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20090141062 | INKJET PRINT HEAD AND INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS - A print head having high printing reliability, in which temperature unevenness is suppressed even when printing is performed using a print head having an increased length and density of an ejection opening array can be provided. Specifically, a temperature equalizing member such as a heat pipe and a cooling liquid passage is disposed between a first support substrate and each of second support substrates or is disposed inside the first support substrate. This makes it possible to equalize temperature among the plurality of second support substrates and further equalize temperature among the printing element substrates bonded to these support substrates. In addition, the temperature equalizing member is made close to the printing element substrate, thus making it possible to efficiently equalize temperature. | 06-04-2009 |
20090141063 | INKJET PRINTING HEAD AND INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS - A temperature rise of a head due to a printing operation with a higher speed and a higher density is suppressed. To realize this, an inkjet printing head is provided in which a plurality of printing element substrates having an ejection opening array consisting of a plurality of ejection openings for ejecting ink are arranged on a support plate in a direction of the ejection opening array. The support plate includes therein a heat pipe and a flow path through which cooling liquid is flowed. | 06-04-2009 |
20100013889 | INK JET PRINTING HEAD - There is inexpensively and simply provided a highly reliable printing head including a printing element substrate which is located with high positioning precision and therefore causes no occurrence of ink leak regardless of the printing head having a large printing width. An ink jet printing head comprising a plurality of printing element substrates in each of which a plurality of ejecting openings, printing elements and an ink supply opening, a support member and an ink supply member wherein the support member is formed of a first member and a second member and is integral with the first member so as to surround the first member and the support member and the ink supply member are bonded in such a manner that bonding faces of the first member and the second member, and the second member are not in contact with the opening. | 01-21-2010 |
20100295917 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus capable of enhancing the accuracy of the scanning position of a laser beam to thereby obtain a more precise image. Optical sensors detect reflected light from a surface of a photosensitive drum. During image formation, the apparatus detects the scanning speed of the laser beam in a main scanning direction based on detection signals from the respective optical sensors in each of divisional sections of an image forming area in the main scanning direction. The apparatus corrects magnification of the image in the main scanning direction, based on results of detection of the scanning speed of the laser beam in the main scanning direction. | 11-25-2010 |
20120019608 | OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An optical scanning apparatus capable of properly correcting a main scanning scale factor. Upstream and downstream laser-light detection sensors of the optical scanning apparatus each generate a signal when first or second light beam passes through each of slits formed in the sensors. Based on signals, a scanning time required for each light beam to scan between the sensors is measured. A correction coefficient is decided by a correction value calculation unit based on a difference between wavelengths of the first and second light beams, a scanning time difference is calculated by a comparison unit based on the correction coefficient and scanning times of the light beams, and the downstream laser-light detection sensor is rotated by a sensor rotation drive unit to make the scanning time difference zero, whereby the slits are made parallel to each other. | 01-26-2012 |
20130002790 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH LASER LIGHT SOURCE - An image forming apparatus improved in the accuracy of detecting a time period over which a laser beam is scanned. A laser beam emitted from a laser light source is deflected by a polygon mirror such that the laser beam scans a photosensitive drum. The deflected laser beam is guided onto the photosensitive drum via an imaging lens. A mode hop detection unit detects a mode hop of the laser beam. An image pulse generation section detects a main scanning magnification of an electrostatic latent image formed on the photosensitive drum. When a mode hop is detected, the main scanning magnification in a next scanning cycle is corrected using a correction value stored in a storage unit and used most lately, whereas when no wavelength variation has not detected, the main scanning magnification in the next scanning cycle is corrected using the latest correction value. | 01-03-2013 |
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20100019312 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor region, a tunnel insulating film formed on a surface of the semiconductor region, a charge-storage insulating film formed on a surface of the tunnel insulating film and containing silicon and nitrogen, a block insulating film formed on a surface of the charge-storage insulating film, and a control gate electrode formed on a surface of the block insulating film, wherein the tunnel insulating film has a first insulating film formed on the surface of the semiconductor region and containing silicon and oxygen, a second insulating film formed on a surface of the first insulating film, and a third insulating film formed on a surface of the second insulating film and containing silicon and oxygen, and a charge trap state in the second insulating film has a lower density than that in the charge-storage insulating film. | 01-28-2010 |
