| CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA Patent applications |
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| 20120131517 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - There is provided an information processing apparatus with an interface with high convenience for a user. A reference speed is set according to an amount of movement or a movement time period of a pointer of a stylus or a finger. It is determined based on a movement speed of the pointer and the reference speed that a flick operation with the pointer has occurred. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131295 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, ACCESS CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - When an accessible state of an external memory unit is instructed to be canceled and data is not storing in the external memory unit, a data processing apparatus cancels the accessible state of the external memory unit if the external memory unit is not set as a backup destination, and does not cancel the accessible state of the external memory unit if the external memory unit is set as the backup destination. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120131143 | USER DEVICE IDENTIFYING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - A Web application receives a request from a Web browser, and provides an instruction to a Web browser to redirect the Web browser to a signature application. The Web browser is redirected to the signature application, and then the signature application generates a signature and provides an instruction to the Web browser to redirect the Web browser to the Web application. The Web application which has received the redirect confirms that the signature is correct, and the Web application identifies a user device on which the Web browser of the redirect source operates as a user device on which the Web browser which transmits the request operates. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120130950 | DATA REPLICATION TO MULTIPLE DATA NODES - In a distributed file system, replicating data to multiple data nodes including first and second data nodes includes monitoring a stream of data in a channel of communication through a tunnel between a client and the first data node. A channel of communication is established via a direct connection to the second data node. In parallel with monitoring of the stream through the tunnel, the data in the stream through the tunnel is replicated to the second data node using the channel of communication via the direct connection to the second data node. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120130270 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - This invention provides an image processing apparatus which allows an operator to easily recognize relevance between morbid portions, which exist in a plurality of layers, according to a disease. An image processing apparatus according to this invention includes an ophthalmic feature acquisition unit which acquires ophthalmic features as anatomical features of the tomogram, a layer designation unit which designates at least two layers required to detect morbid portions corresponding to a disease of a predetermined type from a plurality of layers specified by the ophthalmic features, a morbid portion acquisition unit which detects morbid portions corresponding to the disease of the predetermined type respectively from the layers designated by the layer designation unit, and a composite display unit which generates a composite image by projecting the morbid portions respectively detected from the layers by the morbid portion acquisition unit onto a predetermined two-dimensional image, and displays the composite image. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120130222 | MEASURING APPARATUS - A measuring apparatus is used, the apparatus including a probe having an element detecting an acoustic wave that has propagated through an object, an acoustic lens disposed between the probe and the object, and a signal processor obtaining object information from an electrical signal based on the acoustic wave detected by the element of the probe. The probe is disposed at a position where the element of the probe is made acoustically conjugate to a surface on a probe side of the object by the acoustic lens. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120129997 | ELASTIC MEMBER FOR INK JET - Provided is an elastic member for ink jet, including a styrene-based thermoplastic elastomer and a thermoplastic resin, in which the elastic member further includes at least a nonionic surfactant having an ethylene oxide adduct, and the content of the nonionic surfactant is 0.1 to 5 mass % with respect to the styrene-based thermoplastic elastomer. The elastic member has sufficient releasability and high liquid-contact properties, which suppresses clogging of ejection orifices due to precipitation when eluted in ink. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120128965 | MESOPOROUS FILM AND METHOD OF PRODUCING MESOPOROUS FILM - A method of producing a mesoporous film includes a step of preparing a mesostructured film containing a surfactant and an inorganic oxide; a step of holding the mesostructured film in an atmosphere containing a compound having the following formula; and a step of removing the surfactant from the mesostructured film during and/or subsequently to the holding step: | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120128957 | INJECTION FOAMING MOLD, METHOD OF PRODUCING FOAMED PLASTIC PRODUCT, AND FOAMED PLASTIC PRODUCT - Provided is an injection foaming mold capable of preventing, when formed resin molding is performed by a partial core back, degradation of an outer appearance and component precision, and occurrence of swelling when a portion that is not subjected to the core back is taken out of a die. The injection foaming mold includes at least: a fixed core that avoids moving; and a movable core that performs the core back. The injection foaming mold further includes a capacity change shape portion, which is formed in a region in which a capacity in the die is changed smoothly and continuously from the fixed core side to the movable core side, the capacity change shape portion being formed at a boundary between the fixed core and the movable core. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120128396 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus comprising an image bearing member configured to carry a toner image and a rotatable belt member stretched by a plurality of stretching members and configured to carry and convey a recording material and a transfer member configured to transfer the toner image from the image bearing member to the recording material carried by the belt member by pressing the belt member against the image bearing member and a first lifting member arranged more downstream than the transfer member in a recording material conveyance direction, to which the recording material is conveyed, and configured to locally lift the belt member from the inside thereof in a width direction orthogonal to the recording material conveyance direction and a second lifting member arranged more downstream than the first lifting member in the recording material conveyance direction, is disclosed as one of the aspects of disclosures. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120128394 | CLEANING MEMBER - A cleaning member, for use in an image forming apparatus in which a developer image formed on an image bearing member is to be transferred onto a developer image receiving member to form an image, for removing a developer remaining on the image bearing member after the transfer includes an elastic blade portion, having flexibility, for removing the developer remaining on the image bearing member in contact with the image bearing member in a bent state; and a supporting portion for supporting the elastic blade portion. The elastic blade portion includes, in a cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the elastic blade at a position in which the developer image is to be formed with respect to the longitudinal direction, a contact portion contacted to the image bearing member when the cleaning member is used in the image forming apparatus, a first connecting portion for connecting the contact portion and a portion of the supporting portion close to the image bearing member, and a second connecting portion for connecting the contact portion and a portion of the supporting portion remote from the image bearing member. The supporting portion, the contact portion, the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion define a hollow area. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120128392 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING TRANSFER RESIDUAL TONER ONTO IMAGE BEARING MEMBER - A charge member charges secondary transfer remaining toner on an intermediate transfer member to a polarity opposite to a normal charge polarity. The remaining toner is moved by a transfer bias, from the intermediate transfer member onto an image bearing member. A BK station is arranged on the downstream of other stations. In a continuous BK monochromatic mode, by applying a reverse bias to transfer portions of the other stations and applying the transfer bias only to the BK station, remaining toner can be collected into the BK station (simultaneously with the transfer). In a full-color mode, remaining toner is collected into the station on the uppermost stream. Thus, the image bearing member for collecting remaining toner on the intermediate transfer member differs according to the mode, thereby suppressing the collection of remaining toner being concentrated on one image bearing member. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120128390 | CORONA DISCHARGER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A corona discharger, including a shield and a charging wire provided in the shield, for generating corona discharge by applying a voltage to the charge wire, the corona discharger includes a winding-up portion for winding up the charging wire by rotation thereof to move the charging wire in the shield; a driving portion for rotationally driving the winding-up portion; a rotation detecting portion for detecting the rotation of the winding-up portion; and a controller for controlling said driving means so that a cumulative rotation amount of the winding-up portion is counted on the basis of a detection result of said rotation detecting means and then a rotation amount of the winding-up means per unit winding-up length of the charging wire is decreased with an increase of the cumulative rotation amount. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120128389 | CORONA DISCHARGER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A corona discharger, including a shield for generating corona discharge by applying a voltage to a charging wire, the corona discharger includes a moving portion for moving the charging wire along a stretching direction; a stretching portion for stretching the charging wire through a first charging area, a non-charging area and a second charging area and for folding the charging wire in the non-charging area back into the second charging area, the first and second charging areas being substantially parallel with each other, and a portion of the charging wire disposed in the non-charging area having a length not less than a length of the charging wire disposed in the second charging area; and a controller for controlling the moving portion such that the portion of the charging wire disposed in the non-charging area replaces the portion of said charging wire disposed in the second charging area. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120128388 | PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A process cartridge comprises a photosensitive drum and a developing roller. A coupling member is provided adjacent to one axial end of the developing roller. The coupling member includes a driven portion, and an intermediary portion configured and positioned to engage with the driven portion. The intermediary portion is also configured to be movable relative to the driven portion in a direction crossing the axis of the developing roller while maintaining engagement with the driven portion. The coupling member further includes a driving portion configured and positioned to receive a driving force for rotating the developing roller. The driving portion is also configured to engage with the intermediary portion, and to be movable relative to the intermediary portion in a direction crossing the axis of the developing roller while maintaining engagement with the intermediary portion. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120128383 | IMAGING FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - An image forming apparatus has a function for adjusting the position at which a toner image is formed on a printing material, based upon amount of light reflected from a toner image that has been formed on an image carrier. The light-emitting unit emits light that irradiates the image carrier, and the detecting unit detects an amount of substrate-light reflected from the substrate of the image carrier. The determining unit determines whether the difference between the amount of substrate-light detected at a first point in time and the amount of substrate-light detected at a second point in time later than the first point in time is greater than a predetermined threshold value. The light-power control unit increases the amount of light in the light-emitting unit if the difference is greater than the predetermined threshold value. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120128381 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable belt, a detection unit configured to detect, at a detecting position, an object on the belt, a cartridge that is attachable to and detachable from a main body of the apparatus independently of the belt, and an openable and closable member that is openable and closable relative to the body to attach and detach the cartridge to and from the body. When the detection unit is at the detecting position, at least a part of the detection unit is located in a space used for attachment and detachment of the cartridge, and, when the detection unit is at a retracted position, which is outside of a space used for attachment and detachment of the cartridge, at least a part of the detection unit is located in a space that is formed by opening the openable and closable member relative to the body. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120128380 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WHICH CONTROLS SETTING OF CONTRAST POTENTIAL - This invention provides an image forming apparatus capable of bringing the output density close to a target density even if the charge amount of toner particles changes. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit having an image carrier and a developing unit, a storage unit having the saturation charge amount of toner particles, and a control unit. The control unit forms a patch image using the image forming unit, measures the density of the patch image to obtain a first potential that is a contrast potential corresponding to a target density, estimates the charge amount of the toner particles in the developing unit to obtain a first charge amount, obtains a second potential from the first potential, the first charge amount and the saturation charge amount, and set the second potential as the contrast potential. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120128379 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT CORRECTS CLOCK PHASE DIFFERENCE - An image forming apparatus capable of forming a high-resolution image without complicating a circuit construction. A difference between a phase of an operation clock for a ED detection unit and a phase of an operation clock for an image processing unit is measured by a phase measurement unit of the image forming apparatus, and a timing of data delivery between the BD detection unit and the image processing unit is adjusted by a BD input timing adjuster based on a measurement result. A difference between the phase of the operation clock for the image processing unit and a phase of an operation clock for a laser drive unit is measured by the phase measurement unit, and a timing of data delivery between the image processing unit and the laser drive unit is adjusted by an image output timing adjuster based on a measurement result. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120128346 | SHUTTER DEVICE - A blade lever is provided with a roller bearing portion, which extends towards a shaft around which a roller is rotatably supported to prevent falling off of the roller. The roller bearing portion is provided within a range of movement of the shaft when the blade lever is driven in a direction of opening an aperture by a first blade and a second blade with an urging force of a blade return spring. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120128345 | SHUTTER DEVICE - When a blade drive spring has been overcharged when a second cam gear has caused a drive lever to move to a position beyond a position of attraction of an armature by a yoke, a blade lever does not contact the drive lever even if the blade lever has been driven in a direction of opening an aperture by a first blade and a second blade with an urging force of a blade return spring. When the second cam gear has moved to the attraction position form the overcharged position, the blade lever contacts the drive lever before the yoke starts attracting the armature by the attractive force. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120128343 | IMAGING APPARATUS - After a first cam bear has unlocked a blade lever, a second cam gear is driven from a mirror-down position to a mirror-up position. Accordingly, a first blade and a second blade are driven in a direction of opening an aperture by an urging force of a blade return spring before a mirror starts a mirror-up operation. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120128342 | SINGLE-LENS REFLEX CAMERA USING PHASE DIFFERENCE DETECTION METHOD - A single-reflex camera includes a mirror box, and a focus detecting unit. The mirror box further includes a first opening on a side of the image-pickup optical system, which the light flux that has passed the image-pickup optical system enters, and a bottom plate arranged between the mirror and the focus detecting unit, the bottom plate including a plate-shaped front part that extends so as to approach to an optical axis of the image-pickup optical system from the first opening. Part of the condenser lens is located on a side of the optical axis of the image-pickup optical system with respect to a line that is made by extending, parallel to the optical axis of the image-pickup optical system, an end of the first opening on a side of the bottom plate. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120128341 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING PHOTOMETRIC VALUE - An image capturing apparatus comprises: a photometry unit configured to perform photometry on a subject and output a photometric value; an obtaining unit configured to obtain a plurality of photometric values from the photometry unit during a predetermined period of time; and a calculation unit configured to perform a prediction calculation to predict a luminance of the subject based on the plurality of photometric values obtained by the obtaining unit. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120128225 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus which processes an image obtained by tomosynthesis shooting by using a radiation source and a two-dimensional detector. The image processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain a plurality of projection data output from the two-dimensional detector upon tomosynthesis shooting; and a reconstruction unit configured to perform analytical reconstruction processing of a tomogram of a subject from the plurality of projection data obtained by tomosynthesis shooting without transforming the projection data into virtual projection data on a virtual CT detection plane virtually set to be perpendicular to a radiation center direction of the radiation source. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120128204 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a selection unit configured to select a plurality of specific areas of a target object, a learning unit configured to learn a detection model that relates to each of the plurality of specific areas, a generation unit configured to generate an area combination as a combination of specific areas selected from the plurality of specific areas, a recognition unit configured to recognize the target object based on the detection model and the area combination, and an addition unit configured to add a new specific area based on a recognition result obtained by the recognition unit. If the new specific area is added by the addition unit, the learning unit further learns a detection model that relates to the new specific area. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120128129 | X-RAY FLUOROSCOPIC RADIOGRAPHING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An X-ray fluoroscopic radiographing apparatus comprises a display unit that processes a received X-ray moving image and instantaneously displays the moving image; a storing unit that stores the received moving image as a non-processed raw image; an instructing unit that instructs the raw image to be referred to from the stored raw images; a second display unit that processes the instructed raw image and displays the processed raw image; a changing unit that changes the image process in the second display unit; a second storing unit that stores image process information obtained by the changing unit in association with the instructed raw image; a second instructing unit that instructs the raw image to be transferred from the stored raw images; and a transferring unit that executes the image process associated by the second storing unit to the instructed raw image and transfers the processed raw image to a destination. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127593 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A control unit starts a first operation when a first detection unit detects rotation of an operation member in a first direction by an angle not less than a first angle and changes a control value for the first operation when a second detection unit detects rotation of the operation member in the first direction by an angle not less than a third angle larger than the first angle. Furthermore, the control unit starts a second operation when the second detection unit detects rotation of the operation member in a second direction by an angle not less than a fourth angle and changes a control value for the second operation when the first detection unit detects rotation of the operation member in the second direction by an angle not less than a second angle larger than the fourth angle. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127587 | ZOOM LENS SYSTEM - A zoom lens system includes a first unit having a positive refractive power, a second unit having a negative refractive power that moves for magnification-varying, a third unit having one of a positive refractive power and a negative refractive power that moves for magnification-varying, and a fourth unit having a positive refractive power. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127582 | OPTICAL SYSTEM - The optical system of the present invention includes a plurality of lens groups and a variable focus lens. Here, the variable focus lens satisfies the following condition: | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127575 | LENS APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE LENS APPARATUS - A lens apparatus includes: a correction unit moving perpendicularly to an optical axis and including a correction optical system correcting an image blur; a driving unit driving the correction unit; an engaging unit movable between an engaging position where the engaging unit abuts abutting portions of the correction unit to engage the correction unit and a non-engaging position where the engaging unit makes the correction unit movable; a biasing unit biasing the engaging unit from non-engaging position to engaging position; and a non-engaging position maintaining unit maintaining the engaging unit at non-engaging position by being engaged with the engaging unit, wherein the correction unit moves to press the non-engaging position maintaining unit beyond a range driven by the driving unit during image-blur correction to disengage the non-engaging position maintaining unit and the engaging unit, and the biasing unit moves the engaging unit from non-engaging position to engaging position. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127557 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IRRADIATING A MEDIUM - An apparatus includes an irradiating unit, a spatial light modulator configured to modulate a wavefront of an electromagnetic wave, a device configured to receive a signal from a position of the medium by irradiating the electromagnetic wave, and a controller configured to control the spatial light modulator based on the received signal so that the irradiated electromagnetic wave with the modulated wavefront focuses on the position in the medium. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127545 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - When a lightness level expressed by a selected pixel value is equal to or larger than a threshold, the use amounts of respective color materials of a first color material group, and those of respective color materials of a third color material group are stored in a memory in association with the selected pixel value. On the other hand, when the lightness level expressed by the selected pixel value is smaller than the threshold, the use amounts of respective color materials of the first color material group, and those of respective color materials of a second color material group are stored in the memory in association with the selected pixel value. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127544 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - In an image reading apparatus, when a document is divided into a plurality of files and transmitted in conjunction with document reading, in order to store its transmission history, a division position of the obtained files is reflected and stored in the division position for inputting a page position divided in advance by a user. Consequently, a setting operation burden on the user can be reduced. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127541 | IMAGE READING SYSTEM, IMAGE READING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHODS AND PROGRAMS THEREOF - The present invention provides an image reading system and an image reading apparatus with which an environment for performing a specific scan mode can be constructed with ease according to the functions of connected information processing apparatuses and the scan environment can be changed with ease, and control methods and programs thereof. To accomplish this, the image reading apparatus selects an information processing apparatus to which image data read from an original is to be transmitted, transmits identification information for identifying the image reading apparatus stored in advance in a memory and an instruction to construct an environment for performing the specific scan mode to the selected information processing apparatus, receives a response to the transmitted instruction, and, when the response is received, displays a setting screen in which settings regarding the environment for performing the specific scan mode can be changed on a display. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127535 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus for performing screen processing on input image data via passes may include a screen processing unit, a detection unit, and a correction unit. The screen processing unit receives image data as received image data and performs screen processing on the received image data to produce screen-processed image data. The detection unit detects a difference of low frequency components between the received image data and the screen-processed image data. The correction unit corrects the screen-processed image data based on a difference detected by the detection unit. On subsequent passes, a process of at least one of the screen processing unit, the detection unit, and the correction unit is repeated to convert the input image data to screen-processed image. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127531 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus stores, in a buffer, an image data of c bits in the main scanning direction and y lines in the sub scanning direction, and reads out a pixel data of p bits that configures the image data stored in the buffer. Note that c is a common multiple of m, which is the number of bits in the unit of memory access, and p, which is the number of bits in a single pixel. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127519 | PRINTING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A client PC generates and spools data for print according to a user's printing operation, and generates identification information for identifying itself from its own IP address to present it to the user. When the identification information is input in a multifunction peripheral, the multifunction peripheral converts the identification information into an IP address, and makes a request for transmission of print data to a client PC indicated by the IP address. In response to the request, the client PC generates print data using the spooled data and transmits the print data to the multifunction peripheral. The multifunction peripheral receives and prints the print data. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127510 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus capable of collecting electronic data efficiently and avoiding sharing highly confidential and secure electronic data with an indefinite number of users. The information processing apparatus is connected to an external apparatus through a network. The information processing apparatus receives electronic data from the external apparatus, registers attribute information related to the received electronic data in association with the received electronic data so that the received electronic data can be retrieved by using the attribute information, and controls the registering unit so as to register the attribute information related to the received electronic data when the received electronic data is not confidential data, and so as not to register the attribute information related to the received electronic data when the received electronic data is confidential data. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127505 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, PROGRAM, STORAGE MEDIUM, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND METHOD SUITABLE FOR THE PRINTING SYSTEM - There is provided an image forming apparatus capable of realizing a trial printing function that minimizes unnecessary consumption of time and supplies. Images that are inputted are accumulated in a memory. An output mode is set and a setting is made as to whether trial printing is to be carried out in the output mode or not. A CPU provides control to read out a corresponding image from the memory according to the set output mode and form the readout image on a sheet. When it is determined that the trial printing is to be carried out during image formation according to the set output mode, the CPU provides control to set the number of trial print pages according to predetermined conditions and carry out the trial printing for the set number of trial print pages. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127500 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANAGING THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - When an application is installed in an image forming apparatus, a counter used for the application is identified by using identification information indicating counters used in relation to a function of the application from among a plurality of counter types specified according to a type of the image forming apparatus, and an area for the identified counter is reserved in a storage area in the image forming apparatus. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127499 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A print control apparatus may include a determination unit, a division unit, and a rearrangement unit to process print data impositioned by an application program. The determination unit determines whether at least one of an impositioned appearance indicating an arrangement of logical pages in respective physical pages of the impositioned print data, and a print output attribute, which is an attribute of an output of the impositioned print data, satisfies a division condition set in advance. If the determining unit determines that the impositioned appearance or the print output attribute satisfies the division condition, the division unit divides the impositioned print data in logical-page unit. The rearrangement unit rearranges divided logical pages in an order according to the impositioned appearance. If neither the impositioned appearance nor the print output attribute satisfies the division condition, the impositioned print data is prevented from being divided in logical-page unit. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127495 | PRINTING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A PRINTING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROLLER OF PRINT SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Confidentiality of a job that requires authentication processing prior to printing is maintained as much as possible. A method for controlling a printing system is provided that is capable of receiving a plurality of types of print jobs including a first type print job that requires authentication processing prior to printing and a second type print job that does not require authentication processing prior to printing, comprising the steps of allowing the printing system to execute a specific operation for allowing the printing system to start printing of a target job in case where resources required to complete printing of the target job are present in the printing system and causing the printing system to execute the specific operation in case where the target job is the first type job. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127493 | INFORMATION GENERATION APPARATUS, INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - For a selected pixel value, amounts of color material used of respective color materials used to print a background region, and those of respective color materials used to print a latent image region are calculated. The calculated amounts of color material used are stored in a memory in association with the selected pixel value. Amounts of color material used corresponding to respective pixel values of a pixel value group are read out from the memory, and are output to a printing apparatus. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127492 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - This invention can generate printed matter on which a multi-valued discrimination image of three values or more cannot be visually confirmed under ordinary light but can be visually confirmed via an infrared camera under infrared light. To this end, a holding unit holds items of color information C | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127477 | INTERFEROMETER AND DISTANCE CALCULATION METHOD THEREFOR - A method of calculating a geometrical distance of a test optical path on the basis of interfering a test beam and a reference beam includes an optical-path-length calculating step of calculating an optical path length of the test optical paths having different wavelengths by using the interfering beam having mutually different wavelengths, a refractive-index calculating step of calculating the refractive index of the test optical path on the basis of the optical path length of the test optical path calculated by the optical-path-length calculating step, a smoothing step of smoothing a plurality of refractive indices acquired by repeating the optical-path-length calculating step and the refractive-index calculating step to calculate a smoothed refractive index, and a geometrical distance calculating step of calculating the geometrical distance of the test optical path on the basis of the smoothed refractive index calculated by the smoothing step. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127464 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS - A light source apparatus that emits pulsed light includes an optical resonator and a modulator. The optical resonator has an optical gain medium that amplifies light and an optical waveguide. The modulator modulates an intensity of the light in the optical resonator. The optical resonator with the optical gain medium includes a plurality of optical resonators having different optical path lengths from each other to make a difference between intervals of free spectral ranges in the plurality of optical resonators, to reduce a spectral line width of the pulsed light compared to that of a light source apparatus separately using the plurality of optical resonators as an individual optical resonator, the spectral line width determined by an envelope formed by a sideband wave of an oscillation mode which is generated by the modulation. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127376 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND VIDEO INFORMATION PROCESSINSG DEVICE USING THE SAME - A display device including a light emitting element array composed of a plurality of light emitting elements includes a micro lens array composed of a plurality of micro lenses provided on the light emission surface side of the light emitting element array and a light shielding member provided on the light emission surface side more than the micro lens array. The light shielding member includes a light shielding member in which a light absorption wall and a medium arranged alternately along the light emission surface, wherein the light absorption rate of the medium is lower than that of the light absorption wall. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127358 | MAGNIFYING PLAYBACK/DISPLAY - An image sensing apparatus which stores an image signal from an image sensing element and reads out and processes the stored image signal to magnify and display an image on a display device includes a designation unit that designates the magnification ratio of the image to be displayed, a storage unit that stores the magnification ratio designated by the designation unit, and a magnifying processing unit that executes magnifying processing for the stored image signal on the basis of the magnification ratio stored in the storage unit and outputs the image signal to the display device. The magnification ratio stored in the storage unit is updated when a different magnification ratio is designated by the designation unit, and the magnification ratio stored in the storage unit is used for a plurality of images that are sequentially displayed. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127355 | DRIVING METHOD OF SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS AND SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS - A solid-state imaging apparatus comprises a pixel portion including a plurality of pixels, wherein each pixel including a photoelectric conversion portion, an accumulation portion for accumulating the charge, a first transfer portion connecting the photoelectric conversion portion to the accumulation portion, a second transfer portion connecting the accumulation portion to a floating diffusion portion, and a third transfer portion connecting the photoelectric conversion portion to a power source, and wherein, from a state where no potential barrier is formed in the second transfer portion, a potential barrier is formed in the second transfer portion under a condition that a potential barrier is formed in the first transfer portion and no potential barrier is formed in the third transfer portion, and then a potential barrier is formed in the third transfer portion, thereby the operation of accumulating charges in the pixels is started. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127353 | IMAGE-PICKUP SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - An image-pickup apparatus including a detector comprising a detecting unit and a reading circuit, the detecting unit including pixels, each of which including a conversion element, the reading circuit which includes a connecting unit that is electrically connected to a signal wire transferring an electric signal and that electrically connects the signal wire to a node, and which performs a reading operation to output the electric signal from the pixel. A control unit controls an operation of the reading circuit, and a sensing unit senses the end of radiation irradiation based on an output of the reading circuit, which is acquired during the period of an accumulation operation of the detector. The control unit starts establishing the electrical connection between the signal wire and the node through the connecting unit based on the sensed irradiation end, and retains the electrical connection until the start of the reading operation. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127352 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - A solid-state image pickup apparatus includes a reading unit having a plurality of pixels connected thereto, holding signals from the pixels, and a control unit capable of controlling operations of the pixels and reading unit. The control unit controls the pixels and reading unit in a first operation mode without addition, in a second operation mode in which signals from aa of the pixels are added, aa being an integer greater than one, and in a third operation mode in which signals from bb of the pixels are added, bb being an integer greater than aa. The reading unit includes a holding unit having a capacitance value of C, and the holding unit includes a first capacitor having a capacitance value of C/bb and a second capacitor having a capacitance value of C/p, p being a common multiple of aa and bb. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127349 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS CAPABLE OF DELETING VIDEO EFFECT SUPERIMPOSED ON MOVING IMAGE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE APPARATUS, AND MOVING IMAGE-RECORDING APPARATUS, AS WELL AS STORAGE MEDIUM - An image pickup apparatus capable of deleting a video effect superimposed on a moving image, in timing desired by a user. A system controller of a video camera as the image pickup apparatus performs control such that a moving image taken by an image pickup section and a title superimposed on the moving image are recorded together in a storage medium. When a specific shooting condition has changed during taking of the moving image by the image pickup section, the system controller performs control to inhibit recording of the display item in the storage medium. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127335 | IMAGE CAPTURE WITH REGION-BASED ADJUSTMENT OF CONTRAST - Image capture with an image capture device including an imaging assembly having a spectral response which is tunable in accordance with a capture parameter. A first capture parameter is applied to the imaging assembly. A preview image of a scene is captured using the imaging assembly whose spectral response is tuned in accordance with the first capture parameter. A user interface is displayed by which first and second regions of the preview image are designated, and by which a target range is set for contrast between the first and second regions. A second capture parameter is derived for the imaging assembly, by implementing the target range for contrast between the first and second regions. The second capture parameter is applied to the imaging assembly. A second image of the scene is captured by using the imaging assembly whose spectral response is tuned in accordance with the second capture parameter. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127334 | ADAPTIVE SPATIAL SAMPLING USING AN IMAGING ASSEMBLY HAVING A TUNABLE SPECTRAL RESPONSE - Image capture using an image capture device which includes an imaging assembly having a spectral response which is tunable in accordance with a capture parameter. A default capture parameter is applied to the imaging assembly, wherein the default capture parameter has high spectral dimensionality. A sample image of a scene is captured. The sample image is analyzed to identify multiple different regions in the scene, wherein each such region shares similar imaging properties that are dissimilar from imaging properties in other regions of the scene. A spectral mask is derived based on the analysis, wherein the spectral mask is derived so as to achieve good image capture tailored to the imaging properties of each different region of the scene. The spectral mask is applied as the capture parameter to the imaging assembly. A final image of the scene is captured and stored. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127302 | MIXED REALITY DISPLAY - An image processing device includes capture optics for capturing light-field information for a scene, and a display unit for providing a display of the scene to a viewer. A tracking unit tracks relative positions of a viewer's head and the display and the viewer's gaze to adjust the display based on the relative positions and to determine a region of interest on the display. A virtual tag location unit determines locations to place one or more virtual tags on the region of interest, by using computational photography of the captured light-field information to determine depth information of an object in the region of interest. A mixed-reality display is produced by combining display of the virtual tags with the display of objects in the scene. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127301 | ADAPTIVE SPECTRAL IMAGING BY USING AN IMAGING ASSEMBLY WITH TUNABLE SPECTRAL SENSITIVITIES - Image capture using an imaging assembly having a spectral response which is tunable in accordance with a capture parameter. The capture parameter has high spectral dimensionality. A sample image of a scene is captured and the sample image is analyzed to identify multiple different regions in the scene. Each such region shares similar spectral content that is dissimilar from spectral content in other regions of the scene. Spectral bands for each region of the multiple different regions are determined so as to increase spectral differentiation for spectral content in each such region. A spectral mask is constructed for application to the imaging assembly. The spectral mask is constructed from the spectral bands for the multiple different regions. The spectral mask is applied as the capture parameter to the imaging assembly, and a spectral image of the scene is captured and stored. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127251 | TRANSFER TYPE INKJET RECORDING METHOD - A transfer type inkjet recording method uses an aggregation liquid, in which the aggregation liquid contains a polyurethane resin having an amino group and the polyurethane resin has a number average molecular weight of 10,000 or more and 1,000,000 or lower and an amine value of 0.5 mmol/g or more and 3.0 mmol/g or lower. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127250 | TRANSFER INK JET RECORDING METHOD - Provided is a transfer ink jet recording method, which provides satisfactory transferability and satisfactory wet scratch resistance of a final image even at high printing duty. The transfer ink jet recording method includes using an aggregation liquid, in which the aggregation liquid includes a polymer compound including one of a polyamino acid and a polyamino acid salt each having an amino group, each of which is obtained by polymerization of an amino acid compound represented by the general formula (1). | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127247 | LIQUID CONTAINER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A liquid container detachably mountable to a mounting portion of an ink jet recording apparatus, the liquid container including a casing defining a liquid containing chamber, an electrical contact, a light emitter, a display portion for directing emitted light to an outside of the liquid container, and an information storing portion for storing information relating to the liquid container. First and second engaging portions are engageable with respective first and second locking portions of the mounting portion, and are disposed at opposite first and second sides of the casing. A latch lever displaceably supports the second engaging portion away from the second side. A supply port is provided on a third side of the casing between the first and second sides, the electrical contact is disposed at a corner between the second and third sides, and the display portion is disposed adjacent an upper portion of the second side. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127234 | AQUEOUS INK - The present invention relates to an aqueous ink having a surface tension of 34 mN/m or less including a self-dispersion pigment and water. In the aqueous ink, the self-dispersion pigment has a plurality of pKa values that are 8.0 or less. Assuming that the lowest pKa value among the plurality of pKa values is pKa | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127233 | INK JET INK, INK CARTRIDGE, AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - An ink jet ink contains a resin A, a resin B, and a pigment, in which the pigment is a halogenated metal phthalocyanine pigment being dispersed by the resin B, the resin A is a random copolymer having a carboxy group, the resin B is a block copolymer having a carboxy group, the acid value of the resin A is less than the acid value of the resin B, and the ink further includes a polybasic acid having a functional group whose pKa is 4.3 or less and a functional group whose pKa is 5.0 or more and 6.6 or less. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127221 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DISPLAYING APPARATUS - An organic EL displaying apparatus which suppresses a defective display caused by a leak current at a time when an emission period controlling transistor is off is provided. The organic EL displaying apparatus comprises a plurality of pixels each of which includes an organic EL element, a power supply line, a driving transistor and the emission period controlling transistor, a data line, and a control line. In this apparatus, in a certain one of the pixels, a resistance R | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127217 | DIMMING METHOD OF ORGANIC EL DISPLAYING APPARATUS AND ORGANIC EL DISPLAYING APPARATUS - A dimming method of an organic EL displaying apparatus having a displaying unit constructed by combining pixels each having a substrate, an organic EL element formed over the substrate, a power supply line for supplying a power source to the organic EL element, and at least one TFT provided on a wiring path from the power supply line to the organic EL element. The TFT has a semiconductor layer which is arranged between a source electrode and a drain electrode and is electrically connected to the source electrode and the drain electrode. A laser beam is irradiated from a downward direction of the substrate to a region which does not overlap a gate electrode, the source electrode, the drain electrode, and the wiring layer when seen as a plan view in a plane region where the semiconductor layer is provided. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127216 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image processing unit includes a filter unit which performs high frequency emphasis processing on a image signal of a first sub-frame among a plurality of sub-frames, and performs high frequency suppression processing on a image signal of a second sub-frame different from the first sub-frame; and a level adjustment unit which performs level adjustment processing on the image signal of the first sub-frame, and performs level adjustment processing different from the level adjustment processing on the image signal of the second sub-frame. Alight source control unit controls light quantity of a light source during a period of a sub-frame in which the image signal subjected to the level adjustment processing is outputted, in accordance with the level adjustment performed on the sub-frame. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127203 | MIXED REALITY DISPLAY - An image processing device includes capture optics for capturing light-field information for a scene, and a display unit for providing a display of the scene to a viewer. A tracking unit tracks relative positions of a viewer's head and the display and the viewer's gaze to adjust the display based on the relative positions and to determine a region of interest on the display. A virtual tag location unit determines locations to place one or more virtual tags on the region of interest, by using computational photography of the captured light-field information to determine depth information of an object in the region of interest. A mixed-reality display is produced by combining display of the virtual tags with the display of objects in the scene. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127064 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided is a display apparatus that can select either an “outdoor visibility mode” or a “wide viewing angle mode” or either a “power saving mode” or a “wide viewing angle mode” depending on a user scene; that can also select intermediate states between the two modes; and provide high displayed image quality. An organic electroluminescent display apparatus of the present invention includes a plurality of pixels, an organic electroluminescent element, a data line driver, a pixel circuit, and a gate line driver, in which each pixel includes two organic electroluminescent elements that emit light of the same color, an element with high light-collecting property is disposed over a light emission side of only one of the two organic electroluminescent elements, and units that make a difference in lighting times or drive currents between the two organic electroluminescent elements are included. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120126459 | DRAWING APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DEFLECTING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DRAWING APPARATUS - A drawing apparatus includes a plurality of charged particle optical elements that are sequentially passed through by a plurality of charged particle beams and performs drawing on a substrate with the charged particle beams. The apparatus further includes a deflector array which includes a plurality of deflectors disposed for respective one or more charged particle beams, each of which aligning corresponding one or more charged particle beams between two of the plurality of charged particle optical elements, a plurality of devices configured to respectively apply a plurality of potentials to the deflector array, and a connector configured to connect each of a plurality of electrodes included in the deflector array to one of the plurality of devices and connect electrodes, to which an equal potential is applied, to each other. Number of devices included in the plurality of devices is less than number of electrodes included in the deflector array. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120126437 | OPTICAL MATERIAL AND OPTICAL ELEMENT - An optical element is formed by vacuum-sintering a molded body of ceramic particles having an average particle diameter of 1 μm or more and 10 μm or less and including Ln | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120126138 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM DRAWING APPARATUS AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD USING SAME - The drawing apparatus of the present inventions includes a detector having a size for which the detector can simultaneously detect two adjacent charged particle beams among a plurality of charged particle beams, and configured to detect an intensity of a charged particle beam incident thereon. A controller is configured to perform a control of a position of the detector and a control of a blanking deflector array such that one of two adjacent charged particle beams is in a blanking state and the other is in a non-blanking state on the detector that is moved, and each of the plurality of charged particle beams becomes in a blanking state and a non-blanking state sequentially, to cause the detector to perform an output in parallel with the control, and to inspect a defect in each blanking deflector in the blanking deflector array based on the output. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120126136 | CHARGED-PARTICLE BEAM EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLE - A charged-particle beam exposure apparatus which includes a deflector that deflects a charged-particle beam, and a stage mechanism that drives a substrate, and draws a pattern on the substrate while scanning the charged-particle beam in a main-scanning direction by the deflector and scanning the substrate in a sub-scanning direction by the stage mechanism. The apparatus includes a blanker unit configured to control irradiation and unirradiation of the substrate with the charged-particle beam, and a controller configured to control the deflector to deflect the charged-particle beam in the sub-scanning direction by an amount of driving of the substrate in the sub-scanning direction by the stage mechanism during a period of time from stop of drawing on the substrate until restart thereof when the drawing on the substrate is stopped and then restarted while the substrate is driven in the sub-scanning direction by the stage mechanism. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120126128 | RADIATION DETECTION APPARATUS AND RADIATION DETECTION SYSTEM - A radiation detection apparatus includes a scintillator, a photoelectric conversion unit, and a grid for removing scattered radiation. The photoelectric conversion unit includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a two-dimensional array on a substrate. Each pixel is configured to convert visible light output from the scintillator into an electric signal. The grid, the substrate, the photoelectric conversion unit, and the scintillator are disposed in this order from a radiation-incident side of the radiation detection apparatus to an opposite side thereof. In this radiation detection apparatus in which the scintillator is disposed on the side opposite to the radiation-incident side, scattered radiation is effectively removed. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120126126 | RADIATION DETECTION APPARATUS AND RADIATION DETECTION SYSTEM - A radiation detection apparatus includes a scintillator configured to convert incident radiation into visible light, a photoelectric conversion unit and an electrically conductive member. The photoelectric conversion unit includes a two-dimensional array of pixels arranged on a substrate. Each pixel is configured to convert the visible light into an electric signal. The electrically conductive member is supplied with a fixed potential. The electrically conductive member, the substrate, the photoelectric conversion unit, and the scintillator are disposed in this order from the radiation-incident side of the radiation detection apparatus to the opposite side. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120126097 | IMAGE SENSING DEVICE USING A PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERTER AND A CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image sensing apparatus has a plurality of pixels arranged two dimensionally, each pixel containing a photoelectric converter that outputs a photoelectrically converted signal in response to a quantity of received light, an output unit containing a clamping circuit, a signal supply circuit that outputs a reference signal to the clamping circuit, a control unit that controls to clamp the reference signal prior to outputting the photoelectrically converted signal from the pixel to the clamping circuit, output the photoelectrically converted signal to the clamping circuit, and then output a noise signal from the pixel to the clamping circuit, and a differential circuit that subtracts the noise signal from the photoelectrically converted signal processed by the clamping circuit. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120126095 | DETECTION APPARATUS AND RADIATION DETECTION SYSTEM - A detection apparatus includes conversion elements and switch elements disposed below the conversion elements; insulating layers are disposed between the conversion elements and switch elements. Each conversion element includes a first electrode corresponding to a switch element. A second electrode extends over the plurality of conversion elements; and a semiconductor layer formed between the first electrodes and the second electrode extends over the plurality of conversion elements. Insulating layers include first regions located immediately below the first electrodes and a second region located between the first regions. A third electrode is disposed in the second region and between the insulating layers. The third electrode is supplied with a potential that sets a potential of a part where the second region is in contact with the semiconductor layer to a value between a potential of the second electrode and a potential of the first electrode. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120125088 | CONTACT TYPE SHAPE MEASURING APPARATUS - An acting force is applied to a probe on the basis of a target speed serving as a probe speed in a stable copy scanning state of a target surface to be measured and a probe speed error serving as a difference between the target speed and a probe speed. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120124835 | LIQUID EJECTION HEAD MANUFACTURING METHOD - There is provided a liquid ejection head manufacturing method including step A of preparing a substrate having the flow path mold; step B of arranging a first layer serving as the flow path wall member so as to cover the flow path mold; step C of curing a portion serving as a flow path sidewall of the first layer; step D of arranging a second layer so as to cover the cured portion of the first layer and the flow path mold; step E of planarizing the second layer by pressing the second layer toward the substrate side; step F of arranging the ejection port in the first layer and the second layer; and step G of forming the flow path by removing the flow path mold in this order. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120124522 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SCREEN DISPLAY AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A web application makes a registration request of a web top button to a web browser. The web application designates the title to be displayed on the button, the access URL to the web application, and the position of the icon which the web application has. The web browser makes the button registration request to a window manager in response to the button registration request. The title to be displayed on the button and the position of the icon which the web application has are designated. The window manager registers the button in response to the request and displays the button together with the icon. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124252 | DATA TRANSFERRING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A data transferring apparatus, that is capable of connecting to at least one device and that transfers a request from a host to the device, obtains, in response to receiving a suspend request for suspending at least one of the devices from the host, configuration data of the target device (or port) for suspension indicated by the suspend request from the device, and saves the obtained configuration data. During resume, the saved configuration data is set in the device (or the port). | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124250 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - Provided is an information processing apparatus and method of controlling same in which, when data transfer is performed among a plurality of control circuits, which control circuit is used to execute data transfer is controlled appropriately based on the transfer conditions of data transfer. To accomplish this, the apparatus has first and second control circuits, a request for data transfer performed between the first and second control circuits is acquired, the transfer conditions of the acquired data transfer are analyzed and which of the first and second control circuits is to execute the data transfer is selected. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124068 | DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - A document management apparatus displays a plurality of attribute information related to an electronic document selected by a user on a display screen and determines whether attribute information dragged from the plurality of attribute information displayed on the display screen has been dropped into any of the plurality of storage units displayed on the display screen. When it is determined that a drag and drop operation has been executed, searching is executed in relation to the plurality of electronic documents stored in the storage unit associated with the drop destination for an electronic document having the attribute corresponding to the dragged attribute information. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120124020 | DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT METHOD - The file size of a binder document in a document management server that manages a version of a binder document is reduced. When updating a binder document, it is determined whether an original document included in the binder document of a past version includes a same document as an original document included in the binder document of a new version. If it is determined that the original document includes the same document, reference information regarding the same document in the binder document of the past version is stored as information corresponding to the original document of the new version. On the other hand, if it is determined that the original document does not include the same document, an entity file of the original document is stored as information corresponding to the original document of the new version. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120123585 | PARTS ASSEMBLY SYSTEM - In a parts assembly system which assembled subsidiary parts with main parts, the main parts are conveyed through a first conveying path to an assembly robot provided along the first conveying path, and the subsidiary parts are supplied through the first conveying path to stockers provided along the first conveying path. In consequence, the travel space of the conveying cart is saved. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120123260 | BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - A biological information processing apparatus, including: a conversion element which receives an ultrasonic wave transmitted from a subject and converts the ultrasonic wave into an analog signal; an analog-digital converting unit; a first memory which records a digital signal; a signal processing unit which outputs information on an inside of a biological body from the signal recorded in the first memory; a second memory which records information on an ineffective area, for which information need not be recorded; and a controlling unit which controls activation of the analog-digital converting unit or recording to the first memory, wherein the controlling unit stops the activation of the analog-digital converting unit or recording to the first memory in a period in which the ultrasonic wave transmitted from the ineffective area is received based on the information recorded in the second memory. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120122049 | HEATING APPARATUS - The present invention is directed to suppressing cracks in the surface layer of the rotating member including fluororesin. According to the present invention, there is provided a heating apparatus comprising: a rotating member which has a surface layer comprising fluororesin, flexibility, and is open at both ends thereof; a heating member for heating the rotating member; a holding member for the rotating member, which is disposed inside the rotating member and has a sliding surface against an inner peripheral surface of the rotating member; and a pressurizing member for forming a nip portion together with the rotating member, the heating apparatus heating a recording material while conveying the recording material by nipping at the nip portion and rotating the rotating member and the pressurizing member, wherein a lubricant comprising a straight-chain and a side-chain type perfluoropolyethers is interposed between the rotating member and the sliding surface of the holding member. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121306 | HEATER, IMAGE HEATING DEVICE WITH THE HEATER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THEREIN - The heater is capable of improving heat generation uniformity in a sheet feeding area while suppressing the temperature rise of a non-sheet feeding portion. Each of heat generation lines includes a plurality of heat blocks in which a plurality of heat generating resistors are electrically connected in parallel between two conductive members. The heat generation lines are arranged in a lateral direction of the substrate, and the heat blocks are arranged so that the end of the heat block in the heat generation line of a first row does not overlap with the end of the heat block in the heat generation line of a second row in a longitudinal direction of a heater. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121298 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image bearing member on which an electrostatic image is to be formed; a rotatable supporting member, configured to support a developing device for developing the electrostatic image and configured to rotationally move the developing device toward a developing position, provided movably in a rotational axis direction with respect to a main assembly of the image forming apparatus; an urging member for urging the rotatable supporting member in the rotational axis direction; and a regulating portion for regulating a position of the rotatable supporting member, with respect to the rotational axis direction, urged by the urging member are provided. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121296 | CHARGING MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - Provided is a charging member, which has excellent follow-up property to the rotation of a photosensitive drum and can charge an electrophotographic photosensitive member more stably. The charging member is a charging member, comprising a mandrel, an elastic layer formed on an outer periphery of the mandrel, and a surface layer formed on an outer periphery of the elastic layer, in which the surface layer comprises at least one selected from hydroxylated fullerene and oxidized fullerene, and a binder. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121291 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photosensitive member having a specific conductive layer and promising less variation in light-area potential and residual potential in reproducing images repeatedly, and a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus which have such an electrophotographic photosensitive member are provided. Where a test in which a voltage of −1.0 kV having only a DC voltage component is continuously applied to the conductive layer for 1 hour is conducted, the conductive layer has volume resistivity satisfying the following mathematical expressions (1) and (2), as values before and after the test: | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121290 | PROCESS CARTRIDGE, ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE DRUM UNIT - A process cartridge comprises a photosensitive drum, a developing roller, and a coupling member. The coupling member is capable of inclining relative to the photosensitive drum such that the coupling axis inclines relative to the drum axis. A regulating portion surrounds the coupling member so as to confine the range of inclination of the coupling member. The regulating portion is provided with a recess that recesses in a direction away from the drum axis and away from the developing roller. An angle between the coupling axis and the drum axis is larger when at least a part of the coupling member is in the recess than when the coupling member contacts another portion of the regulating portion. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121287 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND JOB PROCESSING METHOD FOR THE SAME - An information processing apparatus to output, to an image forming apparatus, a print job using paper stored in paper feed units includes an acquisition unit, a generation unit, an addition unit, and a transmission unit. The acquisition unit acquires configuration information for each paper feed unit including type and number of sheets of paper capable of storage in each paper feed unit. The generation unit generates, based on type and number of sheets of paper required to be used for an externally acquired print job and the acquired configuration information, paper allocation information for associating a paper feed unit with type and number of sheets of paper in such away as to reduce replacement of paper. The addition unit adds the generated paper allocation information to the print job. The transmission unit transmits the print job with the added paper allocation information to the image forming apparatus. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121286 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a switch member that selectively switches a blowing direction of an air drawn by a fan and passing through a duct to a direction toward a conveying roller pair or a direction toward a sheet conveying path between the conveying roller pair and a fixing device; and a control portion that switches the switch member, based on a setting by an operation portion to that a gloss mode for an image to be formed on the sheet is set, so that when a mode for forming a high gloss image is set, the blowing direction of the air is switched to the direction toward the pair of rollers, and when a mode for forming a low gloss image is set, the blowing direction of the air is switched to the direction toward the sheet conveying path. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121285 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a fixing unit, and a power control unit. The image forming unit forms an unfixed image on a recording material. The fixing unit includes an endless belt, a heater held in contact with the endless belt, a pressurization roller to form a fixing nip portion for pinching and conveying the recording material together with the heater via the endless belt, and a pressure changing mechanism to effect switching between a pressurization state and a pressure release state. The power control unit controls power to the heater. In response to transitioning from the pressure release state to the pressurization state, the power control unit starts power to the heater during a transition period before the pressurization state is attained and controls power to the heater such that a heater temperature does not exceed a predetermined upper limit temperature during the transition period. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121284 | FIXING APPARATUS - A fixing apparatus is capable of executing a first fixing mode for performing fixing processing at a first pressing force and a second fixing mode for performing fixing processing at a second pressing force that is lower than the first pressing force. When a pressing force applied to a fixing nip portion is set to the second pressing force, all of a first heating member pattern on a heater is contained within a contact region between a belt member and the heater, and at least a portion of a second heating member pattern is disposed outside the contact region, so that consumed power is reduced. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121283 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image bearing members; an electrostatic image forming portion; a belt member; an electrostatic image transfer member for transferring an electrostatic index image, onto an electrostatic image transfer area located adjacent to an image area of a toner image with respect to a widthwise direction of the belt member, formed on the upstreammost image bearing member with respect to a rotational direction of the belt member; an antenna potential sensor for detecting an induced current of the electrostatic index image; a controller for controlling superposition of the toner images through detection of the electrostatic index image; and a setting portion on the basis of a detection result of the electrostatic index image which is formed during non image formation. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121281 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus, which has a plurality of image forming units, comprises a plurality of cartridges adapted to supply developer; a plurality of supply members adapted to supply developer to the image forming units from a plurality of the cartridges; a drive unit adapted to drive a plurality of the supply members; and a control unit adapted to supply developer from a plurality of the cartridges by selectively operating a plurality of the supply members based on the amount of developer accommodated in the cartridges. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121275 | DEVELOPER REMAINDER AMOUNT DETECTION SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A detecting system for detecting a developer remainder in a developer container includes first, second and third electrodes provided in the container; an AC voltage source for applying an AC voltage to the third electrode; a first electrostatic capacity detector for detecting a first electrostatic capacity between the first electrode and the third electrode; a second electrostatic capacity detector for detecting a second electrostatic capacity between the second electrode and the third electrode; and a developer remainder detector for correcting the first electrostatic capacity detected by the first electrostatic capacity detector on the basis of the second electrostatic capacity detected by the second electrostatic capacity detector, and for detecting a developer remainder of the developer | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121240 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes an imaging sensor, a reticle, a focus detection unit, a spectroscopic member, and a diffusion coefficient controller. The imaging sensor is configured to receive light from a lens unit. The reticle is capable of changing a diffusion coefficient. The focus detection unit is configured to detect a focus state of an imaging surface based on a signal from the imaging sensor. The spectroscopic member is configured to split the light from the lens unit to the reticle and the focus detection unit. The diffusion coefficient controller is configured to change the diffusion coefficient of the reticle. The diffusion coefficient controller controls a diffusion coefficient of a portion of the reticle corresponding to a defocus range to be higher than a diffusion coefficient of a portion of the reticle corresponding to a focusing range according to the focus state detected by the focus detection unit. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121201 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - M-value image data is inputted; a value of a pixel of interest in the inputted image data is quantized to N(N>M) value by an error diffusion method; it is determined whether both of a value of the pixel of interest to be quantized and an error value to be added to the pixel of interest are zero; and if it is determined that the value of the pixel of interest and the error value are zero, zero is outputted as a quantization result without performing quantization by the error diffusion method. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121176 | IMAGE COMPRESSION APPARATUS AND IMAGE COMPRESSION METHOD - An image compression apparatus performs image compression on high-resolution image data of various resolutions while reducing the circuit size. A generation unit generates complementary information based on an arrangement pattern of pixel values in each of the divided blocks each including 2 by 2 pixels. Further, image data of 1/(2̂M) times the resolution is compressed using a first compression method, and image data of 1/(2̂N) times the resolution is compressed using a second compression method. The apparatus determines whether to cause a combination of the complementary information and first compressed data to be output, or a combination of the complementary information and second compressed data to be output, based on the data size of each. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121164 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus according to the present invention, comprises a calculation unit that calculates a sharpness of a 2D image for each region thereof; an image processing unit that performs image processing, in a region with a sharpness calculated by the calculation unit being higher than a first predetermined value, to increase that sharpness, and performing image processing, in a region with a sharpness calculated by the calculation unit being lower than a second predetermined value which is equal to or lower than the first predetermined value, to reduce that sharpness; and a generation unit that generates, from the 2D image processed by the image processing unit, an image for a left eye and an image for a right eye by shifting the 2D image in a horizontal direction. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121135 | POSITION AND ORIENTATION CALIBRATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A position and orientation measuring apparatus calculates a difference between an image feature of a two-dimensional image of an object and a projected image of a three-dimensional model in a stored position and orientation of the object projected on the two-dimensional image. The position and orientation measuring apparatus further calculates a difference between three-dimensional coordinate information and a three-dimensional model in the stored position and orientation of the object. The position and orientation measuring apparatus then converts a dimension of the first difference and/or the second difference to cause the first difference and the second difference to have an equivalent dimension and corrects the stored position and orientation. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120121069 | X-RAY GENERATING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING X-RAY TUBE - An inverter circuit is shared by respective drive circuits that supply a predetermined voltage to a lens electrode and a grid electrode, or to a lens electrode and a cathode electrode. A DC voltage obtained by full-wave rectifying a pulse train output from the inverter circuit is supplied to the lens electrode, a DC voltage obtained by half-wave rectifying a pulse train output from the inverter circuit is supplied to the grid electrode or cathode electrode. At times of a first operation and a last operation of the inverter circuit during a period of generating X-rays, operations of the inverter circuit are controlled such that a trans circuit outputs a negative polarity voltage to the full-wave rectifying circuit and the half-wave rectifying circuit, respectively. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120805 | Client based congestion control mechanism - The invention concerns a method of notifying control information to a congestion control mechanism in charge of controlling data segments sending rate of a server towards a client. The control information includes loss events where a loss event corresponds to one or more data segments lost. The method comprises a step of receiving data segments into a reception buffer at the client, a step of detecting loss events from the received data segments and a step of notifying the congestion control mechanism with a number of loss events that is dependent on the number of detected loss events and a measure of criticality related to the reception of the data segments by the client. The measure of criticality can be derived from the filling level of the reception buffer, the reception of data segments being in a critical state when the reception buffer is experiencing overflow or underflow conditions. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120494 | DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT AND IMAGE PICKUP OPTICAL SYSTEM - A diffractive optical element that is used for an optical system includes a first diffraction grating and a second diffraction grating. The first and second diffraction gratings are disposed in contact with each other, one of the first and second diffraction gratings has a refractive index distribution and has a diffractive surface that includes a grating surface having a predetermined inclination and a grating wall surface having a predetermined height, and the diffractive surface has a shape in which an inclination of the grating surface of a diffraction grating having the greater refractive index distribution is decreased and a height of the grating wall surface is lowered with respect to a shape in which a phase difference based on a phase difference function that corrects an aberration of the optical system is added to a shape of a base surface that forms one of the first and second diffraction gratings. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120492 | IMAGE STABILIZING APPARATUS THAT CORRECTS IMAGE BLUR CAUSED BY HAND SHAKE, LENS BARREL, AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - An image stabilizing apparatus includes a fixed member, a shift member that holds an image stabilizing lens and are movable in a plane orthogonal to an optical axis, a plurality of shift drivers that are disposed at positions different from each other in the plane orthogonal to the optical axis, a gel that is held by one of the shift member and the fixed member, and a protrusion that is provided on the other one of the shift member and the fixed member. Each of the plurality of shift drivers includes a magnet held by one of the shift member and the fixed member, a coil that is held by the other one of the shift member and the fixed member, and a yoke that is held by the other one of the shift member and the fixed member, and a portion of the protrusion is immersed in the gel. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120460 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus, including: a placement portion on which an original is to be placed; an openable and closable pressure portion which presses, the original, which is placed on the placement portion, against the placement portion; a reading unit which moves in a sub-scanning direction orthogonal to a main scanning direction to read image information of the original, which is pressed against the placement portion by the openable and closable pressure portion, and a step portion, which is provided in a pressure surface of the openable and closable pressure portion which presses the original against the placement stand, and in a state in which the openable and closable pressure portion is closed, forms a space portion extending in the sub-scanning direction so as to communicate to at least one end in the sub-scanning direction. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120457 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - A method is provided for processing image data read from a book document placed on a platen of an image reading apparatus. The method includes determining a background pixel of the image data based on a luminance difference or a color difference between neighboring pixel arrays, identifying a shadow region based on a luminance change between the neighboring background pixel arrays, discriminatively detecting a shadow of a binding portion and a shadow of a front edge in a document region with reference to a changing direction of shadow luminance, and performing a luminance correction on the shadow region according to characteristics of the shadows. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120452 | DISPLAYING UNCOMPLETED JOBS IN RESPONSE TO PRINT REQUEST - This invention allows a user to immediately grasp the print status of a job only by inputting a print instruction of a job stored and held in an image forming apparatus. This invention also provides a user-friendly apparatus that notifies the user of a predicted time until completion of printing. For this purpose, the image forming apparatus of this invention has a touch panel formed on the display screen of the operation unit. A list of jobs registered in a Hold job list is displayed on the display screen. When the user selects at least one job and touches a “Test print” or “Print” button, the print job is registered in the print execution queue. Simultaneously, a list of unprinted print jobs registered in the print execution queue is automatically displayed. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120445 | CLIENT APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND BOOKBINDING SYSTEM - A client apparatus that receives document data and a job ticket from a server apparatus, and generates a print job for the document data, the client apparatus performs control such that, in a case where designation of a paper size is performed preceding designation of a paper type, a combination information piece that includes the paper size is extracted from the job ticket, and the paper type included in the extracted combination information piece is set as a paper type that is selectable, and in a case where designation of a paper type is performed preceding designation of a paper size, a combination information piece that includes the paper type is extracted from the job ticket, and the paper size included in the extracted combination information piece is set as a paper size that is selectable. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120443 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A common setting screen through which a common setting that does not depend on an image processing apparatus model can be set, and an individual setting screen through which an individual setting that depends on an image processing apparatus model can be set, are controlled so as to be displayed on a print setting screen. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120441 | NETWORK SYSTEM, SERVER, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, LOG REGISTRATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A network system may include a server and a client. The server accepts a request for a reservation of registration of a log that is transmitted from the client, and returns to the client log registration identification information. The server acquires execution command data from a registration command storage and registers the log stored in a log storing storage with a storage unit, asynchronously with the registration of the execution command data with a registration command storage. The client stores a log, transmits a request for a reservation of registration of the stored log, and selects a log to be requested to be registered from the stored log based on returned log identification information. The client transmits the selected log to the server to request registration of the log. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120439 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, JOB PROCESSING METHOD IN INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A user inputs information, such as a user identification (ID), on a printer by using an operation unit included in the printer. The printer inputs a print request for printing an intermediate print job corresponding to the user ID to the printer driver of an application server. When the request is received from the printer, a print request receiving function of the printer driver starts a series of print processing. The printer driver extracts an intermediate print job corresponding to a target user ID stored on a print job storage memory. A print setting final determination function finally determines print setting information to the extracted intermediate print job. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120438 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, SERVER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There is provided the following mechanism. That is, according to print processing contents, a server divides a print job associated with print data into a plurality of print jobs in advance. By transmitting a divided print job as a unit to an image forming apparatus, the user requests the print jobs using a plurality of image forming apparatuses to start parallel printing after print processing starts. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120437 | PRINT RELAY SYSTEM, PRINT RELAY SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A print relay system capable of executing a communication between a print service system configured to provide a print setting screen to an information terminal operated by a user, to receive a print setting set by the user via the provided print setting screen, and to generate a print job based on the received print setting and stored settings for an image forming apparatus configured to output image data based on the print job includes a receiving unit configured to receive a print job, which is transmitted in a case that a print instruction is input by the information terminal to the print service system, a job updating unit configured to update the print job received by the receiving unit, and a job transmission unit configured to transmit the print job updated by the job updating unit to the image forming apparatus. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120435 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus having a display unit for displaying a program which can be executed in the apparatus so as to be identified is disclosed. The apparatus has: an input unit for inputting a program into the image forming apparatus; a display control unit for controlling a process for displaying select keys including a plurality of select keys to instruct a selection of a desired one of a plurality of programs stored in the image forming apparatus onto a display screen displayed on the display unit; and a discriminating unit for discriminating whether the select key to instruct a selection of the program inputted by the input unit can be further displayed onto the first display screen to display the select keys corresponding to the programs registered in the image forming apparatus in response to the input of the program from the input unit or not. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120418 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus that enables to suppress the cost rise caused by increasing the number of sensors for original size detection and suppress the degradation of user operability. Paper sizes of papers are registered on a plurality of paper supplying units in advance. One of the registered paper sizes is determined as the original size if the original size cannot be detected by a detecting unit. An image of the original is formed on a paper, which corresponds to the original size determined by the determining unit and is fed from the paper supplying unit. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120373 | IMAGE PROJECTOR - An image projector includes a first deflector configured to deflect a first optical path and to form a second optical path, a second deflector configured to deflect the second optical path and to form a third optical path, a shifter configured to shift a projection lens in a vertical direction which corresponds to a longitudinal direction of the projected surface among directions orthogonal to an optical axis of the projection lens, a housing configured to house the first deflector and the second deflector, and a fixed plate fixed onto the housing at an end on an installing surface side of the housing, the projection lens and the shifter being fixed onto the fixed plate, wherein the third optical path is closer to an installing surface of the housing than the first optical path. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120309 | TRANSMISSION APPARATUS AND TRANSMISSION METHOD - A transmission apparatus configured to transmit moving image data to another apparatus inputs moving image data and, if some of the input moving image data is to be excluded from the moving image data to be transmitted according to a transmission state, excludes the moving image data of a frame not corresponding to an event out of the input moving image data from the moving image data to be transmitted. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120307 | FOREIGN SUBSTANCE REMOVING DEVICE AND IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - A dust removing device includes an oscillation body including at least an elastic member and an electromechanical energy conversion element which is fixed to the elastic member, wherein the electromechanical energy conversion element is configured to excite oscillation in the elastic member to remove dust. A rigidity-increasing member configured to enhance rigidity of the oscillation body in the direction of a node line of the oscillation is provided on at least one of the elastic member and the electromechanical energy conversion element. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120303 | IMAGE-PICKUP APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING TRACKING CURVES - The method includes a first adjusting step of adjusting a first tracking curve which has been set so as to keep an in-focus state between a position of a magnification-varying lens and a position of an image sensor, and a second adjusting step of adjusting a second tracking curve which has been set so as to keep the in-focus state between the position of the magnification-varying lens and a position of the focus lens for an object distance. The magnification-varying lens is moved in an optical axis direction during a variation of magnification. The image sensor generates an image signal by photoelectrically converting an optical image formed by an image-pickup optical system. The image-pickup optical system including the magnification-varying lens and a focus lens moved in the optical axis direction during focusing. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120288 | SOLID STATE IMAGE SENSOR - A solid state image sensor includes an extracting unit including a plurality of pixels, each having an optical waveguide formed by a core and a clad for guiding incident light entering the pixel to a photoelectric converter section via the core. The extracting unit is formed by at least two pixels including a first pixel and a second pixel and the cores in the optical waveguides of the first and second pixels are designed to show an oblate cross section and arranged with their respective major axes disposed in different directions. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120272 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT SYNTHESIZES ACQUIRED IMAGES TO GENERATE SUCCESSIVE IMAGES, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus that can reduce the area where acquired images are held and reduce the load in image synthesis when successive images are to be generated. Acquired images are sequentially acquired and held in an acquired image storage circuit. A first set number of acquired images among the acquired images are synthesized to generate first composite images. The first composite images are held in a grouped image storage circuit. Second composite images from an image generated last to an image corresponding to a second set number among the first composite images are synthesized to generate a second composite image. The acquired images used to generate the first composite images are sequentially deleted. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120177 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC-TYPE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus comprises a light source, a photosensitive member and a control unit. The light source turns on in response to a driving current supplied based on image data. An electrostatic latent image is formed on the photosensitive member by exposing the photosensitive member to a light beam output from the light source turned on. The control unit controls the value of the driving current supplied to the light source in accordance with a driving state of the light source so that the value of the driving current supplied to the light source differs and changes with the passage of time in accordance with the driving state of the light source prior to the driving current being supplied to the light source. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120158 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD - A liquid discharge head includes a plurality of nozzle arrays. A concave portion is formed on a back side of a head substrate, and all supply ports are formed in the bottom of the concave portion. The head substrate and a supporting member are bonded at the bottom of the concave portion so that the supply port and an introduction port communicate with each other. According to such a configuration, a ground contact area can be sufficiently secured, so that a liquid discharge head that is highly reliable and having high heat dissipation ability, and that can be manufactured with high productivity can be achieved. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120155 | DROPLET EJECTION HEAD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided are a method for manufacturing a droplet ejection head having a structure in which a substrate having an energy-generating element that imparts energy to a liquid to eject a liquid droplet from an ejection orifice and an orifice plate having the ejection orifice formed therein are laminated through a flow channel member for forming a pattern of a liquid flow channel that is a region in which the liquid flows, wherein at least one of a plate before being laminated and the flow channel member before being laminated has a void of at least one of a through-hole other than the ejection orifice and a recess in the face to be laminated; and the droplet ejection head. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120154 | RECORDING APPARATUS - A liquid ejection apparatus has an ejection orifice ejecting a liquid; a liquid storage section storing the liquid; a conductive communication path forming member forming a communication path to supply the liquid from the liquid storage section to the ejection orifice; and an electrode provided inside the liquid storage section and used to detect a remaining amount of the liquid, the communication path is electrically connected to the electrode, and the electrical resistance value between the electrode and the communication path contacting the liquid when the liquid is present in the liquid storage section is smaller than the electrical resistance value between the electrode and the communication path when the liquid is not present in the liquid storage section, and a recording apparatus capable of detecting the presence or absence of ink in the recording head with high precision without increasing the size of the recording head can be provided. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120099 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM THEREOF - Based on a first image and a second image among a plurality of images, a first region in the first image and a second region in the second image are specified. The first region in the first image and the second region in the second image has a correlation with each other. The first image and the second image are displayed based on the specified regions, and a layout for arranging the first image and the second image is determined in accordance with a user instruction via a display screen. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120119838 | OSCILLATION CIRCUIT HAVING NEGATIVE RESISTANCE ELEMENT AND OSCILLATOR USING THE OSCILLATION CIRCUIT - An oscillation circuit including: a negative resistance element; a resonance circuit connected to the negative resistance element; and a stabilization circuit connected in parallel with the negative resistance element to suppress parasitic oscillation, wherein the stabilization circuit includes a variable shunt resistor and a adjusting device for adjusting the shunt resistor. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120119787 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device includes a pixel section and an amplification unit which amplifies the signal of the pixel section. The amplification unit includes an input capacitor having first and second nodes, an amplification circuit, a first feedback capacitor connected between the input capacitor and an output portion of the amplification circuit, a first MOS transistor switch connected in series with the first feedback capacitor, a second MOS transistor switch which is connected in series with the first feedback capacitor, and has a drain and a source connected to each other, a second feedback capacitor connected between the input capacitor and the output portion, a third MOS transistor switch connected in series with the second feedback capacitor, and a fourth MOS transistor switch which is connected in series with the second feedback capacitor, and has a drain and a source connected to each other. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120119434 | SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet feeding apparatus that can prevent changes at the time of mounting a sheet cassette, and deformation and changes of the sheets after the sheet cassette is mounted regardless of a sheet size are provided. A movable side regulating plate provided in a frame, regulates positions of width direction side ends of sheets is provided with sheet pressing portions and that press the side ends of the sheets to press the sheets against a fixed side regulating plate in a biasing manner. An indented configuration against which, when short sheets are pressed by the sheet pressing portion are stacked on a sheet stacking plate, upstream ends of the sheets do not abut is formed upward from a bottom end of the sheet pressing portion to a predetermined dimension at a sheet feeding direction center of the sheet pressing portion. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120119272 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND IMAGING SYSTEM - A solid-state image sensor includes a pixel region and peripheral circuit region arranged on a semiconductor substrate. The pixel region includes pixels. Each pixel includes a photoelectric conversion element and an amplification MOS transistor that outputs a signal corresponding to charges of the photoelectric conversion element to a column signal line. The peripheral circuit region includes a circuit that drives the pixel or processes the signal output to the column signal line. A resistance of a source region of the amplification MOS transistor is lower than a resistance of a drain region of the amplification MOS transistor. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120119185 | ACTIVE LAYER FOR SILICON LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICES AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An active layer for silicon light-emitting devices has a layered film structure of first and second layers alternately stacked on a substrate. The first layer contains a silicon compound, and the second layer contains another silicon compound and has a larger band gap than the first layer. The layered film structure contains silicon nanoparticles. The first layer contains more silicon atoms than the second layer, and at least one of the silicon nanoparticles exists across at least one of the interfacial boundaries between the first layer and the second layer. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120119094 | SCINTILLATOR, RADIATION DETECTING APPARATUS, AND RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS - A scintillator includes a scintillator layer which converts radiation into light, the scintillator layer having a first end forming part of a contour of the scintillator layer and a second end forming another part of the contour, wherein the first end and the second end are located on opposite sides of the scintillator layer when viewed from the center of the scintillator layer, wherein an efficiency of conversion from radiation into light decreases from the first end to the second end. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120119070 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS, IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND IMAGING SYSTEM - An image sensing apparatus comprises: an output unit which includes an output line group, a plurality of difference circuits, a first dummy line, and a second dummy line, and wherein the output line group is interposed between the first dummy line and the second dummy line, a readout unit includes a plurality of memory circuits, each of the plurality of memory circuits includes a first holding capacitance and a second holding capacitance, a gain determined by a ratio of a capacitance value of the first holding capacitance and a capacitance value of a first output line is applied to the first signal output to the first output line, and a gain determined by a ratio of a capacitance value of the second holding capacitance and a capacitance value of a second output line is applied to the second signal output to the second output line. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120119068 | SOLID STATE IMAGE SENSOR - A solid state image sensor includes a plurality of pixels, each having a photoelectric conversion section formed in the inside of a substrate and a light-receiving section formed on the side of a light-receiving surface of the substrate. At least a part of the plurality of pixels is ranging pixels. The light-receiving section of each of the ranging pixels is equipped with a guided mode resonant filter adapted to reflect incident light getting into the inside of the light-receiving section at a specific incident angle. The normal line of the guided mode resonant filter is inclined relative to the principal ray of the flux of light entering the guided mode resonant filter. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120118877 | IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS - An image heating apparatus includes a coil for generating a magnetic flux by a current flowing therethrough; an image heating member having an electroconductive layer in which an eddy current is produced by the magnetic flux by which heat is generated, to heat an image on a recording material; an electroconductive magnetic flux adjusting member movable from a first position and a second position to decrease the eddy current produced in the image heating member by the magnetic flux; a sensor for sensing the temperature of the image heating member; and a controller for controlling electric power supplied to the coil on the basis of an output of the sensor. The controller changes an electric power condition to be supplied to the coil before start of the movement from the first position to the second position of magnetic flux adjusting member. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120118498 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING A CONTINUOUS ORIENTED STRUCTURE OF A POLYMER - A method and an apparatus for easily making a continuous oriented structure of a polymer are provided. In making a polymer assembly, single crystals are bonded to each other, an external force, such as an electrical field or a magnetic field, is applied to the single crystals, or a solution of the polymer is applied on a substrate such that the applied solution is linear in shape. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120117133 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING A DIGITAL SIGNAL - A method for processing a digital signal comprises receiving an output encoded signal (S | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120117113 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING HISTORY CONTROL FUNCTION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An information processing apparatus having a history control function that is capable of using a limited history storage area effectively and of analyzing a history easily. A file storage unit stores a file. A communication unit communicates with an external apparatus via a network. An operation request storage unit stores operation requests to the file stored in the file storage unit from the external apparatus. An analysis unit analyzes the operation requests stored in the operation request storage unit. An operation log storage unit determines contents of the operation requests to the file stored in the file storage unit based on an analysis result by the analysis unit, and to store the contents as operation logs about the file stored in the file storage unit. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120116718 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - The present invention provides a measurement apparatus which measures a distance between a reference surface and a surface to be measured, including a wavelength reference element configured to include a gas cell in which a plurality of types of gases having absorption lines different from each other are sealed, and a processing unit configured to set a wavelength of light emitted by a light source to a plurality of different wavelengths corresponding to a plurality of different absorption lines by using the wavelength reference element, control a phase detection unit to detect a phase corresponding to an optical path length between the reference surface and the surface to be measured for each of the plurality of different wavelengths, and perform processing of obtaining the distance. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120116582 | ROBOT CONTROLLING DEVICE - In the control of a multi-joint robot main body, it is necessary to execute intricate track calculations and synchronous operations in parallel, even if the track calculations are intricate and times required for the calculations are indefinite. For this purpose, a robot controlling device of the present invention includes a shared memory, and first and second processing units connected to the shared memory. The first processing unit performs track calculation processing which includes calculating operation command data indicating a series of command values to be output to arm motors, based on a command to operate the multi-joint robot main body to a desired position posture, and storing the calculated operation command data in the shared memory. The second processing unit performs synchronous processing which includes acquiring the operation command data stored in the shared memory, and synchronously outputting the command values to the arm motors at predetermined time intervals. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120116018 | RESIN COMPOSITION FOR INK JET - Provided is a resin composition for ink jet, including at least a component (A) and a component (B), in which the component (A) includes a (b)-(a)-(b) type isobutylene-based triblock copolymer composed of an isobutylene-based polymer block (a) and a styrene-based polymer block (b), and the component (B) includes a cyclic-polyolefin-based polymer. The resin composition for ink jet has water-vapor barrier properties and gas barrier properties comparable to or more than those of crosslinked rubbers having high water-vapor barrier properties and high gas barrier properties, and can be molded by any of press-molding, injection molding, extrusion molding, and the like. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120115985 | PROCESS FOR FORMING A HYDROPHILIC COATING AND HYDROPHILIC COATING, AND PROCESS FOR FORMING AN INK JET RECORDING HEAD AND INK JET RECORDING HEAD - A process for forming a hydrophilic coating, including (1) forming, on a substrate, coating resin layer including a cationic polymerization resin having an acid-cleavable linkage in its main chain, and a photoacid generator which generates antimonic acid or an acid having a weaker acid strength than that of antimonic acid by irradiation with active energy ray including ultraviolet light; (2) laminating, on the resin layer, a photoacid generator holding layer including a photoacid generator which generates an acid having a stronger acid strength than that of antimonic acid by irradiation with the energy ray, and a holder which holds the photoacid generator and can be removed in step (3); (3) removing the holding layer and curing the resin layer through exposure of those layers to the energy ray to conduct development; and (4) forming a hydrophilic coating by hydrophilizing a surface of the resin layer through heat treatment thereof. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120115306 | DEFLECTOR ARRAY, CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM DRAWING APPARATUS, DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND DEFLECTOR ARRAY MANUFACTURING METHOD - A deflector array includes a first base substrate including a plurality of apertures formed thereon, and a plurality of deflector chips including a plurality of apertures formed thereon and a plurality of electrode pairs disposed at both sides of at least a part of the plurality of apertures. The plurality of deflector chips is fixed to the first base substrate in such a manner that the plurality of apertures of the deflector chips is arranged at positions corresponding to the plurality of apertures of the first base substrate. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120115276 | AMORPHOUS OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR AND THIN FILM TRANSISTOR USING THE SAME - There is provided an amorphous oxide semiconductor including hydrogen and at least one element of indium (In) and zinc (Zn), the amorphous oxide semiconductor containing one of hydrogen atoms and deuterium atoms of 1×10 | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120115089 | PROCESS FOR FORMING A HYDROPHILIC COATING AND HYDROPHILIC COATING, AND PROCESS FOR FORMING AN INK JET RECORDING HEAD AND INK JET RECORDING HEAD - A process for forming a hydrophilic coating and a hydrophilic coating, the process including the steps of: (1) forming, on a substrate, a first coating resin layer including a first cationic polymerization resin and a first photoacid generator; (2) laminating, on the first coating resin layer, a second coating resin layer including a second cationic polymerization resin which includes an acid-cleavable linkage in its main chain, and a second photoacid generator which generates methide acid by irradiation with an active energy ray including ultraviolet light; (3) forming a coating by curing the first coating resin layer and the second coating resin layer through exposure of the first coating resin layer and the second coating resin layer to the active energy ray to conduct development; and (4) forming a hydrophilic coating by hydrophilizing a surface of the coating through heat treatment of the coating. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120115079 | TONER - A toner containing toner particles, each of which contains a binder resin and a colorant, and silica particles, wherein the silica particles have a volume average particle diameter (Dv) of 70 nm or more and 500 nm or less, the variation coefficient of diameters of the silica particles, based on volume distribution thereof, is 23% or less, and wherein when the silica particles are heated from 105° C. to 200° C., the ratio of mass decrease is 0.60% or less. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120115076 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A charge generating layer of an electrophotographic photosensitive member contains a charge generating substance, polyvinyl acetal, and a fluorenone derivative. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120114840 | VACUUM VAPOR DEPOSITION SYSTEM - Provided is a vacuum vapor deposition system including: a vapor depositing source; a film thickness sensor for monitoring; and a film thickness sensor for calibration, in which a distance L | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120114839 | VACUUM VAPOR DEPOSITION SYSTEM - Provided is a vacuum vapor deposition system, which enables a vapor deposition rate to be measured accurately and a film thickness to be controlled with higher accuracy. The vacuum vapor deposition system includes: a vacuum chamber; a substrate holding mechanism; a vapor depositing source; a film thickness sensor for monitoring; a control system including a temperature controller and a film thickness controller; and a film thickness sensor for calibration, in which a distance from one film thickness sensor whose measurement accuracy is to be enhanced, out of the film thickness sensor for monitoring and the film thickness sensor for calibration, to a center of the opening of the vapor depositing source, is smaller than a distance from another film thickness sensor to the center of the opening of the vapor depositing source. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120114837 | FILM FORMATION APPARATUS AND FILM FORMATION METHOD - Provided are a film formation apparatus and a film formation method which may control with accuracy the thickness of a thin film formed on the film formation object. A film formation apparatus includes a moving part (film formation source unit) for moving a film formation source between a predetermined film formation waiting position and a predetermined film forming position is provided, and the moving part holds a quartz oscillator for measurement and a quartz oscillator for calibration so that their relative positions with respect to the film formation source are maintained. And a calibration step for calibrating a monitored value of the quartz oscillator for measurement, using a monitored value of the quartz oscillator for calibration, is performed in a middle of the film forming step of forming the film on the film formation object. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120114833 | FILM FORMATION APPARATUS AND FILM FORMATION METHOD - A film formation apparatus includes a film formation source, a quartz oscillator for measurement, and a quartz oscillator for calibration. When a thin film is formed on an object, a film forming material is heated in the source to release vapors thereof. The quartz oscillator for measurement measures the amount of the film forming material formed on the object, while the quartz oscillator for calibration calibrates the quartz oscillator for measurement. A moving part for moving the film formation source between a predetermined film formation waiting position and a predetermined film forming position with respect to the film formation object is further provided, the moving part holds the quartz oscillator for measurement so that its relative position with respect to the film formation source is maintained, and the quartz oscillator for calibration is provided above the moving part when the moving part is at the film formation waiting position. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120114402 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The invention provides an image forming apparatus capable of preventing a ripple or curling of the sheet and stabilizing feedability or loadability of the sheet. The image forming apparatus includes an aqueous solution applying portion that applies the aqueous solution containing the deliquescent material for hindering evaporation of moisture to the sheet where the toner image has been thermally fixed by the fixing portion, and a controller that controls so that a concentration of the deliquescent material of the aqueous solution applied to the sheet using the aqueous solution applying portion is changed depending on the basis weight of the sheet. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120114396 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus which includes comprises: a detection unit configured to detect a position where a toner image of a color component other than the color component of the misregistration prevention pattern and the toner image of the misregistration prevention pattern overlap each other on a surface of an image carrier; and a control unit configured to control to form the misregistration prevention pattern on the surface of the image carrier except for the overlapping position detected by the detection unit, and not to form the misregistration prevention pattern at the overlapping position on the surface of the image carrier. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120114393 | DEVELOPER SUPPLY CONTAINER - If a user is not familiar with the operation for the developer supply container, the rotating operation for the developer supply container may be insufficient, so that developer supply container does not reach a predetermined operating position, with the result of abnormal developer supply. by increasing a rotation load of a second gear | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120114377 | PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND DEVELOPING DEVICE - A developing device is detachably mountable to a main assembly of an image forming apparatus and includes a developing roller for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on an electrophotographic photosensitive member. The developing roller includes an elastic roller portion and a core metal portion for supporting the roller portion; a developing device frame for rotatably supporting the developing roller; a developer layer thickness regulating member, for regulating a layer thickness of a developer carried on the developing roller; and a movement preventing portion for preventing movement of the developing roller in an axial direction, wherein the movement preventing portion is detachably mounted in the developing device and is inserted into a spacing between an end portion of the core metal portion and an opposing portion of the developing device frame. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120114376 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus for forming a color image on a recording material includes mounting means for detachably mounting a plurality of process cartridges each including a photosensitive drum and a developing roller. Movable members are provided that are actable on first and second clutches for switching between an operation state for transmitting the driving force to the developing rollers and a non-operation state not transmitting the driving force thereto. Also provided is a switching member for switching among a first mode for transmitting the driving force to the developing rollers of all of the process cartridges, a second mode for not transmitting the driving force to any one of the developing rollers, and a third mode for transmitting the driving force only to the developing roller of a black process cartridge. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120114375 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photosensitive member that can not easily cause charging lines even where it is an electrophotographic photosensitive member employing as a conductive layer a layer containing metal oxide particles is disclosed. Also disclosed are a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus which have such an electrophotographic photosensitive member. The electrophotographic photosensitive member has a conductive layer which contains titanium oxide particles coated with tin oxide doped with phosphorus or tungsten. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120114374 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrophotographic image forming apparatus ( | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120114371 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A transfer unit has a belt unit having a belt and a cleaning unit for cleaning the belt. The belt unit and the cleaning unit are integratedly provided. The cleaning unit is movable for the belt unit. The transfer unit is detachable for an apparatus main body. A position of the cleaning unit for the belt unit before the transfer unit is attached to the apparatus main body is different from a position of the cleaning unit for the belt unit after the transfer unit is attached to the apparatus main body. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120114361 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus having a development unit which develops an electrostatic latent image formed on an image carrier to form a visible image, the apparatus has an input unit adapted to accept input of a print job; an analysis unit adapted to analyze contents of image data included in the print job and contents of a print setting for controlling printout based on the image data; a prediction unit adapted to predict, based on an analysis result by the analysis unit, a consumption amount of a developing material necessary to develop an electrostatic latent image by the development unit when an electrostatic latent image based on the image data is formed; and a supply control unit adapted to control, based on the consumption amount of the developing material that is predicted by the prediction unit, a supply unit which supplies the developing material to the development unit. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120114351 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an intermediate transfer belt unit and a transfer belt unit each of which has a deviation control mechanism and which are held in contact with each other at a transfer portion, wherein at least a steering roller on which a secondary transfer belt is suspended is situated such that a traction surface thereof does not constitute a transfer surface including a transfer roller. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120114348 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A control unit decreases the potential difference according to an increase in the drive amounts of the image bearing member and the developer bearing member, based on a first information about a drive amount of the image bearing member and second information about a drive amount of the developer bearing member, in a case that an integrated value of the first information and the second information from initial installation or replacement of the developing device is greater than a predetermined value. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120114304 | MOVING IMAGE REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A moving image reproduction apparatus includes an instruction unit, an acquisition unit, a playback speed determination unit, and a moving image reproduction unit. The instruction unit is configured to issue a change instruction for changing a playback target to another moving image while a selected moving image is being played back. The acquisition unit is configured to, if the change instruction has been issued by the instruction unit, acquire a playback time of the moving image which has been played back until the change instruction. The playback speed determination unit is configured to determine a playback speed of the moving image to be played back after the change instruction, according to the playback time. The moving image reproduction unit is configured to play back the moving image instructed for reproduction by the change instruction at the playback speed. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120114268 | DEVICE FOR SEARCHING PRINT TARGET IMAGE ADAPTED FOR PRINTABLE AREA - The present invention provides an image searching device that searches a print target image adapted for a printable area only by setting a template for the printable area and a search condition necessary to search the print target image. The image searching device inputs shape information on the printable area. Then, the image searching device sets the image search condition. Then, the image searching device searches the print target image from a plurality of images on the basis of the shape information on the printable area, and the image search condition. According to the image searching device, upon printing of an image in a specially-shaped printable area, a print target image adapted for the printable area can be automatically searched only by setting a shape of the printable area, and an image search condition, resulting in improvement of searching efficiency. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120114230 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus determines an attribute of a block image based on the attribute of the block image determined based on a color distribution characteristic amount of the block image and the attribute of the block image determined based on an edge characteristic amount of the block image. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120114228 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention provides an image processing apparatus, and an image processing method, which can reproduce an edge portion with a high resolution in a high resolution raster image, and suppress image degradation such as a jaggy, while suppressing processing cost. In the present invention, an image processing part divides image data of raster data into blocks of M×N pixels (M, N are integers of 1 or more and also at least one of M and N is an integer of 2 or more). Then, the part performs color rounding processing in the block and counts the number of colors in the block. Subsequently, when the number of colors existing in the block is two, the part acquires shape information about arrangement of the two colors. Then, the part stores the shape information and color information for a first color and color information for a second color. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120114188 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND RECORDING SYSTEM - A process of detecting a defective recording element and a process of correcting the defective recording element are performed with appropriate processing loads. When the detection process and the correction processes are performed with small loads, for example, at a time of recording, a resolution used for reading an inspection pattern is set lower than that set in a case where the processes can be performed with small loads, for example, at down time before recording. The reading resolution to be set may be determined by an apparatus in accordance with a processing load or may be arbitrarily determined by a user. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120114177 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing system in which an image capture apparatus and an image processing apparatus are connected to each other via a network. When a likelihood indicating the probability that a detection target object detected from a captured image is a predetermined type of object does not meet a designated criterion, the image capture apparatus generates tentative object information for the detection target object, and transmits it to the image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus detects, from detection targets designated by the tentative object information, a detection target as the predetermined type of object. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120114176 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes an object detection unit configured to detect an object from an image, a tracking unit configured to track the detected object, a trajectory management unit configured to manage a trajectory of the object being tracked, and a specific object detection unit configured to detect a specific object from the image. In a case where the specific object determination unit detects the object being tracked by the object tracking unit to be the specific object, the trajectory management unit manages a trajectory of the object being tracked at a time point before the time point the object being tracked is detected to be the specific object as the trajectory of the specific object. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120114041 | MOTION VECTOR GENERATION APPARATUS, MOTION VECTOR GENERATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A motion vector generation apparatus which generates a motion vector utilized to execute motion-compensated encoding based on comparison between a block to be encoded in an image to be encoded and a reference block in a reference image. The apparatus sequentially selects a candidate from a plurality of motion vector candidates, sequentially calculates differences between pixel values of the block to be encoded and pixel values of the reference block corresponding to respective motion vector candidates, calculates, as an average difference, differences between an average pixel value obtained by averaging the pixel values of the block to be encoded and respective pixel values of the block to be encoded, decides a weighting coefficient based on a ratio between a minimum difference and the average difference, and calculates, for each selected motion vector candidate, an evaluation value for deciding a motion vector candidate having a minimum evaluation value. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120114006 | SURFACE EMITTING LASER - A surface emitting laser emitting a laser beam in a single transverse mode irrespective of an emission area while one-dimensionally aligning polarization of the output beam, including a two-dimensional photonic crystal, having resonance modes in directions of the primitive translation vector a | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120114005 | SURFACE-EMITTING LASER AND SURFACE-EMITTING LASER ARRAY, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SURFACE-EMITTING LASER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SURFACE-EMITTING LASER ARRAY, AND OPTICAL APPARATUS INCLUDING A SURFACE-EMITTING LASER ARRAY - Provided is a method of manufacturing a surface-emitting laser capable of preventing characteristics fluctuations within the plane and among wafers and oscillating in a single fundamental transverse mode. The method includes after performing selective oxidation: exposing a bottom face of a surface relief structure by etching a second semiconductor layer with a first semiconductor layer where a pattern of the surface relief structure has been formed as an etching mask and a third semiconductor layer as an etching stop layer; and exposing a top face of the surface relief structure by etching the first semiconductor layer where the pattern of the surface relief structure has been formed, with the second semiconductor layer and the third semiconductor layer as etching stop layer. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113970 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - In a communication apparatus capable of communicating concurrently with a first network and with a second network different from the first network, the address of another communication apparatus in the second network is detected, whether the detected address is in use in the first network is confirmed and, when data is transmitted to the detected address in a case where it is confirmed that the detected address is in use, stores the fact that data will be transmitted to the second network. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113879 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus which is configured to receive a plurality of frames continuously transmitted or a plurality of frames transmitted as one frame from a transmission apparatus, the apparatus comprising: control unit adapted to control communication processing with the transmission apparatus; switching unit adapted to switch between a power saving mode of reducing power consumption by stopping a predetermined function and a normal mode of also making the predetermined function operate; and request unit adapted to request the transmission apparatus to stop transmitting the plurality of frames continuously transmitted or the plurality of frames transmitted as the one frame, when the switching unit switches from the normal mode to the power saving mode. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113535 | LENS BARREL AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - A lens barrel includes a first cylinder, a second cylinder configured to rotate around an optical axis relative to the first cylinder and to move a lens holding frame holding a lens in an optical axis direction, a force unit arranged outside of the second cylinder, a force relay member arranged outside of the second cylinder and configured to contact the force unit, a first roller fixed to the force relay unit and configured to contact a first surface of the second cylinder, and to transmit a force to the first surface of the second cylinder, the force being applied by the force unit and relayed by the force relay unit; and a second roller fixed to the first cylinder, and configured to contact a second surface inside of the second cylinder, and to restrict a movement of the second cylinder in the optical axis direction by the force. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113528 | IMAGE TAKING APPARATUS - An image taking apparatus including a zoom lens; and a solid-state image pickup element, wherein the zoom lens includes, a first lens unit; a second lens unit; and a third lens unit, the first lens unit, the second lens unit and the third lens unit moving during zooming, wherein the first lens unit includes a lens | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113527 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH ZOOM LENS - A zoom lens includes first and second lens units having positive and negative refractive powers, an aperture stop, and third and fourth lens units having positive and negative refractive powers in order from an object side to an image side. During zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, the first lens unit remains fixed, and the second and fourth lens units move. The first lens unit includes negative, positive, negative, positive, and positive lenses in order from the object side to the image side, the third and fourth lens units include two or more lenses. Focal lengths of the first and third lens units and of the entire system at the wide angle end, the thickness of the first lens unit on an optical axis, and the distance between principal points between the first and the second lens units at a wide angle end are appropriately set. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113516 | ZOOM LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A zoom lens includes first to fifth lens units having positive, negative, positive, negative, and positive refractive powers. During zooming, the fourth lens unit having a positive lens and a negative lens does not move, and the second, third, and fifth lens units move. The fourth lens unit moves to have a component perpendicular to the optical axis. The focal length of the entire system at the telephoto end, the focal length of the fourth lens unit, the focal length and the material of the positive lens of the fourth lens unit, the maximum moving distance, at the telephoto end, of the fourth lens unit, the lateral magnification of the fourth lens unit at the telephoto end, and the lateral magnification, at the telephoto end, of a lens system disposed at the image plane side with respect to the fourth lens unit are appropriately set. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113496 | ELECTROCHROMIC ELEMENT AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME - An electrochromic element includes a pair of transparent electrodes, and an electrolyte layer and an electrochromic layer disposed between the pair of transparent electrodes. Transmittance of light is changed by a voltage applied to the pair of transparent electrodes. The electrochromic layer includes a first electrochromic layer and a second electrochromic layer stacked upon each other. Both of the first and second electrochromic layers are made of titanium oxide. The first electrochromic layer is in contact with one of the pair of transparent electrodes. The second electrochromic layer is in contact with an electrolyte-layer side of the first electrochromic layer. A refractive index n0 of the transparent electrode in contact with the first electrochromic layer, a refractive index n1 of the first electrochromic layer, and a refractive index n2 of the second electrochromic layer satisfy the relationship n0| 05-10-2012 | |
| 20120113487 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image reading apparatus capable of avoiding an erroneous detection that documents that are not bound are erroneously considered as bound, thus reducing the number of suspended document feeding operations. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113478 | METHOD OF EMBEDDING A PLURALITY OF DIFFERENT TWO-DIMENSIONAL CODES IN AN IMAGE - The purpose of the present invention is to prevent a two-dimensional code to be additionally embedded from corrupting a two-dimensional code which has been embedded when a document in which the two-dimensional code has been embedded is copied or when a document in which the two-dimensional code has been embedded is overlaid on form data in which the two-dimensional code has been embedded. In the present invention, when it is detected that a second two-dimensional code is embedded in an input image, the input image is printed without overlay of a first two-dimensional code thereon. Furthermore, when form data for overlaying is stored, when it is detected that a third two-dimensional code is embedded in the form data or when it is detected that a second two-dimensional code is embedded in an input image, the input image is output without overlay of a first two-dimensional code thereon. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113475 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus recommends a template having a sense of unity through an entirety to each image when a user creates an album. The information processing apparatus includes a selection unit configured to select a template for arranging any one of the plurality of images based on imaging locations of a plurality of images to be used in the album, and an arranging unit configured to arrange the plurality of images to the plurality of templates selected by the selection unit, respectively. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113474 | POWER CONSUMPTION MONITORING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - A power consumption monitoring apparatus that is capable of monitoring electric energy consumption of an electronic apparatus even when the configuration thereof changes. A receiving unit receives job history information about the electronic apparatus. A storage unit stores a calculation table for calculating power consumed by the electronic apparatus to execute the job. A calculation unit calculates power consumption of the electronic apparatus when executing the job based on the job history information and the calculation table. An acquisition unit acquires configuration information about the electronic apparatus. A management unit manages the job history information and adds correction target information to the job history information when the configuration information is not associated with the calculation table. A correction unit corrects the power consumption in association with the job history information to which the correction target information is added based on the updated calculation table when the calculation table is updated. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113467 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus may include a web service provider and a web browser. The web service provider includes a control unit to cause a processing unit to perform image processing as a web service according to a request of a web service included in an HTTP response received by a web browser. The web browser includes a first reception unit, a display unit, a transmission unit, and a second reception unit. The first reception unit receives screen data for displaying an operation screen of the image processing apparatus from an external apparatus. The display unit displays the received screen data. In response to an operation from a user being received via the operation screen, the transmission unit transmits to the external apparatus an HTTP request according to the operation received. The second reception unit receives an HTTP response including a request of a web service as a response. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113462 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus, which is capable of effectively performing a test print with the number of records being smaller than that of all records of variable data printing (VDP), receives a VDP job including a plurality of records, extracts records by deleting items in which different values are set to all records among the items which are set to the plurality of records included in the VDP job and used for printing and by combining records which have the same combination of values set to remaining items by an extraction unit, receives an test print instruction, and prints the records which the extraction unit extracts according to the test print instruction. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113461 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING DOCUMENT DATA AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus capable of efficiently acquiring pieces of information about document formats used in document services. When an instruction to access a document service is input by a user, the image processing apparatus acquires from the document service a document list for the document service and displays the list on a user interface. When a document is selected by the user from the list, the image processing apparatus acquires document data from the document service and outputs the document data. If the acquired document data cannot directly be output, a format of the document data is converted into a format compatible to the image processing apparatus according to a conversion path. The conversion path is updated, if information about format conversion acquired from the document service differs from that held in the image processing apparatus. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113453 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a technique for enabling, as needed, a Web service for controlling execution of each function of an MFP when executing the function in response to a request from a Web server in an information processing apparatus. An information processing apparatus of the present invention includes a Web browser which transmits input information input through an displayed operation screen based on screen information provided from a Web server. Upon receiving, from the Web server, an execution request of processing corresponding to the input information, the information processing apparatus registers in a Web service server a service (Web service) defined in definition information contained in the execution request when starting execution of the processing according to the execution request. The web service server provides, among a plurality of providable services, the registered service which is used for controlling the execution of the processing. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113448 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus and an image forming method for forming an image by using a plurality of color materials including pigment as a color material, by causing a plurality recording heads to perform a recording scan in a direction perpendicular to a conveyance direction of a recording medium to scan same image areas on the recording medium more than once. The recording heads are fitted with recording-element columns as many as kinds of color materials. Each recording-element column includes a plurality of recording elements arranged in a direction parallel with the conveyance direction of the recording medium. The image forming apparatus includes an input unit configured to input image data to display an image, a conversion unit configured to convert image data into dot data representing an image by a plurality of dots, and an allocation unit configured to allocate the recording elements to the dot data in each of recording scans. The allocation unit performs the allocation in such a manner that dots are concentrated in clusters of a predetermined size in the same image areas and at least one dot is superposed on top of another. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113447 | OUTPUT DEVICE, IMAGE DATA CONVERSION DEVICE, AND METHOD - An output device which outputs pixel data corresponding to a color material used by a printing unit to the printing unit includes an image buffer which stores image data, a generation unit which generates density data corresponding to the color material based on image data read out from the image buffer, a print buffer which stores density data generated by the generation unit, and a conversion unit which converts density data read out from the print buffer into pixel data corresponding to the resolution of the printing unit synchronously with the printing unit. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113446 | COLOR PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The number of color patches is reduced to attain high-precision color estimation. Hence, the colorimetric values of a plurality of color patches of at least one primary color output by an output device are input. Based on the colorimetric value of first color patches corresponding to a part of the plurality of color patches, colorimetric values corresponding to second color patches other than the first color patches of the plurality of color patches are estimated. Errors between the input colorimetric values of the second color patches and the estimated colorimetric values corresponding to the second color patches are calculated. A plurality of color patches corresponding to the output device is determined based on the calculated errors. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113438 | DEVICE CAPABLE OF ADJUSTING TWO-DIMENSIONAL CODE - An image forming device is provided which embeds a decodable two-dimensional code when embedding (printing) a two-dimensional code in an original document. The image forming device represents additional information by associating virtual points with dots in one-to-one correspondence and arranges dots in positions deviated from virtual points associated with the dots. The image forming device includes a determining unit for determining intervals between the virtual points and virtual points adjacent to the virtual points and determining sizes of the dots, and an arranging unit for arranging dots having the determined sizes to respective virtual points having the determined intervals. The determining unit may determine dots to have sizes other than sizes proportional to the determined intervals. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113434 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A measurement apparatus which measures a distance between a reference surface and a test surface, comprises a light source unit including a plurality of light sources each corresponding to one of a plurality of wavelength scanning ranges and each continuously scans a wavelength of generated light in the corresponding wavelength scanning range, an interferometer unit which splits light emitted by each of the plurality of light sources into reference light and test light, and detects, as an interference signal, an interference fringe formed by the reference light and the test light, and a processor which determines a slope of a phase of the interference signal with respect to wave number of the light based on the interference signal detected by the interferometer unit for each of the plurality of wavelength scanning ranges, and determines the distance from the slope of the phase. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113315 | FOCUSING DEVICE, IMAGE PICK-UP APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD - A focusing device includes a first focus-position determining unit configured to determine a focus position based on a change in a radio-frequency component in an image signal obtained with movement of a focusing lens, a second focus-position determining unit configured to determine a focus position by using a different process from a process performed by the first focus-position determining unit, a mode setting unit configured to select at least a first mode which uses a result with the first focusing-position determining unit together with the second focusing-position determining unit or a second mode which uses a result with the first focus-position determining unit without the second focus-position determining unit, and a control unit configured to control driving of the focusing lens according to selection by the mode setting unit such that the focusing lens is driven in the first mode at a higher speed than in the second mode. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113314 | IMAGE-PICKUP APPARATUS - The image-pickup apparatus includes an image acquiring part respectively photoelectrically converting first and second object images respectively formed by first and second light fluxes into first image data and second image data, the first and second light fluxes being formed by dividing a light flux from an image-pickup optical system by a pupil divider, and photoelectrically converting a third object image formed by a third light flux of the light flux from the image-pickup optical system into third image data, the third light flux being not divided by the pupil divider, and a split image generating part which generates split image data to be displayed in the third image data. The split image generating part generates the split image data based on the first image data and the second image data, and adds color information extracted from the third image data to the split image data. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113313 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS THAT PERFORMS AUTOMATIC FOCUS CONTROL AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus that can efficiently obtain an offset between focal positions detected in phase difference-based focus detection and contrast-based focus detection by using results of phase difference-based focus detection at multiple points. Focal positions in a plurality of regions based on a pair of image signals obtained from different pupils are obtained. A focal position for a focus lens at which a contrast of image signals for image pickup is at a peak is detected. A target focal position is determined from the plurality of focal positions. When another focal position is present between a present focal position and the target focal position, an offset between a focal position of the focus lens at which the contrast detected at the other focal position while the focus lens is moving is at a peak and the other focal position is calculated. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113308 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - If a movable unit connected to a main body and is rotatable around a first axis as a rotation center with respect to the main body in which a magnetic field generating member is provided is rotated around the first axis with respect to the main body, a magnetic field detection sensor arranged near the first axis rotates and a direction of a magnetic field that can be detected by the magnetic field detection sensor changes. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113305 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND METHOD OF RESETTING THE SAME - A solid-state image pickup device comprises for each pixel a photoelectric converter PD, an input terminal FD of a signal amplifier and a transfer switch TX for transferring an optical signal from the photoelectric converter to the input terminal. The device additionally comprises means for resetting the photoelectric converter by opening the transfer switch TX under a condition of holding the voltage of the input terminal FD to a fixed high level before storing the optical signal in the photoelectric converter PD. With this arrangement, any residual electric charge in the photoelectric converter can be eliminated without paying the cost of reducing the manufacturing yield and degrading the chip performance. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113301 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus for processing image signals output from an image sensor having a plurality of unit cells each including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements for receiving light passing through different pupil regions and each of which can be read out separately, wherein: a detection unit detects a phase difference between a plurality of images each formed on the basis of image signals of photoelectric conversion elements located in a same position in each of the plurality of unit cells; a determination unit determines a defective photoelectric conversion element; and a correction unit corrects a defective image signal of a defective photoelectric conversion element using an image signal corresponding to the defective image signal and constituting another of the plurality of images that does not include the defective image signal, based on the phase difference detected by the detection unit. | 05-10-2012 |
