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20100060694 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a printing unit which is disposed in a housing and configured to form an image on a sheet, an lid attached to the housing by a hinge mechanism, and a camera which is attached to the lid and configured to read an image on a document while the lid is open, wherein the sheet having the image formed by the printing unit is discharged on the lid, and when the lid is opened, the camera can read the document which is placed at a reading position below the camera. | 03-11-2010 |
20100066796 | PRINTER - A display unit includes a slide mechanism slidable in a lateral or vertical direction to a housing. A maintenance opening formed in the housing can be covered and uncovered. When the opening is uncovered, a user can access at least apart of a print section in the housing from the opening and perform maintenance. | 03-18-2010 |
20100097667 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a printing section, a flatbed scanner section configured to read an original on a reading surface, and a moving mechanism configured to change the angle of the reading surface relative to an installation plane on which the apparatus is installed. The scanner section is capable of performing reading in each of a first mode where the angle of the reading surface is a first angle (vertical) and a second mode where the angle of the reading surface is a second angle (horizontal) different from the first angle. | 04-22-2010 |
20110242571 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a reading unit configured to read an image of a document set on a reading surface, a pressing plate capable of opening and closing relative to the reading surface, and an operation device provided on an upper surface of the pressing plate and including a plurality of capacitance touch switches each having a backlight. A control unit of the apparatus changes states of the backlights according to operation modes. | 10-06-2011 |
20110242612 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND OPERATION DEVICE - An operation device includes a cover and a substrate on which a plurality of electrodes which detects a capacitance and which is provided corresponding to each of a plurality of touch switches is mounted. The operation device includes a laminated structure in which at least an elastic sheet that is self-tacking and closely contacts a plurality of electrodes is inserted between the cover and the substrate. At least one through hole is formed at a location on the substrate facing the elastic sheet. | 10-06-2011 |
20110242613 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND OPERATION DEVICE - A plurality of touch switches includes a first switch and a second switch provided adjacent to each other. A distance between an electrode and a surface of a cover at the location of the first switch is smaller than a distance between an electrode and the surface of the cover at the location of the second switch. | 10-06-2011 |
20110299129 | OPERATION DEVICE AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS - A touch panel includes a ring-like shaped light-transmissive portion. A ring-shaped diffusion surface is formed on the bottom surface of a light guide element. The ring-like shape includes a second region provided at a location corresponding to two light sources adjacent to a first region corresponding to one light source. A distance from a location of the ring-shaped light-transmissive portion to a periphery of the ring close to the light source is greater in the second region than in the first region. Light emitted from the light source and incident to the light guide element is diffusion-reflected on the diffusion surface and a part of the diffusion-reflected light illuminates the light-transmissive portion. | 12-08-2011 |
20110299134 | OPERATION DEVICE AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS - On a bottom surface of a light guide element, a reflection portion is formed in a first region thereof, which is close to a light source, and a first diffusion surface is formed in a second region of the bottom surface of the light guide element, which is a region distant from the light source. A light-incident side of the light guide element is a non-diffusion surface. Sides other than the light-incident side are second diffusion surfaces. Light that has been emitted from the light source and incident to the light guide element via the light-incident side is totally reflected and is then guided to the first and the second diffusion surfaces and a part of diffusion-reflected light illuminates the light-transmissive portion of the panel. | 12-08-2011 |
20110299142 | OPERATION DEVICE AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS - A graphic that indicates a switch is formed on a panel at a location corresponding to a first light guide element. A character to be displayed via the panel is formed on a second light guide element. The first light guide element is supported on a substrate, in close contact with an electrode, via a sheet-like shaped attaching member, and the second light guide element is supported by a base material without being supported on the substrate. | 12-08-2011 |
20140092624 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND OPERATION DEVICE - An operation device includes a cover and a substrate on which a plurality of electrodes which detects a capacitance and which is provided corresponding to each of a plurality of touch switches is mounted. The operation device includes a laminated structure in which at least an elastic sheet that is self-tacking and closely contacts a plurality of electrodes is inserted between the cover and the substrate. At least one through hole is formed at a location on the substrate facing the elastic sheet. | 04-03-2014 |
