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| Patent # | Description |
|---|---|
| US-8,934,156 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method, program, and
recording medium In an image processing apparatus and an image processing method according to the present invention, a gradation correction table creation unit prints stored... |
| US-8,934,154 |
Image reading system, image forming apparatus, and method of reducing skew
of image An image forming apparatus includes an automatic document feeder to feed an original document downstream, a frame, an image reader to read the original document... |
| US-8,934,144 |
Overcoat processing mechanism A method is disclosed. The method includes analyzing color planes of a compressed sheetside image and generating an overcoat plane based on the color planes. |
| US-8,934,137 |
Printing device and method of controlling printing device A printing device includes at least one station and a transmission control unit. The station includes a printing unit that prints image data of a plurality of... |
| US-8,934,049 |
Imaging system including a body unit to which a first unit or a second
unit is mounted An imaging system includes: a body unit; at least one type of interchangeable lens unit; and at least one type of external unit, wherein in the case where the... |
| US-8,933,981 |
Marking control device, laser application device, marking control method,
and computer-readable recording... A disclosed marking control device controls a marking device to mark a target image on a thermoreversible recording medium by applying a laser beam includes a... |
| US-8,932,790 |
Toner, developer including the toner, image forming apparatus using the
toner, and block copolymer The toner includes a pigment; and a block copolymer having a polyester block A including a residual group of a hydroxycarboxylic acid, and a polyester block B... |
| US-8,932,789 |
Toner and developer To provide a toner, which contains: a non-crystalline polyester resin A obtained through a reaction between a non-linear chain reactive precursor and a curing... |
| US-8,932,788 |
Toner, developer, and image forming method The present invention provides a toner containing at least a binder resin and a pigment, wherein the amount of the pigment in the toner is 3.0% by mass to 8.5%... |
| US-8,932,787 |
Electrophotographic photoconductor, electrophotographic apparatus and
process cartridge An electrophotographic photoconductor including: an electroconductive substrate; an intermediate layer; and a photoconductive layer, the intermediate layer and... |
| US-8,931,968 |
Portable device with display function A portable device has a display, a display processor displays a magnification image on a screen of the display, and an input device. The portable device further... |
| US-8,931,892 |
Sheet-supply device and image forming apparatus incorporating same A sheet-supply device internally defining a supply route through which to supply a sheet. The sheet-supply device includes a supply member to supply the sheet... |
| US-8,931,881 |
Treatment agent liquid application apparatus for an inkjet printer A inkjet printer treatment agent liquid application apparatus includes a supplying pan storing treatment agent liquid; a squeeze roller, partially immersed in... |
| US-8,931,871 |
Driving device of liquid-jet head, liquid-jet device and method for
driving liquid-jet head Disclosed is a driving device of a liquid-jet head having a piezoelectric device arranged for each of nozzles and having mutually facing electrodes. The driving... |
| US-8,931,773 |
Sheet folding device having inclined stacking surface A sheet handling apparatus includes a sheet folding unit configured to perform folding on a sheet; and a sheet stacking unit configured to stack the folded... |
| US-8,931,524 |
Fluid transferer, fluid filling apparatus and fluid transfer method A fluid transferer, including a volume changing part; a reciprocating member configured to reciprocate to expand a volume of the volume changing part to draw a... |
| US-8,931,111 |
Optical writing apparatus, image forming apparatus and computer readable
information recording medium An optical writing apparatus has a part configured to superpose an unauthorized copy protection pattern on image data; a control part configured to recognize... |
| US-8,930,910 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and
program An information processing apparatus is disclosed that includes a list information storage unit that stores list information on additional programs having been... |
| US-8,930,524 |
Status reporting apparatus, image processing system, and storage medium
storing control program A status reporting apparatus for reporting a status of an image processing apparatus operating in connection with a network includes a status detector, a status... |
| US-8,929,791 |
Fixing device and endless belt assembly A fixing device includes an endless flexible belt, an elongated stationary pad, a rotary pressure member, a low-friction sheet of lubricant-impregnated... |
| US-8,929,789 |
Fixing device with resistance heating element capable of accurately
generating heat and image forming apparatus... In a fixing device, a heating element is extended along a fixing member at a location other than a nip on an inner circumferential surface side of the fixing... |
| US-8,929,788 |
Fixing device having a fixing pad and a pressing pad and image forming
apparatus incorporating the same A fixing device includes a fixing belt rotatable in a predetermined direction of rotation; a pressing belt to frictionally contact the fixing belt and rotatable... |
| US-8,929,786 |
Image forming apparatus, system, and method using a superimposed voltage
signal and a direct voltage signal An image forming apparatus includes a transfer unit configured to transfer a toner image onto a recording medium; a power supply unit configured to apply one of... |
| US-8,929,783 |
Image forming apparatus, method for performing image correction using the
same and computer readable storage medium An image forming apparatus comprising: at least one first image carrier; an image writing unit configured to write the electrostatic latent image including a... |
| US-8,929,782 |
Development device, and image forming apparatus and process cartridge
incorporating same A development device includes a developer bearer to carry by rotation developer to a development range facing a latent image bearer, and a developer regulator... |
