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20110214649 | Control System for Gas Engine - A control system for a gas engine including a controller being configured to execute load equalization control such that a fuel feed amount corresponding to a higher-temperature cylinder of a first predetermined number which is selected to include a highest exhaust gas temperature, among cylinders which are controlled targets, is reduced, and a fuel feed amount corresponding to a lower-temperature cylinder of a second predetermined number which is selected to include a lowest exhaust gas temperature, among the cylinders which are the controlled targets, is increased; and a sum of the first predetermined number and the second predetermined number being less than the number of all of the plurality of cylinders so that there is a cylinder whose fuel feed amount is not changed. | 09-08-2011 |
20110224889 | Knocking Control System for Gas Engine - A knocking control system comprises a knocking determiner device for determining whether or not knocking with a predetermined intensity or higher has occurred in a cylinder of a gas engine in each cycle; an integration variable calculator which adds to an integration variable CT when the knocking determiner device determines that the knocking with the predetermined intensity or higher has occurred, and subtracts from the integration variable CT when the knocking determiner determines that the knocking with the predetermined intensity or higher has not occurred; and a main controller for reducing a power output of the cylinder if the integration variable CT is not less than a threshold. | 09-15-2011 |
20110259298 | Knocking Control System for Gas Engine - A knocking control system for a gas engine of the present invention, being configured to calculate a knocking occurrence ratio (SEV) which is a ratio of a cycle number of cycles in which a predetermined knocking occurs for a period of the cycles of the predetermined cycle number, to the predetermined cycle number, decide a target value of an ignition timing of the ignition device based on a deviation (ΔSEV) between an occurrence ratio delay calculation value (SEV | 10-27-2011 |
20130000598 | DIVIDED-CHAMBER GAS ENGINE - A gas engine is configured to inject a combustion gas from an auxiliary combustion chamber through a plurality of nozzles, through which the auxiliary combustion chamber and a main combustion chamber are in communication with each other, so as to ignite a fuel in the main combustion chamber. An opening edge, at the auxiliary combustion chamber side, of each of the plurality of nozzles is formed to have a curved surface. This structure makes it possible to maintain stable combustion in the main combustion chamber while preventing degradation in combustion performance. | 01-03-2013 |
20130019837 | COMBUSTION CHAMBER FOR LARGE GAS ENGINE - Provided is a combustion chamber applied in a gas engine including: a main combustion chamber including, at a central portion of its ceiling, an auxiliary combustion chamber; and a piston. A peripheral portion of a top surface of the piston is a flat surface. A raised portion, which has a curved surface and which is a solid of revolution, is formed at a central portion of the top surface, the raised portion being joined to the flat surface of the peripheral portion via a curved surface. When the piston is positioned at a top dead center, nozzle holes of the auxiliary combustion chamber jet out flame jets to a portion at which the raised portion of the top surface of the piston and the flat surface of the peripheral portion of the top surface of the piston are joined together. | 01-24-2013 |
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20110108382 | ONE-WAY CLUTCH AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING SUCH CLUTCH - The object is to stably support pillars forming a retainer of the roller type one-way clutch. An outer race ( | 05-12-2011 |
20120201486 | BEARING WITH SENSOR - Disclosed is a bearing assembly with a sensor, in which a sensor holder that is formed of a synthetic resin and is the annular member having ends is supported on an outer race using a circumferential groove of the outer race of a rolling bearing, and the sensor holder is adapted to be strongly fixed in position by a spring member having circumferential half-split elastic recovery portions. Because spring forces by which the sensor holder is strongly fixed in position as described above can be increased, the sensor holder can be more strongly fixed in position. A spring member ( | 08-09-2012 |
20130121629 | BEARING ASSEMBLY WITH ROTATION SENSOR - An annular sensor holder ( | 05-16-2013 |
20140003751 | ROLLING BEARING DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH AN IC TAG | 01-02-2014 |
20140011622 | ROLLING BEARING AND A TRAVEL UNIT INCLUDING ROLLING BEARINGS - A rolling bearing includes rolling elements incorporated between an outer race and an inner race, a resin seal ring covering the opening of at least one end of the bearing space, and a filter covering an oil hole formed in the seal ring for capturing foreign matter contained in lubricating oil. The filter and the resin seal ring are integrated by insert molding. The filter and the seal ring are made of the same material. An annular lip portion, which is separate from the seal ring, is in contact with the outer race. An engaged portion provided on the radially inner side of the seal ring is engaged in a recess formed in the inner race such that, during thermal expansion of the seal ring, the engaged portion is engaged such that the seal ring is movable in the radial direction relative to the inner race. | 01-09-2014 |
20150036956 | BEARING ASSEMBLY AND BEARING SEAL HAVING RFID FUNCTION - A bearing assembly having an RFID (radio frequency identification) function, which can be compactized and contributes to reduction in labor and cost and which can also implements a favorable communication and has a capability of accomplishing information communication on a non-contact basis. This bearing assembly includes an inlet ( | 02-05-2015 |
20150057956 | RAILROAD VEHICLE BEARING MALFUNCTION SENSING SYSTEM - A railroad vehicle bearing malfunction sensing system which is able to accurately determine a malfunction of an axle bearing in each vehicle of a train. The system includes: a plurality of data loggers mounted on a plurality of axle bearings, respectively, in at least one vehicle of a single-line train, each logger including: a detection/recording to detect vibration of the bearing and record detected vibration detection data; and a wireless communication to receive a recording start command for starting recording of the vibration detection data by the detection/recording; and a simultaneous recording start command to simultaneously and wirelessly transmit recording start commands to the loggers respectively corresponding to the bearings. | 02-26-2015 |
