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20080257288 | VALVE TIMING CONTROL SYSTEM - A first-side check valve prevents a hydraulic fluid from being discharged out of a retard chamber, and a second-side check valve prevents the hydraulic fluid from being discharged out of an advance chamber. A first-side control valve opens or closes a first-side discharge passage by a pilot pressure received through a retard pilot passage. A second-side control valve opens or closes a second-side discharge passage by the pilot pressure received through an advance pilot passage. Another check valve is disposed in a supply passage between a phase switch valve and a branch point, at which a supply passage is branched. | 10-23-2008 |
20090283076 | INTAKE APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An exhaust gas guide member is provided to an airflow control valve varying an opening area of an intake passage. The exhaust gas guide member forms an exhaust gas passage which introduces the exhaust gas flowing from the exhaust gas introducing portion into the intake pipe toward an opposite end of the airflow control valve relative to the valve shaft. Thereby, the exhaust gas flows together with an intake air flow of high velocity generated by the airflow control valve so that a tumble flow can be generated in a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine. | 11-19-2009 |
20100163006 | EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION APPARATUS - An EGR control device is provided in a branched-off pipe portion of a recirculation pipe unit. The EGR control valve is opened during an exhaust gas recirculation period, which is a part of a valve-opening period of an intake valve, so that exhaust gas is re-circulated into a combustion chamber during the exhaust gas recirculation period. As a result, swirl flow of the re-circulated exhaust gas to be formed in the combustion chamber is increased to improve ignitionability and to facilitate combustion of air-fuel mixture. | 07-01-2010 |
20100251980 | Valve timing controller - A first one-way valve is provided in a first advance passage connecting a hydraulic pump to a control advance chamber. A second one-way valve is provided in a first retard passage connecting the hydraulic pump to a control retard chamber. A first control valve is provided in a second advance passage to bypass the first one-way valve for communication of the first advance passage. A second control valve is provided in a second retard passage to bypass the second one-way valve for communication of the first retard passage. The first control valve operates by the pilot pressure to close the second advance passage at advance controlling and opening it at retard controlling. The second control valve operates by the pilot pressure to close the second retard passage at retard controlling and open it at advance controlling. | 10-07-2010 |
20120042841 | VALVE TIMING CONTROL APPARATUS - A valve timing control apparatus includes a housing that is rotatable with a crankshaft; a vane rotor that is rotatable with a camshaft; and a phase controller to compulsorily change a rotation phase of the vane rotor alternately between an advance side and a retard side with respect to the housing if an engine shifts to a high rotation state after the engine continuously has a low rotation state for a predetermined period or more. The engine in the low rotation state has a rotation speed lower than a predetermined rotation speed. The engine in the high rotation state has a rotation speed equal to or higher than the predetermined rotation speed. | 02-23-2012 |
20120291732 | FLUID BRAKE DEVICE AND VARIABLE VALVE TIMING APPARATUS - A fluid brake device has a case defining a fluid chamber. Magneto-rheological fluid is contained in the fluid chamber. A brake member is rotatably supported on the case and receives a braking torque according to the viscosity of the magneto-rheological fluid. The device has a movable member driven by a thermo-sensitive wax so that a volume of the fluid chamber is increased as the temperature in the fluid chamber is increased. The movable member is driven to maintain a pressure in the fluid chamber within an allowable range when the temperature in the fluid chamber is changed. | 11-22-2012 |
20120312260 | FLUID BRAKE DEVICE AND VARIABLE VALVE TIMING APPARATUS - A fluid brake device has a rotor having a brake shaft penetrating a case to come into contact with magnetic viscosity fluid. A sealing sleeve is arranged to surround the brake shaft, and a seal gap is defined between the sealing sleeve and the brake shaft and communicates with a fluid chamber. The sealing sleeve has a flux guide that guides magnetic flux to the brake shaft through the seal gap. The brake shaft has a magnetic shaft extending in an axis direction, and a regulation layer that regulates the magnetic flux from passing by covering an outer circumference surface of the magnetic shaft. The brake shaft has an exposing part opposing to the magnetic flux guide, and the exposing part of the brake shaft is exposed from the regulation layer. | 12-13-2012 |
20120312261 | VARIABLE VALVE TIMING APPARATUS - A phase adjusting mechanism is engaged with a brake shaft, and adjusts a rotation phase between a crankshaft and a camshaft according to a braking torque acting on a rotor. The rotation phase is adjusted in a predetermined direction when the braking torque is increased. A torque input mechanism inputs a return torque into the phase adjusting mechanism to return the rotation phase in an opposite direction opposite from the predetermined direction. The torque input mechanism increases the return torque corresponding to the rotation phase as an environmental temperature of the variable valve timing apparatus is lowered. | 12-13-2012 |
