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20100232819 | Belt Conveying device and image forming apparatus - A belt conveying device includes an endless belt stretched by a plurality of rollers; a drive unit that is connected to one of the plurality of rollers and drives the roller; a plurality of belt velocity detectors that are arranged at a plurality of locations along a belt width direction perpendicular to a moving direction of the endless belt and detect conveyance velocities of the endless belt; and a belt-inclination calculating unit that calculates an inclination of the endless belt in the moving direction from a difference between conveyance velocities of the endless belt detected by the plurality of belt velocity detectors. | 09-16-2010 |
20100239282 | To-be-transferred object length measurement device and image forming apparatus and computer-readable storage medium - A disclosed to-be-transferred object length measurement device includes a first rotating body; a passage detection unit detecting a passage of the to-be-transferred object; a rotation amount measurement unit measuring a rotation amount of the first rotating body in a first measurement period; a second rotating body feeding the to-be-transferred object; a speed detection unit detecting a first feeding speed and a second feeding speed of the to-be-transferred object; and a calculation unit calculating a feeding distance of the to-be-transferred object per a predetermined rotation amount of the first rotating body based on the first feeding speed, and further calculating a length of the to-be-transferred object based on the rotation amount of the first rotating body in the first measurement period, the feeding distance, and the second feeding speed of the to-be-transferred object in the second measurement period. | 09-23-2010 |
20110110691 | Belt driving device and image forming apparatus using the same - A steering controller uses a photointerrupter that detects the position of a filler when a steering roller is in a predetermined reference inclined position. The steering controller drives a steering motor to bring the steering roller to the reference inclined position based on a detection result obtained by the photointerrupter every time predetermined adjustment timing arrives or every time the power is turned on. Using the rotation angle of the steering motor in this condition as a reference rotation angle, the steering controller controls the rotation of the steering motor. | 05-12-2011 |
20120190489 | DRIVE TRANSMISSION MECHANISM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A drive transmission mechanism including a shaft including a reduced diameter portion at an outboard end, an engaging portion inboard of the reduced diameter portion, and an installation portion inboard of the engaging portion and having the same diameter as the engaging portion, a first bearing having an inner ring onto which the reduced diameter portion is fitted, a connecting member provided to the shaft and including a main body into which the installation portion is fitted and a fitting portion provided to the main body on a side in which the engaging portion is provided to accommodate the engaging portion, and a second bearing engaging the shaft to support the shaft at an inboard end of the shaft opposite the first bearing with the connecting member interposed between the first and second bearings. | 07-26-2012 |
20130071150 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF SUPPRESSING - An image forming apparatus has a belt stretched and wound around a driving roller and multiple driven rollers; multiple image formation units arranged in a running direction of the belt including photoconductors to form toner images of different colors; multiple transfer rollers opposed to the photoconductors via the belt; an engagement/disengagement device to bring at least one of the multiple transfer rollers in contact with and separate from the belt in accordance with an image formation mode; a steering controller to correct displacement of the belt in a widthwise direction by inclining one of the multiple driven rollers in a prescribed direction as a steering roller not to change a perimeter of the belt at least in the first image formation mode in which all of the multiple transfer rollers contact the belt; at least one position adjustment roller; and a belt position adjuster. | 03-21-2013 |
20140329228 | FLUORESCENCE IMMUNOASSAY USING POLYPEPTIDE COMPLEX CONTAINING FLUORO-LABELED ANTIBODY VARIABLE REGION - An object of the present invention is to provide an immunoassay that enables the rapid and convenient quantitative measurement with high detection sensitivity of a target substance in a liquid phase without the need of immobilization and washing steps and enables the visualization of an antigen. The present invention achieves the object by performing sequentially the steps of:
| 11-06-2014 |
20140364277 | TRANSMISSION DEVICE, DRIVING ASSEMBLY INCLUDING THE TRANSMISSION DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE DRIVING ASSEMBLY - A transmission device includes a rotatable shaft, a first transmission member, and a second transmission member. The first transmission member includes a first fitting portion fitted coaxially to an outer circumferential surface of the rotatable shaft, and is attached to the rotatable shaft to transmit torque. The second transmission member is rotatably driven by a driving device and includes a second fitting portion fitted coaxially to the outer circumferential surface of the rotatable shaft. The second transmission member is connected coaxially to the first transmission member while the first and the second fitting portions are fitted to the outer circumferential surface of the rotatable shaft. | 12-11-2014 |
20150240879 | POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A power transmission device includes coaxially a first rotary body including a first gear on a drive source side, a second rotary body including a second gear on a driven side, a third rotary body including a third gear movably held to transmit a driving force, and a guide member disposed at one of the first gear, the second gear, and the third gear to contact a first end surface of a gear tooth of another of the first gear, the second gear, and the third gear, serving as a mating gear, to guide the first end surface between teeth of the one of the first gear, the second gear, and the third gear. The guide member extends toward the mating gear and a tip of the guide member is placed at a distance from an end of the one of the gears in the axial direction. | 08-27-2015 |
20160062300 | DRIVE TRANSMITTER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING THE DRIVE TRANSMITTER - A drive transmitter that is applicable to an image forming apparatus includes a first coupler, a second coupler, and reinforcing ribs. The first coupler is mounted on an axial end of a first rotary shaft and is provided with extensions. The extensions extend in an axial direction of the first coupler and are arranged at intervals in a rotation direction thereof. The second coupler is mounted on an axial end of a second rotary shaft and is provided with contact parts to which the respective extensions contact between the first rotary shaft and the second rotary shaft upon drive transmission. The reinforcing ribs are provided to the respective extensions and reinforce the respective extensions. | 03-03-2016 |
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20090010674 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An image forming device including: an image holding member; a charging member; a latent image-forming unit; a developing unit that develops the electrostatic latent image formed on the image holding member with a developer including a toner and a carrier, the toner comprising an external additive having first inorganic particles with a volume average particle diameter of 80 nm to 300 nm, and the carrier including a core material having a magnetic powder dispersed in a resin and a resin covering layer that covers the core material; a transfer unit; a removal unit; and an aggregation-forming unit that, by contacting a surface of the charging member and rotating in accordance with rotation of the charging member, removes adherents on the surface of the charging member, including the first inorganic particles, from the surface of the charging member, and forms aggregations in which the removed first inorganic particles are aggregated. | 01-08-2009 |
