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20090092044 | SELECTOR IN SWITCHING MATRIX, LINE REDUNDANT METHOD, AND LINE REDUNDANT SYSTEM - There is provided a line redundant method for implementation of line switching in a switching matrix, including the bridge step of outputting a data signal to a plurality of redundant lines in the switching matrix, and the selector step of selecting only a data signal, of a plurality of data signals input from another switching matrix other than the switching matrix through the plurality of redundant lines, which is input through a redundant line required in the switching matrix, and not selecting the data signals input to the switching matrix through the lines other than the required redundant line. A line redundant system for implementing this method is also provided. | 04-09-2009 |
20100242659 | MANIPULATOR MECHANISM - A manipulator mechanism according to the present invention comprises an arm | 09-30-2010 |
20110091209 | SELECTOR IN SWITCHING MATRIX, LINE REDUNDANT METHOD, AND LINE REDUNDANT SYSTEM - There is provided a line redundant method for implementation of line switching in a switching matrix, including the bridge step of outputting a data signal to a plurality of redundant lines in the switching matrix, and the selector step of selecting only a data signal, of a plurality of data signals input from another switching matrix other than the switching matrix through the plurality of redundant lines, which is input through a redundant line required in the switching matrix, and not selecting the data signals input to the switching matrix through the lines other than the required redundant line. A line redundant system for implementing this method is also provided. | 04-21-2011 |
20110206435 | MEDIUM REVERSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS - A medium reversing apparatus, an image forming apparatus and an image reading apparatus that respectively have the medium reversing apparatus are supplied capable of avoiding medium damage and medium load abnormality. In the medium reversing apparatus that conveys a sheet-like medium back and reverses obverse side and reverse side of the medium, a medium ejection opening is used for ejecting at least a part of the medium; an ejecting member at least ejects the part of the medium from the medium ejection opening and conveys the medium back; and a bend forming section is set at the outside edge portion of the ejecting member and bends the medium from a clamp face of the medium clamped by the ejecting member. | 08-25-2011 |
20120147388 | Creasing Device And Image Forming System - A creasing device, that forms a crease on a sheet, includes: a first member, extending in a direction perpendicular to a sheet conveying direction, on which a convex blade is formed; a second member on which a groove-like concave blade is formed such that the convex blade can be fitted into the concave blade by interposing the sheet therebetween; a drive unit that causes the first and the second members to interpose, therebetween, the sheet to form a crease on the sheet; a sheet-information acquiring unit that acquires first sheet information of the sheet to be creased; an adjusting unit that adjusts a pressing force exerted by the drive unit; and a control unit that sets the pressing force to an optimum pressing force for the sheet and that causes the drive unit to drive the first and the second members for creasing the sheet at the optimum pressing force. | 06-14-2012 |
20120200683 | SYSTEM FOR RECORDING AND REPRODUCING IMAGES - An image recording and reproducing system that records and reproduces a combined image of images input from plural input sources outputs a combined image data group including component images forming the combined image, information related to the combined image, and image layout information of the combined image, records the output combined image data group, changes reproduction image designation information including information for designating component images forming a reproduction image, information related to the reproduction image, and image layout information of the reproduction image, forms a reproduction image from the recorded combined image data group on the basis of the changed reproduction image designation information, outputs the formed reproduction image, and receives the output reproduction image and reproduces the reproduction image. | 08-09-2012 |
20120206777 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS AND MALTIFUNCTION APPARATUS - An image capture apparatus includes a platen, an image capturing device movable with respect to the platen along a movement direction and configured to capture an image of a medium placed on the platen, and an attached member provided adjacent to the platen. The attached member or the image capturing device includes an inclined edge inclined with respect to a movement direction of the image capturing device. | 08-16-2012 |
