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| Patent # | Description |
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| US-7,280,787 |
Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus including a unit including image carriers for carrying electrostatic latent images, respectively, and developing devices for... |
| US-7,280,783 |
Electrophotographic photoreceptor and method of recycling the
electrophotographic photoreceptor An electrophotographic photoreceptor including a cylindrical substrate including a photosensitive layer on an outer circumferential surface thereof and a flange... |
| US-7,280,773 |
Image forming apparatus for determining completion of a toner-end recovery
operation An image forming apparatus of the present invention includes a toner content controller configured to set the target value of a toner content sensor for... |
| US-7,280,252 |
Error diffusion of multiresolutional representations A method and apparatus for performing error diffusion of a multiresolutional representation of an image is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an image is... |
| US-7,280,238 |
Image forming apparatus, user restriction method and use history
generation method An image forming apparatus is provided, in which the image forming apparatus includes: a user database in which user identification information for identifying... |
| US-7,280,147 |
Auto focusing apparatus and image inputting apparatus An auto focusing apparatus comprises a contrast AF (auto focusing) means (10), an outside light AF means (20), a release button (30), a focusing accurate... |
| US-7,279,879 |
Current waste suppressing power supply apparatus A power supply apparatus supplies power to one of an interior circuit and external instruments. The power supply apparatus includes a voltage regulator that... |
| US-7,279,260 |
Electrophotographic photoconductor having a crosslinked resin layer and
method of preparing an... An electrophotographic photoconductor having a layer of a crosslinked resin obtained by reacting an epoxy group-containing amine compound having a charge... |
| US-7,279,209 |
Runnable splice A runnable splice includes a first and second thermal imprintable label stocks adhered to first and second liners and disposed in a manner establishing a splice... |
| US-7,278,726 |
Ink jet recording ink set Disclosed is an ink set for use in an ink jet recording process, wherein at least two aqueous inks A and B having different hues are superimposed to form a color... |
| US-7,278,148 |
Data recording/reproduction apparatus A data recording/reproduction apparatus is provided, which apparatus includes a spindle motor which is held by a base body and rotates an optical disk, an... |
| US-7,277,880 |
Method and apparatus for storing and managing data A method and apparatus is provided for automatically storing and managing digital data. Digital data is periodically received from a variety of sources. Example... |
| US-7,277,667 |
Endless belt device and image forming apparatus using the device An endless belt device includes an endless belt and a plurality of rotary members rotatably supporting the endless belt. One of the plurality of rotary members... |
| US-7,277,665 |
Toner container configured for toner replenishment through blow system In an image forming apparatus a toner container removably set on the apparatus and a developing section included in the apparatus are communicated to each other... |
| US-7,277,664 |
Image forming device, powder feeding device, toner storage container,
powder storage container, and method of... A part of a toner supply path is formed in a setting unit, and a nozzle coupled to a toner container is provided, wherein the fitting direction of the toner... |
| US-7,277,663 |
Drive force transmitting mechanism, and image forming apparatus including
the drive force transmitting mechanism A drive force transmitting mechanism includes a first gear rotatably supported by a first shaft element, a first gear holding unit including the first shaft... |
| US-7,277,662 |
Belt member, belt driving unit, and image forming apparatus A belt member is formed in an annular shape, which enables endless circulation of the belt member, and includes a belt base; a mark that is formed with a light... |
| US-7,277,660 |
Outer cover attachment structure, fixation member of apparatus,
transportation method of apparatus, apparatus,... Provided is an outer cover attachment structure which achieves the reduction of burden for collecting and recycling used products from the market, the reduction... |
| US-7,277,657 |
Cleaning device and image forming apparatus including the cleaning device
that controls occurrences of... A cleaning device is used in an image forming apparatus to remove residual attachments including toner and paper powders from a surface of a movable intermediate... |
| US-7,277,655 |
Optical writing unit and image forming apparatus having an optical system
casing and a cleaning tool An optical writing unit for use in an image forming apparatus, wherein the optical writing unit includes an optical system which generates a light beam to write... |
| US-7,277,629 |
Zoom lens, camera apparatus and portable information terminal apparatus A zoom lens having five lens groups arranged in succession. The zoom lens is configured such that when zooming from a short focal length end toward a long focal... |
| US-7,277,621 |
Recording medium with video index information recorded therein video
information management method which uses... The video index information has a tree structure comprising frame information, sound information, segment information, and package information each as a... |
| US-7,277,596 |
Apparatus configured to eliminate image data show-through An image input apparatus includes a show-through elimination part performing show-through elimination on image data read from a front face of an original and... |
| US-7,277,585 |
Image encoding method, image encoding apparatus and storage medium An image encoding method forms units respectively made up of a plurality of pixels belonging to within one period of a digital image data having a periodic... |
| US-7,277,332 |
Method and circuit for elastic storing capable of adapting to high-speed