20100081074 | TONER FOR DEVELOPING ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE, DEVELOPER FOR DEVELOPING ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner for developing an electrostatic image includes a toner particle to which particles of an external additive A having a number average particle diameter of from 7 nm to 200 nm and particles of an external additive B having a number average particle diameter of from 30 nm to 4000 nm have been externally added. The ratio of the number average particle diameter of the particles of the external additive B to the number average particle diameter of the particles of the external additive A is in a range of from 2 to 20. The particles of one of the external additive A or the external additive B are particles having a core material covered with an organic material containing hydrogen and nitrogen. The particles of the other one of the external additive A or the external additive B are SiO | 04-01-2010 |
20100248109 | CARRIER FOR REPLENISHMENT, DEVELOPER FOR REPLENISHMENT, DEVELOPER CARTRIDGE FOR REPLENISHMENT, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a carrier for replenishment including an associated particle in which single particles each having a core material and a resin layer covering the core material, are bound via the resin layer, the carrier being used in a developer for replenishment of a trickle development system, and the system including performing development while the developer for replenishment is replenished, upon development of a latent image on a latent image holding member using a development unit. | 09-30-2010 |
20100248110 | TONER FOR ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPMENT, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The invention provides a toner for electrostatic image development, containing a toner particle and external additive particles adhered to the surface of the toner particle, each of the external additive particles being constituted of plural irreversibly coalesced primary particles. | 09-30-2010 |
20110236052 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, CLEANING APPARATUS, AND CLEANING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a member to be cleaned and a cleaning roller driven by contact with the member to be cleaned, and the apparatus is configured such that abrasive grains and at least one of a release agent and a solid lubricant are supplied to the member to be cleaned and that the supplied abrasive grains and the supplied at least one of a release agent and a solid lubricant move on a surface of the member to be cleaned in an axial direction of the cleaning roller. | 09-29-2011 |
20120122026 | DEVELOPER FOR ELECTROSTATIC PHOTOGRAPHY, PROCESS CARTRIDGE FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A developer for electrostatic photography, includes: a toner containing toner particles containing a colorant and a binder resin, and an external additive having a number average particle diameter of about 100 nm or more and about 800 nm or less; and rugged particles having a rate of ruggedness represented by formula (1) of about 30% or more and about 70% or less: | 05-17-2012 |
20120231381 | ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, TONER CARTRIDGE, ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrostatic image developing toner including: a toner particle containing a coloring agent and a binder resin; and an external additive having a volume average particle diameter of from 70 nm to 400 nm, an average circularity of from 0.5 to 0.9 and a standard deviation of circularity of not more than 0.2. | 09-13-2012 |
20120237864 | ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An electrostatic image developing toner including: a toner particle containing a coloring agent and a binder resin; and an external additive on the toner particle, wherein the external additive contains a silica particle, a primary particle of the silica particle has an average particle diameter of from 70 nm to 400 nm, a particle size distribution index of the primary particle of from 1.0 to 1.9, and an average circularity of from 0.5 to 0.9. | 09-20-2012 |
20120251936 | TONER FOR DEVELOPING ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE, METHOD OF PRODUCING TONER, CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner for developing an electrostatic image, includes: colored particles containing a colorant and a binder resin, and two or more kinds of inorganic particles that are externally added to a surface of the colored particles, in which the two or more kinds of inorganic particles contain titanium-containing particles and silica-containing particles, an exposure ratio of the surface of the colored particles is about 25% or less, and a ratio of the titanium-containing particles that are in contact with the colored particles is about 15% by number or less. | 10-04-2012 |
20120251937 | TONER FOR DEVELOPING ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE, METHOD OF PRODUCING TONER, CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner for developing an electrostatic image, includes: colored particles containing a colorant and a binder resin, and two or more kinds of inorganic particles that are externally added to a surface of the colored particles, in which the two or more kinds of inorganic particles contain titanium-containing particles and silica-containing particles, an exposure ratio of the surface of the colored particles is about 25% or less, and a ratio of the silica-containing particles that are in contact with the colored particles is about 10% by number or less. | 10-04-2012 |
20130252157 | ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, DEVELOPER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles containing a colorant, a binder resin, and a release agent and an external additive, in which the external additive contains inorganic particles which include saturated hydrocarbons having from 9 to 35 carbon atoms on the surfaces thereof. | 09-26-2013 |
20130252164 | TONER FOR DEVELOPING ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, DEVELOPER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The toner for developing an electrostatic charge image includes toner particles containing a colorant, a binder resin, and a release agent, and an external additive, wherein the external additive contains inorganic particles having fluorine atom-containing oil on the hydrophobization-treated surfaces. | 09-26-2013 |
20130252165 | ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, DEVELOPER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An electrostatic charge image developing toner including toner particles containing a colorant, a binder resin and a release agent; and an external additive, in which the external additive contains inorganic particles having hydrocarbon oil that contains a saturated hydrocarbon having a ring structure on the surfaces thereof. | 09-26-2013 |
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20100159381 | TONER FOR DEVELOPING ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE, DEVELOPER FOR DEVELOPING AN ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner for developing an electrostatic charge image, the toner including a binder resin containing a crystalline polyester resin and a noncrystalline polyester resin, a colorant, a releasing agent, a ketone solvent, and an alcoholic solvent, the total concentration of the ketone solvent and the alcoholic solvent in the toner dispersion liquid being less than about 10 ppm when 0.5 g of the toner is dispersed in 2 g of deionized water to form a toner dispersion liquid, and the total concentration of the ketone solvent and the alcoholic solvent in the toner dispersion liquid being from about 2 ppm to about 50 ppm when 0.5 g of the toner is dispersed in 2 g of N,N-dimethylformamide to form a toner dispersion liquid. | 06-24-2010 |
20110065034 | TONER FOR ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPMENT, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A toner for electrostatic charge image development, the toner includes a binder resin, the binder resin includes an amorphous polyester resin having alkenyl groups and a crystalline polyester resin, about 5% or more of the alkenyl groups have a branched structure, and the o crystalline polyester resin has an ester concentration (M) obtained by the following Equation of from about 0.04 to about 0.08: | 03-17-2011 |
20120070772 | ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, DEVELOPER, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An electrostatic image developing toner including: a toner matrix particle having an adhering particle adhered onto the surface of a central particle, wherein a volume average value of a ratio X of a peripheral length PM to a circle-corresponding diameter D is from 3.6 to 5.0. | 03-22-2012 |
20130183618 | ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Provided is an electrostatic charge image developing toner, each toner particle including a core portion, a first shell layer, and a second shell layer, wherein the core portion contains a first polyester resin, a colorant, and a release agent, the first shell layer contains a second polyester resin and covers the core portion, the second shell layer contains a polymer of an aromatic vinyl monomer and a third polyester resin having an ethylenic unsaturated double bond that is polymerizable with the aromatic vinyl monomer, and covers the first shell layer, and a total amount of the first shell layer and the second shell layer is within a range of from 16% by weight to 40% by weight of the toner particle. | 07-18-2013 |
