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US-7,551,805 |
Converting the resolution of an image using interpolation and displaying
the converted image An apparatus, method, system, computer program and product, each capable of converting a resolution of an image using an interpolation method. The interpolation... |
US-7,551,796 |
Image processing apparatus, image data generation and transmission method
and image data generation and... An image processing apparatus connected to an external apparatus via a network includes an selecting unit for selecting an application mode and an image quality... |
US-7,551,780 |
System and method for using individualized mixed document A Mixed Media Reality (MMR) system and associated techniques are disclosed. The MMR system provides mechanisms for forming a mixed media document that includes... |
US-7,551,376 |
Lens barrel, and camera, mobile information terminal and image input
device using the lens barrel The invention is directed to a lens barrel and an image input device including the lens barrel. The invention includes a third lens retention frame. The third... |
US-7,551,339 |
Optical scanning apparatus, optical writing apparatus, image forming
apparatus, and method of driving vibration... An optical scanning apparatus includes a vibration mirror having a mirror surface that reflects an optical beam. A pair of torsion beams swingably support the... |
US-7,551,337 |
Optical scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus A light source part has a light source unit in which the plurality of light sources respectively emitting the light beams at angles different in a sub-scanning... |
US-7,551,319 |
Printer device, printing method, printing program, and recording medium A printer device is provided that includes: an authenticating unit that performs user authentication; a determining unit that determines whether a print job is... |
US-7,551,312 |
Annotable document printer A printer receives a multimedia document as input and creates two documents as output: a paper version of the multimedia document and a "mapping" file that maps... |
US-7,551,307 |
Image formation apparatus and image formation system In an image formation system, at least two copying machines are connected to each other. One of these machines functions as a master machine and the other... |
US-7,551,297 |
Controlling access to a portable medium inserted in an image processing
apparatus An apparatus, method, system, computer program and product, capable of controlling access to a portable medium inserted in a medium interface of an image... |
US-7,551,194 |
Optical writing device, image forming device, and optical writing method An optical writing device includes a scanning unit that scans an optical beam in a main scanning direction while shifting a scanning position in a sub-scanning... |
US-7,551,192 |
Optical-beam scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus A scanning time is divided by the number of sides of a polygon mirror to obtain a value N. Then, it is determined whether an error has occurred. When no error... |
US-7,550,955 |
Power supply circuit A disclosed power supply circuit (1) for receiving an input voltage at an input terminal (VDD), converting the input voltage to an output voltage and outputting... |
US-7,550,837 |
Semiconductor device and voltage regulator A semiconductor device having a chip size package is disclosed. The chip size package comprises a semiconductor chip having at least a bonding pad, at least a... |
US-7,550,819 |
Metal thin-film resistance element on an insulation film A semiconductor device having a metal thin-film resistance on an insulation film includes first and second contact holes formed in the insulation film, a first... |
US-7,550,554 |
Aryl amine polymer, thin film transistor using the new aryl amine polymer,
and method of manufacturing the thin... An aryl amine polymer is provided which contains a specific repeat unit, its use in preparing an organic semiconductor material which contains the aryl amine... |
US-7,550,245 |
Toner and production method of the same, and image forming method The object of the present invention is to provide a toner having a uniform composition of toner materials among toner particles, excelling in charge stability,... |
US-7,550,243 |
Toner, developer, toner container, process cartridge, fixing process,
image forming apparatus, and image... The object of the present invention is to provide a toner characterized in that the toner comprises a first binder resin and a second binder resin, the first... |
US-7,550,242 |
Toner, toner manufacturing method, developer, image forming apparatus, and
process cartridge for the image... A toner having a core containing a colorant, a release agent and a binder resin (A), and a shell containing a binder resin (B), the shell overlying the core,... |
US-7,550,238 |
Process cartridge, image forming apparatus, and image forming process An image forming process using an electrostatic latent image carrier containing a support and a photoconductive layer including: a charge generating layer, a... |
US-7,549,716 |
Method of ejecting microdroplets of ink The method of ejecting microdroplets of ink includes a first step for generating one ink column on the outside of the nozzle and for separating a tip end of the... |
US-7,549,573 |
Message system, message creating method and message creating program Attribute information representing at least one attribute of each member in a system is recorded on a card. The attribute information includes fixed information... |
US-7,548,721 |
Sheet transferring device and image forming device A sheet transferring device includes a feeding roller configured to feed a sheet; a transferring roller configured to transfer the sheet to the feeding roller; a... |
US-7,548,720 |
Image reading apparatus capable of reading an image with improved accuracy An image reading apparatus includes a body and an auto document feeder. The body includes an exposure glass, a reader for reading an image of an original sheet... |
US-7,548,718 |
Fixing device for fixing an unfixed toner image on a recording medium and
image forming apparatus including the... A fixing device, which fixes an unfixed toner image on a recording medium, includes a heating roller, a fixing roller, a pressurizing roller, and an endless belt... |
US-7,548,713 |