20130005495 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS OF BEHAVIOR OF GOLF CLUB HEAD IN GOLF SWING - An object of the present invention is to provide a system and method for measurement and analysis of a behavior of a golf club head. Specifically, the system comprises a measurement and analysis device having a marker recognition and positional information acquisition unit for recognizing the at least one marker and acquiring positional information of the recognized at least one marker, a vector calculation unit for calculating a first vector representing a direction of the head and a second vector representing a tangent vector of a trajectory of the head during the golf swing, and a vector angle change acquisition unit for calculating a vector angle between the first vector and the second vector and acquiring a time series change of the calculated vector angle. | 01-03-2013 |
20130312565 | MANIPULATOR MECHANISM - A manipulator mechanism according to the present invention comprises an arm | 11-28-2013 |
20140319764 | DRIVING FORCE TRANSMISSION DEVICE, MEDIUM TRANSPORT DEVICE, IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A driving force transmission device includes a first rotating portion having a first facing portion, and a second rotating portion having a second facing portion. The second rotating portion has an operation range partially overlapping with that of the first facing portion. A cushioning member is provided between the first facing portion and the second facing portion. The cushioning member is deformed by being applied with a pressure. The first rotating portion and the second rotating portion transmit a driving force in a state where the cushioning member is deformed by application of the pressure. | 10-30-2014 |
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20100033522 | INK SET, INK JET RECORDING METHOD AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - An object of the invention is to provide an ink set which enables to improve image density and scratch resistance of the images recorded using an ink containing a self-dispersion pigment and an ink containing a modified siloxane compound. An ink set to be used for ink jet recording including plural inks having a first ink and a second ink independently, wherein the first ink contains at least a pigment having functional groups on surface of pigment particles and a compound having adsorptivity to the pigment and the functional group density on the surface of the pigment particles is 1.5 μmol/m | 02-11-2010 |
20100033523 | INK SET, INK JET RECORDING METHOD, AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - Provided are an ink jet ink set, an ink jet recording method, and an ink jet recording apparatus each of which can reduce the graininess of an image to be recorded and improve the water fastness of the image even in a recording medium such as plain paper. The ink jet ink set has a first ink and a second ink independently, and is used so that the first and second inks overlap each other at least partly upon application of the inks to a recording medium. The first ink contains at least a pigment and a silicone oil. The second ink contains at least a pigment and a graft polymer that includes at least a nonionic unit represented by the general formula (I) and a unit having a polysiloxane structure. | 02-11-2010 |
20100034972 | INK JET INK, INK JET RECORDING METHOD, INK CARTRIDGE, RECORDING UNIT, AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS - Provided is an ink jet ink capable of recording an image having an unprecedentedly high level of scratch resistance and excellent glossiness while satisfying reliability of the ink such as ejection stability. The ink jet ink contains at least a pigment and a graft polymer, and is characterized in that the graft polymer includes at least a specific nonionic unit and a unit having a polysiloxane structure. | 02-11-2010 |
20130271523 | INK, INK CARTRIDGE AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - The invention provides an ink containing a first coloring material and a second coloring material, wherein the first coloring material is a compound represented by a general formula (1), and the second coloring material is a compound represented by a general formula (2). | 10-17-2013 |
20130271540 | INK, INK CARTRIDGE AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - The invention provides an ink containing a coloring material and a water-soluble organic solvent, wherein the coloring material is a compound represented by the following general formula (1), and the water-soluble organic solvent includes an alkanediol having 4 to 6 carbon atoms: | 10-17-2013 |
20140043407 | INK, INK CARTRIDGE AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - The present invention provides an ink jet ink that is capable of recording an image excellent in light resistance and ozone resistance and has excellent intermittent ejection stability. The ink jet ink contains a coloring material and a water-soluble organic solvent. The coloring material contains a compound represented by the following general formula (I), the water-soluble organic solvent contains ethylene urea end an alkanediol having 4 to 6 carbon atoms, and a content A (% by mass) of the coloring material, a content B (% by mass) of the ethylene urea and a content C (% by mass) of the alkanediol having 4 to 6 carbon atoms based on a total mass of the ink satisfy relationships of 0.20≦B/A≦10.0 and 0.10≦C/A≦10.0. | 02-13-2014 |