| US-8,929,780 |
Toner container, image forming apparatus, toner container producing method
and toner container recycling method A toner container detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus, the toner container including: a cylindrical container which accommodates a toner; a cap... |
| US-8,929,779 |
Toner container and image forming apparatus in which the toner container
has protrusions which interact with... A system with a container including a protrusion, and a receiver to receive the container. The receiver includes a slide block that is movable relative to a... |
| US-8,929,777 |
Sieve device, supply unit, developing unit, image forming apparatus, and
method of supplying toner particles A sieve device is provided. The sieve device includes a sieve body and an introduction unit. The sieve body includes a cylinder, a filter, and a blade. The... |
| US-8,929,776 |
Nozzle, image forming apparatus, and method of deriving powder A nozzle is provided. The nozzle includes a gas injection unit, a sieve body, and a derivation unit. The gas injection unit is adapted to inject a gas into a... |
| US-8,929,774 |
Belt unit and image forming apparatus employing same A belt unit is detachably attached to a housing. A holder changes a state of an endless belt by moving a transfer roller between a first state as an endless... |
| US-8,929,760 |
Transfer device with bias output device and image forming apparatus
including same A transfer device includes a rotatable image bearing member to bear a toner image on a surface thereof, a nip forming member to contact the surface of the image... |
| US-8,929,759 |
Image forming apparatus and density change suppressing method An image forming apparatus includes: a density detection unit that detects densities of an image developed by a developing unit at a plurality of positions in a... |
| US-8,929,752 |
Fixing device and image forming apparatus using same A fixing device for fixing an unfixed toner image on a recording medium includes a rotatable fixing member heated by a heater to contact the recording medium... |
| US-8,929,412 |
Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus An optical scanning device includes a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser light source that emits laser beams perpendicular to a top surface thereof; a first... |
| US-8,929,004 |
Lens barrel A lens barrel includes lens groups, lens retaining frames retaining the lens groups, respectively, between a collapsed state and a photographic state are moved... |
| US-8,928,956 |
Illumination system, image reader and image forming device An illumination system includes a light source unit including light emitting elements arranged in array in a main scan direction to project light beams... |
| US-8,928,942 |
Image forming device, density correction method, and non-transitory
computer readable storage medium storing... An image forming device includes a density correction unit that corrects density based on a density detection value of the density correction pattern; a first... |
| US-8,928,940 |
Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and integrated circuit An image forming apparatus includes a density conversion unit converting the density of one or more image data from among plural image data to be combined... |
| US-8,928,936 |
Red-green-blue to monochrome color conversion Systems and associated methods provide for converting an RGB color image to a grayscale image via a lookup table of correction values. The lookup table is... |
| US-8,928,933 |
Information processing apparatus for generating printing data by different
methods, computer readable recording... An information processing apparatus includes a printing setting reception part generating setting information from printing settings when a printing request is... |
| US-8,928,904 |
Data processing apparatus having a printer driver for changing an output
destination An application mounted in a data processing apparatus creates a document and issues a print request of the document. A printer driver receives the print request... |
| US-8,928,899 |
Web services printer driver An approach is provided for printing electronic documents that provides support for all types of printer models and PDL. A printer driver is configured to... |
| US-8,928,799 |
Imaging device and imaging method to perform autofocus operation to a
subject An imaging device includes an imaging lens, an image sensor to output an image signal in accordance with an image of a subject captured via the imaging lens, a... |
| US-8,928,783 |
Imaging apparatus including switchable edge extraction An imaging apparatus includes an imaging lens configured to form a target optical image of a target, an imaging device configured to acquire a captured image by... |
| US-8,928,716 |
Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus in which a plurality
of scanning optical systems except one... An optical scanning device includes: a light source device that emits five light beams corresponding to four basic colors and a single specific color; and five... |
| US-8,928,715 |
Light source driver, light source-driving method, image-forming apparatus,
light source-driving circuit, and... A light source driver includes a controller which outputs an undershoot current in synchronization with lighting complete timing in lighting information,... |
| US-8,928,714 |
Semiconductor laser driver and image forming apparatus incorporating same A semiconductor laser driver to drive at least one semiconductor laser, the semiconductor laser including a storage device, an emission-intensity setting... |
| US-8,928,713 |
Optical writing device having a correction value information generating
unit, image forming apparatus, and... An optical writing device includes: a photosensitive element whose surface relatively moves with respect to a light source by rotation; a pixel information... |
| US-8,928,709 |
Optical scanner and image forming apparatus including same An optical scanner includes a light source, an optical part, an enclosure, and a retainer. The light source projects light against a target. The optical part is... |
| US-8,928,501 |
Input-key control device, and method and computer program product for
controlling input key An input-key control device is mounted on an apparatus having a plurality of operating modes and controls a plurality of input keys that receive input provided... |
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