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20110262271 | AXIAL FAN - An axial fan is provided. The axial fan includes a hub, an impeller having a plurality of blades mounted on an outer peripheral surface of the hub, and a housing surrounding the impeller. Each of the blades has a front edge angle (α) within a range of −8° to −20°, a mounting angle (β) within a range of 36° to 50°, and a twisted angle (θ) within a range of 10°±2°. | 10-27-2011 |
20120134795 | CENTRIFUGAL FAN - A centrifugal fan is provided. The centrifugal fan is configured such that an impeller having a plural blades disposed between a disk-shaped main plate and an annular shroud along a circumferential direction is accommodated in a casing, and that an air suctioned from a suction opening is discharged outward in a radial direction of the impeller by a centrifugal force due to a rotation of the impeller, and thereby discharging the air from the casing. The casing includes an upper plate, a lower plate, and a plural supporting struts interposed between the upper plate and the lower plate, and lateral sides of the casing have only the supporting struts to form a discharge opening. | 05-31-2012 |
20120195747 | CENTRIFUGAL FAN - A centrifugal fan is provided. The centrifugal fan is configured such that an impeller having a plurality of blades along a circumferential direction and disposed between a disk-shaped main plate and an annular shroud is housed in a casing configured by an upper casing and a lower casing, and that an air suctioned from a suction opening is discharged outward in a radial direction of the impeller by a centrifugal force due to a rotation of the impeller. The shroud has a curved surface formed from an outer edge portion toward a center thereof. The shroud has a plurality of protrusions which are formed on the surface of the shroud such that a gap is formed between each of the protrusion portions and the upper casing. | 08-02-2012 |
20130004307 | IMPELLER AND CENTRIFUGAL FAN HAVING THE SAME - An impeller and a centrifugal fan having the same are provided. The impeller includes a lower shroud, an upper shroud, and a plurality of blades which are arranged along a circumference direction between the lower shroud and the upper shroud. The impeller is rotatable around a rotary shaft. An outside diameter of the lower shroud is equal to or smaller than an inside diameter of the upper shroud. An inside portion of each of the blades has an inclined portion which connects an inside circle portion of the upper shroud and an inside circle portion of the lower shroud. | 01-03-2013 |
20130028720 | CENTRIFUGAL FAN - There is provided a centrifugal fan including an upper casing which has an air suction opening, a lower casing, and an impeller which is disposed between the upper casing and the lower casing. The impeller includes an upper shroud which is provided on an upper casing side, and a plurality of blades which are arranged along a circumference direction below the upper shroud, and is rotatable around a rotary shaft. The upper casing and the lower casing configure an open-type casing. A surface of the upper shroud facing the upper casing includes a first portion which becomes closer to the lower casing as separating further from the rotary shaft. A surface of the upper casing facing the upper shroud includes a second portion which faces the first portion of the upper shroud and becomes closer to the lower casing as separating further from the rotary shaft. | 01-31-2013 |
20130058783 | IMPELLER AND CENTRIFUGAL FAN USING THE SAME - An impeller includes: a main plate; a shroud; and a plurality of blades provided between the main plate and the shroud and arranged circumferentially; wherein the impeller is configured to rotated about a rotation axis; wherein the plurality of blades include a pressure surface and a negative pressure surface; and the pressure surface has a shape, in which at least three types of circular arcs are connected, as viewed from a rotation axial direction. A centrifugal fan includes the above-described impeller; and three or more pillars, wherein an interval between one adjacent pillars of the three or more pillars is different from an interval between the other adjacent pillars of the three or more pillars. | 03-07-2013 |
20130084173 | CENTRIFUGAL FAN - There is provided a centrifugal fan including an upper casing which has an air suction opening, a lower casing, and an impeller which is disposed between the upper casing and the lower casing. The impeller includes an upper shroud which is provided on an upper casing side, and a plurality of blades which are arranged along a circumference direction below the upper shroud, and is rotatable around a rotary shaft. A pressure surface of each of the plurality of blades has a convex shape in a rotation direction and is formed with a plurality of protrusions which extend in parallel with the rotary shaft. | 04-04-2013 |
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20140010682 | CENTRIFUGAL FAN - A centrifugal fan includes an impeller and a motor which rotates the impeller. The impeller includes an upper shroud, a lower shroud, and blades arranged therebetween. A rotor of the motor is attached to an attachment part of the lower shroud. In a section passing a rotary shaft of the impeller, the rotor and the attachment part are provided at a more outer side than a circle having a center on a line passing an upper end portion of an inlet opening at an inner side and parallel to the rotary shaft of the impeller, having a radius of 80% of a distance from the upper end portion of the inlet opening to a surface of the lower shroud below the upper end portion, and being tangent to the surface of the lower shroud or passing an end edge portion of the lower shroud. | 01-09-2014 |