20100123180 | NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a semiconductor layer as a channel, a conductive layer which is formed on a surface of the semiconductor layer with a first insulating layer and a second insulating layer interposed therebetween and functions as a control gate electrode; and a plurality of first charge storage layers formed between the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer. The plurality of first charge storage layers are formed in isolation from one another along a surface of the first insulating layer. The first insulating layer is formed so as to protrude towards the semiconductor layer at a position where each of the first charge storage layers is formed. | 05-20-2010 |
20100237402 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE HAVING THREE-DIMENSIONALLY ARRANGED MEMORY CELLS, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A first select transistor is formed on a semiconductor substrate. Memory cell transistors are stacked on the first select transistor and connected in series. A second select transistor is formed on the memory cell transistors. The memory cell transistors include a tapered semiconductor pillar which increases in diameter from the first select transistor toward the second select transistor, a tunnel dielectric film formed on the side surface of the semiconductor pillar, a charge storage layer which is formed on the side surface of the tunnel dielectric film and which increases in charge trap density from the first select transistor side toward the second select transistor side, a block dielectric film formed on the side surface of the charge storage layer, and conductor films which are formed on the side surface of the block dielectric film and which serve as gate electrodes. | 09-23-2010 |
20110193050 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device comprises a substrate, a lower electrode, a variable resistance film, and an upper electrode. The lower electrode is on the substrate. The variable resistance film is on the lower electrode and stores data. The upper electrode is on the variable resistance film. The variable resistance film comprises a first film, and a second film. The first film is on a side of at least one of the upper electrode and the lower electrode and contains a metal. The second film is between the first film and the other electrode and contains the metal and oxygen. A composition ratio [O]/[Me] of oxygen to the metal in the second film is lower than a stoichiometric ratio and higher than the composition ratio [O]/[Me] in the first film. The composition ratio [0]/[Me] changes between the first film and the second film. | 08-11-2011 |
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20100253864 | DIGITAL PHOTO FRAME - A digital photo frame enabling video to be viewed not only in a stationary state but also when carried in the hand of the viewer, that is, a digital photo frame having a display for displaying an image, a detector detecting if the frame is carried on a cradle or is detached from the cradle, and an output controller setting different output modes of the video in accordance with the results of detection of the detector. | 10-07-2010 |
20100259471 | CONTROL DEVICE, HEAD-MOUNT DISPLAY DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND CONTROL METHOD - It is possible to provide a technique for accurately performing an operation desired by a user. A user's head operation is identified according to information detected by a head motion detection unit. A process desired by the user is executed according to an angular velocity of the head motion. Moreover, the technique uses a control unit which can accurately execute an operation by the user's head operation without reflecting the return motion of the user's head in the process. The control unit executes a process for a start and an end of each process corresponding to the detected angular velocity according to a predetermined threshold value. | 10-14-2010 |
20120098852 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided are: an image display unit that displays an image based on image data; a detection unit that detects a position corresponding to the tip of an indication member that indicates a part of the image that has been displayed by the image display unit; an extraction unit that extracts image data for a predetermined region including the position corresponding to the tip from the image data; and a control unit that controls such that a window that displays an image that is based on the extracted image data extracted by the extraction unit is displayed on the image display unit. | 04-26-2012 |
20120098865 | PROJECTOR - A projector is provided with a projection unit that projects onto a projection surface a projected image that is based on image data; a detection unit that detects the direction of approach of an indication member or of the shadow of the indication member that has approached a detection region which includes the projected image; an icon memory unit that stores the image data of a plurality of icons; a decision unit that decides at least one of the display sizes of the icons, the display gaps between the icons, and the display positions of the icons, on the basis of the projection direction of the projected image and the direction of approach detected by the detection unit; and a projection control unit that projects the icons onto the display positions decided by the decision unit at the display sizes and display gaps decided by the decision unit. | 04-26-2012 |
20160004079 | CONTROL DEVICE, HEAD-MOUNT DISPLAY DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR DETECTING HEAD MOTION OF A USER - It is possible to provide a technique for accurately performing an operation desired by a user. A user's head operation is identified according to information detected by a head motion detection unit. A process desired by the user is executed according to an angular velocity of the head motion. Moreover, the technique uses a control unit which can accurately execute an operation by the user's head operation without reflecting the return motion of the user's head in the process. The control unit executes a process for a start and an end of each process corresponding to the detected angular velocity according to a predetermined threshold value. | 01-07-2016 |
