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20090078058 | TORQUE SENSOR - A torque sensor includes a first shaft, a second shaft that is coaxially linked to the first shaft, a cylindrical magnet that rotates integrally with the first shaft, a pair of magnetic yokes that rotate integrally with the second shaft, and three magnetic sensors that respectively detect a change in magnetic flux of the magnetic yokes for calculating torque applied to the first and second shafts. Output characteristics of the three magnetic sensors are different from each other. | 03-26-2009 |
20100299027 | Electric power steering apparatus and control method thereof - An electric power steering apparatus includes: a torque sensor including a first sensor element and a second sensor element; a control unit; and a motor. When the first sensor element and the second sensor element are both normal, the first sensor output that is output by the first sensor element and the second sensor output that is output by the second sensor element have a predetermined correlation corresponding to a steering operation performed by a driver. When the first sensor element or the second sensor element is abnormal, the control unit executes weighting with respect to the first sensor output and the second sensor output and calculates a steering torque on the basis of the weighted first sensor output and the weighted second sensor output. The motor generates a steering assist force on the basis of the steering torque. | 11-25-2010 |
20110232988 | TORQUE DETECTOR AND ELECTRIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM - A torque detector includes a sensor unit including a single magnetic sensor capable of detecting a change of flux, a torque detecting unit that detects torque based on an output of the sensor unit, and a magnetic field generator capable of generating a magnetic field in an area including the sensor unit. The torque detecting unit has a failure detecting mode that detects an abnormality of the sensor unit based on an offset amount of the output of the sensor unit. The offset amount is obtained when the magnetic field is generated by the magnetic field generator. | 09-29-2011 |
20130112494 | TORQUE DETECTION DEVICE AND ELECTRIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM - A torque detection device includes: a torsion bar that couples a first shaft to a second shaft such that the first shaft and the second shaft are rotatable relative to each other; an annular magnet that is fixed to the first shaft; a pair of magnetic yokes that are fixed to the second shaft and that are arranged to face the magnet; and Hall ICs. Each of the magnetic yokes has a plurality of lugs arranged at equal intervals in a circumferential direction, and each lug becomes narrower toward its distal end, and has a curved profile with rounded corners when viewed from a radial direction of the corresponding magnetic yoke. | 05-09-2013 |
20130113410 | TORQUE DETECTION DEVICE AND ELECTRIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM - A torque detection device includes: a torsion bar that couples a first shaft to a second shaft; a magnet that is fixed to the first shaft; and a pair of magnetic yokes that are fixed to the second shaft and that are arranged to face each other in an axial direction. Each of the magnetic yokes includes a yoke ring and a plurality of lugs that are arranged in a circumferential direction on the corresponding yoke ring. Each yoke ring includes an extending portion that extends radially outward from base portions of the lugs, and a bent portion that is bent in the axial direction from a radially outer end portion of the extending portion. The outer size of the pair of magnetic yokes in the axial direction is larger than or equal to the length of the magnet in the axial direction. | 05-09-2013 |
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20130116212 | OIL-BASED GEL-LIKE COMPOSITION - There is provided a gel-forming agent which is easily prepared and has all of high safety in the living body and the environment, good gel-forming capability, excellent use feeling, and good handleability. | 05-09-2013 |
20140094528 | OIL-BASED GEL-LIKE COMPOSITION - Provided is a gel-forming agent that is easy to prepare and has all the properties including high safety for the living body and the environment, satisfactory gel-forming capability, comfortable feeling upon use, and good handleability. The gel-forming agent includes a lecithin, and a polyglycerol fatty acid ester in an amount of from 30 to 150 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the lecithin. The polyglycerol fatty acid ester has a fatty acid residue having 14 or less carbon atoms, has an HLB of 15 or more as determined based on an organic conceptual diagram, and has a degree of glycerol polymerization of from 8 to 40. | 04-03-2014 |
20140371333 | LECITHIN-ORGANOGELLING AGENT - An organogelling agent for forming reverse worm-like micelles having high safety to living bodies and the environment, favorable feel of use, and a high gelating ability and a thickened gel composition comprising the organogelling agent are provided. Lecithin and ascorbic acid or an ascorbic acid derivative act as an organogelling agent to form reverse worm-like micelles of a variety of oils. A thickened gel composition having a reverse worm-like micelle structure can be prepared with a ternary system of lecithin, ascorbic acid or an ascorbic acid derivative, and a variety of oils. | 12-18-2014 |
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20110004945 | DEVICE MANAGING APPARATUS, DEVICE MANAGING SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING A SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - A device managing apparatus for managing software installed in at least one device includes a determination unit configured to determine whether a software item to be installed in the device requires license validation; a validation unit configured to perform a license validation operation on the software item for which the determination unit determines that license validation is required, depending on an available license for the software item; and a setting unit configured to set a license issued by the validation unit in the device in which the software item is installed. | 01-06-2011 |