20130019827 | FLUID BRAKE DEVICE AND VARIABLE VALVE TIMING APPARATUS - A fluid brake device has a brake shaft which penetrates a case. The case provides a fluid chamber for a magneto-rheological fluid. A magnetic seal has a magnetic seal sleeve which holds a small amount of the magneto-rheological fluid by magnetic flux. In addition to the magnetic seal, an axially pumping element is provided on an axial outside of the magnetic seal. The axially pumping element is provided by a shaft helical groove formed on an opposing wall of the brake shaft and/or a case helical groove formed on a surrounding wall. As the brake shaft rotates, the helical groove pushes the magneto-rheological fluid back to the magnetic seal. A combination of the magnetic seal and the axially pumping element may reduce leakage of the magneto-rheological fluid. | 01-24-2013 |
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20090237737 | Print Control Apparatus and Program - A print control apparatus is provided. The print control apparatus includes: a storage unit which stores web page information which is received, in response to search key information transmitted to a server of a search engine, from the server; and a print controller which controls printing of web page information. The storage unit further stores transition information indicating a transition state from the web page information received in response to the search key information transmitted to the server to the web page information to be printed. The print controller includes: a first extracting unit which extracts search key information from the transition information; and a combining unit which combines the web page information to be printed and the extracted search key information. | 09-24-2009 |
20110317211 | Data Processing Apparatus - A data processing apparatus includes a memory, an accepting unit for accepting an instruction to perform one of a first process and a second process from a user, the second process being different from the first process, and a controller. The controller is configured to: determine a candidate device from among at least one device, the candidate device possessing a first function that is used for performing the first process; register the candidate device as a first device to be used for performing the first process; register the candidate device as a second device to be used for performing the second process, the second process being different from the first process; and control the first device to perform the first process when the accepting unit accepts the instruction to perform the first process and control the second device to perform the second process when the accepting unit accepts the instruction to perform the second process. | 12-29-2011 |
20120218605 | PRINT INSTRUCTION DEVICE AND PRINT INSTRUCTION SYSTEM - A print instruction device configured to instruct a print unit to print an image stored in an image storing unit storing a plurality of images is provided. The print instruction device comprises a display unit, an operation unit, and a controller. The controller is configured to judge whether each of the plurality of images stored in the image storing unit includes a person who is included in a past image which had been printed in the past, control the display unit to display information regarding the image which is judged to include the person who is included in the past image in a different form than information regarding the image which is judged not to include the person included in the past image, receive a selection of an image for printing through the operation unit, and instruct the print unit to print the selected image. | 08-30-2012 |
20130169976 | Print Control Device and Computer-Readable Storage Medium Storing A Program - A print control device may include a control device configured to identify a data type of print target data obtained from a clipboard, generate print data based on the print target data in accordance with a print setting appropriate for the identified data type, and send the generated print data to a printing apparatus. | 07-04-2013 |
20140333965 | Function-Based Device Registration for Data Processing Apparatus - A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores a set of instructions executed by a data processing apparatus. The instructions cause the data processing apparatus to: receive a selection of one function among a plurality of functions; acquire an IP address and/or a MAC address from each device possessing the selected function; | 11-13-2014 |
20150264203 | Print Control Device and Computer-Readable Storage Medium Storing A Program - A print control device may include a control device configured to identify a data type of print target data obtained from a clipboard, generate print data based on the print target data in accordance with a print setting appropriate for the identified data type, and send the generated print data to a printing apparatus. | 09-17-2015 |
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20110175563 | MOTOR CONTROLLING DEVICE - A motor controlling device includes an encoder to output pulse signals with a predetermined angle interval as a rotor of a motor is rotated. An energized phase of the motor is sequentially switched by detecting a rotation position of the rotor based on a value of counting the signals. An initial drive controlling portion executes an initial drive to switch the energized phase with a predetermined pattern after the device is activated so as to learn a relationship among the count value, the rotation position and the energized phase. An initial drive prohibiting portion prohibits the execution of the initial drive until a predetermined time is elapsed after the initial drive is finished. | 07-21-2011 |