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20090168063 | DENTAL COLOR MEASUREMENT TOOL, DENTAL COLOR MEASUREMENT TOOL SYSTEM, AND DENTAL COLOR MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - A dental color measurement tool disposed opposite an opening portion for capturing light from an artificial tooth to undergo color measurement with a color measurement device includes at least one pair of guide posts having an engaging portion corresponding to an engaging portion on the color measurement device side, and an abutment post disposed between the pair of guide posts and having a pointed convex shape to which the artificial tooth can be mounted. The abutment post has a color measurement reference surface in a color measurement light axis direction as the vicinity of a focus position of the color measurement device in a photographing state. When performing color measurement photographing, the artificial tooth is mounted to the abutment post to position the front thereof at the color measurement reference surface. Thus, the artificial tooth can be stably retained at a suitable position with respect to the color measurement device. | 07-02-2009 |
20110032350 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND IMAGE ACQUISITION APPARATUS - An illumination device includes a first illumination section having a first light source which emits white light and a first optical system for applying, with a first directional characteristic, the white light emitted from the first light source, and a second illumination section having a second light source which emits light of a color different from the color of the light from the first light source, and a second optical system for applying the light emitted from the second light source with a second directional characteristic such that the light is applied to a second application area contained in and smaller than a first application area based on the first directional characteristic. | 02-10-2011 |
20120069445 | HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY SHIELD AND HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY - Increased impact resistance can be achieved without impairing the comfort when worn. Provided is a head-mounted-display shield attached to a head mounted display including a pair of optical units each having a display device, and a frame that supports the optical units and that is to be mounted to a wearer's head. The head-mounted-display shield includes shield bodies that are composed of an elastically deformable material, that are each separated from an outline of the neighboring optical unit by a space and disposed at a position where the frame does not extend between the shield body and the outline, and that are each disposed at least at a position where the shield body forms a plane across which the corresponding optical unit does not extend; and an attachment section attached to the frame. | 03-22-2012 |
20140221748 | STEREOSCOPIC ENDOSCOPE DEVICE - An appropriate stereoscopic image of a subject is readily acquired. Provided is a stereoscopic endoscope device including two image capture elements spaced apart from each other and disposed at a distal end of an insertion section to be inserted into a subject; an angle changing mechanism that changes a relative angle between optical axes of the image capture elements; a distance sensor that detects the distance from the image capture elements to the subject; and a controller that controls the angle changing mechanism on the basis of the distance detected by the distance sensor. | 08-07-2014 |
20140323801 | IMAGE SYSTEM FOR SURGERY AND METHOD FOR IMAGE DISPLAY - An image system for surgery includes: a three-dimensional imaging unit acquiring two images having parallax by capturing an image of a portion; a display unit displaying two images acquired by the three-dimensional imaging unit individually for both left and right eyes, or displaying a same image for both left and right eyes; a detection unit detecting that a treatment device that performs treatment on the portion or the three-dimensional imaging unit is in an operating state in which to initiate treatment on the portion; and a display control unit switching from displaying one of images on the display unit to displaying two images on the display unit when the detection unit detects the three-dimensional imaging unit or the treatment device is in the operating state in which to initiate treatment on the portion. | 10-30-2014 |
20140357948 | ILLUMINATION OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR ENDSCOPE AND ENDOSCOPE - A wide range is illuminated with a sufficient light amount while a diameter of an insertion portion is reduced. Provided is an illumination optical system for endoscope including an optical fiber for guiding excitation light emitted from a light source; a first mirror and a second mirror disposed facing a light emission end at a distal end of the optical fiber and diffusing the excitation light emitted from the light emission end; and a phosphor on which the excitation light diffused by the first mirror and the second mirror is incident and which emits fluorescence. | 12-04-2014 |
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20080309780 | Imaging Device - For a first region being a portion of a storage section ( | 12-18-2008 |
20100046906 | Image Processing Method, Image Recording Method, Image Processing Device and Image File Format - A recording process records low-resolution video data while obtaining a high-resolution image in a window region being a portion of an entire image. Then, the process learns, as a resolution conversion rule, a resolution increasing parameter by using the high-resolution image. In a resolution increasing process, the resolution of the recorded low-resolution video data is increased by using the resolution increasing parameter learned in the recording process. | 02-25-2010 |
20110043670 | IMAGING PROCESSOR - An imaging and processing device includes: an optical element; a single imager with a color filter array of a plurality of colors attached thereto for outputting a value according to an amount of light which has been guided by the optical element and transmitted through the color filter array, thereby enabling to obtain separate images of the plurality of colors for every frame time point; a first adder section for adding together values, associated with a first color of the plurality of colors, of different images obtained over a plurality of frame time points; a second adder section for adding together a plurality of values, associated with a second color of the plurality of colors other than the first color, of an image captured at a single frame time point; and an image restoring section for restoring an image including a plurality of colors at each frame time point from an image based on the first color which has been subjected to the addition by the first adder section, and an image based on the second color which has been subjected to the addition by the second adder section. | 02-24-2011 |