20140051021 | ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles that have a core containing polyester, a release agent, and a colorant in which the polyester does not have an ethylenically unsaturated bond, and a shell coating the core and containing a polymer of vinyl monomers, and the toner particles satisfy the following Expression (1): Expression (1): 0.1≦B/(A+B)≦0.7, wherein in Expression (1), A represents a proportion (atom %) of atoms constituting the polyester in the entire atoms, that is obtained by analyzing surfaces of the toner particles by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy; and B represents a proportion (atom %) of atoms constituting the polymer of vinyl monomers in the entire atoms, that is obtained by analyzing the surfaces of the toner particles by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. | 02-20-2014 |
20140099579 | ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles having a core that includes a block copolymer of a crystalline polyester block and an amorphous polyester block, and a shell that covers the core and includes an amorphous polyester resin having an ethylenically unsaturated double bond, and of which a surface layer part includes a crosslinked product of the amorphous polyester resin having an ethylenically unsaturated double bond. | 04-10-2014 |
20140113227 | ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An electrostatic charge image developing toner is provided which includes a core particle that contains an amorphous polyester resin and a colorant; and a shell layer that covers the core particle and contains a polystyrene resin, wherein a softening temperature Ma of the shell layer and a softening temperature Mb of the core particle satisfy a relationship of 10° C.≦Ma-Mb≦45° C. | 04-24-2014 |
20150050590 | ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER AND TONER CONTAINER - An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles containing an amorphous resin and a crystalline resin, wherein when a softening temperature is measured at 30 points in surface layer parts of the toner particles, a difference (T | 02-19-2015 |
20150072276 | ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, AND TONER CONTAINER - An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes an unsaturated polyester resin that contains a structural unit derived from a dicarboxylic acid component having an ethylenically unsaturated bond and a structural unit derived from a dialcohol component having a rosin ester group, wherein a surface layer portion of the toner contains a crosslinked material of the unsaturated polyester resin. | 03-12-2015 |
20160091811 | ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes a binder resin containing an amorphous polyester resin and a crystalline polyester resin, wherein a ratio of the crystalline polyester resin to a total of the amorphous polyester resin and the crystalline polyester resin is from 12% to 40% by weight, and the toner satisfies the following equations (1) and (2), | 03-31-2016 |
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20080268180 | OPTICAL COMPENSATION FILM, POLARIZING PLATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - An optical compensation film and a liquid crystal display characterized in that in a scattered-Light intensity measurement for a film with an incident light with 90° in a scattered light profile of a goniophotometer, in the case of measuring so as to detect a scattered light intensity at the position of 130° from a light source, a difference in scattered light intensity between the case where a film slow axis is installed horizontally on a sample stand and the case where the film slow axis is installed vertically is 0.05 or less. | 10-30-2008 |
20090174845 | Optical Compensating Resin Film for Polarizing Plate, Method for Manufacturing Optical Compensating Resin Film, Polarizing Plate and Liquid Crystal Display Device - Provided are an optical compensating resin film having improved contrast, a polarizing plate, which uses the optical compensating resin film and has excellent smoothness without color nonuniformity, and a liquid crystal display device. The optical compensating resin film is characterized in that the crystallinity degree is 0.15 or less. | 07-09-2009 |
20100309552 | RETARDATION FILM - Provided is a retardation film having an excellent front contrast. It is possible o measure a scattered light intensity of a film of a 90-degree incident light of a scattered light profile by a goniophotometer. Provided is retardation film characterized in that the difference between the scattered light intensity integration values obtained when the film slow axis is arranged horizontally and vertically on a sample table is 0.1 or below in measurement to detect a scattered light intensity at the position of 95 to 165 degrees from a light source. | 12-09-2010 |
20110019138 | RETARDATION FILM - Provided is a retardation film having an excellent front contrast. It is possible o measure a scattered light intensity of a film of a 90-degree incident light of a scattered light profile by a goniophotometer. Provided is retardation film characterized in that the difference between the scattered light intensity integration values obtained when the film slow axis is arranged horizontally and vertically on a sample table is 0.1 or below in measurement to detect a scattered light intensity at the position of 95 to 165 degrees from a light source. | 01-27-2011 |
20120013828 | POLARIZING PLATE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLARIZING PLATE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed are: a polarizing plate having visibility and viewing angle characteristics; and a liquid crystal display device using the polarizing plate. Specifically disclosed is a polarizing plate which is obtained by sandwiching a polarizer between first and second cellulose ester films. The polarizing plate is characterized in that the first cellulose ester film is formed from a cellulose ester having a total degree of substitution of acyl groups of 2.8-3.0, and the second cellulose ester film is formed from a cellulose ester having a total degree of substitution of acyl groups of 2.0-2.6, and has a retardation value Ro of 30-200 nm and a retardation value Rt of 70-300 nm. The polarizing plate is also characterized in that the first and second cellulose ester films are subjected to a saponification treatment wherein when the saponification condition is expressed as a saponification index M, the saponification index M1 of the first cellulose ester film and the saponification index M2 of the second cellulose ester film satisfy the relation of M1>M2. | 01-19-2012 |
20120207976 | POLARIZING PLATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY EMPLOYING THE SAME - A polarizing plate, includes: a hard coat film; a protective film; and a polarizer sandwiched between the hard coat film and the protective film, wherein the hard coat film includes a first cellulose ester film being contact with the polarizer, and a hard coat layer provided on the first cellulose ester film, wherein the hard coat layer includes a composition containing a curable resin and at least one thermoplastic resin selected from a group of a thermoplastic polyester resin, a thermoplastic polyester urethane resin, and an acrylic resin not having an ethylenically-unsaturated double bond, and wherein the hard coat layer is a cured layer of the composition, and has 500 to 200,000 protrusions per mm | 08-16-2012 |
20120292580 | OPTICAL FILM - Provided is an optical film which exhibits low internal haze, low internal scattering, and excellent moisture resistance though the film contains diacetylcellulose having excellent retardation-inducing properties. An optical film characterized by comprising: a cellulose acetate α which has a 6% viscosity of 70 to 250 mPas and a degree of acetyl substitution of 2.0 to less than 2.5; another cellulose acetate β which has a 6% viscosity lower than that of the cellulose acetate α and a degree of acetyl substitution of 2.0 to less than 2.5; ester compound C which has 1 to 12 pyranose or furanose structures of at least one kind and in which all or a part of the OH groups of the structures are esterified; and polyester D represented by Formula (1). B-(G-A)n-G-B (1). | 11-22-2012 |