20120119689 | MOTOR CONTROL SYSTEM - An amount of a rotational angle corresponding to a half of a play (included in an insert-fit coupling device having a maximum production tolerance) is set as a correction amount. When a shift range is changed to a target range, a target rotational angle for an output shaft corresponding to such target range is calculated. The target rotational angle is corrected to get a virtual rotational angle for the output shaft, so that the output shaft may be further rotated by the correction amount in addition to the target rotational angle. A control error for a stop position of a roller is controlled within a half of the play. According to the invention, it is not necessary to carry out a learning process for the play. | 05-17-2012 |
20120123653 | SHIFT-BY-WIRE SYSTEM - When a vehicle electric power source is turned on, and when a target mode position is other than a P-mode position and a D-mode position or the target mode position is unfixed, an SBW-ECU does not drive the actuator so that the current actual mode position is maintained. The SBW-ECU accepts only the driver's requirement for changing the mode position to the P-mode position or the D-mode position. When it is required to change the mode position to the P-mode position, a first position learning portion learns a first reference position. When it is required to change the mode position to the D-mode position, a second position learning portion learns a second reference position. | 05-17-2012 |
20130110364 | SHIFT-BY-WIRE SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION OF VEHICLE | 05-02-2013 |
20130110365 | SHIFT-BY-WIRE SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION OF VEHICLE | 05-02-2013 |
20130141031 | MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS - When a failure of a feedback control operation of an electric motor is sensed, a control unit changes the feedback control operation to an open loop control operation. At the time of executing the open loop control operation, the control unit sequentially changes the exciting phase of the motor without executing feedback of information of the count value of the encoder counter and rotates a rotor of the motor until a count value of an exciting phase change counter reaches an open loop target count value, which corresponds to a target rotational position of the rotor. When the control unit changes the feedback control operation to the open loop control operation, the control unit sets the open loop target count value by correcting a feedback target count value based on an exciting phase deviation correction value for the count value of the encoder counter. | 06-06-2013 |
20130144478 | SHIFT RANGE SWITCHER - A shift range switcher includes a motor for switching a shift range and a controller for energizing the motor. The controller estimates temperatures of the motor and controller. The controller adds to the estimated controller temperature a value corresponding to heat generation in the controller due to energization of the motor. The controller subtracts from the estimated controller temperature a value corresponding to heat release from the controller due to de-energization of the motor. The controller adds to the estimated motor temperature a value corresponding to heat generation in the motor due to the energization. The controller subtracts from the estimated motor temperature a value corresponding to heat release from the motor due to the de-energization. The controller prohibits or restricts operations of the controller and the motor when at least one of the controller and motor estimated temperatures reaches an allowable temperature limit. | 06-06-2013 |
20130154537 | MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS - A motor control apparatus that controls rotation of a rotor of an electric motor powered from an electric power source includes a learning portion that executes an initial drive learning process, and a controller that executes a normal drive operation to sequentially change an exciting phase of the electric motor based on a count value of a counter which is corrected by a correcting portion such that the rotor is rotated to a target position after an initial drive operation is finished. The learning portion re-executes the initial drive learning process after a predetermined condition is satisfied, when the initial drive learning process is failed. | 06-20-2013 |
20130175963 | MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS - A motor control apparatus that controls a motor which switches an operating position of a control object and that is powered from a power source through a switching portion which is turned on or off by an operating portion includes a control portion executing a return control after an abutment control. The control portion maintains the switching portion on until the return control is completed so as to continue powered from the power source, when the operating portion is operated to turn the switching portion off in a time period from when the abutment control is started to when the return control is completed. | 07-11-2013 |
20140015467 | MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS - A motor control apparatus includes a motor that rotates a controlled object, an encoder that outputs a pulse signal in synchronization with a rotation of the motor, and a control section that performs a feedback control so as to rotate the motor to the target rotational position. The control section includes a stopping and holding control portion. The stopping and holding control portion performs a stopping and holding process in which the stopping and holding control portion supplies electric current to the motor so as to stop and hold the motor for a current-supply holding time. The stopping and holding control portion sets the current-supply holding time on the basis of a rotation speed of the motor just before the stopping and holding process. | 01-16-2014 |
