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| Patent # | Description |
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| US-7,629,094 |
Electrophotographic photoreceptor, and image forming method, image forming
apparatus and process cartridge... An electrophotographic photoreceptor including an electroconductive substrate and a photosensitive layer located overlying the electroconductive substrate,... |
| US-7,628,858 |
Coating film forming apparatus, electrophotographic fixing member formed
by coating film apparatus, and image... A coating film forming apparatus, which applies a paint to an outer circumferential face of an object to be coated to form a coating film, the coating film... |
| US-7,628,556 |
Inkjet carriage unit, inkjet recording apparatus, and image forming
apparatus An inkjet carriage unit is disclosed that includes a main body, a sensor holding part detachably attached to the main body, and an encoder sensor attached to the... |
| US-7,628,463 |
Imaging forming apparatus An image forming apparatus is disclosed that includes a recording head including a nozzle from which liquid droplets are ejected, a pressure chamber... |
| US-7,628,316 |
Recycled product distribution support apparatus and program A recycling management apparatus acquires stock quantity information, past collection quantity information, and yield information for each type of products, cost... |
| US-7,627,751 |
Information processing apparatus, an authentication apparatus, and an
external apparatus An information processing apparatus is disclosed that uses a function of an external apparatus using certificate information from an authentication apparatus for... |
| US-7,627,277 |
Image forming apparatus and image forming method An image forming apparatus, including a compensation pattern forming device to form a predetermined compensation pattern to compensate image displacement in each... |
| US-7,627,271 |
Image forming apparatus including drive transmission member including
gears and shafts An image forming apparatus includes: a photosensitive member; a plurality of development devices attachable to and detachable from a main body of the image... |
| US-7,627,270 |
Image forming apparatus that effectively charges a latent image carrier A charging device for applying a voltage to a latent image carrier of an image forming apparatus includes a brush roller, a voltage applying mechanism, and a... |
| US-7,627,268 |
Image forming apparatus capable of providing a stable belt movement in a
belt unit An image forming apparatus includes a belt unit having a support roller, a tension roller, a pair of side frames, a belt, and a guiding mechanism. The pair of... |
| US-7,627,260 |
Development apparatus, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus A development apparatus can uniform a toner density by controlling the phase of a toner density fluctuation, and can inhibit fluctuation of the toner density and... |
| US-7,627,185 |
Hierarchically compressing and coding and storing image data An image processing apparatus hierarchically compresses and codes image data by subjecting pixel values of the image data to a discrete wavelet transform,... |
| US-7,627,136 |
Information embedding device, information detecting device, information
embedding and detecting system,... An information embedding device is provided that embeds information in a document image having a character region therein. This information embedding device... |
| US-7,627,118 |
Scanner device, scanner system and image protection method A scanner device that optically reads an image comprises a protect specification data detection unit that detects a protect specification data which is contained... |
| US-7,626,928 |
Communication apparatus, communication program, storage medium, and method
of communication A communication apparatus connected to a plurality of IP (internet protocol) networks and conducting packet communication with other communication apparatuses... |
| US-7,626,915 |
Phase-change optical recording medium and recording and reproducing method
thereof The phase-change optical recording medium having a substrate, and at least a first protective layer, a recording layer composed of a phase-change material, a... |
| US-7,626,744 |
Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus By setting elements within the range that predetermined conditions are satisfied, for example, so that a size of a rotating polygon mirror is minimized, the... |
| US-7,626,733 |
Image-processing apparatus, an image-processing method, a program, and a
memory medium Efficient utilization of a memory medium is enhanced in an image-processing apparatus, in which encoded data of JPEG 2000 or Motion-JPEG 2000 are stored in the... |
| US-7,626,722 |
Image recording apparatus There is provided an image recording apparatus able to form images without fluctuation of image dot intervals in the main scan direction.The image recording... |
| US-7,624,404 |
Communication method selection for exchanging information between service
requester and service provider A service request apparatus, which includes an application using a service provided by another apparatus by connecting to the another apparatus through a... |
| US-7,624,292 |
Battery power detection device A battery power detection device is disclosed that has a reduced circuit area and is able to achieve sufficiently high detection accuracy. The battery power... |
| US-7,624,288 |
System for controlling power supplies of an image formation apparatus An image formation apparatus is disclosed. The image formation apparatus includes a manuscript reading unit for reading a manuscript, a main power supply for... |
| US-7,624,182 |
Supporting multiple service discovery protocols on a device Techniques for supporting multiple service discovery protocols (SDPs) on a multi-functional peripheral (MFP) are provided. The MFP includes a plurality of SDP... |
| US-7,624,045 |
System and method for transmitting information regarding supplies and
suppliers for image forming equipment A method and a system to help users of image forming equipment make informed decision on when to order supplied therefor and from which supplier. The equipment... |
| US-7,623,821 |
Conveyor device, process cartridge, image forming apparatus, and method of