Drive transmitting device, and image forming apparatus In a driving motor that rotates and drives a rotor by a magnetic force generated between a rotor and a stator, a constant velocity joint that transmits a... |
US-7,548,712 |
Image forming apparatus, drum unit, image forming module, and method of
insertion and removal of a damper into... A latent image carrier includes a thin-walled cylinder with a chargeable photosensitive layer. The latent image carrier is configured to form an electrostatic... |
US-7,548,704 |
Image forming apparatus effectively conducting a process control An image forming apparatus includes at least one image bearing member, an intermediate transfer member, a secondary transfer member, and at least one optical... |
US-7,548,654 |
Header-based scaling and cropping of images compressed using multi-scale
transforms A method and apparatus are described for performing header-based scaling and cropping of images compressed using multi-scale transforms. In one embodiment, the... |
US-7,548,635 |
Method and apparatus for image processing capable of preventing
unauthorized reproduction of an image An image reading apparatus including a copy protection control apparatus including a radio frequency tag data communicating mechanism configured to receive... |
US-7,548,581 |
At-command analyzing device An UART receives asynchronous transmission serial data based on a baud-rate clock from a DTE. An MPU analyzes the data received by the UART. A baud-rate... |
US-7,548,498 |
Optical disk unit capable of reading out data normally and continuously
after suspension of data writing An optical disk unit includes the following: a storage part temporarily storing data to be written to an optical disk; a processing part processing the data; an... |
US-7,548,352 |
Illumination device, document reading device, adjusting device, and image
forming apparatus An illumination device for a reading device which irradiates light over a predetermined illumination width including a reading area having a predetermined... |
US-7,548,349 |
Image forming apparatus to prevent toner deformation In an image forming apparatus configured to electrostatically transfer a toner image formed on an image carrier to a recording medium with image transferring... |
US-7,548,340 |
Method, program, and apparatus for prohibiting a reproduction of an
anti-copy document, and a medium storing... A method and apparatus of image processing includes first and second memories and first and second copy protector units. The first memory stores a first... |
US-7,548,332 |
Network facsimile apparatus, facsimile communication system, and method
that can efficiently transport packets A network facsimile apparatus conforms to ITU-T Recommendation T.38 Standard and includes a function of transporting packet data by using one of TCP and UDP. A... |
US-7,548,306 |
Optical encoder, method for preparing the optical encoder, and moving
speed controlling device and apparatus... An optical encoder including a sensor module including a light emitting member, a light receiving member opposite to the light emitting member to receive the... |
US-7,548,240 |
Drawing apparatus, drawing program, recording medium and drawing method A drawing apparatus includes a management part managing data recorded in a recording part, a first obtaining part obtaining data for drawing, which is used in... |
US-7,548,044 |
Constant-voltage power circuit with fold back current limiting capability A constant-voltage power circuit incorporating an over-current protection circuit having a fold back current limiting capability operative through low input... |
US-7,547,497 |
Toner, and developer, image developer and image forming apparatus using
the toner A toner which is negatively charged to develop an electrostatic latent image is provided that contains a colorant; and a binder resin, wherein the toner has an... |
US-7,547,013 |
Sheet feeding apparatus capable of setting a sheet tray with reduced force A sheet feeding apparatus, having detachable and attachable sheet trays, a linkage mechanism between the sheet feeding apparatus and the sheet tray, and that can... |
US-7,546,614 |
Recording/reproducing apparatus and disk cartridge A disk surface of an optical disk is divided into two regions by a straight line being close to a movement line for an optical pickup to scan and passing in the... |
US-7,546,528 |
Stamp sheets A method and apparatus for creating and/or using a stamp sheet is described. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a first image of a first overview... |
US-7,546,455 |
Digital certificate transferring method, digital certificate transferring
apparatus, digital certificate... A digital certificate transferring method for transferring a second digital certificate from a certificate transferring apparatus to a communication apparatus... |
US-7,546,296 |
Information processing apparatus started from a program recorded on a
recording medium with well-maintained... An information processing apparatus starts a program from a recording medium while maintaining security of a program recorded on the recording medium. A detector... |
US-7,546,081 |
Paper finisher having paper perforating apparatus, and image forming
apparatus equipped with paper perforating... A paper perforating apparatus which can securely prevent a paper end portion from being caught in a punch hole, without having an assist member, such as mylar,... |
US-7,546,074 |
Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes at least one image forming unit, a primary transfer belt, and a secondary transferer. The image forming unit includes an... |
US-7,546,064 |
Process cartridge with image carrier supporting structure for use in an
image forming apparatus A process cartridge and an image carrier supporter for use in an image forming apparatus. The image carrier supporter temporarily fixes an image carrier inside a... |
US-7,546,057 |
Capacitor power supply unit, heating device, image forming apparatus, and
copying device A capacitor power supply unit includes detectors for detecting an output voltage of a capacitor group, which includes a plurality of capacitors, and a charge... |
US-7,546,050 |
Fixing apparatus including a fixing roller and a pressurization roller A heating apparatus includes a heating roller that is heated by heating units, a main power supply that supplies power from an external power supply to the main... |