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| Patent # | Description |
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| US-7,482,104 |
Toner, developer, toner container and latent electrostatic image carrier,
and process cartridge, image forming... An image forming method, includes: forming a latent electrostatic image on a latent electrostatic image carrier; developing the latent electrostatic image with a... |
| US-7,482,052 |
Method for processing by laser, apparatus for processing by laser, and
three-dimensional structure A laser processing method where laser beam for processing is irradiated on a processing object and the laser beam for processing directly removes a part of the... |
| US-7,481,510 |
Image forming apparatus, image processing method, and printer driver An image forming apparatus for reproducing a black color by using an ink other than a black ink when recording an image on a recording medium is disclosed. The... |
| US-7,481,507 |
Image forming apparatus having improved operability and maintainability An image forming apparatus includes a removable image forming unit including at least a carriage having an ink jet head, and a recording medium conveyance... |
| US-7,481,113 |
Semiconductor sensor with projection for preventing proof mass from
sticking to cover plate A disclosed semiconductor sensor includes a proof-mass, a frame disposed around the proof-mass and including at least a silicon layer, a beam for supporting the... |
| US-7,480,937 |
Agent device, image-forming-device management system, image-forming-device
management method,... An agent device is connected with one or more image-forming devices in a local network having a firewall provided therein. A management device carries out remote... |
| US-7,480,478 |
Method and apparatus for image forming capable of effectively fixing a
toner image on a recording sheet by... An image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit for fixing a toner image on a recording sheet. The fixing unit includes a fixing belt, a support roller, and a... |
| US-7,480,476 |
Developer container, developer supplying device, and image forming
apparatus A toner bottle has a main body, an opening, a gear, and an intermediate area. The main body includes a guide used to guide the toner. The intermediate area is... |
| US-7,480,475 |
Developing device, and image forming apparatus and process cartridge using
the developing device A developing device including a rotating developing roller bearing toner thereon, capable of developing an electrostatic latent image with the toner; a toner... |
| US-7,480,473 |
Image formation apparatus and process cartridge including a trickle
development system and a cleanerless system An image formation apparatus and process cartridge exhibiting high durability, in which such disadvantages as irregular recovery of untransferred toner and the... |
| US-7,480,320 |
Semiconductor laser driving device, semiconductor laser driving method,
and image forming apparatus using... In a semiconductor laser driving device and method, a first current below an oscillation threshold current of a semiconductor laser is outputted to the laser... |
| US-7,480,249 |
System uses Internet electronic mail for requesting status of a monitored
device from a monitoring device 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-7,480,230 |
Light source drive, optical information recording apparatus, and optical
information recording method A light source drive which modulates a light source so as to cause the same to emit a light, includes: a superposition current generation part which generates a... |
| US-7,480,223 |
Recording and reading method and device for dye based write-once DVD
medium A recording method of recording information in a dye-based write-once digital versatile disc (DVD) containing a substrate having a wobbled guide groove and a... |
| US-7,480,125 |
Constant voltage circuit, system power device and method of controlling
system power device A constant voltage circuit including an input terminal to receive an input voltage, an output terminal configured to output a constant voltage converted from the... |
| US-7,480,090 |
Optical deflecting device, optical deflecting device array, method for
driving the optical deflecting device... An optical deflecting device includes a plate-like member having a light reflective area and a conductor layer. The plate-like member rotates with substantially... |
| US-7,480,064 |
Method and system for providing updated help and solution information at a
printing device A method and system for providing updated help and solution information at a printing device is disclosed. According to one aspect, a printing device is... |
| US-7,479,773 |
Synchronous rectification switching regulator and switching method A synchronous rectification switching regulator includes a reverse current prevention circuit unit that detects a symptom of a reverse current flowing in a... |
| US-7,479,765 |
Integrated circuit for controlling charging, charging device using the
integrated circuit, and method for... An integrated circuit for charging a secondary battery including a charge current detection circuit detecting a charge current output from a charging transistor,... |
| US-7,479,470 |
Thermal transfer receiver, method for producing the same, method for
recording image, and recorded image The objects of the present invention are to provide a thermal transfer receiver adapted to form transferred images excellent in solvent resistance and superior... |
| US-7,478,898 |
Recording head for inkjet recording device An ink jet recording head unit includes a plurality of nozzle elements, a plurality of piezoelectric elements and a driving unit. The plurality of piezoelectric... |
| US-7,477,869 |
Electrophotographic printing apparatus and printing system In an electrophotographic printing apparatus for printing an image to an image transfer sheet medium by producing a latent image on a photosensitive unit and... |
| US-7,477,867 |
Fixing device having cleaner and temperature detector To accomplish high-speed fixing which requires high-precision temperature control, or fixing of high-quality color images on various kinds of paper without... |
| US-7,477,862 |
Charged device, cleaning device, process cartridge, toner, and
image-forming device that uses these There is provided a cleaning device for an image-forming device configured so as to be capable of preventing the image quality from deteriorating by being able... |
| US-7,477,856 |
Method and apparatus for image forming capable of effectively preventing