20140025266 | RANGE SWITCHOVER APPARATUS - In a range switchover control apparatus, a microcomputer checks, under a state that driving force of a motor is released, whether a range switchover mechanism is at rest and whether the range switchover mechanism is at rest in a bottom position, that is, whether an engagement member is fitted deep into a bottom of a range holding recess. If the range switchover mechanism is at rest in the bottom position, an encoder count value at a reference position (bottom position of a P-range) is calculated based on a present range and an encoder count value. By using the present range and the calculated encoder count value, an encoder count value of the bottom position of the present range can be determined. Based on this encoder count value, the encoder count value at the reference position can be calculated. | 01-23-2014 |
20140028231 | RANGE SWITCHOVER APPARATUS - When electric power supply is started, an initial driving operation is performed to switch over a power supply phase of a motor in open-loop control. Initial learning processing is performed to learn a phase deviation correction value for the power supply phase relative to a count value of a pulse signal of an encoder. As a restraint caused by a shape of a detent mechanism, the motor need be rotationally driven so that a detent lever does not move in a negative direction beyond a bottom position of a P-range in the initial driving operation. In a case of performing the initial learning processing in the P-range in consideration of this restraint, the initial learning processing is performed by setting a rotation direction of the motor. | 01-30-2014 |
20140139171 | RANGE SWITCHING DEVICE - A range switching device provides a feedback control for rotating a motor toward a target rotation position. When a target shift range is switched, the range switching device rotates the motor toward a target rotation position by sequentially switching power supply phases of the motor based on an encoder count value. When the motor rotates within a predetermined stop range, the feedback control ends and a power supply to the motor is stopped. However, if the motor has not rotated to the target rotation position after a predetermined time has elapsed from the stopping of the power supply to the motor, an open drive is performed, in which the power supply phase of the motor is sequentially switched by open-loop control and the motor is rotated in small and/or minute steps toward the target rotation position. In such manner, position accuracy of the shift range switching is improved. | 05-22-2014 |
20140139172 | MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS - In a butting control, while performing a constant current control for a motor based on an output of a current sensor, the motor is driven by sequentially switching over a current supply phase of the motor in a one-phase current supply method, in which only one of the phases of the motor is powered. By performing the constant current control in the butting control, changes in a current value of each phase caused by temperature changes or aging changes is suppressed and hence a torque change of the motor is suppressed. In addition, by sequentially switching over the current supply phase of the motor in the one phase current supply method under the constant current control, a torque change of the motor can be suppressed while maintaining the current value of the current supply phase at a constant value. | 05-22-2014 |
20140210395 | RANGE SWITCHING DEVICE - A range switching device may switch a shift range despite resetting and restarting of a controller. When the controller is reset and restarted during a switching operation of the shift range and the shift range before or after being switched is a P range, the controller controls a motor to rotate the motor until a range switching mechanism abuts against a first limit position of a movable range of the range switching mechanism and learns a rotation position of the motor as a reference position of the motor. When the shift ranges before and after being switched are the ranges other that the P range, the controller controls the motor to rotate until the range switching mechanism abuts against a second limit position of the movable range and learns the rotation position of the motor as the reference position. | 07-31-2014 |
20140251051 | RANGE SWITCHING DEVICE - A range switching device has a range switch mechanism driven by a motor and a control unit in the range switching device performs an abutment control for controlling the motor when a shift range is a range other than a P range at a start time of the control unit, based on a determination whether a switch permission condition is being fulfilled. The fulfillment of such a condition is determined based on a brake ON state of a vehicle and an IG switch ON state. When the switch permission condition is determined as fulfilled, the shift range is switched to the P range and the motor is rotated to perform the abutment control for learning a reference position. | 09-11-2014 |
20140336864 | ACTUATOR CONTROL APPARATUS - An actuator control apparatus including a by-wire control circuit, a monitor circuit, a drive determination section, and a prohibition section is provided. The by-wire control circuit electrically controls an actuator acting as a drive source of an on-board apparatus. The monitor circuit monitors whether or not the by-wire control circuit is normally operating. The monitor circuit is provided separately from the by-wire control circuit. The drive determination section determines prohibition and permission of driving the actuator. The prohibition section prohibits the actuator from being driven when the permission of driving the actuator is not determined by the drive determination section. The prohibition section also prohibits the actuator from being driven when the monitor circuit determines that the by-wire control circuit is not normally operating. | 11-13-2014 |
