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20110170901 | CLEANING MEMBER FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CHARGING DEVICE, UNIT FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a cleaning member for an image forming apparatus, including: a shaft body; and an elastic material that is wound on the outer peripheral surface nun of the shaft body in a spiral shape, the elastic material satisfying the following expressions. (A1): 107-14-2011 | |
20110318047 | CLEANING MEMBER FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CHARGING DEVICE, UNIT FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning member for an image forming apparatus includes a core and an elastic layer helically put on an outer peripheral surface of the core and including a first elastic layer and a second elastic layer, the first elastic layer being the outermost layer and the second elastic layer being located closer to the core than the first elastic layer and having a compression set smaller than that of the first elastic layer. | 12-29-2011 |
20120076528 | CLEANING UNIT, CLEANING DEVICE, CHARGING DEVICE, ASSEMBLY, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning unit includes a shaft that is rotatable; an elastic layer that is spirally wound around and fixed to the shaft, the elastic layer contacting and cleaning the object to be cleaned; a pressed portion that protrudes from each end portion of the elastic layer in an axial direction of the shaft, in a part of the each end portion with respect to a width direction of the elastic layer; and a pressing member that is arranged at an end portion of the shaft in the axial direction, the pressing member pressing the pressed portion between the pressing member and the shaft. | 03-29-2012 |
20130236821 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive support, an undercoat layer that is provided on the conductive support and that has a thickness of from 15 μm to 40 μm and has light transmittance of 20% or less with respect to light having a wavelength of 450 nm when the thickness is at least 15 μm, a charge generation layer that is provided on the undercoat layer, and a charge transport layer that is provided on the charge generation layer and that has a thickness of from 15 μm to 40 μm and has light transmittance of 30% or less with respect to light having a wavelength of 450 nm when the thickness is at least 15 μm. | 09-12-2013 |
20130252147 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a conductive support, and an undercoat layer, a charge generation layer, and a charge transport layer that are provided in this order on the conductive support, wherein the undercoat layer includes at least metallic oxide particles, a reactive acceptor substance including an anthraquinone structure expressed by the following Formula 1, and a binder resin, the charge generation layer includes hydroxygallium phthalocyanine as a charge generation material, and a reflectance of incident light having a wavelength of 780 nm on a surface of the charge generation layer when the charge transport layer is removed is 17% or greater: | 09-26-2013 |
20150125183 | CHARGING MEMBER, CHARGING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A charging member includes a conductive elastic layer, and a conductive surface layer that is disposed on the conductive elastic layer, is in contact with an image holding member, and contains a resin, porous resin particles, and silicone oil, wherein a content of the porous resin particles is from 3 parts by weight to 25 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the resin, and a content of the silicone oil is from 0.1 part by weight to 10 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the resin. | 05-07-2015 |
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20100281056 | DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM ANDMETHOD THEREFOR - A data providing system for distributing content data from a data providing apparatus to a data processing apparatus and managing said data providing apparatus and said processing apparatus by a management apparatus. In the system, the management apparatus is configured to provide a key file in which is stored content key data and usage control policy data indicating a content of rights, including permission conditions of the content data. At least a part of said key file is encrypted. The data providing apparatus is configured to provide the content data encrypted by using the content key data stored in the key file. The data processing apparatus is configured to decrypt the key file to obtain the content key data from the key file and determine handling of the content data based on the usage control policy data stored in the key file. | 11-04-2010 |
20120327528 | DATA DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SAME, DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF SAME, AND DATA RECORDING MEDIUM - A data distribution system and method suitably performing various processing such as suitable distribution of data, control of copying, conversion of signals, charging, and distribution of profits, comprising a reproducing apparatus for reproducing content data to be distributed from a mounted recording medium, a recording apparatus for recording reproduced content data on a mounted recording medium, an examining means for examining types of content data recorded on the recording medium, the recording medium mounted in the reproducing apparatus, the reproducing apparatus, a recording medium mounted in the recording apparatus and the recording apparatus, and a controlling means for controlling a transfer of the content data from the recording medium mounted in the reproducing apparatus to the recording medium mounted in the recording apparatus based on results of the examination. | 12-27-2012 |