20110134285 | Image Processing Method, Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing Program, and Image File Format - In a learning process, first, images having different resolutions are obtained from a target region of the subject (S | 06-09-2011 |
20110285886 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR, CAMERA SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR - The solid-state image sensor of the present invention includes: multiple different types of pixel groups, which exhibit mutually different sensitivity properties that vary from one group to another according to wavelengths of incoming light, wherein each pixel has a photoelectric converter for outputting a pixel signal that changes with the intensity of the light received, and a reading circuit, which reads the pixel signal from each of the multiple types of pixel groups and which outputs an image signal representing an image that is associated with the type of a pixel group. The reading circuit outputs the image signal with the frame frequency changed according to the type of the pixel group. | 11-24-2011 |
20130107087 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE CAPTURE ELEMENT AND IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE COMPRISING SAID SOLID-STATE IMAGE CAPTURE ELEMENT, AND IMAGE CAPTURE CONTROL METHOD AND IMAGE CAPTURE CONTROL PROGRAM | 05-02-2013 |
20130113971 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE INCLUDING THE SENSOR - In an embodiment, an image sensor includes pixels arranged in columns and rows, read signal lines connected to pixels arranged in the row direction. Each pixel is read in either a first exposure time or in a second exposure time shorter than the first exposure time. Each of a first type of read signal lines is connected to a group of pixels associated with the first exposure time, and each of a second type of read signal lines is connected to a group of pixels associated with the second exposure time. In two vertically adjacent horizontal pixel lines, the first type of read signal line is shared by two horizontally adjacent pixels associated with the first exposure time, and the second type of read signal line is shared by two horizontally adjacent pixels associated with the second exposure time. | 05-09-2013 |
20130270421 | POLARIZATION IMAGE SENSOR AND ENDOSCOPE - A polarization image sensor includes: photodiodes arranged on an image capturing plane; a color mosaic filter in which color filters in multiple different colors are arranged to face the photodiodes; an optical low-pass filter which covers the color mosaic filter; and polarization optical elements located closer to a light source than the optical low-pass filter is. Each polarization optical element covers an associated one of the photodiodes and makes light which is polarized in a predetermined direction in a plane that is parallel to the image capturing plane incident onto the optical low-pass filter. The color filters are arranged so that light that has passed through polarization optical elements is transmitted through an associated one of the color filters in a single color. Each color filter covers multiple photodiodes. | 10-17-2013 |
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20080249225 | POLYPROPYLENE RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED ARTICLE COMPRISING THE SAME - A polypropylene resin composition is disclosed which contains a propylene polymer (A) selected from the group consisting of propylene homopolymers (A-1) and propylene-ethylene block copolymers (A-2) which are propylene-ethylene block copolymers each of which is composed of a propylene homopolymer component and a propylene-ethylene random copolymer component and has an intrinsic viscosity of from 2 to 8 dl/g, an ethylene-α-olefin copolymer (B) defined below, the amount of the polymer (A) and the amount of the copolymer (B) each being based on the combined amount of the polymer (A) and the copolymer (B) which is an ethylene-α-olefin copolymer having a melt index, as measured at 190° C., of from 1 to 40 g/10 min, and a petroleum resin (C-1) or a terpene resin (C-2) having a glass transition temperature of 90° C. or lower. | 10-09-2008 |
20100298456 | POLYPROPYLENE RESIN COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND FOAM MOLDED ARTICLE - There is provided a polypropylene resin composition comprising a propylene polymer (A) containing 0 to 70% by mass of a propylene homopolymer (A-1) and 30 to 100% by mass of a propylene-ethylene block copolymer (A-2) defined below, an ethylene-α-olefin copolymer (B) defined below, and an inorganic filler (C), wherein the proportion of the amount of the (A), the proportion of the amount of (B), and the proportion of the amount of (C) relative to the total amount of the (A), the (B) and the (C) are 40 to 94% by mass, 5 to 30% by mass, and 1 to 30% by mass, respectively, the propylene-ethylene block copolymer (A-2) is a mixture of a propylene homopolymer component and a propylene-ethylene random copolymer component, wherein the intrinsic viscosity, as measured in Tetralin of 135° C., of the propylene-ethylene random copolymer component is within the range of 2.0 to 8.0 dl/g, the ethylene-α-olefin copolymer (B) is a copolymer of ethylene and an α-olefin having 4 to 20 carbon atoms, the copolymer having a density of 0.85 to 0.89 g/cm | 11-25-2010 |
20110039965 | RESIN COMPOSITION AND FOAM MOLDED ARTICLE - There is a resin composition containing a propylene polymer (A), an ethylene-α-olefin copolymer (B), and organic polymer beads (C), wherein the proportion of the amount of the propylene polymer (A) and the proportion of the amount of the ethylene-α-olefin copolymer (B) relative to the sum total of the amounts of the propylene polymer (A) and the ethylene-α-olefin copolymer (B) are 40 to 95% by mass and 5 to 60% by mass, respectively, the amount of the organic polymer beads (C) for 100 parts by weight in total of the propylene polymer (A) and the ethylene-α-olefin copolymer (B) is 0.1 to 20 parts by weight, and the density of the ethylene-α-olefin copolymer (B) is 0.85 to 0.89 g/cm | 02-17-2011 |
20120245296 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING MODIFIED PROPYLENE POLYMER - Disclosed is a method for producing a modified propylene polymer that exhibits low flowability and also exhibits little fluctuation in melt flow rate compared with the melt flow rate of the propylene polymer before modification, the method involving a heat treatment step of subjecting a mixture comprising 100 parts by weight of a propylene polymer (A), from 0.1 to 50 parts by weight of an ethylenically unsaturated bond-containing compound (B), and from 0.01 to 20 parts by weight of an organic peroxide (C) whose decomposition temperature at which the half-life thereof becomes 1 minute is lower than 120° C. to heat treatment by using an extruder at a temperature lower than the decomposition temperature of the organic peroxide (C) at which the half-life thereof becomes 1 minute. | 09-27-2012 |