20150035463 | VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - A SBW-ECU prohibits driving of an electric motor by turning off power supply to the motor by a drive prohibition device, when a diagnosis part of a by-wire control circuit determines that a shift-by-wire system is abnormal or a monitor circuit determines that the by-wire control circuit is abnormal. In this case, the motor is stopped from rotating by execution of power supply phase fixation processing, by which a power supply phase of the motor is fixed without switchover, when the motor is driven to rotate at the time of determination of abnormality of the shift-by-wire system. Then the prohibition device prohibits driving of the motor by stopping the power supply to the motor. | 02-05-2015 |
20150155803 | MOTOR CONTROL APPARATUS - A motor control apparatus includes a by-wire control circuit for sequentially switching an energized phase of a motor. The by-wire control circuit pre-stores a first table defining an energized phase address corresponding to each address and a second table defining an energized phase corresponding to each energized phase address. When receiving a drive permission code from a second control circuit, the by-wire control circuit switches the energized phase in a correct order of driving the motor, by calculating an address for access to the first table based on the drive permission code, calculating an energized phase address corresponding to the address by referring to the first table, and determining the energized phase corresponding to the energized phase address by referring to the second table. | 06-04-2015 |
20150160625 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND SHIFT-BY-WIRE SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - A control apparatus controlling a motor for driving an object includes: a relay allowing and interrupting electric power supply to the motor; switching devices in multiple phases for allowing and interrupting energization to windings; a controller for the relay and the switching devices; a current detecting circuit for a current flowing through a merging point of the windings and the switching devices; a current limit circuit for keeping an average of the current within a predetermined range; a standard position learning device for learning a standard position of the motor; a voltage detecting circuit for detecting a voltage applied to each switching device; and an error detecting device for detecting an error in the current detecting circuit based on the voltage and the current when the relay turns on, and all switching devices turn off. | 06-11-2015 |
20150160640 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND SHIFT-BY-WIRE SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A current limiting circuit restricts electric currents flowing through windings and MOSs such that an average of a current value of the electric currents detected by a current detection circuit is within a predetermined value span. An MPU functions as a reference position learning controller that performs a reference position learning control to restrict the electric currents that flow through the windings and the MOSs using the current limiting circuit while rotating a motor until a detent plate stops at a limit position of a working span, to thereby learn the reference position of the motor. An anomaly detection section of the MPU functions as an anomaly detection controller to detect an anomaly in the current limiting circuit based on the current value detected by the current detection circuit during the reference position learning control. | 06-11-2015 |
20160003349 | SHIFT POSITION SWITCHING DEVICE - A shift position switching device for shifting gears in association with a shift position. The device includes a shift mechanism switching between shift positions using a drive power of a motor, an encoder outputting pulse signals in sync with a rotation of the motor, and a controller rotating the motor to a target rotation position corresponding to an intended gear. The controller rotates the motor toward a dead-end on a first shift position side of the shift mechanism while observing a motor rotation speed or an acceleration of rotation of the motor based on the outputted pulse signals of the encoder. Also, the controller learns, as a reference position on the first shift position side, a first rotation position of the motor. | 01-07-2016 |
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20120131885 | INSERTION SYSTEM AND INSERTION METHOD - An insertion system includes an enclosure supply device, an envelope supply device, an insertion device to insert an enclosure supplied from the enclosure supply device into the envelope supplied from the envelope supply device, a first input unit to input identification data of the enclosure inserted into the envelope in each of multiple insertion setting records, a second input unit to input identification data of the enclosure set in the enclosure container of the enclosure supply device, and a controller to determine whether the identification data of the enclosure to be inserted, input by the first input unit, matches the identification data of the enclosure set in the enclosure container, input by the second input unit, and to control supply of the envelope by the envelope supply device as well as supply of the enclosure by the enclosure supply device based on a result of the determination. | 05-31-2012 |
20120229551 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND INSERTION METHOD - An image forming system includes an enclosure supply device including an enclosure container, a first image forming unit to form an image on the sheet, an envelope supply device including an envelope container, an input device to input an insertion job, an insertion device to insert into the envelope at least one sheet on which the first image forming unit has formed the image and including a temporary storage tray to temporarily store the sheets inserted into the envelope as well as an envelope retainer to hold the envelope at an insertion position where the sheets are inserted into the envelope, and a controller to cause the second image forming unit to complete image formation on the envelope and conveyance of the envelope to the insertion position before a last sheet of the multiple sheets inserted into the single envelope reaches the temporary storage tray. | 09-13-2012 |