20140063157 | INK, INK CARTRIDGE AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - An ink containing a first coloring material and a second coloring material, the sum total of these contents being 6.0% by mass or less. The first coloring material is a black coloring material exhibiting a difference Δλ | 03-06-2014 |
20150267065 | INK, INK CARTRIDGE, AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - An ink for ink jet including a coloring material; and a water-soluble organic solvent. The coloring material contains a compound represented by the following general formula (I). The water-soluble organic solvent contains a compound represented by the following general formula (II) and a linear both-terminal alkanediol having 4 to 6 carbon atoms. The content A (mass %) of the compound represented by the following general formula (II) based on the total mass of the ink is 4.0-12.0 mass %, and the mass ratio (A/B) of the content A (mass %) to the content B (mass %) of the alkanediol based on the total mass of the ink is 2.5-4.0 times: | 09-24-2015 |
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20110175964 | INK, INK-JET RECORDING METHOD, AND INK CARTRIDGE - An ink containing a plurality of polymers and carbon black, wherein the plurality of polymers include a polymer A having an acid value of 200 mgKOH/g or more and 300 mgKOH/g or less and a polymer B having an acid value of 80 mgKOH/g or more and 180 mgKOH/g or less, the weight average molecular weight of the polymer A is larger than the weight average molecular weight of the polymer B, the carbon black has a DBP oil absorption of 75 mL/100 g or less and a specific surface area of 200 m | 07-21-2011 |
20120127233 | INK JET INK, INK CARTRIDGE, AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - An ink jet ink contains a resin A, a resin B, and a pigment, in which the pigment is a halogenated metal phthalocyanine pigment being dispersed by the resin B, the resin A is a random copolymer having a carboxy group, the resin B is a block copolymer having a carboxy group, the acid value of the resin A is less than the acid value of the resin B, and the ink further includes a polybasic acid having a functional group whose pKa is 4.3 or less and a functional group whose pKa is 5.0 or more and 6.6 or less. | 05-24-2012 |
20120136464 | GOLF SWING CLASSIFICATION METHOD, SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - An object of the present invention is to provide a golf club classification method capable of classifying a golf swing precisely. Specifically, the present invention provides a classification method comprising steps of: partitioning the golf swing of the golfer into golf swing trajectories of a back swing, a down swing, and a follow through so as to determine a stable point in the golf swing trajectories as an origin for any two of the trajectories and to assign a two dimensional coordinate to the two golf swing trajectories; determining straight lines connecting each of one point selected within each of the two golf swing trajectories and the origin; calculating angles between each of the determined straight lines and the horizontal line respectively for the two golf swing trajectories; and classifying the golf swing based on a difference between the calculated angles. | 05-31-2012 |
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20120268927 | LIGHTING DEVICE - A lighting device includes a lower irradiation portion for irradiating light mainly in a vertically downward direction and an upper irradiation portion for irradiating light more horizontally than the lower irradiation portion. An irradiation angle of the upper irradiation portion is smaller than that of the lower irradiation portion. The upper irradiation portion is configured to reduce an S/P ratio denoting a ratio of scotopic vision luminance to photopic vision luminance. | 10-25-2012 |
20120287618 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE - The illumination device has a lamp fixing on the upper end of the support rod standing on the walkway to be located in a side of the roadway. An inside circumferential surface of the lamp fixing has a first arrangement surface inclined upwardly from the walkway to the roadway and a second arrangement surface inclined upwardly from the roadway to the walkway. The first arrangement surface and the second arrangement surface are provided with the light emitting diodes, respectively. The color of the light of the light emitting diode on the first arrangement surface and the second arrangement surface are set such that the S/P ratio of the scotopic luminance to the photopic luminance of the light emitting diode on the second arrangement surface is greater than that of the first arrangement surface. | 11-15-2012 |
20130044456 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE - An illumination device includes an irradiation unit having a light emitting element and fluorescent bodies excited by the light from the light emitting element to radiate light of different wavelengths. The irradiation unit irradiates composite light of blue, green and red lights having half value widths of 20-40 nm, 110-150 nm and 80-110 nm and peak wavelengths of 440-465 nm, 545-555 nm and 630-650 nm, respectively. If the output value of the light in a wavelength 435-465 nm is assumed to be 100%, the output values of the lights having wavelengths of 490, 530 and 639 nm fall within 46-56%, 59-77% and 75-93%, respectively. The ratio of the output value of the light of 630 nm to that of the light of 530 nm falls within 73-86%. | 02-21-2013 |