20120245297 | MODIFIED PROPYLENE POLYMER - Disclosed is a modified propylene polymer excellent in the balance between melt tension and flowability, the modified propylene polymer being obtainable by reacting 100 parts by weight of a propylene polymers (A), from 0.1 to 50 parts by weight of an ethylenically unsaturated bond-containing compounds (B), and from 0.01 to 20 parts by weight of an organic peroxide (C), wherein a melt flow rate measured at 230° C. under a load of 2.16 kg and a melt tension measured at 190° C. satisfy the following formula (1): | 09-27-2012 |
20120245302 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING MODIFIED PROPYLENE POLYMER - Disclosed is a method for producing a modified propylene polymer excellent in the balance between melt tension and flowability, the method involving a heat treatment step of subjecting a mixture comprising 100 parts by weight of a propylene polymer (A) and from 0.01 to 20 parts by weight of an organic peroxide (B) whose decomposition temperature at which the half-life thereof becomes 1 minute is lower than 120° C. to heat treatment by using an extruder at a temperature lower than the decomposition temperature of the organic peroxide (B) at which the half-life thereof becomes 1 minute. | 09-27-2012 |
20130253111 | PROPYLENE RESIN COMPOSITION AND INJECTION-MOLDED ARTICLE OF SAME - A propylene resin composition contains a specific propylene resin (A), a specific copolymer (B), an inorganic filler (C), a fatty acid amide (D), and carbon black (E), wherein the propylene resin (A) has a content of 52% to 72% by weight, the copolymer (B) has a content of 10% to 20% by weight, and the inorganic filler (C) has a content of 18% to 28% by weight. The total of weights of the propylene resin (A), the copolymer (B) of ethylene and an α-olefin having not less than 4 carbons, and the inorganic filler (C) is taken as 100% by weight. The fatty acid amide (D) is contained at 0.2 to 0.7 parts by weight, and the carbon black (E) is contained at 0.8 to 2.2 parts by weight, relative to 100 parts by weight of the total of the weights of (A), (B) and (C). | 09-26-2013 |
20140088255 | PROPYLENE RESIN MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - Disclosed are a propylene resin material capable of affording a molded article superior in impact properties, tensile properties, and appearance, and a method for producing the same. The propylene resin material includes a propylene homopolymer portion and a propylene-ethylene copolymer portion and satisfies specific requirements. The production method includes the step of mixing an organic peroxide with a propylene polymeric material produced via a multistage polymerization process using a polymerization catalyst and comprising a propylene homopolymer portion and a propylene-ethylene copolymer portion, the step of heating the mixture obtained via the mixing step, at a temperature lower than a decomposition temperature of the organic peroxide at which the half-life of the organic peroxide is one minute, and the step of washing the mixture heated in the heating step, with a medium containing an organic solvent. | 03-27-2014 |
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20100015877 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - A method for producing a plasma display panel, the method comprising the steps of: (i) preparing a front panel and a rear panel, the front panel being a panel wherein an electrode A, a dielectric layer A and a protective layer are formed on a substrate A, and the rear panel being a panel wherein an electrode B, a dielectric layer B, a partition wall and a phosphor layer are formed on a substrate B; (ii) applying a glass frit material onto a peripheral region of the substrate A or B, and then opposing the front and rear panels with each other such that the glass frit material is interposed therebetween; (iii) supplying a gas into a space formed between the opposed front and rear panels from a direction lateral to the opposed front and rear panels, under such a condition that the front and rear panels are heated; and (iv) melting the glass frit material to cause the front and rear panels to be sealed. | 01-21-2010 |
20110171871 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - A method for producing a plasma display panel includes: (i) providing a front panel and a rear panel, the front panel being a panel wherein an electrode A, a dielectric layer A and a protective layer are formed on a substrate A, and the rear panel being a panel wherein an electrode B, a dielectric layer B, a barrier rib and a phosphor layer are formed on a substrate B; (ii) supplying a glass frit material onto a peripheral region of the substrate A or B to form a glass frit sealing member; (iii) opposing the front and rear panels with each other such that the glass frit sealing member is interposed therebetween; and (iv) heating the opposed front and rear panels to reach a softening point of the glass frit sealing member or a higher temperature than the softening point, while supplying a cleaning gas into a space formed between the opposed front and rear panels. Prior to the heating of step (iv), a gas is introduced into a space formed between the opposed front and rear panels, or a gas is exhausted from a space formed between the opposed front and rear panels. | 07-14-2011 |
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20100232717 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes: a memory; an obtaining unit that obtains image data representing an image including concatenated pixels; an isolating unit that isolates a rendering element, the rendering element being an image surrounded by border lines of a color in an image represented by the image data; and a classifying unit that, in a case where a plurality of rendering elements has been isolated by the isolating unit, and in a case where color difference between two of the plural rendering elements or the distance between the two rendering elements is less than a threshold, classifies the two rendering elements into the same group, associates pieces of image data that represent rendering elements belonging to the same group with one another, and stores the pieces of image data in the memory. | 09-16-2010 |
20120089250 | DOCUMENT DISCARDING APPARATUS, DOCUMENT MANAGING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A document discarding apparatus includes: a metal detector that detects presence or absence of a metal embedded in a document; a code reader that reads a code; an instruction accept portion that accepts an instruction to discard the document; a document discarding portion that discards the document; a first determining unit that, according to the presence or absence of the metal, determines whether the document may be discarded in the document discarding portion; a second determining unit that, according to the code, determines whether the document may be discarded in the document discarding portion; and a document discarding control unit that, when the instruction accept portion accepts an instruction to discard the document, on condition that the first determining unit and the second determining unit both determine that the document can be discarded in the document discarding portion, controls the document discarding portion to discard the document. | 04-12-2012 |