20120320318 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POLARIZING PLATE, POLARIZING PLATE MANUFACTURED USING THE METHOD, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a polarizing plate safe in operation, less burdensome on the environment, and with excellent adhesion to a polarizer, also disclosed are a polarizing plate manufactured using said method, and a liquid crystal display device using said polarizing plate. In the method of manufacturing a polarizing plate, a polarizing plate is manufactured in which a protective film which is hydrophilized by alkali saponification is laminated to at least one surface of the polarizer. In the method, said protective film contains cellulose acetate, and the surface free energy before alkali saponification of said protective film satisfies formula (S | 12-20-2012 |
20130135565 | RETARDATION FILM, POLARIZING PLATE USING SAME, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a retardation film which uses a low-substituted cellulose ester and has improved retardation after saponification and improved wet heat stability of internal haze; a polarizing plate which uses the retardation film; and a liquid crystal display device. An optical film of the present invention contains a cellulose ester and a compound represented by general formula (1), and is characterized in that the compound has an average degree of substitution within the range of 3.0-6.0 and contains a component having a degree of substitution of 4 or less in an amount of 30-80% by mass (inclusive). (In the formula, R | 05-30-2013 |
20140326930 | PHASE DIFFERENCE FILM, POLARIZING PLATE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The purpose of the present invention is to provide a cellulose acetate film having excellent adhesion to a polarizer, and in which there is minimal change in retardation with respect to residual solvent during film stretching. This phase difference film contains cellulose acetate α having a degree of acetyl substitution of 2.1 or less, cellulose acetate β having a degree of acetyl substitution of 2.3-2.5, and a compound having a van der Waals volume of 500 Å | 11-06-2014 |
20150114257 | METHOD OF PREPARING RETARDATION FILM, POLARIZING PLATE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A method of preparing a retardation film includes cellulose acetate having an average degree of acetylation of 2.0 to 2.5 and having a moisture content of 1.0 mass % or less, where the retardation film includes a compound having a Van der Waals volume of 450 to 1000 Å3. The retardation film is prepared by a dope preparing step of dissolving cellulose acetate having an average degree of acetylation within the range of 2.0 to 2.5 to prepare a dope; a film product forming step of casting the dope onto a metal belt to form a film product; a film product peeling step of peeling off the film product from the metal belt; a drawing step of drawing the peeled film product; and a drying step at a drying temperature of 140° C. or more. | 04-30-2015 |
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20140092038 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A display control apparatus includes a controller. While a plurality of images is displayed on a display including a display region with a surface on which a touch panel is provided, in response to an approaching operation, performed via the touch panel, of specifying at least one image and causing at least two of the plurality of images to come closer to each other, the controller superimposes and displays approaching images, for which the approaching operation is performed, over each other. | 04-03-2014 |
20140092136 | IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - An image display control apparatus includes a division unit and a display controller. The division unit divides a rectangular display area into plural rectangular sub-areas in a direction in which one side of the display area extends. The display controller performs display control to enlarge or reduce rectangular images so that while aspect ratios of the images are maintained, a length of each of the sub-areas in the direction in which the one side of the display area extends is equal to or substantially equal to a length of each of the images in the direction in which the one side of the display area extends, and to display at least some of the enlarged or reduced images in the sub-areas. | 04-03-2014 |
20140092141 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A display control apparatus includes a first controller and a second controller. The first controller performs control to divide a display region of a display into divided regions arranged in a predetermined direction and to display images of determined attributes in the divided regions. The display includes a specifying unit that specifies a position in the display region and an operation on an image displayed in the display region. The second controller performs, in response to detection of specification of a predetermined operation on the displayed image subsequent to specification of a position in at least one divided region or in at least one boundary region between divided regions, enlargement control of enlarging or size reduction control of reducing the size of a target region (the divided region or a divided region adjacent to the boundary region) and an image displayed in the target region. | 04-03-2014 |
20140092291 | IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - An image display control apparatus includes a memory, a determination unit, and a display controller. The memory stores plural sets of information each set including image information indicating an image to be displayed on a display and at least one attribute concerning the image information, which are associated with each other. When one of plural images displayed on the display is selected, the determination unit determines whether or not the image information stored in the memory includes image information stored in association with an attribute relevant to an attribute associated with the selected image. The display controller performs display control to display a mark for a relevant image when displaying the plural images on the display in accordance with the image information stored in the memory and displaying on the display a relevant image based on the image information included in the stored image information. | 04-03-2014 |
20140096052 | IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - An image display control apparatus includes a display controller, a determination unit, and an execution unit. When an image displayed on a display having a display area and a touch panel disposed on the display area is specified through the touch panel, the display controller performs control to display menu screens individually representing predetermined plural menu items in such a manner that a free area is provided in part of a peripheral area adjacent to the image displayed in the display area. The determination unit determines that, when specification of the image through the touch panel is followed by movement of a specified position onto a desired menu screen, the menu item represented by the desired menu screen is specified, and determines that, when the specified position is moved to the free area, a drag operation is specified. The execution unit executes a process corresponding to a determination result. | 04-03-2014 |
20140096070 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A display control apparatus includes a first controller, a detector, and a second controller. The first controller performs control to divide a display region of a display into divided regions arranged in a first direction, for which attributes of images are determined, and to collectively display images in the divided regions according to each classification item. The display includes a specifying unit specifying a position in the display region and an operation on the displayed image. The detector detects a scrolling operation in a second direction intersecting the first direction. When the scrolling operation is detected and particular divided regions in which images belonging to the same classification item are displayed exist, the second controller performs control to scroll images collectively displayed according to each classification item in the second direction at speeds at which predetermined positions of the displayed images are synchronous among the particular divided regions. | 04-03-2014 |
20140307276 | FUNCTION SETTING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A function setting device includes a first operator and a second operator. The first operator is operated for selecting one function item from among plural function items forming a first menu and for setting the selected function item and for then selecting one function value from among plural function values of the set function item forming a second menu and for setting the selected function value, the second menu being provided for each function item. One function item is assigned to the second operator. The second operator sets the selection of the assigned function item when the second operator is operated for the first time and selects one function value from among plural function values of the set function item forming the second menu every time the second operator is operated for a subsequent time. | 10-16-2014 |
