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| Patent # | Description |
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| US-7,808,749 |
Magnetoresistance effect element, substrate therefor and manufacturing
method thereof A magnetoresistance effect element which is used in a magnetic sensor is disclosed. The magnetoresistance effect element includes a soft layer whose... |
| US-7,808,664 |
Approach for securely printing electronic documents An approach is provided for securely printing electronic documents using a portable media. The approach is applicable to a wide variety of contexts and... |
| US-D624,935 |
Display screen with icon |
| US-D624,934 |
Display screen with icon |
| US-7,805,556 |
Interrupt control apparatus, bus bridge, bus switch, image processing
apparatus, and interrupt control method An interrupt control apparatus that controls an interrupt process request caused by a predetermined interrupt factor is disclosed. The interrupt control... |
| US-7,805,134 |
Configuration and management of wireless network devices An approach is provided wherein a lack of wireless connectivity between a wireless network device and a wireless network is detected, and the wireless network... |
| US-7,805,100 |
Misregistration amount detector, misregistration amount detecting method,
and storage medium A misregistration amount detector in a tandem image forming apparatus having a conveying body configured to convey paper on which a color image is to be printed... |
| US-7,804,942 |
Tone detector judging a detection of a predetermined tone signal by
comparing a characteristic quantity of the... A tone transmission part transmits a tone signal. A tone signal detection part detects data representing an echo signal of the tone signal transmitted by the... |
| US-7,804,628 |
Image forming apparatus with an open-close regulation mechanism of the
automatic document feeder An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording sheet; an image reading unit provided above the image forming unit... |
| US-7,804,612 |
Network printing with driverless clients A method and mechanism for a client causing an electronic document to be printed without using a printer driver installed on the client is provided. A client... |
| US-7,804,513 |
Optical writing unit, image forming apparatus, process cartridge, and
method of adjusting light intensity An optical writing unit includes a light-emitting-element array in which a plurality of light emitting elements is arranged and an optical system that guides... |
| US-7,804,285 |
Control of operation of switching regulator to select PWM control or PFM
control based on phase comparison A switching regulator is disclosed that includes a switching transistor; an inductor; a voltage comparator circuit part comparing a voltage at the connection of... |
| US-7,803,508 |
Toner as well as developer and image forming method using the same A toner which combines excellent cleaning ability, image quality and durability, as well as a developer and an image forming method using the toner are... |
| US-7,802,789 |
Sheet conveying device, sheet punching device, sheet processing device,
image forming apparatus, and method for... A sheet conveying device includes a conveying unit that conveys a sheet in a sheet conveying direction; a measuring unit that measures a position of a side edge... |
| US-7,802,778 |
Paper folding apparatus An accordion folding mechanism folds a sheet fed from an image forming apparatus in an accordion shape by repeating a mountain fold and a valley fold in a... |
| US-7,801,977 |
Method and system for remote diagnostic, control and information
collection based on various communication... 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-7,801,471 |
Transfer unit and image forming apparatus Toner images of different colors are superimposed on a transfer belt of an endless type from image carriers, to form a full color toner image. A tension roller... |
| US-7,801,467 |
Developing-agent container, method of manufacturing developing-agent
container, developing-agent supplying... A developing-agent container contains a developing agent to be supplied to a developing unit. The developing agent contains toner and carrier. The ... |
| US-7,801,466 |
Developing device and image forming apparatus A developing device includes a container, a stirring and transferring unit, a replenishing unit, and a discharging mechanism. The container contains developer... |
| US-7,801,462 |
Image forming apparatus having a plurality of photoconductive elements, a
plurality of optical writing devices... An image forming apparatus including a plurality of image forming cartridges removably mounted to an apparatus body one above the other is disclosed. Structural... |
| US-7,801,457 |
Fixing device, image forming apparatus including the fixing device, and
fixing method A fixing device includes an excitation coil, a heat-generating layer, a magnetic shunt layer, and a degaussing member. The excitation coil generates a magnetic... |
| US-7,800,993 |
Optical recording medium, recording method thereof and evaluation method
of optical recording medium A recording method of an optical recording medium comprises irradiating the medium with a laser having m pulse sets each comprising a heating pulse and a cooling... |
| US-7,800,805 |
Optical Scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus In an optical scanning apparatus, when it is assumed that a scanning direction of light beams defected from a deflector is a main scanning direction, and a... |
| US-7,800,804 |
Optical scanner and image forming apparatus A disclosed optical scanner includes a light source, a deflector that deflects a light beam emitted by the light source, a scanning imaging element that images... |
| US-7,800,799 |
Color shift correcting apparatus and method, image forming apparatus,
color shift correcting program and... A color shift detection pattern forming part forms a color shift detection pattern. A sensor detects color shift in the color shift detection pattern. A color... |
| US-7,800,771 |
Digital copying machine, image formation system, and digital copying
machine as slave machine A digital copying machine is connected to at least another one of digital copying machines with which data communications can be performed. The digital copying... |