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20130164793 | SULFUR-CONTAINING AMINO ACID-PRODUCING BACTERIUM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SULFUR-CONTAINING AMINO ACID - A novel technique for improving the production by bacteria of amino acids that contain sulfur has been developed, and thereby a sulfur-containing amino acid-producing bacterium, and a method for producing a compound such as a sulfur-containing amino acid are provided. A sulfur-containing amino acid, a related substance thereof, or a mixture of these can be produced by culturing a bacterium belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae, which has a sulfur-containing amino acid-producing ability and has been modified so that the activity of the protein encoded by the yeeE gene, for example, the protein of the following (A) or (B), is increased in a medium, and collecting a sulfur-containing amino acid, a related substance thereof, or a mixture of them from the medium: (A) a protein having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 14, (B) a protein having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 14 but which includes one or several amino acid substitutions, deletions, insertions, or additions, and when the intracellular activity of this protein is increased, the ability of the bacterium to produce a sulfur-containing amino acid is improved. | 06-27-2013 |
20130224806 | Method for Producing an L-Amino Acid Using a Bacterium of the Enterobacteriaceae Family - A method for producing an L-amino acid is described using a bacterium of the Enterobacteriaceae family, wherein the bacterium contains a protein which is able to confer resistance to growth inhibition by L-cysteine. | 08-29-2013 |
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20120098936 | PHOTOGRAPHING EQUIPMENT - Photographing equipment includes an image pickup portion, a display portion which displays an image acquired by the image pickup portion, an object detecting portion which detects a reference object of a predetermined size or a larger size within an image pickup range of the image pickup portion among objects in the image acquired by the image pickup portion, and a display controlling portion which displays a representation recommending 3D photographing on the display portion if the object detecting portion detects the reference object. | 04-26-2012 |
20120147251 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND OPTICAL SYSTEM USED FOR IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus comprises an optical system that includes a plurality of lens groups, each lens group including one or more lenses, at least one of the lens groups being independently movable with respect to the other lens groups and including a focus lens group for focusing the subject and a lens control unit that controls movement of the plurality of lens groups to bring into focus based on a feeding position of the focus lens group. | 06-14-2012 |
20130321654 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit that includes a shooting lens for collecting an image of a subject to be shot; and an imaging element that forms the image collected by the shooting lens and generates image data through photoelectric conversion of formed image. The imaging apparatus also includes an inclination detector that detects an inclination of the imaging apparatus from a predetermined position, through a rotation around a shooting optical axis of the shooting lens. The apparatus also includes a control unit that changes an operating mode to a switchable state capable of switching between operating modes when a predetermined time has elapsed in a state in which the inclination detected by the inclination detector falls within a predetermined range in which the operating modes of the imaging apparatus are switched to each other. | 12-05-2013 |
20130321659 | CAMERA AND CAMERA CONTROL METHOD - A camera according to the present invention, which is capable of continuous shooting before and after a still image shot according to photographer's operation, comprises: an imaging section converting an object image into image data; a still image shooting section obtaining image data of the still image according to release operation; a continuous shooting section obtaining the image data by continuous shooting before and after the obtaining of the still image in the still image shooting section; an image processing section performing image processing which is different from that of the image data obtained by the still image shooting section and changed sequentially, on the image data obtained by the continuous shooting section; and a recording section recording the image data image-processed by the image processing section. | 12-05-2013 |
20140036104 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR PHOTOGRAPHING MOVING OBJECT WITH THE SAME - A photographing apparatus includes: an image pickup section picking up an image of an object to acquire image data; a part judgment section judging a particular part of the object in the image shown based on the image data; a change-in-part judgment section judging change over time of the part of the object judged by the part judgment section; and a control section changing a photographing condition in accordance with a result of the judgment by the change-in-part judgment section, wherein the part judgment section judges a first part of the object in the image and a second part presumed from the first part; and the change-in-part judgment section judges change over time of the second part. | 02-06-2014 |