20130179556 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, APPARATUS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, provided is an information processing device that is capable of communicating with an apparatus through a first communication path and is capable of communicating with an apparatus management device for managing the apparatus through a second communication path. The information processing device includes: a searching unit that searches apparatuses capable of communicating with the information processing device; a registration requesting unit that requests the apparatus capable of communicating with the information processing device through the first communication path among the searched apparatuses to register thereto management information for the apparatus; and a notifying unit that notifies the apparatus management device of the management information based on notification indicating a fact that the management information has been registered from the apparatus. | 07-11-2013 |
20130312118 | DEVICE MANAGING APPARATUS, DEVICE MANAGING SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING A SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - A device managing apparatus for managing software installed in at least one device includes a determination unit configured to determine whether a software item to be installed in the device requires license validation; a validation unit configured to perform a license validation operation on the software item for which the determination unit determines that license validation is required, depending on an available license for the software item; and a setting unit configured to set a license issued by the validation unit in the device in which the software item is installed. | 11-21-2013 |
20140043144 | DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND DEVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD - A device management system includes a device management apparatus and a device managed by the device management apparatus. The device management apparatus includes a positional-information acquiring module configured to acquire positional information on a location of the device; a device-setting information acquiring module configured to acquire device setting information indicative of device setting corresponding to the location indicated in the acquired positional information; and a transmitter configured to transmit the acquired device setting information. The device includes a device control module configured to perform control based on the device setting indicated in the device setting information transmitted from the device management apparatus. | 02-13-2014 |
20140207931 | DEVICE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND DEVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD - A device management apparatus includes a device information acquisition unit configured to acquire pieces of region information and pieces of model information from devices, respectively. Each piece of region information is about a region where the corresponding device is present. Each piece of model information indicates a model representing a type of the corresponding device. The apparatus also includes a first information generating unit configured to generate first information associating the region indicated by each piece of region information with the model present in the region; and a third information generating unit configured to generate third information associating the models included in the first information with device setting contents, respectively. Each device setting content is defined by second information and is determined in accordance with at least one of the region where the model corresponding to the each device setting content is present and another model present in the region. | 07-24-2014 |
20150077797 | MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, OBJECT MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A management apparatus includes a search part that requests a plurality of communication devices to search for a terminal device to obtain search information from a communication device that detects the terminal device via communication. The search information includes object identifying information for identifying an object to be managed to which the terminal device is attached, location information regarding a location where the object locates, and storage location information indicating a storage location of the object. The terminal device stores the object identifying information and the storage location information. The management apparatus also includes a determination part that determines whether the object is stored at the storage location based on the search information; and an output part that outputs a result of the determination. | 03-19-2015 |
20160044205 | EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT DEVICE, AND EQUIPMENT - There are included: a processing-result-information-acquiring-unit that acquires, from each equipment, processing result information associating communication device identification information for identifying a communication device being installed corresponding to the equipment and processing request information regarding a processing request; a layout-information-acquiring-unit that acquires layout information associating, with each piece of the communication device identification information, area information indicating an area where the communication device indicated by the communication device identification information is installed; a proposal-information-acquiring-unit that acquires proposal information associating, for each type of area, a proposal condition and a proposed content; a determining-unit that determines, for each area, whether the proposal condition is satisfied or not, based on a plurality of pieces of the processing result information, the layout information, and the proposal information; and an output-control-unit that causes, when the proposal condition is satisfied, an output unit to output a proposed content associated with the proposal condition. | 02-11-2016 |