20150324082 | IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - An image display control apparatus includes a display controller, a determination unit, and an execution unit. When an image displayed on a display having a display area and a touch panel disposed on the display area is specified through the touch panel, the display controller performs control to display menu screens individually representing predetermined plural menu items in such a manner that a free area is provided in part of a peripheral area adjacent to the image displayed in the display area. The determination unit determines that, when specification of the image through the touch panel is followed by movement of a specified position onto a desired menu screen, the menu item represented by the desired menu screen is specified, and determines that, when the specified position is moved to the free area, a drag operation is specified. The execution unit executes a process corresponding to a determination result. | 11-12-2015 |
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20090018881 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A disclosed image processing apparatus includes an adjusting unit configured to convert input image data into image formation data, an arithmetic unit configured to calculate an image formation ink cost based on the converted image formation data, and a determining unit configured to compare the calculated image formation ink cost with a black-and-white image formation ink cost, wherein the calculated image formation ink cost is fixed based on a determination result of the first determining unit. | 01-15-2009 |
20100182366 | FORMATION OF IMAGE BY IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH OVERLAPPING AREA - A method of forming an image by an image forming apparatus provided with a print head having plural nozzles, wherein the print head has an overlapping area whose print area overlaps a print area of a physically adjacent print head, or has an overlapping area whose print area overlaps an adjacent scan line on a print sheet surface, includes an image forming step of forming an image by the print head, wherein the image forming step includes a control step of controlling in a variable manner an amount of ink sprayed from a proximity nozzle situated in close proximity of the overlapping area, the proximity nozzle being one of the nozzles situated in a non-overlapping area outside the overlapping area. | 07-22-2010 |
20100182367 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus performs a 1-pass recording by a single main scan with respect to a recording medium by a nozzle group including different overlapping nozzles that scan the same overlapping region on the recording medium to record dots. Alternatively, a multi-pass recording is performed by a plurality of main scans with respect to the overlapping region by the same nozzle group or by different nozzle groups. The recording in a central portion of the overlapping region is performed by placing emphasis on the succession or continuity of the dots, while the recording in boundary portions of the overlapping region is performed by placing emphasis on the scattering of the dots. | 07-22-2010 |
20100207982 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming method includes discharging a droplet of a recording fluid via nozzles of a recording head onto a print medium; performing a main scan in which the print medium is scanned in a main scan direction; performing a sub-scan in which the print medium is scanned in a sub-scan direction; determining an overlap region in an image region that is formed by a single main scan; and performing an overlap control by forming an image in the overlap region through a plurality of main scans while the print medium is moved in the sub-scan direction by a feed amount L, wherein L=(n−x)d−md, where n is a number of the nozzles in the recording head; x is a number of the nozzles in the overlap region; d is a nozzle pitch; and m is a feed correcting coefficient (0≦m≦1). | 08-19-2010 |
20120147078 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An ink-jet image forming apparatus for scanning a recording medium in a main scanning direction by an ink-jet head, and conveying the recording medium in a sub scanning direction so that a printing area formed at every scan by the recording head overlaps with an adjacent printing area at their boundary area. The apparatus includes a distribution determining unit that determines a dot distribution at every scan in the overlapped boundary area, a nozzle determining unit that determines an alternative nozzle capable of forming dots instead of an non-ejectable nozzle in the overlapped boundary area, and a dot determining unit that determines a dot size or a dot density from the alternative nozzle, on the basis of a printing position by the alternative nozzle and the dot distribution determined by the dot distribution determining unit. | 06-14-2012 |
20120147082 | Image Forming Apparatus, Method of Processing Image, And Computer-Readable Recording Medium - An image forming apparatus includes a joint head in which a plurality of heads, each having a plurality of nozzles, are arranged in a nozzle arranging direction, and end portions of the heads adjacent to each other overlap, an overlap processing unit that distributes recording dot pattern data used for forming dots by using nozzles of an overlapping portion of the heads out of recording dot pattern data to the nozzles of the recording head adjacent to each other, a first tone correcting unit that performs tone correction, by a first correction characteristic, on recording dot pattern data using the nozzles other than the overlapping portion, and a second tone correcting unit that performs tone correction by a second correction characteristic on recording dot pattern data by using the nozzles of the overlapping portion. | 06-14-2012 |
20120223989 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE CORRECTING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a recording head including a plurality of nozzles for ejecting recording liquid to perform image formation on a recording medium; and a correcting unit. The correcting unit is configured to divide the recording head by different division patterns each indicating that the recording head is divided into a plurality of segments by at least one different dividing point, correct input and output characteristics for each of the segments in each division pattern to calculate correction effect of the each division pattern, and determine one of the division patterns based on the calculated correction effects of the division patterns as a specified division pattern to correct input and output characteristics of the recording head. | 09-06-2012 |
20130057879 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A method including the steps of obtaining an original image, generating a converted image by converting a gradation of a pixel of the original image into a prescribed gradations for an image forming apparatus to express, outputting a dot pattern image through a nozzle based on a predetermined dot pattern signal, generating nozzle characteristic information of the nozzle based on the dot pattern image, generating simulation information based on the converted image and the nozzle characteristic information, generating converted simulation information by converting the simulation information to the same gradation as that of the pixel of the original image, comparing the converted simulation information with the original image, and calculating an error between the original image and the converted simulation information. | 03-07-2013 |
20130063512 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE CORRECTION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING IMAGE CORRECTION PROGRAM - Disclosed is an image forming apparatus that includes a recording head for forming an image by discharging single color ink from plural nozzle sequences. The image forming apparatus includes a profile generating unit configured to generate a profile including discharging characteristics of the corresponding nozzle sequences and information indicating a positional relationship among the plural nozzle sequences, based on individual images of a predetermined pattern that have been formed by the corresponding nozzle sequences and images that have been formed by the nozzle sequences; and a driving condition determination unit configured to determine drive conditions of the corresponding nozzle sequences by referring to the profile. | 03-14-2013 |