20140333789 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit that includes a shooting lens for collecting an image of a subject to be shot; and an imaging element that forms the image collected by the shooting lens and generates image data through photoelectric conversion of formed image. The imaging apparatus also includes an inclination detector that detects an inclination of the imaging apparatus from a predetermined position, through a rotation around a shooting optical axis of the shooting lens. The apparatus also includes a control unit that changes an operating mode to a switchable state capable of switching between operating modes when a predetermined time has elapsed in a state in which the inclination detected by the inclination detector falls within a predetermined range in which the operating modes of the imaging apparatus are switched to each other. | 11-13-2014 |
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20080266210 | NON-RECTANGULAR DISPLAY APPARATUS - Disclosed is a display apparatus comprising an active matrix display section including a plurality of signal lines and scan lines, arranged in a matrix on a substrate, and a plurality of pixels and active elements arranged at intersections of the signal and scan lines, a scan line driving circuit for driving the scan lines and a signal line driving circuit for driving the signal lines. The display section has a non-rectangular shape. The active elements that make up the scan line driving circuit and/or the signal line driving circuit are formed by the same manufacturing process as that for forming the active elements in the active matrix display section. The scan line driving circuit and/or the signal line driving circuit are each a set of circuit units having the same function. These circuit units are arranged to conform to and extend around the outer circumference of the non-rectangular display section. | 10-30-2008 |
20110050317 | BOOTSTRAP CIRCUIT - A bootstrap circuit comprises: a first transistor connecting a first power supply with an output node; and a second transistor applying a first input signal to a gate node of the first transistor and having a conductivity type identical to that of the first transistor. A second input signal obtained by inverting a level of the first input signal, delaying the inverted signal, and adding a direct current bias to the delayed signal is inputted to a gate node of the second transistor. | 03-03-2011 |
20130300965 | COLOR IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, COLOR FILTER SUBSTRATE, COLOR PIXEL ARRAY SUBSTRATE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided is a color filter substrate including: an end portion unit pixel including a plurality of kinds of end portion sub-pixels which correspond to a plurality of kinds of primary colors respectively in a one-to-one relationship; and an inner unit pixel including a plurality of kinds of inner sub-pixels which correspond to the plurality of kinds of primary colors respectively in a one-to-one relationship, wherein a relative area proportion of the end portion sub-pixels is set equal to that of the inner sub-pixels; and wherein the plurality of kinds of the end portion sub-pixels is arrayed in accordance with a position or a shape on an outer edge of the display region, an array direction of the plurality of kinds of the end portion sub-pixels and an array direction of the plurality of kinds of the inner sub-pixels configured to intersect each other. | 11-14-2013 |
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20100113390 | OLIGOSACCHARIDES DERIVED FROM FUCOIDAN - The present invention provides a fucoidan-derived low molecular weight compound with a good quality of taste, which has a specified structure and function and is free from problems in absorption, antigenicity, uniformity, an anticoagulant activity and so on, which problems arise when developing fucoidan, a sulfated polysaccharide having an extremely large molecular weight, as drugs or health foods. As a result of analyzing low molecular weight compounds obtained by acid hydrolysis of fucoidan, the inventors have identified fucoidan oligosaccharides (I) to (XI). Further, these oligosaccharides have been found to have anti-obesity and/or blood glucose elevation suppressing effects through inhibition of carbohydrate and/or lipid absorption as a result of α-glucosidase inhibition and/or lipase inhibition. | 05-06-2010 |
20100297305 | ASPARTAME-CONTAINING ACIDIC BEVERAGES - The present invention relates to aspartame-containing acidic beverages, and also relates to acidic beverages designed to prevent a storage-induced reduction in the sweetness of aspartame, which comprise a polymerized polyphenol (particularly a polymerized catechin). The present invention further relates to a method for preventing a storage-induced reduction in the sweetness of aspartame in aspartame-containing acidic beverages by using a polymerized polyphenol (particularly a polymerized catechin). | 11-25-2010 |
20100330244 | FOOD OR DRINK WITH IMPROVED SWEETENER TASTE - The present invention aims to provide a food or drink having an improved sharpness in an aftertaste without reduction in its peak sweetness. According to the present invention, a food or drink containing a sweetener in which sweetness persisting as an unpalatable aftertaste is suppressed, and which retains a nearly intact degree of sweetness of the sweetener at its peak can be obtained by adding a polymerized polyphenol, particularly, a polymerized catechin, which is a polymerized polyphenol derived from tea, to the food or drink. | 12-30-2010 |
20110281006 | FLAVOR ENHANCING AGENT AND FLAVORING COMPOSITION - There are provided a flavor enhancing agent which is capable of selectively enhancing the flavor of a flavoring of interest, as well as a flavoring composition and a drink that contain the agent and which are enhanced in flavor. Specifically, a polymerized catechin is used with a flavoring. | 11-17-2011 |