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20150016010 | CARRIER DEVICE AND CERAMIC MEMBER - A ceramic member, in a carrier device, including: a plurality of ceramic layers; a clamping electrode formed on a first ceramic layer among the plurality of ceramic layers and inside of the plurality of ceramic layers, and configured to attract a dielectric material by electrostatic force; an electric heating element formed on a second ceramic layer, which is more distant from a side holding a carried object than the first ceramic layer among the plurality of ceramic layers, and configured to generate heat using electric power; a power feed port; a land formed on a third ceramic layer among the plurality of ceramic layers, and configured to receive electric power through the power feed port; and a via arranged to pass through at least one of the plurality of ceramic layers and provided as a conductive material to electrically connect the electric heating element with the land. | 01-15-2015 |
20150021944 | CARRIER DEVICE AND CERAMIC MEMBER - A ceramic member, in a carrier device, includes: a plurality of ceramic layers that have insulating properties and are integrally sintered; a clamping electrode formed on a first ceramic layer among the plurality of ceramic layers and inside of the plurality of ceramic layers, and configured to attract a dielectric material by electrostatic force; a power feed port configured to receive a supply of electric power to the clamping electrode from outside of the ceramic member; a land formed on a second ceramic layer, which is different from the first ceramic layer among the plurality of ceramic layers, and configured to receive electric power through the power feed port; and a via arranged to pass through at least one of the plurality of ceramic layers and provided as a conductive material to electrically connect the clamping electrode with the land. | 01-22-2015 |
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20130188871 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image processing apparatus and method are disclosed. The image processing apparatus may include: a feature acquiring device configured to acquire values of a plurality of features of each pixel block in an object region of an image frame, each pixel block containing N×M pixels, N≧1, M≧1; an estimating device configured to estimate capability, of each of the plurality of features of each pixel block, of reflecting difference between background and an object in the image frame according to the object region and the background in the image frame; and a feature weighting device configured to assign a weight to each of the plurality of features according to the capability of each feature reflecting difference between background and the object, to emphasize a feature corresponding to a stronger capability. | 07-25-2013 |
20140064558 | OBJECT TRACKING APPARATUS AND METHOD AND CAMERA - The invention discloses an object tracking apparatus and method and a camera. The object tracking apparatus is used for determining, according to a predetermined object region containing an object in an initial image of an image sequence, an object region estimated to contain the object in each subsequent image thereof, and comprises a first tracking unit configured to determine a first candidate object region in each subsequent image, a size of which being fixed for each subsequent image; a second tracking unit configured to determine a second candidate object region in each subsequent image based on the first candidate object region thereof, the second candidate object region for each subsequent image being adapted to a shape or size of the object therein; and a weighting unit configured to calculate a weighted sum of the first and second candidate object regions of each subsequent image as the object region thereof. | 03-06-2014 |
20160110853 | Image Processing Method and Electronic Device - An image processing method and an electronic device are disclosed. The image processing method includes obtaining distance information of at least one portion of pixels in an image acquired by the image acquiring unit, the distance information indicating a distance from the image acquiring unit to a shot object to which each pixel among the at least one portion of pixels corresponds; determining magnifications of the at least one portion of pixels based on the distance information and optical characteristics of the image acquiring unit; and adjusting the image based on the magnifications of the at least one portion of pixels. | 04-21-2016 |
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20150093693 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photosensitive member, including a support, a charge generating layer on the support, and a charge transporting layer on the charge generating layer, wherein the charge generating layer includes a gallium phthalocyanine crystal, a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound having a nitrogen atom having a substituent, and a compound represented by Formula (1) or (2). | 04-02-2015 |
20150093694 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photosensitive member, comprising a support, a charge generating layer on the support and a charge transporting layer on the charge generating layer, wherein the charge generating layer comprises a gallium phthalocyanine crystal, a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound and a compound represented by Formula (1), wherein a nitrogen atom in a heterocyclic ring of the nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound has a substituent. | 04-02-2015 |