| US-7,800,689 |
Camera, an image inputting apparatus, a portable terminal device, and a
method for transforming the camera... A camera has a camera body formed in a longitudinal rectangular shape, and in the intermediate portion of the camera body, a flexion/transformation mechanism... |
| US-7,800,655 |
Detecting abnormality of image capturing apparatus A digital still camera having a photographing lens system set in a lens tube, a CCD solid image-capturing device, and a mechanical shutter. The mechanical... |
| US-7,800,641 |
Light source unit, optical scan apparatus, and image formation apparatus A light source unit is provided, which includes a light source with a plurality of light emission portions two-dimensionally arranged; a substrate on which the... |
| US-7,800,335 |
Method, apparatus, and program for driving a motor in a feedback control
system, capable of suppressing motor... A method, apparatus, and program for driving a motor in a feedback control system, capable of suppressing oscillation of the motor are disclosed. A motor drive... |
| US-7,799,498 |
Toner used for image forming apparatus The present invention provides an image forming apparatus capable of stably producing high quality images with time, without causing missing a central part of a... |
| US-7,799,181 |
Method for controlling a multi-pulse record waveform at high velocity in a
phase change optical medium In an optical recording method and apparatus of the present invention, a driving power is applied to a light source to control emission of a light beam to a... |
| US-7,798,950 |
Sheet finisher, image forming apparatus, and sheet processing method A folding unit folds a sheet. A pressing unit presses a folded side of the folded sheet. A driving unit causes the pressing unit to slide in a direction... |
| US-7,798,629 |
Pigment dispersion, inkjet-ink using the pigment dispersion, image forming
process, and image forming apparatus The present invention provides a pigment dispersion that contains a carbon black, a dispersing agent and water, wherein the carbon black is any one of a channel... |
| US-7,798,486 |
Image forming apparatus including sheet container with handle An image forming apparatus may include an image forming mechanism to form an image and to transfer the image onto a recording sheet and a container configured to... |
| US-7,798,480 |
Sheet processing apparatus and sheet conveyance method A sheet processing apparatus includes a sheet stacking member for temporarily receiving a sheet conveyed thereto and stacking the sheet thereon and a conveyance... |
| US-7,798,352 |
Packaging device and buffer A packaging device includes a bottom plate and a mounting plate arranged above the bottom plate at a specific distance form the bottom plate. An article to be... |
| US-7,797,627 |
Method and apparatus for providing a graphical user interface for creating
and editing a mapping of a first... A method, apparatus, and computer program product for providing a graphical user interface for creating and editing a mapping of structured information to... |
| US-7,797,478 |
Data storage apparatus that appropriately revises FDCB information during
background formatting A data storage apparatus, including a controller that formats a rewritable recording medium in the background, interrupts the background formatting when a host... |
| US-7,797,201 |
Method and system for receiving and handling orders for commodities An order-reception system has: an order-reception subsystem which receives, from a customer, customer order information including order-reception information... |
| US-7,796,935 |
Process cartridge and image forming apparatus including same A process cartridge includes a latent image carrier, a charging unit, a latent image forming unit, a developing unit, a transfer unit, a rotary brush contacting... |
| US-7,796,933 |
Fixing device using electromagnetic induction heating and image forming
apparatus including same An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device to fix a toner image on a recording medium by applying heat. Such a fixing device includes at least a... |
| US-7,796,929 |
Method of detecting a phase difference of image bearing members and an
image forming apparatus using the method An image forming apparatus uses a method of detecting a phase difference of the image bearing members such that an image transferring member receives a reference... |
| US-7,796,922 |
Image forming apparatus having a magnetic field generating unit at the
toner carrying section An image forming apparatus is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes a toner supplying device, a toner container, and a developing device. The toner... |
| US-7,796,921 |
Image forming apparatus capable of reducing an occurrence of developer
depletion in a development unit An image forming apparatus includes an electrostatic latent image carrier carrying an electrostatic latent image and a development unit that develops the... |
| US-7,796,920 |
Developing unit and image forming apparatus including the same A developing unit circulates a developer unidirectionally and includes a developer carrier having a magnetic field generator therein. The developing unit further... |
| US-7,796,914 |
Powder container having a cylindrical shutter A toner container includes a storing body that stores toner, a toner reception opening that receives the toner from the toner storing body, a shutter opening, a... |
| US-7,796,912 |
Image forming method and apparatus which uses alternating voltage to form
an electric field for moving toner An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrying member having a movable surface; a charging device including a rotatable charging member which is supplied... |
| US-7,796,905 |
Multicolor image forming apparatus A multicolor image forming apparatus includes: a photosensitive belt unit comprising; a driving roller; a driven roller; a photosensitive belt having a joint,... |
| US-7,796,902 |
Image forming condition adjustment control for image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a charge unit, an exposure unit, an exposure voltage detector, a development unit, and a concentration detector. The exposure... |
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