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20090064275 | DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM STORING DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT METHOD AND DATA SIGNAL - A document management system, which includes a management section that manages identification information corresponding to a component included in a document; a setting section that sets the identification information managed by the management section to the component included in the document; and a history management section that manages history information of the component corresponding to the identification information that is set to the component by the setting section. | 03-05-2009 |
20090070348 | DOCUMENT DISPOSAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, DOCUMENT DISPOSAL MANAGEMENT DEVICE, DOCUMENT DISPOSAL MANAGEMENT METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING DOCUMENT DISPOSAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM - A document disposal management system, which includes a print unit that performs combined printing of plural documents, each of the plural documents being embedded with document identification information and combination identification information; a management unit that manages comparison image data associated with the document identification information and a similarity value used as a threshold value; a determination unit that receives a request containing combined image data and pairs of document identification information and combination identification information, compares each of the combined image data with the comparison image data to calculate a similarity value, and determines approval/disapproval of disposal; a request unit that separates and extracts the combined image data and the pairs of document identification information and combination identification information from the scanned image output, and requests for determination; and a controller that performs control to dispose of or prohibit disposal based on the determination result. | 03-12-2009 |
20100225984 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes: a first determination unit that determines whether each of an image regions is for a vector image; a color number counting unit that counts the number of colors in the pixels of high-resolution image data; a frequency counting unit that counts a number of times where the difference between the colors of each of the pixels in the high-resolution image data and the colors of at least one pixel located around each of those pixels is greater than or equal to a threshold; a second determination unit that determines that the image region is not an image region for a vector image; and a generation unit that generates image data in which a process for rendering images in the image regions determined by the first determination unit to be image regions for vector images is defined by numerical values or numerical formulas. | 09-09-2010 |
20100239166 | CHARACTER RECOGNITION DEVICE, IMAGE-READING DEVICE, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND CHARACTER RECOGNITION METHOD - A character recognition device includes: an acquiring unit that acquires image data describing pixel values representing colors of pixels constituting an image; a binarizing unit that binarizes the pixel values; an extracting unit that extracts boundaries of colors in the image; a delimiting unit that delimits plural image areas in the image; a specifying unit that specifies, with regard to first image areas arranged according to a predetermined rule, pixels binarized by the binarizing unit, as a subject for character recognition, and specifies, with regard to second image areas not arranged according to the predetermined rule, pixels of areas surrounded by boundaries extracted by the extracting unit, as a subject for character recognition; and a character recognition unit that recognizes characters represented by the pixels specified by the specifying unit as a subject for character recognition. | 09-23-2010 |
20110043852 | DOCUMENT OUTPUT DEVICE, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM AND DOCUMENT OUTPUT METHOD - A document output device includes an acquisition unit and a controller. When a printed document is read by a reading device and output of the document on the basis of read document information is instructed, the acquisition unit acquires at least one of attribute information of a document receiver, attribute information of an output instructor, and second identification information inputted by the output instructor. If it is determined, on the basis of a first identification information and the acquired information, that an output of a constituent element specified as an object of output restriction is not permitted, the controller restricts the output of the constituent element which is the object of output restriction in the document. | 02-24-2011 |
20110168815 | RECORDING MEDIUM DESTRUCTION AND DISCARDING SYSTEM, RECORDING MEDIUM DESTRUCTION AND DISCARDING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM DESTRUCTION AND DISCARDING APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A sheet destruction and discarding apparatus for destroying and discarding a sheet, comprising a destruction and discarding unit that destroys and discards the sheet based on a determination whether or not the sheet is allowed to be destroyed and to be discarded; a notification unit that notifies that the sheet is not allowed to be destroyed and to be discarded and a reason why the sheet is not allowed to be destroyed and to be discarded when the determination indicates that the sheet is not allowed to be destroyed and to be discarded; an insert sensor that detects whether or not the sheet is taken off, wherein, after the notification unit notifies that the sheet is not allowed to be destroyed and to be discarded and the reason, a state of the insert sensor changes to an off state and then a state of the sheet destruction and discarding apparatus changes to a standby state. | 07-14-2011 |
20110222762 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a separation section, a background color setting section, and a generating section. The separation section separates at least one image component having different attributes contained in electronic document data expressing an original image. The background color setting section selects a coloring method, from among a plurality of coloring methods for coloring a background, according to software to be used and sets a background color. The generating section generates software data corresponding to the software by coloring the background color based on the setting of the background color setting section, and re-arranging the at least one image component. | 09-15-2011 |