20130155647 | LIGHTING DEVICE - A lighting unit emits light with an intensity in the wavelength from 430 to 510 nm that is maximum at 460 nm and minimum in the range from 490 to 500 nm, an intensity in the wavelength from 510 to 600 nm that is maximum in the range from 530 to 545 nm and minimum in the range from 570 to 580 nm, and an intensity in the wavelength of 600 nm or greater that is maximum in the range from 620 to 640. The lighting unit illuminates meat with light having a feeling of contrast index (FCI) of 135 to 145 and the illuminated meat has a metric hue angle from 54 to 56 and a color shift Duv from 0 to 5. | 06-20-2013 |
20130299851 | LIGHTING DEVICE - A lighting device includes first and second light emission units. The first light emission unit emits light having a relatively low color temperature and a high feeling of contrast index. The second light emission unit emits light having a relatively high S/P ratio, which is the ratio of scotopic luminance to photopic luminance. The first light emission unit illuminates a region located at a vertical upper side of a region illuminated by the second light emission unit. | 11-14-2013 |
20130300280 | LIGHTING DEVICE - A lighting device includes an LED light source that emits light having a first peak wavelength at 430 to 460 nm and a second peak wavelength at 530 to 570 nm. | 11-14-2013 |
20140015442 | LIGHTING DEVICE - A lighting device is provided with an illumination unit including two or less LED light sources. The illumination unit uses the two or less LED light sources to emit light of a short wavelength band and light of a long wavelength band. An output varying unit functions to vary an output of at least the long wavelength band light. When the output varying unit receives a varying signal, the output varying unit functions to decrease the output of at least the long wavelength band light. | 01-16-2014 |
20140015444 | LIGHTING DEVICE - A lighting device includes a first light source having a first S/P ratio, a second light source having a second S/P ratio that is higher than the first S/P ratio, and a controller configured to performing dimming control of light output from the first and second light sources. The controller performs the dimming control separately on the first and second light sources at least under a snow covered condition. | 01-16-2014 |
20140042895 | LIGHTING DEVICE - A lighting device is provided with a lighting unit including a light emitting element and fluorescent bodies, which emit light of different wavelengths when excited by light from the light emitting element. When a peak output value of emitted light is 100% in a range of 440-465 nm, the lighting unit emits light having an output value at 500 nm that is 35%-55%, an output value at 550 nm that is 45%-80%, an output value at 600 nm that is 45%-75%, and an output value at 640 nm that is 50%-80%. The lighting unit emits light having a color temperature of 4500-5500 K and with the output value at 640 nm in a range of 100%-120% relative to the output value at 600 nm and in a range of 85%-130% relative to the output value at 550 nm. | 02-13-2014 |
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20130268254 | SWING SIMULATION SYSTEM, SWING SIMULATION APPARATUS, AND SWING SIMULATION METHOD - Provided is a swing simulation system capable of simulating a swing without amplifying errors contained in measured values on three-dimensional coordinates of a grip during the swing. The simulation system according to the present invention includes: at least two imaging devices for imaging identification features capable of identifying a closed virtual plane that follows a grip of a golf club during a swing; and a simulation apparatus for simulating a behavior of the golf club during the swing, based on position information on the virtual plane. | 10-10-2013 |
20130274027 | GOLF SWING CLASSIFICATION METHOD, CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM, CLASSIFICATION APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM WITH PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON - The method according to the present invention includes a step of dividing a golfer's golf swing into three golf swing trajectories, namely a backswing, downswing, and follow through, and allocating each golf swing trajectory to a 2D coordinate system formed by a horizontal axis and a vertical axis with a given point among the golf swing trajectories as the origin; a step of establishing, for each of the three golf swing trajectories, a line connecting the origin and a point selected in the golf swing trajectory and calculating an angle enclosed between each established line and the horizontal axis; and a step of calculating an angular difference between any two angles among the calculated angles, plotting the angular difference on a 2D map, and classifying the golf swing. | 10-17-2013 |
20130305806 | GOLF SWING MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, AND MEASUREMENT METHOD - The system ( | 11-21-2013 |