20140043391 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM - An image forming apparatus that performs correction to make gradation values adding both of two head areas (A+C, B+D) approximately equal. An area whose density is the lowest is set as a target density. Assuming densities for head areas A=70, B=100, C=40, D=90, head areas B and D are corrected with correction amount that ΔB become equal to ΔD (ΔB=ΔD=40) in accordance with target value (A+C=100). | 02-13-2014 |
20140153056 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing method includes dividing a first image into regions according to content of the first image; generating a second image by converting a gradation of pixels of the first image into a gradation of pixels expressible in an image forming apparatus for each region; generating a piece of simulation information of a result of the image forming/outputting process based on the second image and nozzle characteristic information of the image forming apparatus; calculating an error between the first image and a third image for each of the regions, the third image being obtained by converting the piece of simulation information with the gradation of pixels of the first image; and deciding one of the second images as rendering information used to cause the image forming apparatus to perform an image forming/outputting process, based on the calculated errors between the first image and the third images. | 06-05-2014 |
20150331383 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearer rotating in a first direction while bearing a toner image thereon in a normal image forming operation; a toner image forming device to form the toner image on the image bearer; a transferring device to transfer the toner image to a recording medium eventually; a cleaning blade to block toner remaining on image bearer without being transferred; and a controller. The controller controls the image bearer to perform an inverse rotation operation in which the image bearer rotates in a second direction opposite to the first direction after controlling the toner image forming device to perform a special image forming operation such that the amount of toner input to the cleaning blade in the special image forming operation is greater than the amount of toner input to the cleaning blade in the normal image forming operation, and then stopping the image bearer. | 11-19-2015 |
20150370196 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a driving device, a transfer body, a toner detector, an error notification device, and a controller. The toner detector detects, at a preparation running and while the driving device drives a latent image bearer, one of a toner adhesion amount at a background portion of the latent image bearer and a toner adhesion amount at a background corresponding region of a transfer body. The error notification device notifies a user of an error with the toner adhesion being equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value. The driving device stops only a developer bearer after driving both the latent image bearer and the developer bearer at the preparation running, but before a trailing edge of a detection target region of one of the background portion of the latent image bearer and the background corresponding region advances to an opposite position to the toner detector. | 12-24-2015 |
20160101630 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING METHDO - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit having at least two nozzle lines each having multiple nozzles to discharge different color droplets; a carriage that carries the image forming unit and is configured to reciprocate in the moving direction crossing an arrangement direction of the nozzles; and a control device to control dual-directional printing to form an image using the at least two nozzle lines in an outward and a return of the carriage. The control device executes color difference handling print control for discharging the different color droplets by using, of each of the nozzles in the at least two nozzle lines, the nozzles located at different positions in the arrangement direction of the nozzles while not overlapping in the moving direction of the carriage. | 04-14-2016 |
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20130066585 | PREDICTED MEAN VOTE ESTIMATING DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, a PMV estimating device calculates a PMV value from an average room radiation temperature, room temperature, room humidity, room air velocity, an amount of cloth worn by a person in the room, and an amount of activity of the person in the room. The PMV estimating device includes: indoor solar radiation calculator; solar radiated article temperature estimator; and average radiation temperature estimator. The indoor solar radiation calculator calculates an amount of solar radiation entered into the room. The solar radiated article temperature estimator estimates a temperature of a solar radiated article receiving the solar radiation entered into the room, by using the amount of solar radiation entered into the room calculated by the indoor solar radiation calculator. The average radiation temperature estimator estimates the average room radiation temperature by using the temperature of the solar radiated article estimated by the solar radiated article temperature estimator. | 03-14-2013 |
20130173075 | POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND POWER MANAGEMENT METHOD - A power management system includes: customer terminals; and a power management apparatus connected to the customer terminals, wherein each of the customer terminals includes a weather forecast acquisition unit that acquires a local weather forecast for a corresponding customer terminal, and a power prediction unit that predicts a power consumption and an amount of power that can be reduced for a predetermined period based on the weather forecast, and the power management apparatus includes an integration processing unit that integrates the power consumptions and the amounts of power that can be reduced that are predicted for the respective customer terminals to calculate a total power consumption and a total amount of power that can be reduced for all of the customer terminals. | 07-04-2013 |
20130299157 | AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM AND AIR-CONDITIONING METHOD FOR SERVER ROOM MANAGEMENT - A system for a server room management includes an air-conditioning control device including: an acquisition unit; a setting unit that sets content for generating supply air at temperature, absolute humidity, and relative humidity within target range, based on outside air temperature and humidity as well as return air temperature; and a controller controlling amount of outside air, amount of return air, control amount of humidifier, control amount of cooler, and amount of air blown by blower, based on the content. If the outside air is within range greater than absolute humidity upper limit, or within range greater than enthalpy upper limit and greater than the temperature upper limit, the setting unit compares outside air and return air, and then determines, in accordance with the comparison, whether to set the content so that the cooler performs cooling by minimizing or maximizing the amount of the outside air. | 11-14-2013 |
20140349563 | AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS AND AIR CONDITIONING CONTROL METHOD - A controller and indoor unit introducing outdoor air and/or return air from an air conditioning control target, and discharging introduced air to the air conditioning control target as supply air. The indoor unit includes a first space including an outdoor air introducing unit introducing outdoor air, a cooler, and a second space including a return air introducing unit introducing return air from the air conditioning control target. The controller, after determining air conditioning control on the air conditioning control target is necessary, introduces the outdoor air to the first space through the outdoor air introducing unit, subjecting such to cooling by the cooler and/or dehumidification to result in processed outdoor air, and introduces the return air to the second space through the return air introducing unit, where the processed outdoor air is mixed with the return air and supplied to the air conditioning control target as the supply air. | 11-27-2014 |
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20080285800 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain feature quantities of an image; and a detector configured to detect a gazing point at which a user gazes within the image, wherein the gazing point detected by the detector among the feature quantities obtained by the obtaining unit or the feature quantities extracted from the image in a predetermined range containing the gazing point is stored. | 11-20-2008 |