20140044534 | CENTRIFUGAL FAN - A centrifugal fan includes a casing having an upper casing and a lower casing, and an impeller disposed between the upper and lower casing. The impeller includes an upper shroud having an upper portion formed with an inlet, a lower shroud, and a plurality of blades arranged along a circumference direction between the upper shroud and the lower shroud. The lower shroud is provided only on a portion at a side of a rotation axis of the impeller such that at least an outer circumferential side portion of each blade faces an upper surface of the lower casing. A surface of the lower casing, which faces the impeller, configures a portion of a wall surface which guides the fluid introduced from the inlet. Each blade has a shape which becomes thinner as increasing a distance from the upper shroud in a direction parallel to the rotation axis. | 02-13-2014 |
20140093366 | CENTRIFUGAL FAN - A centrifugal fan includes an impeller, and a lower casing provided below the impeller. The impeller includes an upper shroud having an upper portion formed with an inlet, a lower shroud, and a plurality of blades arranged along a circumference direction between the upper shroud and the lower shroud. The blades extend from an inner side area to an outer side area in a radial direction, and are only connected to the lower shroud with the inner side area such that at least an outer circumferential side portion of each blade faces an upper surface of the lower casing. A surface of the lower casing, which faces the impeller, configures a portion of a wall surface which guides the fluid introduced from the inlet. A surface of each blade at a side of a leading edge portion is formed with a discontinuous portion having a step shape. | 04-03-2014 |
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20090032777 | CARBON NANOTUBE DISPERSION LIQUID AND TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM USING SAME - Disclosed is a carbon nanotube dispersion liquid which enables to easily form a transparent conductive film. Also disclosed is a transparent conductive film obtained by using such a carbon nanotube dispersion liquid. Specifically disclosed is a carbon nanotube dispersion liquid containing a carbon nanotube (A), a dispersing agent (B) composed of an organic compound containing one of a carboxyl group, epoxy group, amino group and sulfonyl group and having a boiling point of not less than 30˚C and not more than 150˚C, and a solvent (C). Also disclosed are a transparent conductive film containing a layer composed of a solid component of such a dispersion liquid, and a method for producing such a transparent conductive film. | 02-05-2009 |
20090052025 | LENS SHEET, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND RESIN COMPOSITION FOR TRANSFER MATERIAL - To provide a lenticular lens sheet having a fine light shielding pattern that has high color reproducibility. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] The above problem can be solved by a lenticular lens sheet, in which the average primary particle diameter of carbon black contained in a light shielding layer is not less than 10 nm and not more than 50 nm and, preferably, in an image of the cross-section of the light shielding layer under scanning electron microscopic observation, the area ratio of carbon black to the whole image is not less than 60% and not more than 95%, and a process for producing the lenticular lens sheet. | 02-26-2009 |
20100297449 | TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM, TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIQUID CRYSTAL ALIGNMENT FILM BY USING THE SAME, AND CARBON NANOTUBE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention is a transparent conductive film characterized in that: a major component of the transparent conductive film is a single-walled carbon nanotube; the single-walled carbon nanotubes are present in a bundle state; and a rope-like shape, which is a state where the bundles are gathered together, can be confirmed by scanning electron microscope observation. The present invention is also a method for producing a liquid crystal alignment film using a transparent electrode substrate, with an electrode layer being the aforementioned transparent conductive film. According to the invention, a transparent electrode substrate with high wettability can be obtained, and further a method for producing an alignment film by which a uniform alignment film can be obtained without deteriorating an electrical characteristic is provided. | 11-25-2010 |
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20080307075 | Sensor-net system and sensor node - A sensor-Net system includes sensor nodes which are in intermittent operation so as to save power by repeating activated state and inactivated state at a regular interval. Synchronization of time in the system is executed by aligning to the intermittent operation of the sensor nodes. A management server issues a setTime command for configuring the time to each gateway node at a specified interval. Each router node sets or corrects the time of it based on the time received from the gateway node and thereafter turns ON the time configuration flag for each sensor node in order to expand the setTime command to all of its sibling sensor nodes. The router node, upon reception of a polling, which is a command request, from the sensor node, obtains the time at that time, then uses the time to generate a setTime command to transmit to that sensor node. | 12-11-2008 |
