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| 20120136624 | COORDINATE RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - According to one embodiment, a coordinate recognition apparatus includes a detection device, a first calculation section, a second calculation section, and a setting section. The detection device detects an operation for an operation area. The first calculation section calculates coordinates of an operation position by a user on the basis of the detection result of the detection device. The second calculation section calculates the smoothed coordinates by smoothing a particular number m (m>0) of samples among the coordinates calculated by the first calculation section counted from the new one in a calculation order. The setting section sets a value of the number m of samples to be smaller as the speed of movement of the operation position is higher. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120135345 | DEVELOPER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a developer includes a toner which contains toner particles containing a binder resin and a coloring agent and also contains inorganic fine particles added to the surfaces of the toner particles, and is obtained through sieving after adding the inorganic fine particles to the toner particles, wherein a first adhesion force Fa1 (%) of the inorganic fine particles to the toner particles before sieving and a second adhesion force Fa2 (%) of the inorganic fine particles to the toner particles after sieving satisfy the following formulae (1) and (2). | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133712 | INKJET HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE INKJET HEAD - An inkjet head includes an actuator row fixed to a substrate. Plural concave grooves formed in the actuator row at intervals along a row direction serve as pressure chambers. The inkjet head ejects ink in the pressure chambers from nozzles facing the pressure chambers. The actuator row includes a piezoelectric member formed in a convex shape including a trapezoidal section forming sidewalls of the pressure chambers viewed in a latitudinal direction and a flat section projecting sideways from a side of the trapezoidal section. The flat section fits in a recessed section formed in the substrate. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133709 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF INKJET HEAD AND INKJET HEAD - According to one embodiment, when an electrode protection film of an inorganic material, which is apt to form a pin hole by influence of roughness of a ground, is used, an electrode as a smoothed electrode is formed on the ground of the electrode protection film by a plating method, or a film is formed as a smoothed layer (film) by an inorganic coating material such as SIRAGUSITAL (trade name: New Technology Creating Institute Co., Ltd.), such that the thickness of the electrode protection film is 1.0 μm or more, and the average surface roughness of the ground of the electrode protection film is 0.6 μm or less. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133679 | SERVER, CLIENT, IMAGE ACQUISITION METHOD - According to one embodiment, a client apparatus, includes an image acquisition unit, a use reception unit, an image size detection unit, a size change unit and a sending unit. The image acquisition unit acquire an image file from externally. The use reception unit receipt a selection of a use for the image file from various image-related uses. The image size detection unit detect the size information of an image corresponding to the use selected by the use reception unit from various size information and respectively corresponding to images for the various uses. The size change unit change the size of the image data stored in the image file acquired by the image acquisition unit to the size. The sending unit upload the image file in which the image data the size of which is changed by the size changing unit is stored to a server. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133602 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, a communication terminal includes a contact unit, a detection unit and a sending unit. The contact unit is contacted with the operator of a self-device. The detection unit detects the state of the operator according to the contact state of the contact unit operated by the operator. The sending unit sends the state data detected by the detection unit. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133487 | RFID TAG POSITION DETECTION APPARATUS AND RFID TAG POSITION DETECTION METHOD - According to one embodiment, an RFID tag position detection apparatus includes a transmission antenna, at least four reception antennas, and a measurement unit. The transmission antenna transmits a command to an RFID tag. At least four reception antennas receive a response from the RFID tag and output a reception signal. The measurement unit measures time differences between timings at which the reception signals are output from the respective reception antennas and calculates relative coordinates of the RFID tag with respect to a position of the RFID tag position detection apparatus based on the respective measured time differences. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120130920 | COMMODITY PROCESSING SUPPORTING SYSTEM AND COMMODITY PROCESSING SUPPORTING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a commodity processing supporting system includes a commodity-data acquiring section and a display-data generating section. The commodity-data acquiring section acquires, on the basis of information received from a portable information terminal, data of commodities registered in a storing section. The display-data generating section displays, on a display screen of the portable information terminal, information corresponding to the data acquired by the commodity-data acquiring section while distinguishing the commodities into commodities to be taken back home and commodities not to be taken back home. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120130867 | COMMODITY INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM AND COMMODITY INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a commodity information providing system includes: a commodity-data acquiring section configured to acquire, on the basis of location data indicating a location of an information terminal including a display screen and commodity data associated with a place or an area, commodity data that is provided to or can be provided to the information terminal; and a display-data generating section configured to generate display data for displaying, on the display screen of the information terminal, information concerning a commodity corresponding to the commodity data acquired by the commodity-data acquiring section. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120130635 | PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A portable information terminal apparatus according to an embodiment acquires route point information corresponding to advertisement information displayed on a digital signage terminal apparatus and searches for a guidance route including a route point equivalent to the acquired route point information. Therefore, in a building such as a shopping mall, it is possible to easily guide, without increases labor of a customer as a user, the customer to a store or the like in which the customer takes an interest according to the advertisement information. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120120427 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM THAT CONTROLS IMAGE FORMING REQUESTED FROM EXTERNAL DEVICE ACCORDING TO DIVISION CODE - An external device judges whether or not a image forming is brought into an operation mode in which the number of pages having an image formed thereon is managed for each division, each user belonging to the division, in a image forming device, when the request for the image forming in the image forming device from a user is accepted. The external device confirms that a division code of the user who has requested the image forming is set, when it is judged that the image forming is brought into the operation mode in which the number of the pages is managed for each division, and transmits the request for the image forming together with the division code to the image forming device, when it is confirmed that the division code of the user who has requested the image forming is set. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120117480 | System and Method for Locating Document Processing Devices - The subject application is directed to a system and method for locating a document processing device. Device data corresponding to the physical location of a plurality of uniquely identified document processing devices is stored in a location data storage device coupled to a location server. A user device obtains user location data corresponding to a physical location of a user. The user device receives, via user interface, a user query for a location of at least one document processing device. The user device sends the user location data and the query to the location server. The location server generates document processing device list data based upon a comparison of the user location data and the device data. The user device displays the document processing device list data on the user interface. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120117383 | System and Method for Secure Device Configuration Cloning - The subject application is directed to a system and method for secure device configuration cloning. Configuration data corresponding to software-settable configurations of a document processing device is received into a data storage. Schema data is generated on a processor in data communication with the data storage. The schema file includes segments and corresponds to a portion of the configuration data. At least one segment of the schema file is encrypted in accordance with a corresponding portion of the configuration data. Secure clone file data is then generated based upon the configuration data and the encrypted schema file and communicated to a second document processing device for configuration thereof. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120114405 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND SHEET FEED CONTROL METHOD - An intra discharge type image forming apparatus that uses an ADU to form an image onto both sides of a sheet and discharges the sheet on which an image has been formed to the vicinity of the center of the apparatus has: a sheet type information acquisition section | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120114364 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND OPERATION SYSTEM FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention includes a plurality of image forming apparatuses connected to a network, and a server which controls the operation state of the image forming apparatuses via the network. The image forming apparatuses are operable in a normal operation mode and in one of plural power-saving modes with different power consumption. The server individually sets the operation mode of the image forming apparatuses in accordance with a preset power-saving operation policy, and controls the image forming apparatuses so that each of the image forming apparatuses operates in the preset operation mode in each predetermined time band. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120114265 | Image Contrast Enhancement - Systems and methods for image contrast enhancement are disclosed. A tone reproduction curve function is generated for a plurality of pixel values, each including a brightness value, based on a contrast adjustment value, the brightness value of each of the pixels and a power-law function, the tone reproduction curve taking the form of an S-shaped curve. The S-shaped curve includes a bulging curve portion corresponding to an area wherein a brightness of pixels having values representative of relative brightness is increased, a sagging curve portion corresponding to an area wherein a brightness of pixels having values representative of relative darkness is decreased, and an inflection point serving as a demarcation between the bulging area and the sagging area of the tone reproduction curve. The exponent of the power-law function is generated as a quadratic polynomial function f(x) in a range 0≦f(x)≦1, wherein x is defined as a curvature factor. The tone reproduction curve is then applied to the image data to generate contrast enhanced image data. The enhanced image data is then output to an associated image rendering device. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113208 | OPTICAL PRINT HEAD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An optical print head including, a first element row in which a plurality of light emitting elements aligns in a predetermined direction; a second element row in which a plurality of light emitting elements aligns in a predetermined direction, which aligns with the first element row in a direction orthogonal to the predetermined direction, and deviates in the predetermined direction with respect to the first element row; a data sorting circuit which outputs image data corresponding to an exposure region formed on a photoconductor due to light emitting of the first element row, and image data corresponding to an exposure region formed on the photoconductor due to light emitting of the second element row, at timings which are different from each other; and a driver which drives the light emitting elements in the first element row and the second element row, by receiving an output from the data sorting circuit. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120112401 | AUTO-DOCUMENT FEEDER AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An auto-document feeder includes: a paper feeding section configured to feed original documents one by one; a first feeding section configured to feed the fed original document through a first feeding path; a second feeding section configured to feed the fed original document through a second feeding path; a third feeding section configured to alternately nip one by one the fed original documents; a determining section configured to determine that the original document is nipped by the third feeding section; and a document diverting and feeding section configured to alternately divert and feed, into the first feeding path and the second feeding path, the fed original documents and, if the preceding original document is present, after the preceding original document is detected by the determining section, feed the following original document into the first or second feeding path into which the preceding original document is not fed. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120110506 | System and Method for File Navigation - The subject application is directed to computer file navigation. The identification of a user is received followed by a menu selection instruction. Uniquely identified data storage areas and uniquely identified secondary data storage areas are then defined in a data storage. Each secondary area includes history data relative to the user's prior access. A menu area is then generated that includes use-selectable indicia, each corresponding to one of a subset of the storage areas. A user-positionable pointer is generated on the menu area, a position of the pointer is detected relative to the indicia, and an indicium is generated proximate to the pointer in accordance with the detected position. A listing of secondary areas corresponding to the selected indicium is generated and displayed in an order based on the associated history data. A selection of one the secondary areas is received from the user and its history data is updated. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120110219 | DATA PROCESSING CIRCUIT AND DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a data processing circuit included in a data processing apparatus together with plural peripheral circuits including a peripheral circuit configured to output first data includes a processing unit and a stop unit. The processing unit subjects the first data to data processing according to a specified processing algorithm to obtain second data. The stop unit stops the output of the second data to the outside of the data processing circuit in a stop period excluding a period from the time when the plural peripheral circuits finish starting in specified start order until the time when a specified time elapses after the plural peripheral circuits finish stopping in specified stop order. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120107019 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A technology for controlling the generation of damages of a photoconductive surface caused due to the attachment of a carrier to a photoconductor in an image forming apparatus using a two-component developing agent is provided. An image forming apparatus is configured to include an intermediate transfer body having prescribed elasticity on a transfer surface onto which a toner image is transferred; plural image carriers which transfer a toner image onto the transfer surface and which are disposed along a movement direction of the transfer surface of the intermediate transfer body; plural development sections which form toner images having a different color from each other with respect to the plural image carriers by using a two-component developing agent made of a toner and a carrier; and developing agent replenishment sections which replenish a toner and a carrier in the development sections. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120107003 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Certain embodiments provide an image forming apparatus including: a print process part; a heat roller including a heating element; a press roller including a heater; a power source part having a power upper limit value that is smaller than a sum of heating power for the heat roller and the press roller plus initial power and is larger than the heating power; a power source control part to control supply or stop of the initial power; a plurality of temperature sensors to detect respective roller temperatures; and a determination part to determine necessity of supplying the initial power by the power source control part based on a temperature difference between the respective roller temperatures. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120106985 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS TO DISCRIMINATE TONER CARTRIDGE - According to one embodiment, a toner cartridge includes a toner container to be attached to and detached from an image forming apparatus body, a shutter to open and close a toner supply port of the toner container, and a key that indicates a type of the toner cartridge and allows the shutter to slide if the key coincides with a release part of the image forming apparatus body. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105914 | MEMORY CONTROL CIRCUIT, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - In one embodiment, a circuit includes an input buffer, an output buffer, a counter, an issuing unit, a first controller, a register, and a second controller. The input buffer and the output buffer have a variable storage capacity. The counter cyclically counts from a first value to a second value. The issuing unit issues a write command if a count value of the counter is a third value and issues a read command if the count value is a fourth value. The register stores a first setting value, a second setting value and a third setting value to be capable of changing each of the setting values. The second controller controls the components to set the storage capacity, the second value, and one of the third and fourth values respectively to values corresponding to the first to third setting values. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105905 | System and Method for Operation of Document Processing Devices Via Portable Data Devices - The subject application is directed to a system and method for operation of document processing devices via portable data devices. A wireless data connection is established between a document processing device including a processor and associated data storage and an associated mobile data device. A remote installation of a software interface for the document processing device is initiated on the mobile data device via the wireless data connection. A multicast probe is received via the wireless data connection from the mobile data device initiated in accordance with operation of the software interface after installation. The mobile data device is registered with the document processing device in accordance with a response to the multicast probe. Control data generated by the software interface operable to commence at least one document processing operation on the document processing device is received from the mobile data device via the wireless data connection. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105883 | System and Method for Document Processing Device Cloning - The subject application is directed to a system and method for cloning of document processing device configurations. The system and method include a first document processing device which has configurable components and is operable for placement in networked data communication with other document processing devices, each including an equivalent set of configurable components with the first document processing device. Registration data corresponding to an identity and address of each of the plurality of document processing devices is stored on a first document processing device. Modified configuration data corresponding to the first document processing device is received and a configuration of the configurable components of the first document processing device is updated in accordance with received modified configuration data. Modification data is communicated to each of the plurality of document processing devices corresponding to the modified configuration data in accordance with the registration data. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105881 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING IMAGE CONTROL ACCORDING TO TARGET VALUE - An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming section configured to form a toner image on an image bearing member; and a first control section configured to change an image target value of the image forming section. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105566 | PRINTER, PRINT SYSTEM AND PRINTING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a printer includes a conveying mechanism, a first image forming unit and a coloring conversion mechanism. The conveying mechanism conveys a medium. The first image forming unit forms an image on the medium with a temperature-sensitive ink whose color changes depending on temperature. The coloring conversion mechanism converts a coloring state of the image with the temperature-sensitive ink by heating or cooling the image with the temperature-sensitive ink. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105564 | PRINTER AND MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, a printer includes a conveying mechanism, a first image forming unit, and a second image forming unit. The conveying mechanism conveys a medium. The first image forming unit forms an image with a non-temperature-sensitive ink whose color is not changed depending on a temperature, on the medium. The second image forming unit forms an image with a temperature-sensitive ink whose color is changed depending on a temperature, on the medium having the image with the non-temperature-sensitive ink formed thereon. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105539 | PRINTING APPARATUS, CLEANING DEVICE OF INK-JET HEAD AND CLEANING METHOD OF INK-JET HEAD - According to one embodiment, a printing apparatus includes an ink-jet head including a nozzle plate with a nozzle string in which a plurality of nozzle holes for discharging ink are arranged, and a cleaning device including an ink-repellent surface with ink repellency which is configured to come in contact with the nozzle plate in a state in which the ink-repellent surface is opposed to the ink-jet head, an ink-affinitive surface with ink affinity which is configured to create a gap between the ink-affinitive surface and the nozzle plate in a state in which the ink-repellent surface is in contact with the nozzle plate, and to have a smaller ink contact angle than the ink-repellent surface, and a plurality of suction ports formed in the ink-affinitive surface. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105379 | COORDINATE RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND COORDINATE RECOGNITION METHOD - According to one embodiment, a coordinate recognition apparatus includes a coordinate input unit, an adjustment unit, a judgment unit, a scan control unit, and a recognition unit. The adjustment unit adjusts an offset voltage of a sensor amplifier that amplifies a sensor signal output from the light-receiving element. The judgment unit judges whether disturbance light received by the light-receiving element has an influence. The scan control unit sets the number of scans with the light beam to scan the coordinate input unit when the judgment unit judges that the disturbance light has an influence to be greater than the number of scans when the judgment unit judges that the disturbance light has no influence. The recognition unit recognizes the coordinates input by the coordinate input unit in accordance with a change of the sensor signal output from the light-receiving element. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105378 | INPUT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, an input apparatus comprises an input detector, a vibration detector, a controller, and a sensitivity adjustment unit. The input detector detects an input by the blockage of a light beam to scan a scan region. The vibration detector detects a vibration equal to or more than a set sensitivity applied to the input detector. The controller stops the light beam scanning when the input detector detects no inputs for a given length of time. The controller restores the light beam scanning when the vibration detector detects a vibration. The sensitivity adjustment unit changes the sensitivity of the vibration detector to be weaker than the set sensitivity when the input detector detects no inputs and the vibration detector continuously detects vibrations after the controller has restored the light beam scanning. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105377 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING COORDINATES - According to one embodiment, a coordinate recognition apparatus includes a plurality of light-emitting devices, a plurality of light-receiving devices, and a controller. The light-emitting devices and the light-receiving devices are arranged in an array along X direction. The controller forms a plurality of groups of light paths each formed by a plurality of light paths parallel to one another in a plane including the light-emitting devices and the light-receiving devices such that an angle of the light paths varies from group to group, identifies positions p and l of each of the groups in the X direction of the light-emitting device and the light-receiving device corresponding to the light path that passes through the center of a light shield region, and calculates coordinates of the center of the light shield region in the plane based on the identified positions p and l of each of the groups. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120104227 | COORDINATE RECOGNIZING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - According to one embodiment, a coordinate recognizing apparatus includes plural light emitting elements, plural light receiving elements, a memory, and a controller. The memory stores, concerning plural pairs of the light emitting elements and the light receiving elements set in advance, reference values used for determination of blocking of a light path. The controller performs, concerning the respective pairs, actions for collecting, plural times, a difference between first intensity indicated by a detection signal output from the light receiving element, which is a pair of the light emitting element, in a state in which the light emitting element is caused to emit light and second intensity indicated by a detection signal output from the light receiving element during non-light emission of the light emitting element and updating the reference value of the pair stored in the memory using a minimum of differences collected plural times. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120104098 | COMMODITY INFORMATION READING APPARATUS AND COMMODITY INFORMATION READING METHOD - A commodity information reading apparatus includes: an image capturing section capturing a picked-up image; a first reading section detecting the code symbol from the captured image and reading the commodity information represented by the code symbol; a second reading section detecting, if the reading by the first reading section is not realized, a benefit label from the captured image and reading benefit information corresponding to the benefit label; and a third reading section detecting, if the reading by the second reading section is realized, the character string from the captured image and reading the commodity information represented by the character string. The benefit label is affixed to a position on the code symbol where reading of the code symbol is impossible. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120104087 | CODE READING APPARATUS AND CODE READING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a code reading apparatus includes an image capturing section, a first detecting section, a second detecting section, and an informing section. The image capturing section captures an image picked up by an image pickup section. The first detecting section detects a first symbol including commodity information of a commodity from the image captured by the image capturing section. The second detecting section detects a second symbol different from the shape of an element included in the first symbol in the image captured by the image capturing section. The informing section informs, if the second detecting section detects the second symbol, that a benefit indication indicating a benefit granted with respect to the commodity information is affixed to the commodity. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120099908 | SHEET TRANSPORT DEVICE IN THE PERIPHERY OF TRANSFER POSITION OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The sheet guide device according to the embodiments includes, an image carrier; a transfer body which faces the image carrier; and a pre-transfer guide which guides a recording medium to a facing area from under the facing area of the image carrier and the transfer body, and an end thereof on the facing area side is inclined with respect to a center line of the facing area. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099896 | TRANSFER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The transfer device according to one embodiment is a device which transfers a toner image to a member for transferral which passes through a nip portion formed by a first transfer member which is disposed on a main body of an apparatus and a second transfer member which is disposed on an opening and closing cover which opens and closes an opening of a main body of the apparatus which includes, a positioning member which positions the second transfer member which moves according to a closing operation of the opening and closing cover, to a predetermined distance with respect to the first transfer member; and an engaging member which engages with the second transfer member and pushes the second transfer member toward a positioning position of the positioning member, by being urged by the elastic member. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099885 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING TONER RECEIVER - According to one embodiment, a toner receiver includes a tray that is located below a path through which a supply port of a supply container passes if the supply container mounted to a main body is removed from the main body, and includes a first surface close to the supply port and a toner sump recessed from the first surface; and a toner guard that includes an upper surface including a same height as the first surface and causes toner spilled from the supply port to pass from the first surface to the toner sump. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099356 | POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS AND METHOD - According to one embodiment, power conversion apparatus includes a converter and a controller. A converter receives an AC power as an input, and outputs a DC voltage by turning on and off a first switching element which operates when the AC power is positive, and a second switching element which operates when the AC power is negative. A controller receives an AC input voltage and alternating input current to the converter, and a DC output voltage from the converter, as an input, determines a pulse width of a first pulse signal to turn on the first switching element and a pulse width of a second pulse signal to turn on the second switching element, and outputs the first pulse signal and second pulse signal to the converter. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099166 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an image reading apparatus includes an original document table on which an original document is placed, a detection light source configured to be disposed above the original document table, an irradiation optical system configured to irradiate the original document table with light from the detection light source from a lower surface side of the original document table, and a light guiding optical system configured to guide light reflected from the original document table toward a light detector. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120099134 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND SETTING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A method for an image forming apparatus involving displaying a menu screen for setting an image forming condition in a display unit of a control panel; receiving a setting information set at the menu screen; controlling a writing unit to write the setting information in a portable storage medium including an identification information via a wireless communication after reception of the setting information; controlling a reading unit to read the identification information in the portable storage medium via the wireless communication for user verification; controlling the reading unit to read the setting information in the portable storage medium via the wireless communication after the user verification; and changing a content of the menu screen in accordance with the setting information read from the portable storage medium when the control panel is operated to set an image forming condition. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098912 | CONVEYING DEVICE OF RECORDING MEDIUM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes, an endless device which has a circumferential surface, a laminated cover which is arranged onto the circumferential surface of the endless device in an overlapping manner, a rotation mechanism which rotates the endless device, a supply mechanism which supplies a recording medium to the endless device, a recording head unit, and a discharge mechanism. The laminated cover include a metal layer which has the inner surface which comes into contact with the circumferential surface of the endless device, and a dielectric layer which comes into contact with the metal layer. The laminated cover includes a hem portion which is formed to be folded back at least at a part of a circumferential edge region of the laminated cover, with the dielectric layer as the outside of the bending. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098897 | INK-JET HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, an ink-jet head includes a piezoelectric member which forms an ink pressure chamber, an electrode disposed on a side surface of the piezoelectric member, a nozzle plate attached to the piezoelectric member and including a nozzle hole communicating with the ink pressure chamber, a surface of the nozzle plate including a top surface of the nozzle plate, and a protection film which covers the surface of the nozzle plate, a peripheral portion of an adhesion part between the piezoelectric member and the nozzle plate, and the electrode. A recess is formed in a part of the protection film covering the top surface of the nozzle plate. The part of the protection film corresponds to a peripheral area of the nozzle hole. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098880 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM CONVEYING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a conveying mechanism, a printing head, a charging device, a humidity sensor, and a controller. The conveying mechanism conveys a recording medium by adsorbing the medium using an electrostatic force. The printing head forms an image on the recording medium which is conveyed by the conveying mechanism. The charging device performs charging according to applied voltage, and adsorbs the recording medium using the electrostatic force, to the conveying mechanism. The humidity sensor detects the humidity in the apparatus. The controller determines voltage to be applied to the charging device in order to charge the charging device, on the basis of at least the humidity which is detected by the humidity sensor. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098395 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is an image forming apparatus of which installation can be performed easily. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098188 | PAPER DISCHARGE DEVICE OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a paper discharge device includes a discharged-sheet receiving part that can be opened and closed on a side surface of an apparatus body, is closed on the side surface and receives a recording medium dropped from above along the side surface after image formation. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120096378 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A list of a plurality of objects to be displayed, which corresponds to page images to be operated, respectively, is displayed; it is determined which object is selected as an object to be moved among the plurality of displayed objects to be displayed; it is determined which object is selected as a movement destination object among the plurality of displayed objects to be displayed; and allocation page images are displayed in a state where a page image corresponding to the object determined as the object to be moved and a page image corresponding to the object determined as the movement destination object are allocated to a single page. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120093542 | TONER CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING TONER CARTRIDGE - A toner cartridge has first and second toner hosing portions configured to house toner. The first toner housing portion has a first bottom part that is arcuately curved. The second toner housing portion has a second bottom part that is arcuately curved. The second bottom part is next to the first bottom part and is situated at a position lower than the first bottom part. A third bottom part is provided between the first bottom part and the second bottom part. The third bottom part has a toner discharge port. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120093526 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND GUIDANCE DISPLAY METHOD IN THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a paper feeding section, a conveying section, an image forming section, and a display section. The paper feeding section feeds a set sheet. The conveying section conveys the sheet fed from the paper feeding section. The image forming section forms an image on the sheet conveyed by the conveying section. The display section displays sheet set guidance corresponding to a type of the sheet set in the paper feeding section. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092911 | POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS AND METHOD - According to one embodiment, a power conversion apparatus determines a peak value of circuit current in each pulse cycle, from a corrected output voltage value by subtracting a predetermined reference voltage from an output voltage detected by the output voltage detector, and an input voltage detected by the input voltage detector. The pulse signal output unit outputs a pulse signal to the first switch when the polarity of input voltage is positive, and outputs a pulse signal to the second switch when the polarity of input voltage is negative. A pulse signal turns on in synchronization with a clock signal input from the oscillator, and is kept on until the circuit current detected by the circuit current detector reaches the peak value. A pulse signal turns off when the circuit current reaches the peak value, and turns on again in synchronization with the next clock signal. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092909 | POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a power conversion apparatus determines a peak value of circuit current in each pulse cycle and a lower limit value lower than the peak value, from a corrected output voltage value obtained by subtracting a predetermined reference voltage from an output voltage detected, and an input voltage detected. The pulse signal output unit outputs a pulse signal to the first switch when the polarity of input voltage is positive, and outputs a pulse signal to the second switch when the polarity of input voltage is negative. A pulse signal is turned on in response to start of a pulse cycle, and is kept on until a circuit current detected reaches a peak value. A pulse signal turns off when a circuit current reaches a peak value, and turns on again when a circuit current decreases to a lower limit value. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092733 | DOCUMENT DETECTING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DOCUMENT DETECTING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a document detecting apparatus includes a light-emitting element, a photoelectric conversion element, a light-emission controller and a detection processor. The light-emitting element projects light onto a detection position of a document. The photoelectric conversion element outputs an electric signal obtained by converting the light from the detection position of the document. The light-emission controller changes the light quantity of the light emitted by the light-emitting element. The detection processor detects the presence or absence of the document at the detection position of the document based on the presence or absence of a change of an output value corresponding to the change of the light quantity caused by the light-emission controller in an output value from the photoelectric conversion element. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092718 | PRINT INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD AND MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, a print information display device connected to a print system through a communication line includes a transmitting unit configured to transmit a print job to the communication line for printing in the print system, an inquiring unit configured to inquire whether a print job remains on the print system each time a predetermined time passes after the print job is transmitted, and a display unit configured to display the information of the print job remaining in the print system on the basis of a response from the print system. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092717 | PRINT SERVER, CONTROL METHOD, AND PRINT SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a print server that is connected with at least one printing device and client terminal through a communication line, includes an information acquiring-storing unit configured to acquire and stores print data and attribute information of a print job from the client terminal, an information changing unit configured to shorten a portion of character strings of the attribute information of the print job on the basis of a preset changing rule, and an information transmitting unit configured to transmit the attribute information of the print job including some shortened information to the printing device in accordance with a request from the printing device. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092714 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A communication apparatus for an information processing apparatus includes: a data acquiring unit which acquires data; a determination unit which determines whether a volume of the data is greater than a reference value or not; a wireless communication method deciding unit which decides a wireless communication method, and which decides a wireless communication method to be used for data transmission, based on a communication speed of each method if the determination unit determines that the volume of the data is greater than the reference value, and decides a wireless communication method, based on power consumption if the volume of the data is determined as equal to or smaller than the reference value; and a wireless communication processing control unit which controls processing to transmit the data. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092713 | PRINTING DATA DELIVERY APPARATUS, PRINTING DATA DELIVERY SYSTEM, AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing data delivery apparatus includes: a printing-data receiving section configured to receive printing data; a data storing section configured to extract print setting information from the received printing data and store the print setting information; a printing-request receiving section configured to receive a printing job request from a printing apparatus; a reuse determining section configured to perform first determination for determining whether the printing apparatus is an apparatus that performs printing with erasable toner or an apparatus that performs printing with unerasable toner, perform second determination for determining whether the printing data can be printed with the erasable toner, and perform first generation for giving, to the print setting information, information indicating whether it is appropriate to print the printing data in the printing apparatus and generating a printing job; and a printing-data delivery section configured to transmit the printing job to the printing apparatus. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092707 | PRINT SETTING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PRINT SETTING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a print setting apparatus includes an input section, a display section configured to display, on a same screen, an icon showing a tool to perform a process of binding sheets, a preview image showing a state of a sheet after printing, and one or plural area images displayed on the preview image, and a control section configured to change, when detecting that a specified coordinate from the input section is moved from a display area of the icon to a display area of the area image, the area image to an image showing a state after the process of binding the sheets is performed. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092706 | PRINT SETTING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PRINT SETTING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a print setting apparatus includes: an input section; a display section configured to display one or plural sheet images obtained by rendering one sheet and display a list of printing target page images; and a control section configured to render, when at least one page image is selected by the input section and moved to the sheet images, if no existing page image is present in the sheet images, the selected page image on the sheet images and render, if a page image is already rendered on the sheet image, plural page images including the existing page image and the moved page image on the one sheet image. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092697 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a control section configured to acquire job information including a type, quality, and a quantity of a job executed by the image forming apparatus, user information for specifying a user, and location information, which is address information of a server that executes a counter service for the user, calculate, from the acquired job information, a count value to be used in the image forming apparatus, display an input screen which presents the calculated count value to the user to urge the user to input executability of the job, execute the job when an input for instructing execution of the job is acquired, and transmit the calculated count value to the server. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092690 | PRINT SETTING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PRINT PREVIEW DISPLAY METHOD - According to one embodiment, a print setting apparatus includes: an input section; a display section configured to display a print preview image on which a predetermine marking is rendered; and a control section configured to acquire, from the input section, a coordinate designated by predetermined operation by a user in a display region of the display section and, if the control section detects that the coordinate moves from a rendering region of the predetermined marking, display the preceding page or the next page of a page currently displayed as the print preview image. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092683 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DOCUMENT EDITING METHOD - An image forming apparatus that can efficiently execute space reduction of a document file is provided. The image forming apparatus includes: a file designating unit which designates a document file; a document file acquiring unit which acquires the document file designated by the file designating unit, from a storage area; a setting information acquiring unit which acquires setting information of processing to change the size of a space in the document file acquired by the document file acquiring unit, from a setting information storage area; and a space processing control unit which performs the processing to change the size of a space in the document file acquired by the document file acquiring unit, based on the setting information acquired by the setting information acquiring unit. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092431 | RECORDING MEDIUM CARRYING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM CARRYING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes a leading end gripper and a trailing end gripper provided on a drum. The leading end gripper is moved by a leading end gripper driving mechanism. The trailing end gripper switches between a standby position where this gripper is stopped relatively to the rotating drum and a grip position where this gripper rotates with the drum. The leading end gripper and a recording medium pass through an inside of the trailing end gripper stopped in the standby position. If a trailing end of the recording medium reaches the trailing end gripper, the trailing end gripper is released and switches to the grip position. Thus, the trailing end of the medium is held on the drum by the trailing end gripper. The trailing end gripper moves in a rotating direction of the drum while continuing nipping the trailing end of the medium. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092422 | INKJET HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE INKJET HEAD - According to one embodiment, an inkjet head includes: a nozzle plate including plural nozzles; a piezoelectric element including plural pressure chambers corresponding to the nozzles and sidewalls provided adjacent to the pressure chambers and serving as driving elements configured to press the pressure chambers to eject liquid from the nozzles; a substrate to which the piezoelectric element is bonded; and a frame member placed on the substrate to surround the piezoelectric element. Grooves are formed on the upper end, and in which an adhesive is applied to bond the upper ends of the sidewalls and the nozzle plate. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120091651 | AUTO-DOCUMENT FEEDER AND DOCUMENT FEEDING METHOD - An auto-document feeder includes: a document placing section on which an original document is placed; a sheet detection sensor configured to detect the original document, length in a feeding direction of the original document being first length larger than second length; a length detection sensor configured to detect the length of the original document while the original document is fed; a first feeding path for feeding the original document to a reading section for reading an image of the original document; a second feeding path for feeding the original document to the reading section, the second feeding path being different from the first feeding path; a switching section configured to selectively switch the first feeding path and the second feeding path; and a control section configured to divert, with the switching section, the original document to the first feeding path if the sheet detection sensor detects the original document. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120091649 | SHEET FINISHING APPARATUS, SHEET FINISHING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A stapler is provided in a housing of a finisher. The stapler has a sheet insertion opening extending in a direction along conveyed sheets. The stapler staples the sheets inserted into the sheet insertion opening in the housing. The finisher includes a rotating mechanism that rotates, when the stapler is moved in a direction orthogonal to a conveying direction of the sheets and removed to the outside of the housing, the stapler such that the sheet insertion opening of the stapler faces a further upper side than the direction along the sheets. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120091401 | METAL NANOPARTICLE DISPERSION - According to one embodiment, metal nanoparticle dispersion includes organic solvent, and metal-containing particles dispersed in the organic solvent. The metal-containing particles include first metal nanoparticles and second metal nanoparticles. Each of the first metal nanoparticles has a high-molecular compound on at least part of a surface thereof. Each of the second metal nanoparticles has a low-molecular compound on at least part of a surface thereof. A total amount of the low-molecular compound on all of the second nanoparticles includes an amount of a primary amine as the low-molecular compound. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120084176 | ARTICLE SEARCH SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL, AND INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an article search system includes an information processing terminal, and a storage unit. The storage unit stores a salesfloor map of a store and article information and a display position of an article sold. The information processing terminal includes a display unit, an operation unit, a first control section, and a second control section. The first control section causes the display unit to display the salesfloor map stored in the storage unit. The second control section, when a selling space included in the salesfloor map displayed on the display unit is designated by operating the operation unit, causes the display unit to display the article information of an article whose display position is the selling space stored in the storage unit. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120082931 | PRODUCING METHOD OF TONER - Disclosed is a producing method of a decolorizable toner, comprising dispersing a mixed composition containing encapsulated colorant particles which are particles containing a color developable compound and a color developing agent and coated with an outer shell, a polymerizable monomer, and a release agent in an aqueous medium, and subjecting the polymerizable monomer to suspension polymerization in the aqueous medium. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120082928 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC TONER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Disclosed is a decolorizable electrophotographic toner, including: a binder resin; and a colorant which contains at least a color developable compound and a color developing agent and is covered with an outer shell so as to have a capsule structure, wherein the number ratio of particles having an equivalent circle diameter of 0.6 μm or more and 2.5 μm or less of the toner when measured using a flow particle image analyzer after the toner is dispersed in an aqueous medium at a ratio of 0.08% by weight and the resulting dispersion is subjected to a stirring treatment in which stirring is performed at 5000 rpm for 30 minutes using a homogenizer (T-25 digital ULTRA-TURRAX (manufactured by IKA Japan K.K., provided with a shaft generator S25N-10G)) is 30% by number or less. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120082494 | CLEANING DEVICE, CLEANING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a cleaning device which is used in an electrophotography-type image forming apparatus includes a blade which removes toner remaining on a surface of a photoconductor, and a linear pressure of the blade with respect to the surface of the photoconductor and a value χ of rebound resilience of a material of the blade at a temperature of 23° C. satisfy a relationship shown in the expression below. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120082484 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - According to one embodiment, there are provided a developing section storing a color erasable developing agent that includes capsule colorant particles with a core in which a color developable compound, a color developing agent, and a color erasing agent are contained, and a developing section storing a binder resin-containing transparent developing agent. A transparent developing agent image is transferred to a region capable of covering a color erasable developing agent image and the resulting image is fixed. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120082473 | TRANSFER BELT UNIT FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING A STEERING ROLLER TO CORRECT MEANDERING - In the transfer belt unit according to an embodiment of the present invention, rotation of a rear-side detection roller or a front-side detection roller rotated in contact with ribs of a transfer belt is transmitted to a steering roller via a lead screw to tilt the steering roller and control meandering of the transfer belt. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120082472 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - According to one embodiment, the image forming apparatus includes an image carrier the surface of which is charged at a predetermined potential, an exposure device which forms a latent image by exposing the surface of the image carrier, a developing unit which develops a toner image generated using color erasable toner on the latent image formed on the surface of the image carrier, a transfer unit which transfers the toner image to a recording medium, and a controller which controls an operation for transferring a toner image of the color erasable toner to a printed surface of the recording medium to cover a printed portion of the recording medium to which the color erasable toner has been fixed. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120082471 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND A COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM HAVING COMPUTER-EXECUTABLE INSTRUCTIONS - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes an image forming part to form an image with one of a color unerasable developer and a color erasable developer, and a control part to automatically select the color erasable developer when test printing is selected. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081757 | MEDIUM TRANSPORT UNIT, SENSOR UNIT, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING READING OF MEDIUM TRANSPORT UNIT - A medium transport unit includes: a transport roller; a transport belt which transports a loaded medium by driving of the transport roller; a sensor array which includes a plurality of imaging elements arranged vertically to a transport direction of the medium and outputs reading signals which are detected and output by the plurality of imaging elements and indicate a density value of the medium on the transport belt; a comparator which outputs a digitalized signal of HIGH if the reading signal exceeds a threshold signal; and a signal output circuit which receives the digitalized signal and outputs a first value if the digitalized signal is transitioned from LOW to HIGH. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081748 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a first storage unit, a second storage unit, a calculation unit, and an image processing unit. The first storage unit stores an input parameter provided from an external device. The second storage unit is a read only storage unit in which software is written. The calculation unit calculates a first image processing parameter based on the input parameter using the software. The image processing unit processes an image based on the first image processing parameter. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081733 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image reading device includes: a light source which generates light used for reading an image; a light guide prism which extends in a main scanning direction and guides the light from the light source toward an image reading region; a holding unit which is connected to a part of the light guide prism to hold the light guide prism, has a wall surface distant from at least one end surface of the light guide prism at a position facing the end surface of the light guide prism in the main scanning direction, and has a linear expansion coefficient smaller than that of the light guide prism; and an image sensor which photoelectrically converts reflected light from the image reading region and outputs image data corresponding to the read image. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081498 | LIGHT-EMITTING PANEL, OPTICAL PRINT HEAD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Generally, according to an embodiment, a light-emitting panel includes a substrate and a light-emitting unit. The substrate is extended in a first direction. The light-emitting units are a plurality of light-emitting units that is in line in the first direction and comprises a light-emitting surface of which a length of a second direction that is orthogonal to the first direction is shorter than a length of the first direction. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081497 | LIGHT EMITTING PANEL, OPTICAL PRINT HEAD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In general, according to the embodiment, a light emitting panel includes a glass substrate, a light emitting element, metal wiring, and a mark. The glass substrate allows light to pass through. The light emitting element is present in any one of a first plane and a second plane which is a rear surface of the first plane, of the glass substrate. The metal wiring is present on one surface, and applies voltage to the light emitting element. The mark is present on one surface, and is formed of the same material as the metal wiring. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120078740 | PORTABLE TERMINAL AND ITS PROGRAMS, SETTLEMENT APPARATUS, AND MERCHANDISING INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS - On receiving simplified settlement data generated form settlement data and ID data for downloading electronic-receipt data from an electronic-receipt server, both from a settlement-processing apparatus, a portable terminal records the simplified settlement data in association with the ID data. The display unit of the portable terminal displays the simplified settlement data thus recorded. The portable terminal downloads electronic-receipt data from the electronic-receipt server by using the ID data recorded in association with the simplified settlement data, when the input unit is operated, thereby commanding that the electronic receipt related to the simplified settlement data displayed by the display unit should be downloaded. The electronic-receipt data is recorded in the electronic-receipt recording unit. The display unit displays the electronic receipt on the basis the electronic-receipt data recorded in the electronic-receipt recording unit. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120076550 | TONER CONTAINER - A toner container installed in an image forming apparatus includes a toner container main body having a predetermined length and in which toner is accommodated, a discharge port through which the toner is discharged from the toner container main body, a shutter which opens and closes the discharge port, a handle provided on the toner container main body, and a pressed portion provided on the toner container main body and which is pressed by the image forming apparatus to project the handle out from the image forming apparatus. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120076520 | TONER CARTRIDGE STORING CONTROL DATA FOR AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus mounted with a toner cartridge having a memory unit includes a toner cartridge which stores a plurality of control data depending on toner in the memory unit, an acquisition unit which selects one of the plurality of control data in the memory unit and acquires image formation-related information and a setting unit which sets image formation parameters on the basis of the image formation-related information. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075683 | CYLINDRICAL LENS, OPTICAL BEAM SCANNING APPARATUS USING THE SAME, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE LENS - A cylindrical lens according to the present invention is a cylindrical lens of a bi-concave type in which both of a surface on which light is made incident and a surface from which the light is emitted are formed as concave surfaces, wherein, in at least one of the concave surfaces, both ends of the concave surface projecting to outer sides are formed to coincide with a plane, a normal of the plane being an optical axis of the cylindrical lens. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120070771 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC TONER - Disclosed is an electrophotographic toner, comprising: toner base particles having a volume average particle diameter of 3 μm or more and 7 μm or less; OTES-treated silica particles which are treated with octyltriethoxysilane (OTES) and are externally added to the toner base particles; and silica-coated titanium oxide particles which are coated with silica and are externally added to the toner base particles along with the OTES-treated silica particles, wherein the ratio (A) of the amount of the OTES-treated silica particles to the amount of the toner base particles, the ratio (B) of the amount of the silica-coated titanium oxide particles to the amount of the toner base particles, and the ratio (C) of the amount of particles to be externally added to the toner base particles to the amount of the toner base particles satisfy the following relations: 1% by mass≦(A)≦6.9% by mass; 0.1% by mass≦(B)≦2% by mass; 3% by mass≦(C)≦7% by mass; and 0.15≦(A)/(C)<1. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120070174 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A image forming apparatus includes an electrostatic latent image carrier that carries an electrostatic latent image, a developer supplying unit that supplies a developer to the electrostatic latent image and forms a developer image, a transfer roller that transfers the developer image to a recording medium, a heating roller with a heater therein, a temperature sensor that detects the temperature of the heating roller, a heating roller driving mechanism that drives the heating roller, and a controller that cools down the heating roller if the controller determines that the temperature sensor detects a temperature equal to or higher than a first temperature within a threshold time after completion of image forming. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120070172 | FUSER, AN IMAGE DORMING APPARATUS HAVING A FUSER AND A METHOD TOSTOP A ROATATION MEMBER - According to one embodiment, a fuser including an endless member, an endless section of which moves in a rotating direction of a rotating shaft according to rotation of the shaft, a pressing cylindrical member which applies predetermined pressure to the endless section of the endless member, and a controller configured to detect a rotation angle of the pressing cylindrical member, the controller detecting, with a rotation angle equivalent to a nip region where the pressing cylindrical member and the endless section comes into contact with each other and are elastically deformed set as a minimum unit of the rotation angle, a rotation angle for dividing an outer circumference of the pressing cylindrical member with an integer. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069408 | DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A document management system including a two dimensional code region detection portion that detects a two dimensional code region included in image data, obtained by scanning a document to be managed; a two dimensional code decoding portion that decodes document management information included in the two dimensional code; a layout analysis portion that analyzes a layout of the document; a low resolution portion that obtains data in which a background image becomes low resolution; a two dimensional code character and background processing portion that changes the content of the document; a two dimensional code character encoding portion that encodes the two dimensional code; a background encoding portion that encodes data of the background image; a document filing portion that generates a document file; and a file management portion that adds document management information, decoded by the two dimensional decoding portion, to the document file formed by the document filing portion. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069368 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND POWER-SAVING MODE SETTING METHOD OF THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Certain embodiments provide an image forming apparatus including an image scanning unit, an image forming unit, a power source, a storage device, a setting section, and a control unit. The power source can supply power to the image scanning unit and the image forming unit. The storage device stores mode setting information including fixing unit offsetting information for setting a fixing unit off mode or fixing unit off cancellation information for cancelling the fixing unit off mode in which power supplied to the image forming unit is further lowered than power necessary when the image forming unit forms the reproduction image. The setting section causes the storage device to store the mode setting information. The control unit executes the fixing unit off mode based on the fixing unit off setting information stored in the storage device at least when power is supplied to the image scanning unit. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069129 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a laser exposure device including plural laser oscillators, at least two pattern detection sensors to detect a pattern of forced light emission lines formed on a transfer belt by forced light emission of the plural laser oscillators at a time of initialization of the laser exposure device, and a shift amount calculation part to calculate a position shift amount between the forced light emission lines from output signals of the pattern detection sensors. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069126 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a laser controller generates a signal which corresponds to an output signal of a laser beam detection sensor before detecting an abnormality, in which the abnormality is detected, in a pseudo manner, on the basis of an output signal of a laser beam detection sensor in which the abnormality is not detected. In addition, the laser controller controls a laser unit which corresponds to the laser beam detection sensor in which the abnormality is detected, according to the generated signal. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069114 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a retaining roller, a nipping device, a retaining device, an image forming head, and a controller. The retaining roller retains a recording medium and rotates. The nipping device is capable of operating to open and close and holds the recording medium between the nipping device and the surface of the retaining roller to mechanically retain the recording medium. The retaining device retains the recording medium on the surface of the retaining roller. The controller controls, on the basis of a condition for use of the recording medium, the nipping device to nip the recording medium between the nipping device and the surface of the retaining roller. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069113 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, MEDIUM PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a retaining roller, a triboelectric charging device, and an inkjet head. The retaining roller includes a first charging section including a first dielectric and a second charging section including a second dielectric, which have different triboelectric charging characteristics, alternately on the surface of the retaining roller, retains a recording medium on the surface, and rotates. The triboelectric charging device charges the surface of the retaining roller by friction. The inkjet head forms an image on the recording medium retained on the surface of the retaining roller. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069111 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an inkjet recording apparatus includes a holding roller, a holding device, an image forming device, a reversing device, and a controller. The holding roller holds a recording medium. The holding device presses the recording medium and holds the recording medium on the surface of the holding roller. The controller performs control to press the recording medium against the holding roller with first pressing force if the image forming device forms an image on a first surface of the recording medium and press the recording medium against the holding roller with second pressing force smaller than the first pressing force if the image forming device forms an image on a second surface of the recording medium after the image is formed on the first surface of the recording medium and the recording medium is reversed by the reversing device. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069081 | CONVEYING DEVICE OF RECORDING MEDIUM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, the image forming apparatus has an endless device with a circumferential surface, a laminated cover which is disposed at the circumferential surface of the endless device, a rotation mechanism which rotate the endless device, a supply mechanism which supplies a recording medium to the endless device, a charging roller, a recording head unit, and a discharge mechanism. The laminated cover includes a metal layer and a dielectric layer. The metal layer has both end portions in the circumferential direction, and both side portions. The dielectric layer also has both end portions in the circumferential direction and both the side portions. At least a part of both the end portions and both the side portions of the dielectric layer has extended regions which protrude from a circumferential edge of the metal layer. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069078 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an inkjet recording apparatus includes a retaining roller, a charging member, an inkjet head, a reversing device, and a controller. The retaining roller retains a recording medium on the surface thereof and rotates. The charging member is arranged to be opposed to the surface of the retaining roller and attracts the recording medium to the surface of the retaining roller with electrostatic force and retains the recording medium on the surface of the retaining roller. The controller controls a position in an approaching and separating direction of the charging member with respect to the retaining roller if the recording medium is reversed by the reversing device after image formation on a first surface of the recording medium and then electrostatically attracted with a second surface of the recording medium faced to the outer side. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069077 | MEDIUM HOLDING APPARATUS, INKJET IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND INKJET IMAGE FORMING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a medium holding apparatus includes an endless device configured to rotate at a predetermined circumferential speed, a charging member arranged to be opposed to the surface of the endless device and configured to apply a voltage to a medium and attract the medium to the endless device using electrostatic force, a charge removing member arranged to be opposed to the surface of the endless device and configured to discharge charges in the medium using an alternating voltage, and a controller configured to offset a reference voltage of the alternating voltage to a polarity opposite to the polarity of the voltage applied during the attraction. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120069070 | DRIVING APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD FOR INKJET HEAD - According to one embodiment, a driving apparatus configured to drive an inkjet head configured to cause plural nozzles to discharge ink according to deformation of an electromechanical energy converting element includes: a signal generating unit configured to generate a driving signal to be applied to the electromechanical energy converting element; and a setting unit configured to set, with respect to a reference waveform, a delay time of a waveform of the driving signal in the nozzles by using a random number generated by a random number generator. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120068831 | WIRELESS TAG WRITING/READING APPARATUS AND METHOD BY THE SAME - Certain embodiments provide a wireless tag writing apparatus including: a generation unit configured to generate an identification code to be written in a wireless tag having a memory storing data, the identification code identifying an object attached with the wireless tag; an adding unit configured to calculate the identification code according to a determination type code representing a type of a determination method for confirming whether there is any garbled bit occurring in the identification code, and add a generated check code resultant from calculation according to the determination method to the identification code; and a communication unit configured to communicate with the wireless tag, and write the identification code, the determination type code, and the check code to the memory of the wireless tag. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120068401 | HOLDING DEVICE OF RECORDING MEDIUM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND CONVEYING METHOD OF RECORDING MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, the image forming apparatus includes, an endless device having a plurality of suction holes, and a negative pressure chamber which communicates with the suction holes, a rotation mechanism which rotates the endless device, a suction mechanism which discharges air in the negative pressure chamber, an opening and closing mechanism which has a switching blade which opens and closes the suction holes, a driving mechanism which moves the switching blade to a first position and a second position, a recording head unit, a supply mechanism which supplies the recording medium to the endless device, and a controller. If the switching blade moves to the first position, the suction holes are shut. If the switching blade moves to the second position, the suction holes communicate with the negative pressure chamber. The controller drives the opening and closing mechanism according to the size of the recording medium. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120065046 | SHEET FOLDING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME, AND SHEET FOLDING METHOD - A sheet folding apparatus includes a fold unit to fold a center of a sheet bundle to form a fold line, a reinforce roller which reciprocates along a direction of the fold line while nipping and pressing the fold line and reinforces the fold line of the sheet bundle, and a control section to changeably set the number of times of reciprocating movement of the reinforce roller according to a thickness of a sheet contained in the sheet bundle. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120063804 | CHARGING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A charging device includes a charging member that is arranged close to a rotating charge target member, and charges a charge target surface of the charge target member while rotating, a cleaning member that makes friction contact with the charging member to cause the charging member to be driven and rotated, and cleans a surface of the charging member, and a cleaning member driving part to rotate and drive the cleaning member. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120063794 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, GAP CONTROL METHOD - An image forming apparatus according to the embodiments includes a photoconductor, a charging unit which charges the photoconductor and is disposed to face the photoconductor in a non-contact manner, a positioning portion which changes a gap interposed between the photoconductor and the charging unit, on the basis of at least the temperature. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062645 | AQUEOUS INKJET INK - According to one embodiment, an aqueous inkjet ink includes a color material, water in an amount of from 50-70% by mass of the total amount of the ink, and a water-soluble organic solvent in an amount of from 29-49% by mass of the total amount. The water-soluble organic solvent contains a compound represented by the following general formula 1, and the compound represented by the following general formula 1 accounts for 10-35% by mass of the total amount of the ink. The sum of the amounts of the color material, the water, and the water-soluble organic solvent is 100% by mass or less of the ink. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062644 | AQUEOUS INKJET INK - According to one embodiment, an aqueous inkjet ink includes a color material, water in an amount of 50-70% by mass of the total amount of the ink, and a water-soluble organic solvent in an amount of 29-49% by mass of the total amount. The soluble organic solvent contains a compound represented by the following general formula 1 which accounts for 10-36% by mass of the total amount of ink. When the amount of the compound is equal to the amount of the solvent, the total amount of the solvent is the compound. The sum of the amounts of the color material, the water, and the water-soluble organic solvent is 100% by mass or less of the ink. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062639 | INKJET RECORDING DEVICE AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD - According to an embodiment, an inkjet device includes a first temperature sensor which detects an ink temperature in an upstream side of a print head, a second temperature sensor which detects an ink temperature in a downstream side of the print head, and a control device which changes at least one of energies per unit volume of first and second pressure sources, based on the temperatures detected by the first and second temperature sensors. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062633 | DRIVING APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD OF INKJET HEAD - According to one embodiment, a driving apparatus of an inkjet head includes a drive signal output unit, an ejection pulse number decision unit, a pulse addition determination unit, and a drive signal generation unit. The ejection pulse number decision unit decides the number of ejection pulses based on a gradation value of print data. When the pulse addition determination unit has determined that the control pulse is not to be added, the drive signal generation unit generates a drive signal including ejection pulses whose number has been decided by the ejection pulse number decision unit. When the pulse addition determination unit has determined that the control pulse is to be added, the drive signal generation unit generates a drive signal including ejection pulses whose number is smaller than the number decided by the ejection pulse number decision unit. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062627 | INKJET HEAD DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING INKJET HEAD - According to one embodiment, an inkjet device includes: an ink circulating device configured to communicate with an inkjet head to form an ink circulating system; an arithmetic unit configured to calculate, on the basis of pressure detected from the ink circulating system, pressure in an ink discharge port section according to an arithmetic expression set in advance; a pressure determining unit configured to determine, with proper nozzle pressure in the ink discharge port not discharging ink set as a reference value, whether a value calculated by the arithmetic unit is positive pressure or negative pressure with respect to the reference value; and a negative pressure regulator configured to communicate with the ink circulating system and perform, if the pressure determining unit determines that the value is the positive pressure, an ink reducing operation in the ink circulating system and increase a negative pressure value on the ink discharge port. The pressure determining unit changes the reference value to a negative pressure side. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062033 | POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT USING RECHARGEABLE BATTERY - A power supply circuit uses a rechargeable battery that if a connection switching unit changes to a circuit connected state, a current starts to be supplied from the rechargeable battery to an over-discharge protection circuit, a logic circuit, and a power supply control circuit, and if the connection switching unit changes to a circuit non-connected state during this current supply, the current supplied to the over-discharge protection circuit, the logic circuit, and the power supply control circuit is maintained, and a current supplied from the rechargeable battery to the load circuit is started by supplying the current from the power supply control circuit to the load circuit, and if a voltage of the rechargeable battery drops while the current is supplied to the load circuit, and the over-discharge protection circuit stops the current supplied from the rechargeable battery to the load circuit, the over-discharge protection circuit maintains the stopped state. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120059704 | PRODUCT INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PRODUCT INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A product information processing apparatus includes: an image importing section which imports an image imaged by an imaging section; a service label detecting section which detects a service label in which incentive content obtained from purchasing of the product is expressed in a visually unrecognizable form, from a product image imported by the image importing section; and a notifying section which notifies the incentive content of the service label detected by the service label detecting section. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120059692 | COMMODITY DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, a commodity data processing apparatus includes a control unit. The control unit includes a calculating section, a price-reduction executing section, and a price-reduction informing section. The calculating section calculates a total amount of selling prices of purchased commodities on the basis of commodity data of the purchased commodities stored in a storing section. The price-reduction executing section reduces, if the total amount exceeds a reference amount and a price reduction target commodity is included in the purchased commodities, a selling price of the target commodity. The price-reduction informing section generates screen data for informing that the price reduction is performed. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120057918 | CUTTER MECHANISM AND PRINTER INCLUDING THE SAME - A cutter mechanism for use in a printer includes a main body unit to rotatably hold a thermal head by means of a spring which biases the thermal head against a platen provided in an opening/closing unit rotatably fixed to the main body unit, and a print medium conveyance path interposed between the thermal head and the platen. The cutter mechanism further includes a fixed blade unit with a fixed blade, attached to the main body unit, and a movable blade unit with a movable blade, attached to the opening/closing unit. The movable blade cuts a print medium in cooperation with the fixed blade. The fixed blade and the movable blade move to a fixed blade OPEN state position and a movable blade OPEN state position, respectively, away from the print medium conveyance path when the opening/closing unit is in an OPEN state. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120057299 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus includes a body frame, a rear frame which is pivotably attached to the body frame, a hole which is formed in a front wall of the body frame, a first heat dissipating member which is placed on the front wall to cover the hole, a thermal conductive member which contacts a portion of the first heat dissipating member at a storage space side and is placed in the hole, a semiconductor chip which is placed on the rear frame, and a second heat dissipating member which is placed on the rear frame to be in contact with the semiconductor chip and receive heat from the semiconductor chip. The second heat dissipating member being in contact with the thermal conductive member in the storage space when the rear frame closes an opening at the rear side of the body frame. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120057207 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND TRACE DATA STORING METHOD THEREFOR, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus, which includes an image forming unit configured to form an image on a recording medium and generate trace data. The image forming apparatus further includes a first storing unit, a second storing unit, and a control unit configured to allow the trace data generated from the image forming unit to be stored in the first storing unit, and further configured to allow the trace data stored in the first storing unit to be stored in the second storing unit upon occurrence of an error. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120057200 | PRINTER - A printer includes a loading unit configured to load a first printing medium including IC tags, which are data-readable/writable by wireless connection, and a printing surface formed on one side of the first printing medium. A conveying unit of the printer conveys the first printing medium, which is being drawn from the loader, along a conveyance path. A wireless reader/writer of the printer is configured to read/write data from/on the IC tags by wireless data communication between the IC tags provided in the first printing medium in the course of conveying the first printing medium. A control unit of the printer, at a point of time when printing on the first printing medium is completed, controls the wireless reader/writer to write information on the number of printing media printed on an IC tag included in a second printing medium subsequent to the first printing medium. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120057197 | PRINTING SYSTEM, SERVER DEVICE, PRINTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a printing system including a printing device and a server device is disclosed. The printing device includes a memory unit configured to store usage information. Further, the server device includes a communications unit configured to communicate with the printing device; an aggregation unit configured to obtain the usage information from the printing device via the communications unit and aggregate the obtained usage information; and a recommendation information generation unit configured to generate recommendation information for the printing device based on the usage information aggregated by the aggregation unit and provide the recommendation information to the printing device via the communications unit. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120057195 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Embodiments described herein are directed to an image forming apparatus and an image forming method. The image forming apparatus includes a feeding mechanism, an image forming unit, and a control unit. The feeding mechanism is configured to feed a recording medium. The image forming unit is configured to form an image on the recording medium. The control unit is configured to calculate a duty cycle for a print data unit and control the image forming unit to form the image based on the calculated duty cycle, thereby reducing electrical power consumption for forming the image. The image forming method includes generating, if the duty cycle for the print data unit is greater than a predetermined value, a culling mask pattern, converting image data of the print data unit with the culling mask pattern, and forming the image using the converted image data in the recording medium. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120057188 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - When a monochromatic copy mode is to be executed, a control section sets a read mode in a scanner section so as to enable the scanner section to read an image at high speed by means of only a line sensor K, sets in an image processing section an image process that can print monochromatic image information, which is sent from the scanner section, with a single black color in the printer section, and sets in the printer section a monochromatic print mode that can print a black image at high speed, thereby controlling a monochromatic copy operation. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056962 | IMAGE ERASING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an image erasing apparatus decolors an image printed on a paper sheet using an ink containing at least a leuco dye, a developer, water, a water-soluble organic solvent, and a surfactant. The image erasing apparatus includes a heating unit, a feedback mechanism, and a control unit. The heating unit heats the paper sheet. The feedback mechanism supplies the paper sheet heated by the heating unit to the heating unit again. The control unit causes the feedback mechanism to supply the paper sheet to the heating unit a plurality of times so as to heat the paper sheet a plurality of times. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056947 | INKJET HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An inkjet head including: a nozzle plate including: a nozzle configured to eject ink; a first electrode formed to surround the nozzle; a piezoelectric film provided to surround the nozzle and in contact with the first electrode; and a second electrode formed in contact with the piezoelectric film and made of a metal material forming the nozzle; and an ink supply path for supplying the ink to the nozzle. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056935 | INKJET RECORDING DEVICE, INKJET RECORDING METHOD, AND INKJET HEAD CLEANING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an inkjet recording device includes a cleaning member which faces a nozzle surface of an inkjet head and moves along a row of nozzles, a control device which controls ones of the nozzles to partially discharge ink, the ones of the nozzles positioning in an area which the cleaning member faces when the cleaning member moves, and an ink retaining part which retains the ink between the cleaning member and the nozzle surface of the inkjet head which faces the cleaning member. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056853 | OPTICAL TOUCH DEVICE AND METHOD THEREFOR - In one embodiment, an optical touch device is disclosed. The device includes a housing having an opening through which a screen is exposed, light-emitting elements provided along a first side of the opening and configured to emit infrared light, and a drive unit configured to sequentially select and drive the light-emitting elements. The device further includes a detection control unit configured to output a timing signal synchronized with the timing of the driving operation of the drive unit and to detect a position of a blocking object on the screen. Further, the device includes light-receiving sensors, provided along a second side of the opening, opposite the first side of the opening, configured to be selected by the timing signal to output to the detection control unit a result of reception of the infrared light, the light-receiving sensors including different kinds of light-receiving sensors differing in a light-receiving characteristic. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056366 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PAPER HOLDING DEVICE - Embodiments described herein are to a printing apparatus includes a printing mechanism to print information on a plurality of paper sheets and further to sequentially convey the printed paper sheets along a first conveying path. The apparatus further includes a paper holding mechanism provided downstream from the printing mechanism in a paper feed direction, which includes a pair of conveying members configured to face each other via the first conveying path. The apparatus further includes a control unit configured to control the printing mechanism and the paper holding mechanism to convey sequentially the printed paper sheets through a gap between the pair of conveying members so that the printed paper sheets are sequentially accumulated in the paper holding mechanism, and further configured to collectively discharge the printed paper sheets outside of the apparatus by holding the printed paper sheets between the pair of conveying members. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120055995 | PRODUCT CODE READER AND PRODUCT CODE READING METHOD - There is disclosed a product code reader including: an image importing section which imports an image imaged by an imaging section; a code symbol detecting section which detects a code symbol affixed to a product, from a product image imported by the image importing section; a code reading section which reads code information retained in the code symbol, from the code symbol detected by the code symbol detecting section; and a specific item detecting section which detects a predetermined article attached to the product as a specific item, from the product image imported by the image importing section. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120055994 | COMMODITY CODE READING APPARATUS AND COMMODITY CODE READING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a commodity code reading apparatus includes: an image capturing section configured to capture an image picked up by an image pickup section; a code detecting section configured to detect a code symbol from an image of a commodity captured by the image capturing section; a label detecting section configured to detect a label affixed to the commodity from the image of the commodity captured by the image capturing section; a determining section configured to determine whether a relative positional relation between a detection position of the code symbol and a detection position of the label in the image coincides with a positional relation set in advance; and a transmitting section configured to transmit, if the determining section determines that the positional relations coincide with each other, code information stored in the code symbol to an external apparatus together with label information corresponding to the label. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120055272 | PAPER ROLL DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PRINTER - Embodiments described herein are to an apparatus for detecting an amount of paper in a roll of paper, which includes a container including a support surface, and first and second recessed portions connected to each other on the support surface, the roll of paper being contained in one of the first and second recessed portions. The apparatus further includes a first sensor to detect whether an outer periphery of the roll of paper contained in one of the first and second recessed portions reaches a first outer diameter, and a second sensor to detect whether the outer periphery of the roll of paper contained in one of the first and second recessed portions reaches a second outer diameter smaller than the first outer diameter. The apparatus further includes an estimation unit to estimate a remaining amount of the paper based on a thickness of the paper. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120047354 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes: a first verification section configured to perform true-false determination for a predetermined verification target using a verification item obtained by combining specified one of plural verification libraries respectively defining plural verification matters and an affirmative operator or a negative operator; a second verification section configured to subject, concerning the verification target, a true-false determination result of each of a plurality of the verification items verified by the first verification section to an arithmetic operation using a predetermined logical operator and obtain one arithmetic operation result; and an output section configured to output the arithmetic operation result of the second verification section. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120047040 | STORE SYSTEM AND SALES REGISTRATION METHOD - According to one embodiment, a store system includes: an image output section configured to output an image picked up by an image pickup section; an object recognizing section configured to recognize a specific object by reading a feature value of the output image; a registering section configured to perform sales registration, concerning the recognized object, on the basis of a file that stores information related to the object and used for the sales registration; and a check-image display section configured to display an image concerning the object on a display section together with the information related to the sales registration of the object. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120047039 | STORE SYSTEM AND SALES REGISTRATION METHOD - According to one embodiment, a store system includes: an image output section configured to output an image picked up by an image pickup section; an object recognizing section configured to recognize a specific object by reading a feature value of the output image; a check-image display section configured to display, on a display section, at least an image concerning the recognized object; and a problem solving section configured to receive, when there is a problem in the recognition of the object, an instruction indicating the problem and solve the problem according to content of the received instruction. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120047038 | STORE SYSTEM AND SALES REGISTRATION METHOD - According to one embodiment, a store system includes: an image output section configured to output an image picked up by an image pickup section; an object recognizing section configured to recognize a specific object by reading a feature value of the output image; a registering section configured to perform sales registration, concerning the recognized object, on the basis of a file that stores information concerning the object and used for the sales registration; and a check-image display section configured to set an image concerning the recognized object in a state viewed from a customer side during counter selling and display the image on a display section together with the information related to the sales registration of the object. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120047037 | STORE SYSTEM AND SALES REGISTRATION METHOD - According to one embodiment, a store system includes: an image output section configured to output an image picked up by an image pickup section; an object recognizing section configured to recognize a specific object by reading a feature value of the output image; a similarity determining section configured to calculate similarity indicating to which degree the recognized object is similar to a reference image of the object determined in advance and determine whether the calculated similarity exceeds a threshold set in advance; and a defective informing section configured to inform, if the similarity determining section determines that the calculated similarity does not exceed the threshold set in advance, that the object is not recognized as a regular commodity. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120045716 | DEVELOPING AGENT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a developing agent includes a toner particle containing a binder resin and a coloring agent, and additives added onto the surface of the toner particle. The additives contain a silica fine particle having an average circularity of 0.90 or more. In the additives existing on the surface of the toner particle, an existence ratio of an additive having a minor axis a of a primary particle diameter falling within the range of from 30 nm to 70 nm is 70% or more. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044509 | COLOR CORRECTION APPARATUS AND COLOR CORRECTION METHOD - According to one embodiment, a color correction apparatus includes an input portion, a storing portion and a correction portion. The input portion inputs color image signals which correspond to recording color material amounts. The storing portion stores a standard color reproduction parameter for calculating a standard color reproduction chromaticity and reference chromaticity deviation amounts at a plurality of reference color points in recording color material amount coordinate space. The correction portion estimates chromaticity deviation amounts of the input color image signals on the basis of the reference chromaticity deviation amount, calculates a standard chromaticity which corresponds to the input color image signals on the basis of the standard color reproduction parameter and corrects the input color image signals on the basis of the estimated chromaticity deviation amounts and the standard chromaticity. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044301 | INK-JET PRINT HEAD, INK-JET PRINTER USING THE SAME AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING INK-JET PRINT HEAD - According to one embodiment, an ink-jet print head comprises a support member including a flat portion with an ink supply aperture and an ink discharge aperture formed therein so as to circulate and supply ink, the flat portion including a recess, a base plate fitted in the recess of the support member, a nozzle plate laid over the base plate at a predetermined distance from the base plate and including a plurality of nozzles formed therein in a fixed direction, and an actuator disposed between the base plate and the nozzle plate and including a pressure chamber and a piezoelectric member, the pressure chamber being provided for each corresponding nozzle, and the piezoelectric member being provided to form a wall for the pressure chamber and configured to change capacity of the pressure chamber. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120043375 | LABEL ISSUING DEVICE AND LABEL ISSUING METHOD - A label issuing device includes an imaging portion, an image output portion that outputs images captured by the imaging portion, an object recognition portion that recognizes a specific object by reading a feature amount of the output images, an information reading portion that reads information for the recognized object from a file storing information related to the object, and a label issuing portion that prints the read information for the object on a label and issues the label. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120038958 | DECOLORING DEVICE CONSECUTIVELY DECOLORING IMAGE ON SHEET, MANAGEMENT DEVICE CAUSING DECOLORING DEVICE TO CONSECUTIVELY DECOLORING IMAGE ON SHEET, AND DECOLORING SYSTEM INCLUDING DECOLORING DEVICE AND MANAGEMENT DEVICE - A communication unit transmits image data of a preceding sheet scanned to a management device communicating with a decoloring device and receives from a management device determination data which is produced by the management device based on the image data and indicates at least whether or not the preceding sheet is reusable and receives ability data of the management device or reception time indication data. A control unit conveys the preceding sheet to a predetermined conveyance destination based on the determination data and feeds sheets at a timing at which the leading end of a following sheet does not run into the tail end of the preceding sheet even if the preceding sheet is held until the determination data is received based on the ability data or the reception time indication data. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038957 | PRINT CALIBRATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PRINT CALIBRATION PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A print calibration processing apparatus includes a test image output section configured to outputs plural patches for gradation characteristic generation to an image forming section, a gradation characteristic data generation section configured to use, as a read object, a test chart obtained by printing the test images on both the sides of the print sheet by the image forming section while shifting print positions of the test images in a front and back direction, reads the images on a first and second side of the test chart, and generates gradation characteristic data of front test images on the first side and the second side and gradation characteristic data of show-through test images on the first and second side, a correction data generation section configured to determine a correction value of maximum gradation based on gradation characteristics of the front and the show-through test images, and a correction section configured to correct gradation of image data. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038949 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF THE SAME - According to one embodiment, an image data bus transmits image data output from a first section to a second section. A controller adds data for inspection to the image data output from the first section, extracts the data for inspection from the image data received by the second section, and when the extracted data for inspection does not match with predetermined data for inspection, determines that the image data bus is abnormal. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038947 | PRINTING DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - A printing device is capable of modifying a displayed operation menu. The printing device includes printing unit configured to print on a recording medium and a display unit in communication with the printing unit. The display unit is configured to display operation information thereon. The printing device further includes an operation unit configured to allow a user to input a user instruction onto the display unit; and a control unit configured to control the display unit to display an operation menu with a plurality of levels, each of the plurality of levels having a plurality of items, and further configured to change the display of an item of the plurality of items based on the user instruction. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038943 | DOCUMENT READING APPARATUS, DOCUMENT SIZE DETERMINING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a document reading apparatus includes plural sensors that are arranged to face a document table and detect a document placed on the document table, a sensor drive unit to power on a first sensor among the plural sensors and to power on a next sensor in a previously set sequence according to a detection result of the first sensor, a size determination unit to determine a size of the document based on a detection result of the document obtained by the powered-on sensor, and a control unit that, when the size of the document can be determined before all of the plural sensors are powered on, stops power supply to a remaining sensor. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038942 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Certain embodiments provide an image forming apparatus including a determination part, a display part, an image processing part, an image forming part, an inversion conveyance part, a finishing part and a main control part. The determination part determines whether image data is digital book data. If the image data is the digital book data, the display part displays a digital book print mode. The image processing part arithmetically processes the digital book data. The image forming part forms an image on a sheet. The inversion conveyance part inverts the sheet on one side of which the image is formed and conveys the sheet to the image forming part. The finishing part finishes the sheet to which the image is formed. The main control part automatically controls at least one of the image processing part, the inversion conveyance part and the finishing part specified based on the digital book print mode. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038941 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes: an input section configured to input information to be printed; a first printing section configured to perform printing with a toner unerasable by an erasing device; a second printing section configured to perform printing with a toner erasable by the erasing device; and a control section configured to control the image forming apparatus to print, using the first printing section, at least a keyword stored in a storing section in advance among the information to be printed input by the input section and control the image forming apparatus to print, using the second printing section, information not printed by the first printing section. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038939 | COLOR CORRECTION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COLOR CORRECTION PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, each color correction processing apparatus includes an input portion, a storing portion and a correction portion. The input portion inputs each image signal value corresponding to each color component for each recording head block in order to record a color image by a plurality of recording head blocks. The storing portion records reference color deviation amount data that shows a plurality of reference color deviation amounts corresponding to a plurality of reference color points for each recording head block. The correction portion corrects each image signal value on the basis of the reference color deviation amount data. Furthermore, the correction portion corrects a correction target image signal value corresponding to non-reference color points shifted from the reference color points by the interpolation on the basis of the reference color deviation amount data. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038736 | PRINTER - A printer includes an upper unit which opens and closes about a fulcrum lying at a rear position of a lower unit, and a paper path which is opened by opening the upper unit. A sensor unit is attached to the lower unit and includes a lower sensor holder and an upper sensor holder which are disposed in opposition to each other via the paper path. The paper path can be opened by pivoting the upper sensor holder relative to the lower sensor holder. When the upper unit is closed, the upper sensor holder is also closed in accordance with a closing pivoting motion of the upper unit. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038734 | PRINTER - Embodiments described herein are related to a printer including a thermal head, a platen roller, a plurality of biasing members, and an urging force adjustment mechanism. The urging force adjustment mechanism includes a base member, an action member movable in the widthwise direction with respect to the base member and configured to expand or compress the plurality of biasing members, and a plurality of contact members configured to contact the action member and supported by the base member such that contact positions of the contact members on the action member can be varied in the expansion or compression direction of the biasing members, wherein the amount of expansion or compression of the biasing members varies according to the variation of the contact positions. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038733 | DECOLORING APPARATUS TO CONTINUOUSLY ERASE IMAGES OF SHEETS, DECOLORING SYSTEM AND PAPER FEEDING METHOD OF DECOLORING APPARATUS - A decoloring apparatus includes a conveyance path, a paper feeding part, a reading part, a communication part, a decoloring part and a control part. The conveyance path conveys a sheet to respective parts in the apparatus. The paper feeding part feeds a sheet on which an image is formed by a decolorable colorant to the conveyance path from a sheet stack part. The reading part is provided downstream of the paper feeding part in the conveyance path and reads the image of the sheet. The communication part transmits read image data of a preceding sheet to a management apparatus communicably connected to the decoloring apparatus and receives a determination result of a conveyance destination of the preceding sheet obtained by the management apparatus based on the image data. The decoloring part is provided downstream of the reading part in the conveyance path and erases the image of the sheet. After the communication part receives the determination result of the conveyance destination of the preceding sheet obtained by the management apparatus, the control part conveys the preceding sheet subjected to reading to the determined conveyance destination, and reads an image of a subsequent sheet by the reading part so that a leading edge of the subsequent sheet does not collide with a trailing edge of the preceding sheet. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038727 | INKJET PRINTER AND INK EJECTING METHOD - According to one embodiment, the inkjet printer includes an endless device which has a circumferential surface for adsorbing a sheet, an inkjet head for ejecting ink, a tray, and a controller. The tray is moved from a home position toward the inkjet head along a circumferential surface of the endless device, using the tray moving mechanism. The tray is inserted to a clearance between the circumferential surface of the endless device and the inkjet head. The inkjet head ejects ink toward the tray if the tray moves to a position facing the inkjet head. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038711 | INK-JET HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, an ink-jet head includes an insulative substrate, a nozzle plate opposed to the insulative substrate, a partition wall disposed between the insulative substrate and the nozzle plate, and including a bottom surface with a first width which is in contact with the insulative substrate, and a top surface with a second width less than the first width, which is in contact with the nozzle plate, and an adhesive which attaches the partition wall and the nozzle plate. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038710 | INKJET HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING INKJET HEAD - According to one embodiment, an inkjet head includes a nozzle plate, a base member, a frame-like member, an ink chamber, a supply channel and a discharge channel. The nozzle plate includes nozzles. The base member includes driving elements that cause the ink to be ejected from the nozzles, and is opposed to the nozzle plate. The frame-like member is interposed between the nozzle plate and the base member and includes first opening parts and a second opening part extending over all the first opening parts. The ink chamber is provided inside the frame-like member and communicates with the ink chamber. The supply channel is provided in the base member and communicates with the ink chamber to supply ink. The discharge channel is provided in the base member, communicates with the ink chamber to discharge ink, and is connected to the first opening parts through the second opening parts. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038399 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus non-masks a clock signal portion used for shift-outputting respective digital signals by first parallel/serial converting device and masks the remaining clock signal portion, in the clock signal supplied to the first and second parallel/serial converting devices, in a first mode. The apparatus non-masks the clock signal supplied to the first and second parallel/serial converting devices, in a second mode. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120037699 | CODE READING APPARATUS AND CODE READING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a code reading apparatus includes an image pickup section, a reading section, and a storage control section. The image pickup section picks up an image including an image of a commodity to be subjected to sales registration. The reading section reads commodity information indicating the commodity to be subjected to the sales registration from the picked-up image. The storage control section causes a commodity master file, which stores commodity information indicating a commodity and a commodity image of the commodity indicated by the commodity information in association with each other, to store the picked-up image as the commodity image in association with the read commodity information. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120034011 | PRINTER AND WINDING ATTACHMENT - A winding attachment which is detachably mounted on a winding shaft and on which a strip-shaped material is wound when the winding attachment mounted on the winding shaft is rotated. The winding attachment includes a winding section on which the strip-shaped material is wound, and an elastic member configured to reduce diameter of the winding section in the radial direction of a rotation axis of the winding shaft if the winding attachment is separated from the winding shaft compared to the diameter in case that the winding attachment is mounted on the winding shaft. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120034010 | PRINTER - Embodiments described herein are to a printer which includes a platen roller configured to be rotary-driven by a rotary drive source, and a transport roller provided at the upstream side of the platen roller in a paper feeding direction. The transport roller is configured to be rotary-driven by the rotary drive source. The printer further includes a pinch roller configured to be elastically urged against the transport roller. The pinch roller is configured to be rotary-driven by the rotary drive source. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120034001 | TONER CARTRIDGE - A toner cartridge comprises a toner container which contains toner, a driving member which rotationally drives a conveying member, an agitating member which agitates a toner in the toner container while being rotated, a driven member which rotates in association with the driving member which is for rotationally driving the agitating member, and a rotational body which rotates according to rotation of the driven member, has a plurality of slits in rotational circumference for identifying a type of the toner cartridge, and has 1/K or more of the slits when a ratio of a rotational speed R1 (rad/s) of the driving member and a rotational speed R2 (rad/s) of the driven member is K=R2/R1. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120034000 | TONER CARTRIDGE - A toner cartridge provided in an image forming apparatus in a removable manner for supplying toner to the image forming apparatus, the cartridge comprises a toner cartridge main body which contains the toner, a discharging opening for supplying the toner contained in the toner cartridge main body to the image forming apparatus and a shutter which opens the discharging opening when the toner cartridge main body is inserted in the image forming apparatus and closes the discharging opening when the toner cartridge main body is removed from the image forming apparatus, wherein the shutter has a concave part formed therein for engaging with a holding member which holds the shutter provided in the image forming apparatus to open and close the discharging opening when the toner cartridge main body is inserted in or removed from the image forming apparatus. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120033890 | Backlit Scene Type Detection - Systems and methods for backlit scene detection are described. The method includes performing a pre-test on an electronic image to determine that the electronic image does not include a disqualifying characteristic. Next, the method includes performing a type test on the electronic image to determine an image type of the electronic image from a first set of predetermined backlit image types. Next the method includes performing a post test on the electronic image to determine that the image darkness density does not exceed a predetermined density. Finally, the method includes performing a second post test on the electronic image to determine that the electronic image is one of a second set of predetermined backlit image types or that the edge percentage of the electronic image exceeds a predetermined percentage. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120033019 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD - According to embodiments, an inkjet recording apparatus includes an ink tank which contains ink, a printing head which is connected to the ink tank through an ink channel and ejects the ink from a nozzle surface, and a channel member which is provided in the ink channel and has a clearance gap that connects the ink channel to the outside. The channel member is provided in a part of the ink channel, which has a positive pressure with respect to the atmospheric pressure at least during a period in which the printing head is capable of printing. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120033018 | INKJET HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING INKJET HEAD - According to one embodiment, an inkjet head includes a substrate, a nozzle plate which includes nozzle lines, each of which includes nozzles, the nozzles which are included in one of the nozzle lines and the nozzles which are included in another of the nozzle lines alternating with each other, and forming one imaginary nozzle line, piezoelectric members which are opposed to the respective nozzle lines, and groove parts which are provided in each of the piezoelectric members, the groove parts corresponding to the nozzles to eject ink from the nozzles and being processed by cutting edges, one of the groove parts which corresponds to one of the nozzles in the imaginary nozzle line and another of the groove parts which corresponds to another nozzle adjacent to the nozzle in the imaginary nozzle line being processed by the cutting edges which are independent of each other. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120033010 | AQUEOUS INKJET INK - According to one embodiment, an aqueous inkjet ink includes a color material in an amount of 2 to 20% by mass of the total amount of ink, water in an amount of 41 to 70% by mass of the total amount, and a water-soluble organic solvent in an amount of 20 to 53% by mass of the total amount. The solvent contains a compound represented by the following general formula 1 which accounts for 20 to 50% by mass of the total amount of ink. When the amount of compound is equal to the amount of solvent, the total amount of solvent is the compound, and the sum of the amounts of the color material, the water, and the solvent is 100% by mass or less of the ink. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120031974 | CODE SYMBOL READING APPARATUS - A housing is mounted on a counter on which a basket for containing a commodity to be purchased is placed and is disposed at a position where it confronts an operator. A read window confronting a read area of a code symbol attached to a commodity is disposed on the front of the housing, and an image pickup section including a CCD area sensor having, as an image pickup area, a read area of the code symbol is incorporated at the back of the read window. An LED light source irradiates illuminating light for illuminating the code symbol, which is necessary for the area CCD sensor to take an image of the code symbol. The LED light source has an optical axis nonparallel to a read optical axis of the area image pickup device and guides the illuminating light to the read area from a position above the area image pickup device. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120031944 | CONVEYING DEVICE, PRINTER, AND ABUTTING MEMBER - Embodiments described herein are to a conveying device which includes a conveying mechanism configured to convey a mount with a web material provided thereon in a conveying direction; and an abutting member including an edge portion extending in a widthwise direction intersecting with the conveying direction and configured to allow the edge portion to abut against the mount. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120028781 | SHEET FOLDING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME, AND SHEET FOLDING METHOD - A sheet folding apparatus includes: a saddle-stitching unit configured to stitch a center of a sheet bundle; a folding unit configured to fold the sheet bundle at the center to form a fold; a loading base onto which the sheet bundle conveyed from the folding unit is loaded; a nipping plate configured to be pressed to and separated from the loading base in parallel to the loading base and to nip the sheet bundle loaded onto the loading base; and first and second rollers that move along a direction of the fold while nipping and pressing the fold of the sheet bundle nipped by the nipping plate to reinforce the fold. Here, a surface, which faces the loading base, of the nipping plate is provided with an elastic member. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120028780 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND SHEET PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a sheet processing apparatus includes a reinforce roller to further reinforce the fold of a sheet which has been folded by a fold roller pair, a support portion to move the reinforce roller in a direction perpendicular to a sheet conveying direction, a motor to drive the support portion, and a control unit to control the motor so that the support portion moves at a faster moving speed at the time of a homeward route than a moving speed at the time of an outward route. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120028779 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND SHEET PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a sheet processing apparatus includes a reinforce roller to further reinforce the fold of a sheet which has been folded by a fold roller pair, a support portion to move the reinforce roller from a home position in a direction perpendicular to a sheet conveying direction, a motor to drive the support portion, a sensor to sense a position of the support portion, and a control unit which, in case that the sensor senses a position where the support portion abnormally stops, controls the support portion to move from the abnormally stopped position to a second position which is different from a first position that is a home position. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120027496 | CUTTER UNIT AND PRINTER - A cutter unit that includes a conveying mechanism, a first blade, and a second blade. The conveying mechanism conveys a print paper having a print surface and an adhesive surface. The first blade is provided on a conveying path of the print paper conveyed by the conveying mechanism to face the print surface of the print paper. The second blade is provided on the conveying path to face the adhesive surface. The second blade includes a cutting surface configured to cut the print paper inserted between the second blade and the first blade, and a contact surface configured to contact the adhesive surface of the print paper on the conveying path. The contact surface of the second blade is coated with an adhesion-retardant agent. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120027495 | CUTTER UNIT AND PRINTER - A cutter unit includes a conveying mechanism, a first blade and a second blade. The conveying mechanism conveys a linerless label having an adhesive-applied surface on which an adhesive agent is applied. The first blade is provided to face an opposite side from the adhesive-applied surface of the linerless label. The second blade is provided to face the adhesive-applied surface of the linerless label. The second blade includes a cutting portion configured to cut the linerless label inserted between the second blade and the first blade, and a supporting portion configured to support the adhesive-applied surface of the linerless label downstream of the cutting portion in a conveying direction of the linerless label. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120027428 | SHEET FINISHER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND SHEET FINISHING METHOD - There is provided a sheet finisher including a fold roller which folds the center of a sheet bundle and forms a fold line in the sheet bundle; a roller unit which is provided with an upper roller and a lower roller and which moves the upper roller and the lower roller along a fold line direction, while nipping and pressing the fold line by the upper roller and the lower roller to reinforce the fold line; and a jam release handle which separates the upper roller and the lower roller in a thickness direction of the sheet bundle and weakens or removes pressure between the upper roller and the lower roller when the upper roller and the lower roller stops in a state of pressing the fold line. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120027427 | SHEET FINISHER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND SHEET FINISHING METHOD - A sheet finisher according to an embodiment includes: a fold roller which folds a central area of a sheet bundle to form a fold line on the sheet bundle; a fold reinforcing roller which moves along a direction of the fold line while pressing the fold line of the sheet bundle to reinforce the fold line; and a drive unit which includes a motor and transmits a drive torque of the motor to the fold reinforcing roller, so that the drive torque can be changed, to move the fold reinforcing roller along the fold line. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026531 | DECOLORING DEVICE AND FUNCTION MANAGEMENT METHOD - When the presence or absence of a malfunction is respectively determined in a decoloring section or a separation device, and it is determined that either the decoloring section or the separation device is malfunctioning, only the other is executable. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026226 | INKJET HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, an inkjet head includes a head main body having a plurality of nozzles and drive elements which discharges ink from the plurality of nozzles, a control section which controls the drive elements, and a ceramic base on which the head main body and the control section are arranged. The inkjet head further includes a cover which is formed of a resin in which ceramic particles are mixed, and fixed to the base to cover the control section and hold the control section inside, and an adhesive which is interposed between the base and the cover, and seals an interior of the cover. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120025630 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There is provided an image forming apparatus including: a load device which performs a copy function, a scan function, a print function and the like; and a power saving mode such as a standby mode and a sleep mode. When the image forming apparatus is in the power saving mode, electric charge charged in an electric storage device such as an electrolytic capacitor which is a low voltage power source is used to execute the power saving mode. When an electric potential of the electric storage device is lower than a predetermined threshold, the electric storage device is charged by a commercial power source. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120025456 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SHEET PROCESSING METHOD - A sheet processing apparatus includes a control section configured to control a rotating speed of a longitudinal alignment roller, which is set on a recording medium stacking surface of a processing tray and configured to align a recording medium in a longitudinal direction, such that acceleration and deceleration of the rotating speed is performed at least twice during one longitudinal alignment operation and a paddle including a striking paddle configured to strike the recording medium, a dropping paddle configured to drop the recording medium, a draw-in paddle configured to draw the recording medium in a direction of a stopper, a dropping-paddle supporting member configured to support the dropping paddle from the back in a rotating direction of the paddle, and a draw-in-paddle supporting member configured to support the draw-in paddle from the back in the rotating direction. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120025454 | DECOLORING APPARATUS AND SHEET CONVEYANCE CONTROL METHOD - A sheet conveyance control method in an apparatus including a first conveying path for leading a sheet from a feeing port to a discharge port, a second sheet conveying path for leading the sheet to another conveyance destination, and a decoloring processing section configured to decolor an image formed on the sheet includes: detecting the length of the sheet further on a downstream side than the feeding port and further on an upstream side than a branching point of the first and second sheet conveying paths in a sheet conveying direction of the first sheet conveying path; and changing, if the trailing end of the sheet is not detected in a period after the leading end of the sheet is detected and before the leading end of the sheet reaches the branching point, a first flapper to a state in which the sheet is conveyed to the discharge port. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120025452 | SHEET POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS - The disclosure concerns a standby tray for making a sheet at the position above a processing tray. The sheet on the standby tray is dropped and supplied onto the processing tray. The upper end of the center area of a shutter supporting the rear end of the sheet on a sheet discharge tray which is slidable to the sheet discharge section of the standby tray or processing tray is made lower than the upper end of the peripheral area of the shutter. Movable portions of the shutter are extended when the sheet discharge tray is slid to close the sheet discharge sections of the processing tray and/or standby tray. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120025442 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SHEET PROCESSING METHOD - A sheet processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a post-processing unit that post-processes a sheet carried from an image forming apparatus, a sheet discharge unit that discharges the post-processed sheet to an outlet, a storage tray that stacks the sheet discharged from the outlet and can move in the vertical direction, and a first transverse alignment portion that is provided at the storage tray and aligns the sheet discharged from the outlet from the width direction. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120025441 | SHEET PROCESSING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a sheet processing device includes a jogger fence configured to carry out a crosswise direction alignment to a stack of image formed sheets ejected from an image forming apparatus, a rear end fence acting as a lengthwise reference edge, a stapling device configured to staple the aligned sheet stack, a discharge belt configured to move the stapled sheet stack to a sheet ejection tray, and a controller to control movement of the jogger fence during the sheet stack being moved by the discharge belt so as to move the jogger fence more than once between a position where the jogger fence does not contact the edge of the sheet stack and a position where the jogger fence pressing contact the edge of the sheet stack. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120025439 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND SHEET PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a sheet processing apparatus includes a reinforce roller to further reinforce the fold of a sheet which has been folded by a fold roller pair, a support portion to move the reinforce roller in a direction perpendicular to a sheet conveying direction, a sensor to sense a position of the support portion, a distance sensing portion to sense a distance to a first position and a distance to a second position from a stop position of the support portion, when the sensor senses an abnormal stop of the support portion, and a control unit to compare the distance to the first position and the distance to the second position sensed by the distance sensing portion and to control the support portion to move in a direction where a moving distance is shorter. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120024635 | BILL RECEIVING APPARATUS AND SELF-CHECKOUT APPARATUS - In one embodiment, a bill receiving apparatus includes a housing, a passage forming member, and a conveying unit. The passage forming member forms a bill passage including a vertically-long slit-like opening and a bottom surface formed as a slope, a part of which falls toward the opening. The conveying unit is provided on the inner side of the housing and conveys a bill via the bill passage. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120018946 | SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SHEET PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided a technique in which in a sheet processing apparatus including a switchback portion in a sheet transport path, a contribution can be made to the improvement of maintenance in the case where a sheet jam occurs in the vicinity of a switchback position. In a sheet processing method of a sheet processing apparatus for performing a specified process to a sheet, the sheet processing apparatus includes a first sheet transport path for transporting the sheet, and a second sheet transport path that is for performing switchback transport of the sheet transported in the first sheet transport path and includes at least one of a hole, a projection and a recess in the vicinity of a meeting position between the second sheet transport path and the first sheet transport path, and the first sheet transport path and the second sheet transport path are enabled to be integrally pulled out to the outside of the sheet processing apparatus. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120018515 | COMMODITY CODE READING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - A commodity code reading apparatus includes: an image capturing section configured to sequentially capture a frame image picked up by an image pick up section; a code detecting section configured to detect a code symbol included in the captured frame image; a decoding section configured to decode a commodity code from the detected code symbol; a position storing section configured to store the position of the detected code symbol in the frame image; a determining section configured to determine whether the position of the detected code symbol and the position of a code symbol already stored in the position storing section are close to each other; a count section configured to count, over a plurality of the sequentially-captured frame images, the number of times the determining section determines that the positions are close to each other; and an informing section configured to inform, if the counted number of times reaches the number of times set in advance, that it is likely that basket reading of a commodity code occurs. The apparatus outputs, as a commodity code read from a commodity, a commodity code obtained by decoding a code symbol, a position of which is determined by the determining section as not close. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120014735 | PRINTER AND ROLL - According to one embodiment, a printer is provided which includes a roll holding unit, an irradiation unit, a light-receiving unit, an identification unit, a control unit, and a print unit. The roll holding unit is configured to hold a roll wound with a web material. The irradiation unit is configured to irradiate light on at least a portion of the web material wound around the roll. The light-receiving unit is configured to receive light reflected from the at least a portion of the web material. The identification unit is configured to identify whether an identifier is provided on the web material and whether the identifier is valid, based on the light reception result of the light-receiving unit. The control unit, in response to the identification results of the identification unit, is configured to perform a predetermined operation according to an operation mode or change the operation mode. The print unit is configured to print on a printing medium based on the operation mode. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120014734 | PRINTER AND ROLL - Embodiments described herein are to a printer is provided which includes a roll holding unit, an irradiation unit, a light-receiving unit, an identification unit, a control unit, and a print unit. The roll holding unit is configured to hold a roll wound with a web material. The irradiation unit is configured to irradiate light on a portion of the roll. The light-receiving unit is configured to receive light reflected from the portion of the roll. The identification unit is configured to identify whether an identifier is provided on the roll and whether the identifier is valid, based on the light reception result of the light-receiving unit. The control unit, in response to the identification results of the identification unit, is configured to perform a predetermined operation according to an operation mode or change the operation mode. The print unit is configured to print on a printing medium based on the operation mode. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120014732 | MOTOR DRIVING CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Certain embodiments provide a motor driving control device including a motor driver, a storage device, and a control section. The motor driver supplies a motor driving current for driving a motor to the motor. The storage device stores a first data table in which temperature around the motor, a current value of the motor driving current set to prevent the motor from stepping out at the temperature, and a driving voltage set in the motor driver in order to cause the motor driver to output the motor driving current having the current value are associated with one another for each temperature around the motor. The control section controls the motor driver to output the motor driving current having a predetermined current value associated with the temperature around the motor in the first data table. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120014721 | TONER CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR MOUNTING THE SAME - A toner cartridge in a bottle shape for storing toner is composed of a first cylindrical portion having a blocked bottom wall at one end and an opening at the other end and a second cylindrical portion in which one end thereof is connected to the opening, and an opening for ejecting toner is formed at the other end, and the outside diameter thereof is smaller than the first cylindrical portion. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120014718 | DEVELOPING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a developing device includes: a developing roller configured to supply a developer to a photoconductive drum; a first mixer configured to mix a fresh toner supplied from a toner supply section and the developer; a second mixer configured to supply the developer mixed by the first mixer to the developing roller; and a magnet roller including a magnet on an inside thereof and configured to remove foreign matters from the developer collected. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120014708 | PRE-FIXING HEATING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes: a heating device which is installed upstream from a fixing device in a recording medium carrying direction and heats an image forming face of a recording medium; a temperature sensor which detects temperature of a heating device; a cooling device which cools a transfer belt; a cooling fan which cools the cooling device, a photoconductive drum temperature sensor which is provided for each photoconductive drum and detects temperature of the photoconductive drum; and a control unit which controls heating temperature of the heating device to higher than a toner outer layer glass transition temperature Tg and lower than a toner melting point Tm and controls the temperature of the photoconductive drum to lower than a threshold temperature. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120014149 | POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS AND METHOD - According to one embodiment a power conversion apparatus includes a first switch, a second switch, and a pulse generator. The first switch is connected at both ends of an AC power supply through an inductor and capacitor connected in series. The second switch is connected at both ends of the first switch through a smoothing capacitor connected in series. The pulse generator generates a first pulse signal for driving the first switch at a frequency higher than a cycle of the AC voltage, and supplies it to the first switch, when the polarity of the voltage of the AC power supply is positive. The pulse generator generates a second pulse signal for driving the second switch at a frequency higher than a cycle of the AC voltage, and supplies it to the second switch, when the polarity of the voltage of the AC power supply is negative. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013945 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DATA NOTIFICATION AND PRINTING METHOD BY IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes: a fax receiving unit capable of receiving facsimile data; a printing unit which prints the facsimile data received by the fax receiving unit; a fax data storage unit in which, if the facsimile data received by the fax receiving unit is secure fax data, this secure fax data is stored; and an addition detecting unit which detects that a removable network addition device is connected to the apparatus. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013929 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, there is provided a complex-type image forming apparatus capable of achieving both convenience and power saving by registering necessary functions in advance for each user, reading the registered function when an individual user is authenticated, and feeding power to a device corresponding to the registered function. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013676 | AQUEOUS INKJET INK - According to one embodiment, an aqueous inkjet ink includes a pigment in an amount of 2 to 20% by mass of the total amount of the aqueous inkjet ink, and a dispersion medium in which the pigment is dispersed. The dispersion medium contains water in the amount of 53 to 94% by mass, with the remainder of the dispersion medium being a compound represented by the following general formula 1. The water accounts for 50 to 80% by mass of the total amount of the aqueous inkjet ink. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120010061 | PAPER DISCHARGE APPARATUS, PAPER DISCHARGE METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A paper discharge apparatus includes a conveying path configured to convey a paper from an upstream portion to a downstream portion. A preventing mechanism is provided on the conveying path. The preventing mechanism is configured to prevent the paper from being conveyed to the downstream portion by pushing the paper or blocking the conveying path. A control unit is configured to bend the paper by preventing the conveyance of the paper by using the preventing mechanism, and then convey the paper to the downstream portion of the conveying path for discharge of the paper from the conveying path. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120008987 | DEVELOPING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes: a photoconductive drum; a mixer which stirs a developer; and a developing roller which has plural magnets to supply the stirred developer to the photoconductive drum, and a separation pole that is a magnet arranged opposite the photoconductive drum in relation to a rotational center axis and separating the developer supplied to the photoconductive drum, and which is arranged in a way that a vertical first tangential line on the separation pole side is located outward to the separation pole side from an outer circumference of the mixer. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120008982 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS TO CHARGE PHOTORECEPTOR IN NON-CONTACT MANNER AND CHARGING MEMBER - An image forming apparatus includes a photoreceptor and a charging member. The photoreceptor includes a long-shaped raw pipe and a photoconductive layer that covers a center portion of the raw pipe in a longitudinal direction and forms exposed parts at ends of the raw pipe in the longitudinal direction. The charging member is arranged in parallel to the photoreceptor through a gap. The charging member includes a long-shaped conductive support body and a resistance adjustment layer that covers a center portion of the conductive support body in the longitudinal direction, and charges the photoconductive layer. Besides, the charging member includes a gap keeping member and a discharge preventing part. The gap keeping member is provided at a position outwardly spaced from a photoconductive layer opposite area by a specified distance in the longitudinal direction of the conductive support body, contacts the exposed part, and keeps a gap between the resistance adjustment layer and the photoconductive layer. The discharge preventing part covers a separation area between the resistance adjustment layer and the gap keeping member in the longitudinal direction of the conductive support body, and prevents discharge from the exposed part to the separation area. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120008976 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY UNIT OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A method for displaying settings of an image forming apparatus and an image forming apparatus. An image of an auto document feeder, a graphical image of an original sheet as positioned on the auto document feeder, a finished graphical image, and a plurality of staple settings may be displayed on a the display unit of the image forming apparatus. A selection of a selected staple setting from the plurality of staple settings may be received. The displayed image may be updated to show a staple region mark on a portion of the graphical image of the original sheet and to show a staple location mark on a portion of the finished graphical image in accordance with the selected staple setting. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120008970 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CLEANING METHOD - An image forming apparatus comprising: a first image bearing member; a second image bearing member on which a toner having at least a particle diameter or a circularity different from that of the toner supplied to the first image bearing member is supplied, coming into contact with, further upstream than a contact position between the first image bearing member and a recording medium or a transfer member; a first transfer member; a second transfer member; a printing-information acquiring section which acquires single color printing information; a printing determining section which determines, whether the executed printing in the single color exceeds a reference; a toner-image forming section which forms the toner image on the second image bearing member if the printing in the single color exceeds the reference; and a transfer-bias applying section which applies the bias to the first transfer member and the second transfer member, transfer the toner image formed on the second image bearing member, and move the toner from the toner image on the recording medium or the transfer member onto the first image bearing member. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120008969 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND TONER CHARGE AMOUNT ADJUSTMENT METHOD OF THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a developer containing part, a developer mixer, a mixer drive motor, a magnetic sleeve, a sleeve drive motor, a mixer rotation speed determination part and a motor drive controller. The developer containing part contains a two-component developer including a toner and a carrier. The developer mixer is provided in the developer containing part, agitates the two-component developer, and charges the toner and the carrier. The mixer rotation speed determination part determines the mixer rotation speed of the mixer drive motor according to a supply amount of the toner supplied to the developer containing part from a toner cartridge by driving of a toner supply motor. The motor drive controller independently performs rotation control of the sleeve drive motor and the mixer drive motor, and rotates and controls the mixer drive motor at the mixer rotation speed determined by the mixer rotation speed determination part. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120008178 | AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDER, METHOD OF TRANSPORTING DOCUMENT, AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS - According to the embodiment, an automatic document feeder includes a first transport unit which transports a document fed from a document tray to a reading portion in a first direction after turning over the document, and a second transport unit which transports the document fed from the document tray to the reading portion in a second direction and transports the document passed through the reading portion to the reading portion in the first direction after turning over the document. When an image on one side of the document is read, the document is sorted to be transported to the first transport unit, and when images on both sides of the document are read, the document is sorted to be transported to the second transport unit. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120008157 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND NETWORK SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, an image reading apparatus including a first reading section configured to photoelectrically convert and output image information on a first surface of an original, a second reading section configured to photoelectrically convert and output image information on a second surface located on a rear surface of the first surface of the original, and a multiplexing and transfer section configured to multiplex an output signal output by the first reading section and an output signal output by the second reading section and output a multiplexed signal to a single image processing section. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120007935 | PRINTING APPARATUS - A printing apparatus includes a pulse motor which operates to carry a recording medium, a thermal head to print on the recording medium, a pulse motor control unit which controls the pulse motor so that the pulse motor is operated at a carrying velocity based on a print ratio of input print data, a head control unit which controls the thermal head in a first or second head control mode, a head detection unit which detects the type of thermal head attached in the printing apparatus and a judgment unit which judges on the basis of the type of head detected by the head detection unit whether to control the thermal head by the first head control mode or the second head control mode. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120007918 | INKJET RECORDING HEAD, INKJET PRINTER, AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an inkjet recording head includes an orifice member, a first cover member and a second cover member. The orifice member includes an ejection hole which ejects ink. The first cover member includes a peripheral surface, which surrounds the outer peripheral surface of the orifice member, one end face arranged near the orifice member, and an other end and an ink regulating section formed on the peripheral surface and suppresses movement of ink. The second cover member is arranged to extend to the other end of the peripheral surface of the first cover member. | 01-12-2012 |