20120038659 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus that includes a character recognition component, a determining component and a generating component is provided. The determining component determines, when document data is generated that contains first data representing the document and representing the entity in which the characters are mixed and second data containing character code data of the characters recognized by the character recognition component and representing a character block displaying the characters represented by the character code data, whether to hide the character block represented by the second data behind the entity represented by the first data or to display the character block represented by the second data in front of the entity represented by the first data when the document represented by the document data is displayed, based on lightness or distribution of the lightness of a background region around the characters of the entity or the like. | 02-16-2012 |
20120230590 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a registering unit that registers a first language and a second language different from the first language, a character string extracting unit that extracts one or more character strings from reading information acquired by reading an original, plural feature character string creating sections that create a feature character string of the original on the basis of the one or more character strings extracted by the character string extracting unit, and a switching unit that switches the feature character string creating section used to create the feature character string on the basis of a combination of the registered first language and the registered second language. | 09-13-2012 |
20120250991 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes the following elements. A document-type determining unit determines what type of document a document is on the basis of read information obtained as a result of reading the document by using a document reader. A compression-format setting unit sets, on the basis of the type of document determined by the document-type determining unit, a compression format used for generating image data from the read information. A generator compresses the read information by using the compression format set by the compression-format setting unit so as to generate image data corresponding to the document. | 10-04-2012 |
20130182293 | IMAGE READER, MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image reader includes a reading unit that reads an image; a detection unit that detects marks from the read image read by the reading unit; a creation unit that creates a hiding image, which hides a region including the marks, on the basis of the marks detected by the detection unit; and a combining unit that combines the read image and the hiding image to create an electronic document. | 07-18-2013 |
20140093166 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes the following elements. A document-type determining unit determines what type of document a document is on the basis of read information obtained as a result of reading the document by using a document reader. A compression-format setting unit sets, on the basis of the type of document determined by the document-type determining unit, a compression format used for generating image data from the read information. A generator compresses the read information by using the compression format set by the compression-format setting unit so as to generate image data corresponding to the document. | 04-03-2014 |
20140099038 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a reading unit, a recognition unit, a table-of-contents analysis unit, a main-body analysis unit, and a creation unit. The reading unit reads a table of contents page and a main body page as images. The recognition unit performs character recognition on the images of the table of contents and main body pages. The table-of-contents analysis unit analyzes the image of the table of contents page, and acquires at least a heading item in accordance with a result of character recognition. The main-body analysis unit analyzes the image of the main body page, and associates an image including the heading item with the heading item in accordance with a result of character recognition. The creation unit creates electronic bookmarked information in which bookmark information for associating the heading item with the image of the main body page is added to electronic information of the read images. | 04-10-2014 |
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20080319595 | ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE AND ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION CONTROL SYSTEM EQUIPPED WITH THE APPARATUS - An electric power generation control apparatus mounted to a motor vehicle predicts an operational point of an internal combustion engine in the future based on driving path information supplied from a navigation system mounted to the motor vehicle. The apparatus further predicts an increased amount of fuel consumption which is caused by electric power generation of an alternator based on the predicted operational point of the internal combustion engine. The apparatus sets a reference value of an electric power economy index which is an amount of fuel consumption per electric power generation. On driving the motor vehicle on a path, the apparatus sequentially predicts the operational point of the internal combustion engine, and controls the alternator so that the actual electric power economy index becomes equal to the reference value based on the operational point of the internal combustion engine predicted. | 12-25-2008 |
20090195430 | ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTING APPARATUS WITH LOWER TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE - In an A/D converting apparatus, a converting unit has an input terminal and an input-output characteristic. The input-output characteristic has temperature dependence, and the converting unit carries out a process of converting an input voltage signal to digital data. A temperature determining unit has information representing a relationship between a variable of an output of the converting unit and a variable of a temperature around the converting unit according to the temperature dependence of the input-output characteristic of the converting unit. When the specified voltage is applied to the input terminal of the converting unit, the temperature determining unit determines a value of the temperature around the converting unit based on the information and the specified voltage. A reducing unit reduces temperature dependence of the process of converting an input voltage signal to digital data based on the determined value of the temperature around the converting unit. | 08-06-2009 |