20090018899 | User collaboration system and server - There is provided a facile sound communication tool that can quickly communicate with a necessary partner when needed. The real-time contexts of users are detected from sensors that are worn by the users, and diverse sensors that are located around the respective users to obtain data. The data is transmitted to a server. A context analyzer of a processor in the server determines the busyness of the respective users on the basis of the data, and a collaboration controller controls a communication between the respective users on the basis of the busyness. | 01-15-2009 |
20100058127 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - To realize a fast and highly reliable phase-change memory system of low power consumption, a semiconductor device includes: a memory device which includes a first memory array having a first area including a plurality of first memory cells and a second area including a plurality of second memory cells; a controller coupled to the memory device to issue a command to the memory device; and a condition table for storing a plurality of trial writing conditions. The controller performs trial writing in the plurality of second memory cells a plurality of times based on the plurality of trial writing conditions stored in the condition table, and determines writing conditions in the plurality of first memory cells based on a result of the trial writing. The memory device performs writing in the plurality of first memory cells based on the writing conditions instructed from the controller. | 03-04-2010 |
20110196955 | Sensor Network System for Managing the Latest Data and History Data - In a sensor network system comprising a sensor terminal and a management server, the sensor terminal transmits observation data acquired using the sensor, the management server has a latest data storage manager which manages the latest observation data among observation data received from the sensor terminal, a history data storage manager which manages the history of the observation data from any time when data was received from the sensor terminal to the latest observation data, and a missing data manager which manages missing history data, and compensates the missing history data based on a predetermined rule, and when a request for such observation data is received, at least one of the latest observation data managed by the latest data storage manager, and history data wherein the missing data has been compensated and managed by the history data storage manager, is output according to the type of request. | 08-11-2011 |
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20110122436 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PROCESSING METHOD THEREFOR - A printing apparatus includes a first processor which is connected to a first memory and converts print data into an image data format based on a page description language, a second processor which is connected to a second memory and performs image processing for print data of the image data format to generate data of a format interpretable by a printing unit, and a communication control unit which externally receives print data and transfers the received print data to either the first memory or second memory based on a descriptor. The second processor determines the format of received print data. When the print data has the page description language format, the first memory is set as the transfer destination in the descriptor. When the print data has the image data format, the second memory is set as the transfer destination in the descriptor. | 05-26-2011 |
20120154870 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A printing apparatus comprising a storage unit having a driving unit, determines whether or not access to the storage device is required with reception of data; determines whether or not a predetermined period of time has elapsed after transition to a first operation state; in a case where the predetermined period of time has elapsed, obtains, as an estimation time, a period of time until next reception of data that requires access to the storage device based on history information; and causes the printing apparatus to transition from the first operation state to a second operation state in a case where the estimation time exceeds a threshold of a period of time decided based on an amount of power consumption for when the driving unit is driven, and maintain the printing apparatus in the first operation state in a case where the estimation time does not exceed the threshold. | 06-21-2012 |
20120155945 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A printing apparatus prints on a printing medium based on print data from at least one host apparatus; stores print information associated with a printing operation except for print data in a first storage unit; performs, by a power supply unit, first control to supply power to the first storage unit and second control to stop power supply to the first storage unit; stores, in a second storage unit which receives power supply from the power supply unit regardless of the first control or the second control, the print information stored in the first storage unit when the printing apparatus changes from the first control to the second control; and when the printing apparatus receives a request from the host apparatus to obtain the print information after changing to the second control, transmits the print information stored in the second storage unit to the host apparatus. | 06-21-2012 |