resonance of frequencies An image forming apparatus including an image bearing member, a charging member, and a measuring member. The image forming member is configured to bear an image.... |
| US-7,477,813 |
Multi-beam light source, method for manufacturing the same, light scanning
unit using the same, and image... The invention provides a multi-beam light source including a light guide array by which the yield can be improved. An array pitch P2 of entrance surfaces of... |
| US-7,477,793 |
JPEG 2000-like access using the JPM compound document file format Compound document images are usually high resolution and high quality images that include color, graphics, and images in addition to text. The need for good... |
| US-7,477,792 |
Method and apparatus for performing progressive order conversion A method and apparatus for performing progressive order conversion is described. In one embodiment, a system comprises a memory and a progressive order... |
| US-7,477,788 |
Image processing apparatus, image reading apparatus and image forming
apparatus An image processing apparatus for processing image data is described. The image processing apparatus comprises: a compression/decompression part for... |
| US-7,477,787 |
Image compression device and method An image compression device is disclosed that is capable of quickly compressing image data to a target value by a simple configuration while maintaining quality... |
| US-7,477,454 |
Digital camera and mobile information terminal apparatus A digital camera and a mobile information terminal apparatus including a lens barrel including a first lens group and a second lens group disposed on an optical... |
| US-7,477,426 |
Image correcting apparatus and method, program, storage medium, image
reading apparatus, and image forming... An image correcting apparatus is provided for preventing a degraded image quality which can be caused by a three-dimensional distortion correction made to a... |
| US-7,477,167 |
Character string processing apparatus, character string processing method,
and image-forming apparatus A character string processing apparatus converting a character string encoded by a first encoding method to a second encoding method selected from a plurality of... |
| US-7,476,947 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device is disclosed that comprises a high breakdown voltage MOSFET. The MOSFET includes a source region of a second conductivity type and a drain... |
| US-7,476,643 |
Thermal recording material and thermal recording label A thermal recording material is provided including a substrate, a thermal coloring layer located overlying the substrate, and a protective layer located... |
| US-7,475,958 |
Image forming device An image forming device comprises a carriage on which a printing head is carried, a plurality of nozzles each discharging a droplet of printing liquid being... |
| US-7,475,251 |
Multimedia output device having embedded encryption functionality A multimedia output device having embedded encryption functionality enables the outputting of content in an encrypted form. The multimedia output device receives... |
| US-7,475,133 |
Method for configuring a monitoring system to monitor selected network
elements According to one aspect of the invention, a method is provided for configuring a monitoring system to monitor selected network elements. According to the method,... |
| US-7,474,867 |
Magnetic carrier, two-component developer, development method, development
device and image forming apparatus... A two-component developer including toner and magnetic carriers is provided. The two-component developer is characterized in that when a development device... |
| US-7,474,792 |
Image processing apparatus for using distortion amount information In an image processing apparatus, using distortion amount information showing how much a decoded image is degraded from an original image when data are... |
| US-7,474,791 |
Content and display device dependent creation of smaller representations
of images A method and apparatus to receive an image and to create a smaller representation of the image from a wavelet representation of the image is described. The size... |
| US-7,474,603 |
Optical information recording method, apparatus, and medium, laser control
circuit, wobble signal detection... A multilevel information recording apparatus is disclosed, which includes a control unit that inputs signals to a strategy generating unit and a laser drive unit... |
| US-7,474,597 |
Writing method for optical disc, processing method for information,
optical disc apparatus, and information... A writing method for an optical disc to optimize a writing speed, wherein a spiral track on the optical disc is divided into a plurality of zones, and different... |
| US-7,474,451 |
Optical scanning device, image forming apparatus, and method of reducing
noises in optical scanning device An optical scanning device includes a deflector that deflects light fluxes emitted from light sources and rotates in a first direction, optical systems that... |
| US-7,474,322 |
Image display medium, process for forming image, and multicolor
image-forming apparatus An image display medium that includes a photoconductive layer containing a photochromic compound and an electron accepting compound; and a substrate, in which... |
| US-7,474,145 |
Constant current circuit A constant current circuit includes first and second depression type MOS transistors having drains connected to a high electric potential side; and first,... |
| US-7,473,852 |
Printed-circuit board and circuit unit incorporating the circuit board A printed-circuit board and a circuit unit incorporating the circuit board. The printed-circuit board capable of achieving a suitable contact area of sealing... |
| US-7,473,508 |
Toner, developer and image forming apparatus A toner composition including toner particles including at least a binder resin; and a colorant, wherein the toner composition satisfies at least one of the... |
| US-7,473,504 |
Electrophotographic photoreceptor, and image forming method, apparatus and
process cartridge therefor using the... An electrophotographic photoreceptor including an electroconductive substrate; and a photosensitive layer located overlying the electroconductive substrate,... |
| US-7,473,319 |
Apparatus and method for manufacturing semiconductor device incorporating
fuse elements An apparatus and a method for manufacturing semiconductor devices is disclosed for selectively disconnecting a fuse element out of plural fuse elements formed on... |
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