forming image A conveyor device includes a conveyor belt and a driving unit that applies a driving force to the conveyor belt at different portions in a width direction of the... |
| US-7,623,816 |
Belt conveyance apparatus and image forming apparatus using such a belt
conveyance apparatus In an intermediate transfer part (100), a bead 107 is formed on an inner side of an intermediate transfer belt (102), which is rotated by an intermediate... |
| US-7,623,813 |
Bearing structure for a drive mechanism including a crimp A drive shaft, which is driven by a drive motor, is held firmly at two points by bearing structures. The bearing structure has a hole in which a bearing member... |
| US-7,623,727 |
Image binarization apparatus, image binarization method, image pickup
apparatus, image pickup method, and a... In a digital camera, a CPU divides a multi-valued image into blocks and selects object blocks, which are to be the object of processing. A CCD outputs luminance... |
| US-7,623,711 |
White space graphs and trees for content-adaptive scaling of document
images A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for content-adaptive scaling of document images is described. In one embodiment, the method comprises identifying... |
| US-7,623,298 |
Zoom lens, camera apparatus, and portable information terminal apparatus A zoom lens comprises a first lens group G1, which includes a negative focal length, a second lens group G2, which includes a positive focal length, a third lens... |
| US-7,623,280 |
Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus An optical scanning device includes a light source configured to emit light beams, a deflector to deflect the light beams emitted from the light source, a first... |
| US-7,623,268 |
Replacement halftoning A method and an apparatus to perform replacement halftoning is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises dithering multiple color channels of a pixel of... |
| US-7,623,143 |
Light quantity adjusting apparatus, color-registration-deviation amount
detecting apparatus light quantity... Light quantity is adjusted in an image forming apparatus including an image carrier by forming a pattern on the image carrier, detecting a light quantity of a... |
| US-7,622,958 |
Semiconductor device including current-driven differential driver and
method of controlling current-driven... A semiconductor device includes a current-driven differential driver and a control circuit. The current-driven differential driver is configured to generate a... |
| US-7,622,901 |
System power supply apparatus and operational control method A system power supply apparatus includes a first constant voltage circuit that generates and increases a voltage up to a first constant level when receiving a... |
| US-7,621,632 |
Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus can improve an accuracy of conveyance of a recording medium with a simple structure and prevent a reverse flow of mist so as to stably... |
| US-7,621,619 |
Ink jet recording apparatus with higher flexibility in layout of
components An ink jet recording apparatus includes a recording head, a maintenance recovery unit for maintaining and recovering a state of the recording head, a waste... |
| US-7,621,608 |
Image forming apparatus having improved capability for maintaining ink
delivery An image forming apparatus having a recording head for discharging an ink includes a fuel cell unit and a water supply unit. The fuel cell unit generates power... |
| US-7,621,519 |
Sheet conveying apparatus, image reading apparatus, and image forming
apparatus A first conveying unit conveys a sheet. A second conveying unit conveys the sheet conveyed by the first conveying unit in a direction different from a sheet... |
| US-7,621,448 |
Information display medium, information managing apparatus, information
managing method, guidance managing... An information managing apparatus for managing an information display medium is disclosed that includes a reversible display unit that is configured to... |
| US-7,620,744 |
Method and system for diagnosis and control of machines using connection
and connectionless modes of communication A method and system for monitoring, controlling and diagnosing operation of a machine such as a business office machine including a facsimile machine, a copier,... |
| US-7,620,718 |
System and method to provide integrated device, user, and account
information to users A system and method for managing and servicing a device communicatively coupled to a network, including: receiving device information, including alert... |
| US-7,620,717 |
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-7,620,700 |
Communication system implementing a plurality of communication apparatuses
as communication client and... A communication technique is provided for realizing transmission/reception of an operation request and an operation response to a received operation response... |
| US-7,620,357 |
Image forming apparatus with obtuse-edge cleaning blade An image forming apparatus of the present invention includes a cleaning brush positioned upstream of a blade nip in the direction of movement of the surface of a... |
| US-7,620,349 |
Agent containing unit having improved usability, agent refill unit, and
image forming apparatus An agent containing unit for use in an image forming apparatus includes a container, a discharge port unit, and a support plate. The container stores an agent... |
| US-7,620,345 |
Image forming apparatus including an operation panel provided on a facing An image forming apparatus is disclosed, that includes multiple imaging units, a loading unit formed on the top face of the main body of the image forming... |
| US-7,620,336 |
Apparatus and method for fixing an image An apparatus including and a method using a fixing device including a fixing member, a pressure member, a heater, and a pressure controller. The fixing member... |
| US-7,619,797 |
Optical scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus An optical scanning apparatus includes a housing that positions and holds a plurality of light sources emitting light beams, a deflection mirror that deflects... |
| US-7,619,796 |
Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus An aperture has an aperture opening that transmits a predetermined portion of a light beam. A phase optical element changes a phase of a portion of a light beam.... |
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