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20110302396 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT PERFORMS PROCESSING ACCORDING TO INSTRUCTION DEFINING THE PROCESSING, CONTROL METHOD FOR THE APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus which makes it possible to select a plurality of instructions at a time, and connect a plurality of documents together so that they can be processed as one document. The image processing apparatus has a reading unit, which reads an image on an original to generate image data, and performs processing according to an instruction defining reading processing to be performed, as well as processing on the generated image data. The selected plurality of instructions are analyzed, and based on the analysis result, the selected plurality of instructions are connected together to create a new instruction. | 12-08-2011 |
20120307300 | IMAGE INPUT SYSTEM, SERVER IN SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - An image input system capable of applying to a system using a cloud computing and of selecting the optimal transmission route. The image input system comprises a server, an information processing apparatus that communicates with the server via the Internet, and image input apparatuses communicate with the information processing apparatus via a local network and communicate with the server via the Internet. The server acquires the transmission capacity information of the image input apparatuses searched, selects a first route that directly transmit to the server or a second route that transmit to the server via the image processing apparatus based on the transmission capacity information, and transmits a job message to the information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus transmits the job message to the image input apparatus selected. Each of the image input apparatuses generates the image information and transmits it to the server. | 12-06-2012 |
20120311452 | SERVER APPARATUS THAT MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO EFFECTIVELY UTILIZE DRIVER FUNCTION, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE APPARATUSES, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An arrangement for making effective use of driver functions available in an information processing apparatus when using an image input service provided by a server apparatus on a network. A server apparatus which is capable of communicating with an information processing apparatus creates a list of image input apparatuses, and provides the created list to the information processing apparatus. The server apparatus provides a search script to the information processing apparatus, for searching the information processing apparatus for a driver for using a selected image input apparatus. When it is determined that the driver exists in the information processing apparatus, a driver control program for controlling the driver is provided to the information processing apparatus. Image data input by the image input apparatus using the driver controlled by the driver control program is acquired via the information processing apparatus, and is stored in the server apparatus. | 12-06-2012 |
20140002840 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | 01-02-2014 |
20140078541 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, PRINT SERVER, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND CONTENT PRINTING SYSTEM - If printing from an external print service is disabled in a print relay service, the external print service is instructed to disable the status of a printer associated with the print relay service, and disables the status of the instructed printer. Hence, the user of the external print service can easily recognize the unavailable disabled printer. | 03-20-2014 |
20150261482 | PRINTING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A printing system comprises: an obtaining unit which obtains information about a printer, a first user, and a print server; a storing unit which generates, based on the information, a printer object used when using the printer via the print service, and stores the generated printer object in association with the information of the print server which manages the printer; a providing unit which, if the first user selects the print server, provides a setting window for instructing to share, with a second user, a plurality of printers managed by the selected print server; and a changing unit which changes a state of printer objects of the respective printers to a shared state to allow the second user to use the printer objects of the respective printers managed by the selected print server if sharing is instructed. | 09-17-2015 |
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20100238565 | ZOOM LENS, INFORMATION DEVICE, AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A zoom lens includes a first lens group having a positive refracting power, a second lens group having a negative refracting power, a third lens group having a positive refracting power, and a fourth lens group having a positive refracting power, being disposed in order from an object side, and an aperture stop disposed at an object side of the third lens group. When changing the magnification from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, an interval between the first and second lens groups increases, an interval between the second and third lens groups decreases, and an interval between the third and fourth lens groups changes. | 09-23-2010 |
20110002047 | ZOOM LENS UNIT AND INFORMATION DEVICE - A zoom lens unit, including in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens group having a positive refracting power; a second lens group having a negative refracting power; a third lens group having a positive refracting power; and a fourth lens group having a positive refracting power, an aperture stop being disposed on an object side of the third lens group, wherein the third lens group has at least two positive lenses and one negative lens, wherein all the positive lenses of the third lens group satisfy the following formula: (1) −0.005865ν | 01-06-2011 |