20120322641 | INSERTION SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND INSERTION METHOD - An insertion system includes a folding device to perform either single-sheet folding to fold a single sheet at a time or batch folding to fold multiple sheets together at a time, an insertion device to insert into an envelope the sheet folded by the folding device, and a batch setting unit to designate either the single-sheet folding or the batch folding from a folding and insertion menu for multiple sheets at a time when the multiple sheets are processed by the folding device and the insertion device. | 12-20-2012 |
20130215481 | SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE, IMAGE READING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A sheet conveying device includes: a sheet housing unit that houses a sheet; a sheet conveying unit that conveys the sheet; a sheet detection unit that detects presence or absence of the sheet in the sheet housing unit; a sheet nipping unit that nips the sheet housed in the sheet housing unit; and a control unit. The control unit controls the sheet nipping unit to reach a nipping state to nip the sheet in the sheet housing unit upon the sheet detection unit detecting a sheet-present state, executes a power saving mode to stop supplying power to at least a part of the electric mechanisms when no drive command is input for a predetermined time, and controls the sheet nipping unit to cancel the nipping state before execution of the power saving mode. | 08-22-2013 |
20130242359 | DOCUMENT CONVEYING DEVICE, IMAGE READING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A document conveying device includes a document table on which a stack of document sheets is placed; a rotating shaft member detachably provided on a main body of the document conveying device; a feeding member configured to contact and feed a topmost sheet of the stack of document sheets, the feeding member being attached to the rotating shaft member via a driving force transmitting member; a separating unit configured to separate the topmost sheet from one or more sheets that are fed together with the topmost sheet, rotating members rotatably attached to the rotating shaft member; a holding member configured to hold the feeding member and the driving force transmitting member; and a rotating member position restricting unit configured to restrict a position of the rotating members other than the holding member to a given predetermined position with reference to a position of the holding member. | 09-19-2013 |
20130315610 | AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - According to an embodiment, an ADF includes: a sheet-feed cover unit; a switch unit to be switched on or off depending on whether the sheet-feed cover unit is open or closed and including a first terminal, to which a first voltage, by which a driving motor is driven, is input, and a second terminal connected to the driving motor; and an open/close-detection circuit unit that includes a first switch circuit and a second switch circuit. The first switch circuit is switched on or off based on a threshold voltage that is larger than a second voltage to be generated in the driving motor by a jammed-document removing motion and smaller than the first voltage. The open/close-detection circuit unit detects that the sheet-feed cover unit is closed when the second switch circuit is energized, but detects that the sheet-feed cover unit is open when the second switch circuit is de-energized. | 11-28-2013 |
20130320611 | SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE, IMAGE READING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet conveying device such as a feed mechanism includes a pick-up roller and a cover member. The pick-up roller feeds, into an apparatus, a sheet such as a document on a placing table such as a document placing table on which the sheet is placed. The cover member such as a pick-up cover covers the pick-up roller. The cover member is supported at both ends thereof on a shaft of the pick-up roller or on shaft bearings that receive the shaft of the pick-up roller. | 12-05-2013 |
20140140744 | AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDER, IMAGE SCANNING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An automatic document feeder includes a document stack unit; a conveying unit configured to separate a document from the documents stacked on the document stack unit and convey the document to a scanning position through a conveying path; document detecting units configured to detect the document; an upstream document detecting unit configured to detect the document, the upstream document detecting unit being arranged in the conveying path at an uppermost stream in a document conveying direction with respect to the document detecting units; and a determining unit configured to determine a passage of a trailing end of the document at positions of the document detecting units and the upstream document detecting unit and determine a presence of a hole on the document, based on the detection results. A detection range of the upstream document detecting unit is set to be wider than detection ranges of the document detecting units. | 05-22-2014 |
20150045197 | SHEET PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF ADDITIONALLY FOLDING SHEET BUNDLE - The present invention is concerning a sheet processing device comprising: a pressing unit that includes a first pressing roller arranged on one side of a thickness direction of a folded sheet bundle, and a second pressing roller and a third pressing roller arranged on the other side across a fold line part of the folded sheet bundle, and a moving unit that moves the pressing unit in a state in which each of a first line and a second line is not parallel to the thickness direction of the folded sheet bundle, the first line connecting the rotational center of the first pressing roller and the rotational center of the second pressing roller, and the second line connecting the rotational center of the first pressing roller and the rotational center of the third pressing roller. | 02-12-2015 |