data communications A buffer circuit includes a plurality of registers, a write register selector, a read register selector, and an address proximity detector. The write register... |
| US-7,277,217 |
Optical deflecting device, optical deflecting device manufacturing method,
and optical projecting device Bearing portions having an approximately arc shape are provided on a lower surface of a plate-shaped member. In the bearing portions, stoppers of a regulating... |
| US-7,277,212 |
Optical scanning unit and image forming apparatus An optical scanning unit includes a light source that emits a light beam, a light deflector that deflects the light beam from the light source, and a scanning... |
| US-7,276,984 |
Oscillation circuit capable of having stable oscillation in wide
temperature range An oscillation circuit includes a constant current source, a current mirror circuit configured to receive a constant input current from the constant current... |
| US-7,276,728 |
Vertical organic transistor A vertical organic transistor comprises a substrate, a first electrode positioned over the substrate, a first semiconductor layer formed over the first... |
| US-7,275,808 |
Ink cartridge and ink jet printer A notch (recess portion) is proved on a front face of an ink cartridge, and a holding portion is set between a corner portion of the recess portion and a... |
| US-7,275,481 |
Printer A printer of the present invention includes a timing belt passed over drive pulleys, each of which is mounted on a particular print drum, via phase adjusting... |
| US-7,275,213 |
Configuring a graphical user interface on a multifunction peripheral A method and apparatus for customizing a graphical user interface on a multifunctional peripheral is provided. User interface specification data is transmitted... |
| US-7,275,159 |
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-7,274,898 |
Process cartridge, image forming method, and image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus having a latent electrostatic image bearing member, a metal-containing compound adhesion unit, a latent electrostatic image forming... |
| US-7,274,897 |
Image forming method and apparatus with a transfer belt An image forming apparatus includes a transfer belt unit configured to be detachable from a housing. The transfer belt includes at least two support rollers and... |
| US-7,274,886 |
Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus has a printer engine which forms an image on a medium; a unit which supplies the medium to the engine through a path; an element which... |
| US-7,274,646 |
Object lens for an infinite-type optical pickup, optical pickup and
optical information processing device As an object lens for an optical pickup, applied is a single-lens and both-side-convex configuration is applied. Further, specific conditional formulas are... |
| US-7,274,637 |
Apparatus and method of storing information An information storage apparatus characterized in that provided with: a data writing unit that writes the data in a data-storable information recording medium; a... |
| US-7,274,486 |
Image data correcting device for correcting image data to remove back
projection without eliminating halftone image An image data correcting device eliminates a back projection image without eliminating an image corresponding to a low-intensity halftone image. An intensity... |
| US-7,274,466 |
Method and apparatus for measuring dynamic configuration surface A surface of a dynamic object such as a polygon mirror is measured to determine configuration. In measuring the surface configuration, a light is emitted onto... |
| US-7,274,180 |
Constant voltage outputting method and apparatus capable of changing
output voltage rise time A constant voltage outputting apparatus includes an input terminal, an output terminal, a control unit, a plurality of output control transistors, and a... |
| US-7,274,171 |
Charging circuit for secondary battery A charging circuit for a secondary battery includes a constant-voltage circuit part outputting one of a plurality of predetermined constant voltages and charges... |
| US-7,274,012 |
Optical fiber probe, light detection device, and light detection method An optical fiber probe is disclosed that comprises an optical fiber and an optical probe. The optical fiber includes a core though which light emitted from a... |
| US-7,273,688 |
Image forming method and image forming apparatus for same An electrophotographic image forming apparatus capable of reliably forming an image with density gradation, one which does not have a low-quality appearance. The... |
| US-7,273,534 |
Optical device substrate film-formation apparatus, optical disk substrate
film-formation method, substrate... In an optical disk substrate film-formation apparatus which prepared an optical disk by forming a thin film on a substrate, the optical disk substrate is held by... |
| US-7,272,737 |
Image processing device, method for saving power consumption of the image
processing device, and a computer product The image processing device comprises a first function block section formed of functional blocks which require a supply of power so as to maintain the image... |
| US-7,272,355 |
Cleaning device for image forming apparatus A cleaning device is disposed substantially vertical above a photosensitive drum for the purpose of constructing a compact electrophotographic printer. The... |
| US-7,272,354 |
Cleaning unit and image forming apparatus having multiple cleaning blades A cleaning unit includes a first blade and a second blade. The first blade is in contact with an image carrier or a paper carrier and removes adhered substances... |
| US-7,272,347 |
Carrier, developer including the carrier, and image forming apparatus
using the developer A carrier including a magnetic core material and a layer located on a surface of the magnetic core material, wherein the carrier satisfies the following... |
| US-7,272,343 |
Image forming apparatus having a conveyance unit and a front-side plate
frame structure of such an image... An image forming apparatus has an internal paper-eject structure to provide an easy maintenance work and an easy operation for removing jammed papers. An... |
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