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| Patent # | Description |
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| US-7,729,024 |
Color drift error correcting method and image forming apparatus A color-drift correcting method in an image forming apparatus includes a first and a second color-drift correcting. The first color-drift correcting includes... |
| US-7,729,021 |
Image processing apparatus and method thereof, and image forming apparatus
using the image processiing apparatus An image processing apparatus is disclosed. The image processing apparatus includes a detector, a parameter calculating section, a storing section, a correction... |
| US-7,729,013 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program
product An image processing apparatus includes a character-area extracting unit that extracts a character area in which characters are displayed from image data... |
| US-7,729,012 |
Image processing apparatus, method of controlling image processing
apparatus, image recognition method, image... An image processing apparatus is disclosed that controls a user interface according to image properties. The image processing apparatus includes a document data... |
| US-7,728,997 |
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-7,728,863 |
Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus An optical scanning device has a light source, a unit configured to deflect a light beam from the light source; and a system including at least two scanning... |
| US-7,728,860 |
Method for image processing and image processing apparatus It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for image processing and an image processing apparatus which are capable of performing repetitive... |
| US-7,728,566 |
Voltage regulator A voltage regulator having a MOS transistor driver includes a p-channel MOS transistor at a voltage input terminal Vin and a p-channel MOS transistor at a... |
| US-7,728,556 |
Semiconductor device for protecting rechargeable battery A semiconductor device for protecting a rechargeable cell at least from excessive discharge current due to over discharge of the rechargeable cell, includes (a)... |
| US-7,728,503 |
Electron emission element, charging device, process cartridge, and image
forming apparatus An electron emission element according to the present invention is compact, thin and low cost, and has a structure and constitution in which deterioration of the... |
| US-7,727,706 |
Recording method for dye-based recordable optical recording medium A recording method for a dye-based recordable optical recording medium including recording shortest marks on a recording layer containing a dye formed on a... |
| US-7,727,700 |
Toner for developing electrostatic image, method for producing the same,
developer, image forming apparatus,... A toner is disclosed, for developing electrostatic images by means of image forming apparatuses, that comprises toner particles, and an external additive,... |
| US-7,727,694 |
Toner for developing electrostatic image, and image forming method and
apparatus and process cartridge using... A toner including toner particles including a binder resin, and a colorant, and an external additive present on a surface of the toner particles, wherein the... |
| US-7,726,648 |
Method and apparatus for image forming capable of effectively conveying
paper sheets A sheet conveying device includes a first conveying path configured to pass a sheet of a recording medium (e.g., paper) therethrough to a sheet processing... |
| US-7,726,484 |
Packaging material of gas-bag type, process for packaging article, and
process for producing packaging material The objects of the present invention are to provide a packaging material of gas-bag type for packaging easily deformable parts or devices of office equipment or... |
| US-7,725,924 |
Network system, use permission determining method, network device, and
recording medium A network system including a network device and an authentication device is disclosed. The authentication device includes a storing unit for storing... |
| US-7,725,890 |
Image forming apparatus including a device that updates stored program
based on updating data which is selected... An image forming apparatus includes a storage section that stores programs for carrying out processes, an updating data selection section that selects an... |
| US-7,725,880 |
Method and system of remote diagnostic, control and information collection
using a dynamic linked library A system for monitoring a user's usage of a target application on an application unit. Such a target application can, as examples, be a software program running... |
| US-7,725,825 |
Techniques for decoding and reconstructing media objects from a still
visual representation Techniques for creating an output media object based on a first visual representation and a second visual representation are provided. A first visual... |
| US-7,725,069 |
Image forming apparatus and process unit for effectively applying
lubricant and cleaning an image carrier An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier configured to carry an image on a surface thereof, a cleaning unit including a cleaning blade and configured... |
| US-7,725,062 |
Drive control unit, drive control method and image forming apparatus A drive control unit for controlling speeds of driving parts based on a target speed, includes a detecting part to detect speed fluctuations of each of the... |
| US-7,725,059 |
Image developer providing improved developer dispersibility and image
forming apparatus containing the same An image developer, including a developer bearer rotatable facing an electrostatic latent image bearer; a developer feeder feeding a developer including a toner... |
| US-7,725,056 |
Triboelectric charging device and field assisted toner transporter A developing device configured to form toner cloud without making toner particles adhere to the electrostatic transport substrate having electrodes. By applying... |
| US-7,725,054 |
Electrifying apparatus, a processing unit, and an image formation
apparatus An electrifying apparatus, a processing unit including the electrifying apparatus, and an image formation apparatus including the electrifying apparatus. The... |
| US-7,725,045 |
Image forming apparatus to reduce a number of signal lines An image forming apparatus is capable of reducing the vast amounts of image forming apparatus input lines by placing detection data from a plurality of detectors... |
| US-7,725,004 |
Information recorder, information recording medium, and information