20080310764 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes reproduction control means for controlling reproduction of a first parameter in order to reproduce an edit applied to a first image, generation means for generating a second parameter from a plurality of first parameters reproduced by the reproduction control means, and edit means for editing the first image based on the second parameter generated by the generation means, and generating a second image. | 12-18-2008 |
20090179503 | POWER TRANSFER APPARATUS AND FUNCTIONAL MODULE - A power transfer apparatus includes: a casing into which liquid is injected; two metal plates disposed so as to come into contact with the liquid within the casing; and a power source configured to emit a current into the liquid with each of the two metal plates as an electrode; with power being supplied from the power source to a functional module to be mounted within the casing through the liquid such that each of two electrodes comes into contact with the liquid; and with the functional module being mounted such that the liquid can flow from one of the two metal plates to the other. | 07-16-2009 |
20110221927 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing apparatus including a representative image extraction unit for extracting a predetermined number of representative images from a series of images belonging to each scene, a representative image classification unit for, when two or more representative images are extracted from each scene, classifying the representative images into a main image and a sub-image, a degraded display image generation unit for generating a degraded display image by operating the sub-image in order to degrade and display the sub-image, and a representative image display unit for displaying the representative images of a plurality of scenes side by side in a scene transition sequence, and displaying the main image and the degraded display image when two or more representative images are extracted from each scene and the representative image when one representative image is extracted from each scene. | 09-15-2011 |
20110228121 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Disclosed herein is an image processing apparatus including: a representative image creation block configured to create, as a representative image, a union image with images of screens making up a predetermined scene linked with each other; and a symbol drawing block configured, on the basis of a full-screen movement of each screen in the predetermined scene, to draw a symbol indicative of the full-screen movement on a rim of the representative image created by the representative image creation block, wherein the symbol drawing block draws the symbol indicative of the full-screen movement in accordance with a display size of the representative image to be displayed on an output device. | 09-22-2011 |
20110310119 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image display apparatus including an acquisition unit for acquiring image data of an original image and cut frame information for designating a range of a cut image cut from the original image, a calculation unit for calculating a length of a perpendicular line from a corner portion of the cut image to an outer frame serving as a reference facing the corner portion of the cut image among outer frames of the original image, based on the cut frame information, a creation unit for creating an implication line corresponding to the length of the perpendicular line as image data, and a display unit for displaying the implication line extending from the corner portion of the cut image to a side opposite to the outer frame serving as the reference of the original image, together with the cut image. | 12-22-2011 |
20120039538 | MOVING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MOVING IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a moving image processing apparatus, including a similarity determination unit configured to determine a degree of similarity between a subsequent cut and first and second cut groups based on feature amounts generated from extraction images of the first cut group included in a moving image and feature amounts generated from extraction images of the second cut group included in the moving image, a cut grouping unit configured to group the subsequent cut into a similar cut group similar to the subsequent cut, which is one of the first and second cut groups, when the subsequent cut is similar to the first or second cut group, and group the subsequent cut into a third cut group when the subsequent cut is not similar to either of the first and second cut groups, a feature amount generation unit configured to compare extraction images extracted from the third cut group with the extraction images extracted from the first and second cut groups when the subsequent cut is not similar to either of the first and second cut groups, and generate feature amounts of the third cut group, and an image extraction unit configured to preferentially extract an image with a later time code of the moving image from images included in each cut group, thereby obtaining extraction images of each cut group. | 02-16-2012 |
20120039581 | MOVING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MOVING IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a moving image processing apparatus, including a cut transition detection unit configured to detect inter-cut transition from a moving image including a plurality of cuts, a cut grouping unit configured to group the plurality of cuts into cut groups based on a degree of similarity among the cuts, an inter-cut distance calculation unit configured to calculate inter-cut distances based on inter-cut temporal distances in the moving image, an inter-cut group distance calculation unit configured to calculate inter-cut group distances by summing up the inter-cut distances, which are calculated with respect to the plurality of cuts, in each cut group, and a cut structure image generation unit configured to generate a cut structure image including representative images of the cuts belonging to the cut groups and information indicating the inter-cut group distances. | 02-16-2012 |
20120039584 | MOVING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MOVING IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is a moving image processing apparatus including a cut transition detection unit configured to detect inter-cut transition from a moving image including a plurality of cuts; a cut pair specifying unit configured to specify cut pairs repeated as a series of different cuts based on a feature amount of each cut; and a cut structure image generation unit configured to generate a cut structure image including a representative image of each cut arranged in an order of the cut transition and indicating a boundary between the cut pairs. | 02-16-2012 |
20120057846 | MOVING PICTURE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MOVING PICTURE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A moving picture processing apparatus including a representative picture selection unit for selecting a predetermined number of representative pictures that are representative of a plurality of pictures from a plurality of pictures of a moving picture, and a configuration image generation unit for generating a configuration image in which the predetermined number of representative pictures are reduced at a fixed ratio and arranged in order of appearance of the representative pictures of the moving picture. The representative pictures are selected as the predetermined number of pictures adjusted to maximize a display occupancy rate of the configuration image in a predetermined range of display area. | 03-08-2012 |
20120148107 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Disclosed is an image processing apparatus including: a representative image creating section which creates a representative image on the basis of images of respective screens which form a predetermined scene; and a symbol drawing section which draws, on the basis of a movement of a target portion of each screen in the predetermined scene, a symbol indicating the movement of the target portion in a peripheral section of the representative image created by the representative image creating section. | 06-14-2012 |
20120201506 | MOVING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MOVING IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A moving image display processing apparatus, method and system is disclosed for displaying a moving image having frames and including additional information related to the moving image. The additional information is a plurality of representative frames from the moving image, each representative frame being a still image representing a group of sequential frames, and an implicative image associated with at least one frame in the group of sequential frames other than the representative frame. The representative frames are displayed in a predetermined sequence such that implicative images are displayed between the representative frames. The moving image and the additional information can be received from different information providers and the additional information may be available for use for a predetermined period of time. | 08-09-2012 |
