, surface emitting laser array, optical
scanning device, and image forming apparatus In a surface emitting laser element, on an inclined substrate, a resonator structural body including an active layer, and a lower semiconductor DBR and an upper... |
| US-7,978,370 |
Method and system of remote monitoring of image forming apparatus A method and system for monitoring and controlling machines, such as printers, copiers, facsimile machine and other image forming machines. A server is used for... |
| US-7,978,361 |
Automatic and transparent document archiving An automatic archiving system that makes document archiving largely transparent to the user. In one embodiment, documents scanned in or printed during the... |
| US-7,978,353 |
Document input and output device having security protection function and
document input and output method of... A document input and output device with a security protection function, the document input and output device being connected to a network and using a plurality... |
| US-7,978,351 |
Printer configuration data setting method and server using the printer
configuration data A method for setting configuration data of a printer for a printer driver in a server is provided, in which the server is used in an image printing system that... |
| US-7,978,261 |
Image pickup device, automatic focusing method, automatic exposure method,
electronic flash control method and... An image pickup device provided with an electronic flash function including an image pickup unit configured to input image data corresponding to a subject, a... |
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