20090251103 | VOLTAGE DETECTING APPARATUS WITH VOLTAGE CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR AND BATTERY STATE CONTROL SYSTEM - In a voltage detecting apparatus, a voltage controlled oscillator, when an input voltage is applied thereto, outputs a signal with a logical value that is periodically inverted. A detector counts a number of logical inversion of the output signal from the voltage controlled oscillator over an interval between edges of pulses of a pulse signal to thereby generate, based on the counted number of logical inversion, digital data as a detected result of the input voltage. A determiner determines whether a reduction of a time required to detect the input voltage is higher in priority than an increase of a resolution of detection of the input voltage. A variably setting unit variably sets a frequency of the pulse signal based on a result of the determination of whether the reduction of the time required to detect the input voltage is higher in priority than the increase of the resolution of detection of the input voltage. | 10-08-2009 |
20110025271 | STATE MONITORING APPARATUS FOR ASSEMBLED BATTERY - The state monitoring apparatus includes a high-voltage side monitoring section having monitoring units assigned to respective unit batteries and a low-voltage side monitoring section having a control device. The monitoring units measures the voltages of the unit batteries upon reception of a voltage measurement command transmitted from the control device, and determines whether or not the measured voltages are within a predetermined range. This determination is transmitted to the control device. If this determination is negative, the control device limits a charge/discharge current of the assembled battery, and then causes the monitoring units to transmit the measured voltages. | 02-03-2011 |
20140356657 | BATTERY PACK AND BATTERY PACK APPARATUS - The battery pack includes battery cells, bus bars provided for electrical connection among the battery cells, a fluid device that passes a heat transfer medium for exchanging beat with the bus bars or the battery cells, and a control device that obtains data on the bus bars or the battery cells and controls the fluid device based on the obtained data. | 12-04-2014 |
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20090254602 | NETWORK DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND NETWORK SYSTEM - If an instruction of a predetermined function is given at a device A in a network, the device A issues a notification request for inquiring whether or not it is possible to execute the function to devices B, C and D in a list of devices capable of cooperating with the device A. The device B receives the request and if the device B can not execute the function, then the device B issues a notification request including the search path of the device B to devices E, F and G included in a list of the device B. If the device B receives a response including a search path through the device E that can execute the function, from the device E, then the search path of the device B is added to the response and the response is sent to the device A. | 10-08-2009 |
20090284780 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND PROGRAM - Input raster image data is divided into objects of each attribute. The division results, and charge information representing a consideration accrued from a vectorized process for the division results are displayed. It is designated whether to execute the vectorized process for the displayed division results. The vectorized process of converting the raster image data into vector data is executed on the basis of the contents of the designation. | 11-19-2009 |
20100014112 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - Device B requests a network service of device A, and devices B and A are set in a client mode and server mode, respectively. Further, a mode is set in which the console unit of device A is controlled from that of device B, and image data scanned and created by the scanner of device B is processed as image data scanned by that of device A. In response to process start designation input from the console unit of device B, device A designates device B to scan an image using the scanner of device B. In response to the designation, device B transmits image data scanned by the scanner of device B to device A. Device A executes a process corresponding to setting information for the image data. | 01-21-2010 |
20100333035 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF THE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM THEREOF AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING THE PROGRAM - This invention relates to an information processing apparatus being able to execute first and second functions and set the processing conditions of each function by using a user interface, and a control method of the information processing apparatus. In a case that either of the first and second functions is selected, an application common to both the first and second functions is launched, and a user interface window generated based on common data corresponding to the application is displayed. The processing conditions of the selected function can be set from the user interface window. | 12-30-2010 |
20110069356 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - A control method for controlling an image processing apparatus capable of transmitting image data using any one of a plurality of communication protocols includes holding, in a holding unit, management information for managing a destination of image data to be transmitted and a communication protocol associated with the destination, displaying one or more destination candidates according to a character string entered by a user and the management information held in the holding unit, determining, in a case where a destination is selected from the one or more displayed destination candidates, a communication protocol associated with the selected destination according to the management information held in the holding unit, and transmitting the image data to the selected destination via the determined communication protocol. | 03-24-2011 |