recording method An information recording device for recording a content in an information recording medium. A controller includes a creating unit for creating a time sequence... |
| US-7,724,986 |
Image processor, image processing method, and computer product An image processor includes a plurality of image processing devices that perform image processing, a storing unit that stores related data set for image data... |
| US-7,724,394 |
Image forming apparatus and image forming method using pseudo half tone
processing with different resolutions An image forming apparatus includes a pseudo half tone processing unit that performs a pseudo half tone process on input image data to generate output image... |
| US-7,724,219 |
Circuit and method of effectively enhancing drive control of
light-emitting diodes An LED drive circuit includes a plurality of LEDs, a power supply circuit for outputting a variable output voltage to supply electricity to the LEDs, a plurality... |
| US-7,723,826 |
Semiconductor wafer, semiconductor chip cut from the semiconductor wafer,
and method of manufacturing... A disclosed semiconductor wafer includes plural semiconductor chip areas each having a color pattern capable of tracing the positional information of the... |
| US-7,723,748 |
Semiconductor device including electrostatic discharge protection circuit A SGPMOS transistor includes a base, a P-type diffusion layer, a gate electrode, and a LOCOS oxide film. The base includes at least one of a N-type semiconductor... |
| US-7,722,184 |
Indicator mounting structure and image forming apparatus including the
same An indicator structure for mounting an indicator representative of desired information to the body of an apparatus, wherein the indicator is made up of a sheet... |
| US-7,722,039 |
Sheet conveying device and image forming apparatus A cam unit includes three cams fixed on a common cam shaft for moving a pair of feeding rollers, a pair of lateral registration rollers, and a stopper unit,... |
| US-7,722,031 |
Image forming apparatus including a sheet feed cassette capable of
effectively transporting a sheet recording... An image forming apparatus includes a sheet feed cassette for storing a sheet. The sheet feed cassette includes a protective sheet which is provided on a portion... |
| US-7,721,971 |
Image processing system, image processing method and computer readable
information recording medium In an image processing system, in which code data is transmitted between at least one client and a server, the client includes a selecting unit to select a... |
| US-7,721,327 |
Information input-output device, information input-output system, mobile
communication terminal, and... An information input-output system comprises a mobile communication terminal, and a host computer that performs communications with the terminal over a radio... |
| US-7,720,875 |
Information processing apparatus, image processing apparatus, data
conversion method, and computer-readable... An information processing apparatus is disclosed that includes a system acquisition data conversion unit that converts system acquisition data acquired as... |
| US-7,720,758 |
System, computer program product and method for managing bills issued from
application service providers A method, system and computer program product for managing bills issued from applications service providers (ASPs). The method on which the system and computer... |
| US-7,720,428 |
Toner recovery apparatus, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus To provide a toner recovery apparatus including: a toner transporting duct; and an endless toner transporting belt; wherein the toner transporting belt is... |
| US-7,720,418 |
Toner change and flow stabilizing developing device, process cartridge,
and image forming apparatus A developing unit develops a latent image on an image carrier with toner. A toner cartridge is detachably arranged in parallel with the developing unit, and... |
| US-7,720,417 |
Toner container and image forming apparatus A toner container detachably attached to a toner-container holder of a main body of an image forming apparatus includes a container body that includes an... |
| US-7,720,416 |
Method and toner bottle for image forming apparatus capable of effectively
supplying toner to image forming... The toner bottle exchangeably used in an image forming apparatus. The toner bottle includes a bottle body having a substantially cylindrical shape and configured... |
| US-7,720,415 |
Image forming apparatus including fixing unit, and fixing unit support
method and fixing unit position... An image forming apparatus and methods of supporting and adjusting a position of a fixing unit thereof. The apparatus includes a frame having a first side plate... |
| US-7,720,406 |
Optical device and image forming apparatus An optical device includes an optical element that transmits or reflects light, and scans the light onto a target surface to form a latent image on the target... |
| US-7,720,402 |
Method and apparatus for image forming capable of controlling toner
concentration accurately A toner-concentration controller includes a controller configured to control a toner supply amount in accordance with a detection result of a toner-concentration... |
| US-7,720,290 |
Method, program, and apparatus for detecting specific information included
in image data of original image, and... An image processing apparatus which includes a specific information extracting processor that extracts specific information that is represented by an image and... |
| US-7,720,125 |
Surface light emitting laser element, surface light emitting laser array
provided with it, electro-photographic... A surface-emission laser device comprises an active layer, cavity spacer layers provided at both sides of the active layer, reflection layers provided at... |
| US-7,720,097 |
Communication apparatus, communication method, communication program and
recording medium A communication apparatus that is connected to an information processing apparatus is provided. The communication apparatus includes: an information processing... |
| US-7,720,089 |
Serial communication device, method thereof and communication system using
the same A compact serial communication device is disclosed that is formed from simplified circuits on a master side and a slave side and does not need a synchronous... |
| US-7,719,945 |
Information recording method allowing improved access to a recording start
position of user data in an... A method of recording information in an information recording medium having a user data area and a management information area is disclosed. The method includes... |
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