20150309427 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, AND HYDROXYGALLIUM PHTHALOCYANINE CRYSTAL - An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a support and a photosensitive layer on the support, and the photosensitive layer contains a hydroxygallium phthalocyanine crystal having peaks at Bragg angles 2θ±0.2° of 6.9°, 7.7°, 16.4°, 24.4°, and 26.5° in CuKα X-ray diffraction. | 10-29-2015 |
20150309428 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, PHTHALOCYANINE CRYSTAL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PHTHALOCYANINE CRYSTAL - An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a support and a photosensitive layer formed on the support. The photosensitive layer contains a phthalocyanine crystal in which a particular amide compound is contained. | 10-29-2015 |
20150316862 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, AND PHTHALOCYANINE CRYSTAL AND METHOD PRODUCING THEREFOR - Provided is an electrophotographic photosensitive member, including a photosensitive layer that includes a phthalocyanine crystal in which a compound represented by the following formula (1) is contained: | 11-05-2015 |
20150316864 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, AND PHTHALOCYANINE CRYSTAL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An electrophotographic photosensitive member capable of outputting an image with suppressed positive ghosting, and a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus each having the electrophotographic photosensitive member are provided. The electrophotographic photosensitive member has a photosensitive layer including a phthalocyanine crystal in which the compound represented by the formula (1) is contained, wherein the content of the compound represented by the formula (1) is 0.1% by mass or more and 1.7% by mass or less based on the phthalocyanine crystal. | 11-05-2015 |
20150346616 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, AND PHTHALOCYANINE CRYSTAL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF PHTHALOCYANINE CRYSTAL - The present invention provides: an electrophotographic photosensitive member which reduces image defects due to ghosting not only under a normal temperature and normal humidity environment but also even under a low temperature and low humidity environment; and a novel phthalocyanine crystal. The electrophotographic photosensitive member of the present invention comprises a photosensitive layer which comprises a phthalocyanine crystal in which a N,N-dimethylformamide is contained. The content of the N,N-dimethylformamide is 0.1% by mass or more and 1.5% by mass or less based on the phthalocyanine crystal. | 12-03-2015 |
20150346617 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, AND PHTHALOCYANINE CRYSTAL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF PHTHALOCYANINE CRYSTAL - The present invention provides: an electrophotographic photosensitive member which reduces image defects due to ghosting not only under a normal temperature and normal humidity environment but also even under a low temperature and low humidity environment; and a novel phthalocyanine crystal. The electrophotographic photosensitive member of the present invention includes a photosensitive layer which comprises a phthalocyanine crystal in which a dimethyl sulfoxide is contained. The content of the dimethyl sulfoxide is 0.1% by mass or more and 1.7% by mass or less based on the phthalocyanine crystal. | 12-03-2015 |
20150362847 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - The present invention can provide an electrophotographic photosensitive member that is capable of suppressing potential variation as much as possible to allow a high-quality image to be output, as well as a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus including the electrophotographic photosensitive member. Therefore, the electrophotographic photosensitive member of the present invention is an electrophotographic photosensitive member comprising: a support; a charge-generating layer; and a charge-transporting layer on the charge-generating layer, in which the charge-generating layer comprises a gallium phthalocyanine crystal in which a polar solvent is contained, and the polar solvent is at least one selected from dimethylsulfoxide, N,N-dimethylformamide, N-methylformamide, N-propylformamide, N-vinylformamide and N-methylpyrrolidone relative to gallium phthalocyanine, and the content of the polar solvent is 0.1% by mass or more and 2.0% by mass or less based on a gallium phthalocyanine in the gallium phthalocyanine crystal, and the charge-transporting layer contains a compound represented by formula (1). | 12-17-2015 |
20150362848 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photosensitive member can provide images in which black spots and fogging are suppressed and density unevenness due to coating unevenness of the charge generation layer is suppressed. The charge generation layer of the electrophotographic photosensitive member contains a gallium phthalocyanine crystal, a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound, and an amide compound represented by a formula (1), and a nitrogen atom in a heterocyclic ring of the nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound has a substituent. | 12-17-2015 |
20150362849 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND CHLOROGALLIUM PHTHALOCYANINE CRYSTAL - A photosensitive layer of an electrophotographic photosensitive member contains a particular chlorogallium phthalocyanine crystal in which an organic compound is contained. The organic compound has a Hansen solubility parameter δtotal of 24.0 or more and 35.0 or less, a polar energy δP of 13.5 or more and 21.0 or less, and a dispersion energy δD of 15.0 or more and 19.5 or less. | 12-17-2015 |