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20130126253 | GRILLE SHUTTER APPARATUS - A grille shutter apparatus includes a shutter mechanism arranged in an grille opening portion positioned at a front portion of a vehicle body of a vehicle to control a flow rate of air flowing from the grille opening portion to an internal portion of the vehicle body, and a frame supporting the shutter mechanism in the grille opening portion, the frame including a fixing portion at one end to be fixed in the grille opening portion, the frame including a protruding portion making contact with a front grille and generating a rotational moment at the frame in a case where the front grille arranged at an opening end of the grille opening portion moves rearward due to an occurrence of a collision of the vehicle, the rotational moment acting about the fixing portion. | 05-23-2013 |
20130248266 | GRILL SHUTTER DEVICE - Provided is a grill shutter device including a shutter mechanism controlling a flow rate of air flowing into a vehicle body from the grill opening portion of the vehicle body front portion by an opening and closing operation; a frame configured to support the shutter mechanism within the grill opening portion; an actuator that is held in the frame and performs the opening and dosing driving of the shutter mechanism; and a holding structure capable of relatively moving the actuator to the front side of the frame, based on the collision load at the time of the vehicle collision. | 09-26-2013 |
20130252531 | GRILL SHUTTER DEVICE - Provided is a grill shutter device that has movable fins rotating around a rotation shaft, and is able to control a flow rate of air flowing into a vehicle body from a grill opening portion, based on opening and closing operation of a shutter mechanism provided in the grill opening portion of a front portion of the vehicle body, in which fin lengths of two directions with a rotation center of the movable fin interposed therebetween are set to unequal lengths so that moment of an opening direction is generated in the movable fin based on the pressure of the air flowing-in from the grill opening portion, and when the movable fin rotates in a closing direction, a wall surface forming a flow path of the air between the wall surface and a leading end is located in a direction that the leading end of the movable fin moves. | 09-26-2013 |
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20150086297 | SHEET POST-PROCESSING DEVICE, PAPER-MADE STAPLE USED IN THE DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THE SHEET POST-PROCESSING DEVICE - A sheet post-processing device includes a stacker section that temporarily stores paper sheets as a paper sheet bundle, a stopper that regulates a carrying-in direction leading end of the paper sheet carried into the stacker section, a binding section that binds the paper sheet bundle regulated in position by the stopper, and folding rollers and a folding blade that perform folding processing for the sheet bundle bound by the binding section at a predetermined folding position of the paper sheet bundle. The binding section binds the paper sheet bundle with a paper-made staple. The stopper sets a position of the paper sheet bundle such that a binding position of the paper-made staple straddles the predetermined folding position. With this configuration, there can be provided a sheet-post processing device capable of folding the staple together with the paper sheet bundle. | 03-26-2015 |
20150086298 | SHEET POST-PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THE SHEET POST-PROCESSING DEVICE - A sheet post-processing device includes a conveying section that conveys the paper sheet, a punch section that punches punch holes in the paper sheet conveyed by the conveying section, a stacker section that stores the paper sheet in which the punch holes are punched by the punch section, a stopper section that regulates a conveying direction leading end of the paper sheet stored in the stacker section; a binding section that binds the paper sheet bundle whose leading end is regulated by the stacker section, and a folding section that folds the paper sheet bundle bound by the binding section at a predetermined folding position. The punch section punches the punch holes at the front and rear of the folding position in the sheet conveying direction, and the binding section binds the paper sheet bundle with a paper-made staple by making the paper-made staple penetrate the punch holes. With this configuration, there can be provided a sheet-post processing device capable of easily generating a booklet for simple ring binding. | 03-26-2015 |
20150117983 | SHEET PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THE SHEET PROCESSING DEVICE - To provide a sheet processing device that performs saddle stitching processing that binds a bundle of stacked paper sheets at a position around a center thereof and then folds in half the paper sheet bundle at the binding portion, the device being capable of selectively performing both saddle stitching using a metallic staple and saddle stitching not using the metallic staple for environmental protection and capable of reducing a size. | 04-30-2015 |