20110002048 | ZOOM LENS AND INFORMATION DEVICE - A zoom lens includes a first lens group having a positive refractive power, a second lens group having a negative refractive power, a third lens group having a positive refractive power, and a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power, which are disposed in order from an object side, and an aperture stop disposed at an object side of the third lens group. When changing the magnification from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, an interval between the first and second lens groups increases, an interval between the second and third lens groups decreases, and an interval between the third and fourth lens groups increases. The first lens group includes a negative lens, a positive lens, and a positive lens, in order from the object side. Predetermined conditions of a refractive index of the negative lens E | 01-06-2011 |
20120008216 | ZOOM LENS, INFORMATION DEVICE, AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A zoom lens includes a first lens group having a positive refracting power, a second lens group having a negative refracting power, a third lens group having a positive refracting power, and a fourth lens group having a positive refracting power, being disposed in order from an object side, and an aperture stop disposed at an object side of the third lens group. When changing the magnification from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, an interval between the first and second lens groups increases, an interval between the second and third lens groups decreases, and an interval between the third and fourth lens groups changes. | 01-12-2012 |
20120236419 | ZOOM LENS, CAMERA DEVICE, AND DATA TERMINAL DEVICE - A zoom lens includes first to fifth lens groups having positive, negative, negative, positive, and positive refractive powers, respectively, arranged along an optical axis in order from an object side, and an aperture stop disposed between the third and fourth lens groups. When zooming from wide angle end to telephoto end, the zoom lens is moved so that an interval between the first and second lens groups increases, an interval between the second and third lens groups varies, an interval between the third and fourth lens groups decreases, and the third lens group focuses. The second lens group is arranged to have a focal length to satisfy the following condition: | 09-20-2012 |
20120307375 | ZOOM LENS, IMAGING DEVICE AND INFORMATION DEVICE - A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side in an optical axis a first lens group having a positive refractive power, a second lens group having a negative refractive power; a third lens group having a negative refractive power, a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power, a fifth lens group having a positive refractive power, and an aperture stop arranged between the third lens group and the fourth lens group, an interval between the first lens group and the second lens group being increased, an interval between the second lens group and the third lens group being varied, an interval between the third lens group and the fourth lens group being decreased, and an interval between the fourth lens group and the fifth lens group being decreased when changing a magnification from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end. | 12-06-2012 |
20130033759 | ZOOM LENS AND INFORMATION DEVICE INCORPORATING THE SAME - A zoom lens includes first to fifth lens groups having positive, negative, negative, positive, and positive refractive power, respectively. The third lens group includes a single negative meniscus lens with a concave surface on an object side, to move along the optical axis for focusing. When zooming from a wide angle end to a telephoto end, an interval between the first and second lens groups increases, an interval between the second and third lens groups increases, an interval between the third and fourth lens groups decreases, and an interval between the fourth and fifth lens groups decreases. The fourth and fifth lens groups are set to have a combined lateral magnification β | 02-07-2013 |
20130135751 | ZOOM LENS AND INFORMATION DEVICE - A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, a first lens group having a positive refractive power, a second lens group having a negative refractive power, a third lens group having a negative refractive power, a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power, and a fifth lens group having a positive refractive power. | 05-30-2013 |
20130222922 | ZOOM LENS, IMAGING DEVICE, AND PORTABLE DIGITAL DEVICE - A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side along an optical axis, a first lens group having a positive refractive power, a second lens group having a negative refractive power, a third lens group having a negative refractive power, a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power, and a fifth lens group having a positive refractive power, wherein with a change in a magnification from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, an interval between the first lens group and the second lens group is increased, the interval between the second lens group and the third lens group is changed, the interval between the third lens group and the fourth lens group is decreased, the interval between the fourth lens group and the fifth lens group is decreased, and focusing is performed by the third lens group. | 08-29-2013 |
20140185145 | ZOOM LENS, IMAGING DEVICE AND INFORMATION DEVICE - A zoom lens includes, in order from an object side in an optical axis a first lens group having a positive refractive power, a second lens group having a negative refractive power; a third lens group having a negative refractive power, a fourth lens group having a positive refractive power, a fifth lens group having a positive refractive power, and an aperture stop arranged between the third lens group and the fourth lens group, an interval between the first lens group and the second lens group being increased, an interval between the second lens group and the third lens group being varied, an interval between the third lens group and the fourth lens group being decreased, and an interval between the fourth lens group and the fifth lens group being decreased when changing a magnification from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end. | 07-03-2014 |