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20130137023 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - In order to provide an electrophotographic photosensitive member with which a ghost is suppressed even under a low temperature and low humidity environment, and a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus having the electrophotographic photosensitive member, the electrophotographic photosensitive member has a support, an undercoat layer formed on the support, and a photosensitive layer formed on the undercoat layer and comprising a charge generating material and a hole transporting material, wherein the undercoat layer comprises a particular amine compound. | 05-30-2013 |
20130137025 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, METHOD OF PRODUCING PHTHALOCYANINE CRYSTAL, METHOD OF PRODUCING ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, AND PHTHALOCYANINE CRYSTAL - Provided is an electrophotographic photosensitive member including a support and a photosensitive layer formed on the support, in which the photosensitive layer includes a phthalocyanine crystal containing a compound satisfying the following formulae (A) and (B) in itself: 8.9≦δP≦10.7 (A) and −3.2≦L≦−1.5 (B) (in the formula (A), δP represents a polar term of Hansen Solubility Parameters, and in the formula (B), L represents an energy level (eV) of an LUMO (lowest unoccupied molecular orbital) obtained as a result of structural optimization calculation based on density functional calculation B3LYP/6-31G). | 05-30-2013 |
20130137026 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a support, a charge-generating layer disposed on the support, and a charge-transporting layer disposed on the charge-generating layer, in which the charge-generating layer contains a charge-generating substance and a compound represented by the formula (1). A process cartridge includes the electrophotographic photosensitive member described above. An electrophotographic apparatus includes the electrophotographic photosensitive member described above. | 05-30-2013 |
20130137032 | METHOD OF PRODUCING GALLIUM PHTHALOCYANINE CRYSTAL AND METHOD OF PRODUCING ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER USING THE METHOD OF PRODUCING GALLIUM PHTHALOCYANINE CRYSTAL - Provided is a method of producing an electrophotographic photosensitive member having improved sensitivity and capable of outputting an image having less image defects due to a ghost phenomenon not only under a normal-temperature, normal-humidity environment but also under a low-temperature, low-humidity environment as a particularly severe condition. The method of producing a gallium phthalocyanine crystal includes subjecting a gallium phthalocyanine and a specific amine compound, which are added to a solvent, to a milling treatment to perform crystal transformation of the gallium phthalocyanine. In addition, the gallium phthalocyanine crystal is used in the photosensitive layer of the electrophotographic photosensitive member. | 05-30-2013 |
20140065530 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A photosensitive layer of an electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a phthalocyanine pigment and a specific dicyanoethylene compound. Alternatively, the photosensitive layer and/or an undercoat layer of the electrophotographic photosensitive member include a specific dicyanoethylene compound, and the photosensitive layer includes the phthalocyanine pigment. | 03-06-2014 |
20140065531 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A charge-generating layer of an electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a phthalocyanine pigment and a specific tricyanoethylene compound. Alternatively, the charge-generating layer and/or an undercoat layer of the electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a specific tricyanoethylene compound, and the charge-generating layer includes the phthalocyanine pigment. | 03-06-2014 |
20140141362 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a support, an undercoat layer formed on the support, and a photosensitive layer which is formed on the undercoat layer and contains a charge generating substance and a hole transporting substance. The undercoat layer contains a specific amine compound, titanium oxide crystal particles having an average primary particle diameter of 3 nm or more and 15 nm or less and an organic resin. | 05-22-2014 |
20140308606 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, AND GALLIUM PHTHALOCYANINE CRYSTAL - Provided is an electrophotographic photosensitive member, a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus each having the electrophotographic photosensitive member that can output an image having less image defects due to a ghost phenomenon not only under a normal-temperature, normal-humidity environment but also under a low-temperature, low-humidity environment as a particularly severe condition. The electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a support and a photosensitive layer formed on the support, in which the photosensitive layer includes a gallium phthalocyanine crystal containing a specific amine compound in itself. | 10-16-2014 |
20140322637 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - In an electrophotographic photosensitive member including a charge-generating layer, the charge-generating layer has a matrix-domain structure; in the matrix-domain structure, the domain contains a charge-generating substance, and the matrix contains a binder resin and a fluoranthene compound. | 10-30-2014 |
20140363759 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - In order to provide an electrophotographic photosensitive member with which a ghost is suppressed even under a low temperature and low humidity environment, and a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus having the electrophotographic photosensitive member, the electrophotographic photosensitive member has a support, an undercoat layer formed on the support, and a photosensitive layer formed on the undercoat layer and comprising a charge generating material and a hole transporting material, wherein the undercoat layer comprises a particular amine compound. | 12-11-2014 |