20120026533 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF RECORDING USER INFORMATION INTO EXTERNAL RECORDING MEDIUM, AND CONTROL METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM THEREFOR - An image processing apparatus capable of recording user information into an external recording medium, while preventing an occurrence of a security problem. The image processing apparatus generates user information about an image processing job, and determines according to predetermined recording medium categories whether security information can be stored into an external recording medium in a case where the user information is recorded into the external recording medium. When determining that the security information cannot be stored into the external recording medium, the image processing apparatus removes predetermined security information from the user information and records the resultant information into the external recording medium. | 02-02-2012 |
20130212531 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus that displays a list of items and a control method thereof, wherein the displayed list of items is displayed by sliding in response to an instruction operation by a user, if it is determined that there is a change in an item that needs to be displayed in the list, the user is notified of the fact that there is a change in the displayed list of items by, for example, stopping the slide display or performing highlighted display. | 08-15-2013 |
20130214478 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF REDUCING TIME AND EFFORT FOR USER IN SETTING SIZE OF IRREGULAR-SIZE SHEET, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus which is capable of reducing time and effort for a user in setting a size of an irregular-size sheet. Width information indicative of a width of a sheet set by the user is stored in a storage unit. A width of the sheet held by a sheet holding unit that holds the sheet is detected. From the width information stored in the storage unit, candidates for a size of the sheet are extracted based on the detected width of the sheet. The extracted candidates for a size of the sheet are displayed on a display. A size of the sheet selected by the user from among the displayed candidates for a size of the sheet is set as a size of the sheet held by the sheet holding unit. | 08-22-2013 |
20140232056 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF REDUCING TIME AND EFFORT FOR USER IN SETTING SIZE OF IRREGULAR-SIZE SHEET, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus which is capable of reducing time and effort for a user in setting a size of an irregular-size sheet. Width information indicative of a width of a sheet set by the user is stored in a storage unit. A width of the sheet held by a sheet holding unit that holds the sheet is detected. From the width information stored in the storage unit, candidates for a size of the sheet are extracted based on the detected width of the sheet. The extracted candidates for a size of the sheet are displayed on a display. A size of the sheet selected by the user from among the displayed candidates for a size of the sheet is set as a size of the sheet held by the sheet holding unit. | 08-21-2014 |
20140333951 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF THE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM THEREOF AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING THE PROGRAM - This invention relates to an information processing apparatus being able to execute first and second functions and set the processing conditions of each function by using a user interface, and a control method of the information processing apparatus. In a case that either of the first and second functions is selected, an application common to both the first and second functions is launched, and a user interface window generated based on common data corresponding to the application is displayed. The processing conditions of the selected function can be set from the user interface window. | 11-13-2014 |
20140380250 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus comprises: an acquisition unit to acquire screen information related to whether or not an operation screen accepts an input by a gesture operation; a retrieval unit to retrieve, from screen information associated with a plurality of screen configuration patterns applicable to the operation screen, the screen information which coincides with the screen information acquired by the acquisition unit; a determining unit to determine the screen configuration pattern to be applied to the operation screen, based on the screen information retrieved by the retrieval unit; and an applying unit to apply a display rule of a screen element defined by the screen configuration pattern determined by the determining unit to a display screen of the operation screen, whereby a user can easily acknowledge whether or not to be able to perform the gesture operation on the screen on which the user intends to perform an operation. | 12-25-2014 |
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20100306690 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING USER INTERFACE IN ACCORDANCE WITH USER'S INTENTION - A user interface is controlled to support a user using an image processing apparatus which can perform a task, for example, for storing image data obtained by a scanner in a memory or printing the image by a printer. In a display apparatus which can display a user interface including operation items, a user's intention is estimated, and an operation by the user for specifying a task is supported. For example, statuses of an image input unit and an image accept unit relating to execution of the task are monitored, and display forms of the operation items are varied in accordance with results of the monitoring. | 12-02-2010 |
20120120452 | DISPLAYING UNCOMPLETED JOBS IN RESPONSE TO PRINT REQUEST - This invention allows a user to immediately grasp the print status of a job only by inputting a print instruction of a job stored and held in an image forming apparatus. This invention also provides a user-friendly apparatus that notifies the user of a predicted time until completion of printing. For this purpose, the image forming apparatus of this invention has a touch panel formed on the display screen of the operation unit. A list of jobs registered in a Hold job list is displayed on the display screen. When the user selects at least one job and touches a “Test print” or “Print” button, the print job is registered in the print execution queue. Simultaneously, a list of unprinted print jobs registered in the print execution queue is automatically displayed. | 05-17-2012 |
20140149914 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING USER INTERFACE IN ACCORDANCE WITH USER'S INTENTION - A user interface is controlled to support a user using an image processing apparatus which can perform a task, for example, for storing image data obtained by a scanner in a memory or printing the image by a printer. Ina display apparatus which can display a user interface including operation items, a user's intention is estimated, and an operation by the user for specifying a task is supported. For example, statuses of an image input unit and an image accept unit relating to execution of the task are monitored, and display forms of the operation items are varied in accordance with results of the monitoring. | 05-29-2014 |