20150065326 | SHEET PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF ADDITIONALLY FOLDING SHEET BUNDLE - A sheet processing device comprising: a pressing unit that presses a fold line part of a folded sheet bundle; and a moving unit that moves a pressing position of the pressing unit in a fold direction of the folded sheet bundle, wherein the pressing unit includes a pair of pressing rollers that holds the folded sheet bundle therebetween, and the pair of pressing rollers changes an angle θ between a thickness direction of the folded sheet bundle and a line connecting the rotational centers of the pressing rollers in the middle of movement. | 03-05-2015 |
20150116968 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - A semiconductor integrated circuit chip, in which multi-core processors are integrated, is usually mounted over an organic wiring board by FC bonding to form a BGA package by being integrated with the substrate. In such a structure, power consumption is increased, and hence the power supplied only from a peripheral portion of the chip is insufficient, so that a power supply pad is also provided in the chip central portion. However, because of an increase in the wiring associated with the integration of a plurality of CPU cores, etc., there occurs a portion between the peripheral portion and the central portion of the chip, where a power supply pad cannot be arranged. According to the outline of the present application, in a semiconductor integrated circuit device such as a BGA, etc., in which a semiconductor chip is mounted over an interposer, such as a multilayer organic wiring board, in a face-up manner, a first group of metal through electrodes, which are provided in the semiconductor chip to supply a power supply potential to a core circuit, etc., and a first metal land over the interposer are interconnected by a first conductive adhesive member film. | 04-30-2015 |
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20130235404 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING DRIVER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING UNINSTALLATION PROGRAM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - Devices, methods and programs for installing and uninstalling drivers are provided. For example, a computer-readable storage medium stores a driver management program. The driver management program that, when executed by a processor, may cause the processor to execute receiving an instruction to control an image processing device, downloading a driver program from an external device when the instruction is received installing the driver program for controlling the image processing device in a storage device coupled to processor and starting up the installed driver program. | 09-12-2013 |
20140082562 | Computer Readable Medium, Information Processing Apparatus, and Method of Displaying Images - There is provided a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor of an information processing apparatus including a displaying device, cause the processor to execute processes of receiving a designation of the group of images to be displayed on the displaying device, judging whether arrangement information representing an arranging direction of a group of images when displayed on the displaying device is associated with the designated group of images, displaying the designated group of images on the displaying device such that: (1) when the designated group of images is associated with the arrangement information, the designated group of images are displayed with the arranging direction represented by the arrangement information, and (2) when the designated group of images is not associated with the arrangement information, the designated group of images are displayed with a predetermined default arranging direction. | 03-20-2014 |
20140082566 | Non-Transitory Computer Readable Medium, Information Processing Apparatus and Method - Dividing or splitting data (e.g., images) of a file may be performed by allowing a user to preview or otherwise view the intended division prior to the splitting of the images in the file into separate files. The division may be shown in a display by visually distinguishing between the designated groups. Visual distinctions may include color filtering, use of a division mark, use of grouping frames, labeling and the like and/or combinations thereof. By allowing a user to view the intended groupings, a user may further cancel designated groupings prior to splitting the images into the separate files. | 03-20-2014 |
20140355035 | Non-Transitory Storage Medium Storing Instructions, Information Processing Device, Image Processing Apparatus, and Image Processing System - A non-transitory storage medium stores instructions which, when executed by a processor of an information processing device, cause the processor to: transmit, to an image processing apparatus, identification information for identifying a login requestor; acquire account information transmitted from the image processing apparatus when the identification information is registered in the image processing apparatus; cause the information processing device to log in to a server using the account information; and perform at least one of: acquiring image data from the server and transmitting the image data and the identification information to the image processing apparatus; and transmitting an image reading request and the identification information to the image processing apparatus, acquiring image data from the image processing apparatus, and transmitting the image data acquired from the image processing apparatus, to the server. | 12-04-2014 |