20130063467 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM - Provided is an image processing apparatus including a cursor position acquisition section which acquires a position of a cursor on a display screen where an image is displayed, and a representative color acquisition section for performing a color reduction process which acquires a region including the position of the cursor acquired by the cursor position acquisition section as a color reduction processing region, and acquires a prescribed number of colors as representative colors, from colors included in the color reduction processing region. | 03-14-2013 |
20130067148 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes an assignment unit and a determination unit. The assignment unit evaluates physical properties of each of a plurality of semiconductor memories constituting one storage device as a whole and assigns a usage attribute corresponding to an evaluation result to at least a part of the plurality of semiconductor memories. The determination unit determines a semiconductor memory having an optimal usage attribute as a write destination of data with respect to a write command of the data. | 03-14-2013 |
20130067177 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - An information processing method includes: grouping temporarily consecutive data into a plurality of groups based on a reference defined in advance and storing the grouped data; reading, in response to an access request from an external apparatus, target data to be a target of the request from a first group including the target data and outputting the read target data to the external apparatus; and reading, in response to the reading of the target data, at least part of data from a second group different from the first group as read-ahead target data. | 03-14-2013 |
20130156406 | MOVING PICTURE PROCESSING DEVICE, MOVING PICTURE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - Transitions between cuts are detected from a moving picture containing a plurality of cuts, the plurality of cuts are categorized into a plurality of cut groups having mutually different feature amounts, and a plurality of cut pairs including two or more sequential cuts belonging to the mutually different cut groups and being repeated in the moving picture are identified, a predetermined number of the cut pairs, which are less than the plurality of cut pairs in number, are generated from the plurality of cut pairs by combining at least a portion of the plurality of cuts in a manner that two or more cuts constituting each cut pair belong to mutually different cut groups and a context of cut transitions in the moving picture is maintained, and a cut composition image including the generated cut pairs is generated. | 06-20-2013 |
20130259400 | MOVEMENT CONTROL APPARATUS, MOVEMENT CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided a movement control apparatus including a feature value calculation part calculating, on a basis of a movement direction of a region of interest defined based on input for moving the region and a target in which the region is provided, a feature value of the target in which the region is provided in the movement direction of the region on a per-unit distance basis regarding movement of the region, a movement value calculation part calculating a movement value by which the region is moved, based on the input, and a movement controller moving the region in the movement direction based on the calculated feature value and the calculated movement value. | 10-03-2013 |
20140140484 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing apparatus including a processing unit configured to superimpose a plurality of X-ray images that are based on X-ray detection data representing detection results obtained by detecting a plurality of times in a time-division manner parallel beam X-rays output from a ray source including a plurality of X-ray sources that output parallel beam X-rays. | 05-22-2014 |
20150016592 | X-RAY OUTPUT APPARATUS - There is provided a device including an X-ray output apparatus including an X-ray output section including a plurality of X-ray sources and outputting parallel X-ray beams, a shield section capable of changing a position which blocks the output parallel X-ray beams and permeate the parallel X-rays beams, and a control section controlling an output of the parallel X-ray beams at the X-ray output section and the position which permeates the parallel X-ray beams at a shield section. | 01-15-2015 |
20150051919 | SERVER DEVICE, DATA LINKING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - There is provided a server device including a data retaining unit configured to retain at least data of each individual, without retaining information that identifies a specific individual, and a data registration unit configured to acquire at least data of each individual from another system retaining at least information that identifies a specific individual and the data of each individual, and register the data of each individual in the data retaining unit. The data registration unit acquires data from the another system using a linking ID for making a linkage with the another system, and registers the data in the data retaining unit. | 02-19-2015 |
20150109197 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including an imaging unit configured to shoot an image showing that a phalanx of at least one or more fingers of a hand is in contact with a contacting object, an identification unit configured to identify an input element among a plurality of input elements, the input element corresponding to the phalanx in contact with the contacting object in a captured image from the imaging unit, and an output unit configured to output an identification result from the identification unit to a processing apparatus that performs input processing corresponding to the plurality of input elements. | 04-23-2015 |
20150109222 | OPERATION DETECTION APPARATUS - There is provided an operation detection apparatus including an operation detection layer, and a photocatalystic layer laminated on the operation detection layer. The photocatalystic layer has an ununiform amount of photocatalysts formed therein. | 04-23-2015 |
20150130748 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an information processing device including a pressure sensor configured to be capable of detecting a pressure position which is a position of a pressure portion subjected to a pressure manipulation by a user and a pressure force which is a pressure at a time of the pressure manipulation, and to have a cylindrical shape, and a position specifying unit configured to specify a position in a three-dimensional space according to the pressure position and the pressure force. | 05-14-2015 |
20150130808 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD - There is provided a display device, including a color display section which displays a color plane expressed by first and second attribute values from among three attribute values constituting a color system, a base section to which the color display section is connected in a rotatable state, and a display control section which changes the color plane in accordance with a rotation angle of the color display section. | 05-14-2015 |
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20150238152 | X-RAY OUTPUT APPARATUS - Provided is an X-ray output apparatus including an X-ray output unit including a plurality of X-ray sources and configured to output parallel X-ray beams, a shield on which positions that are capable of blocking the output parallel X-ray beams and positions that are capable of transmitting the parallel X-ray beams are variable, and a control unit configured to control the output of the parallel X-ray beams in the X-ray output unit and the positions through which the parallel X-ray beams are transmitted in the shield. | 08-27-2015 |
20150269762 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing apparatus including a processing unit configured to superimpose a plurality of X-ray images that are based on X-ray detection data representing detection results obtained by detecting a plurality of times in a time-division manner parallel beam X-rays output from a ray source including a plurality of X-ray sources that output parallel beam X-rays. | 09-24-2015 |
20150371002 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program, and, in particular, to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program by which more accurate information on the dosage can be provided. | 12-24-2015 |