Hiroki Shimizu
Hiroki Shimizu, Sakura-Shi JP
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20110058819 | OPTICAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE - Provided is an optical transmission device which includes: an optical transmission unit including a light-emitting element; an optical reception unit including a static current source generating bias current for driving the light-emitting element; a light-transmitting medium optically connecting the light-emitting element and a light-receiving element to each other; and an electricity-transmitting medium transmitting the bias current from the static current source to the light-emitting element. | 03-10-2011 |
Hiroki Shimizu, Takasaki-Shi JP
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20110060228 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING FLUIDITY OF BLOOD - In order to supply a method and a device that can evaluate the fluidity of blood with good sensitivity in a simple manner, there is provided a blood fluidity evaluation method in which a pressure member is pressed against a test site upon a test subject, blood at the test site is squeezed to flow out to the periphery of the test site, change over time of the amount of blood at the test site is measured at this time using optical scattering, and blood fluidity at the test site is evaluated from this measurement data; and, desirably, before the above method, a positioning process is performed in which: the pressure member is pressed against the test site with a weak force; pulse measurement data is acquired due to the absorption of light; and a relative position, at which the intensity of the pulse measurement data attains a local maximum, is determined as being an optimum measurement position. | 03-10-2011 |
Hiroki Shimizu, Suntou-Gun JP
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20140086599 | DEVELOPMENT DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A development device includes a developer storage chamber configured to store a developer, a developer carrying member configured to carry the developer, a light transmission member capable of transmitting detection light for detecting a remaining amount of a developer in the developer storage chamber, a shaft member which is provided to the developer storage chamber and configured to rotate, a conveyance unit which is provided to the shaft member and configured to convey the developer, and a cleaning unit which is provided to the shaft member and configured to rub and clean the light transmission member, wherein the shaft member includes an opening. | 03-27-2014 |
20140086618 | CLEANING UNIT, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning unit for an image forming apparatus includes a frame; a cleaning blade; a first seal sealing between the frame and the blade, provided by injection molding into the frame adjacent to an axial end; and a second seal between the frame and the drum, provided opposing to the free end portion adjacent to the axial end portion, and the second seal having a L-like configuration with projection extending in a direction crossing with the axial direction outwardly beyond an end surface of the blade, wherein the first seal includes a base portion provided at a position inside of the end surface and extending in the crossing direction and an extension extending from the base portion in the axial direction, the extension having a free end portion compressed by the projection to seal between the projection and the frame. | 03-27-2014 |
20140169829 | PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A process cartridge for an image forming apparatus includes a drum unit supporing a photosensitive drum; a developing roller; a driving roller for driving the roller; a drive receiving portion; a developing unit supporting the developing roller and the driving roller; and a connecting portion connecting the drum unit and the developing unit, the connecting portion being disposed below the driving roller. The developing unit is movable relative to the drum unit by rotating about the connecting portion between a contacting position in which the drum and the developing roller contact each other and a spacing position in which the drum and the developing roller are spaced from each other. A direction of the receiving portion is opposite to that of the developing roller, and is the same as athe developing unit rotation from the spacing position toward the contacting position. | 06-19-2014 |
Hiroki Shimizu, Fukushima-Ken JP
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20140282631 | OPTICAL DISC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, there is provided an optical disc apparatus of a slot loading type, including a photosensor disposed near a disc insertion port and configured to change an output therefrom when an optical disc is inserted, a memory configured to record an output signal from the photosensor, and a controller configured to estimate a transparent clamp area of the optical disc based on the output signal, estimate a position of a center hole part of the optical disk based on the estimated clamp area, and detect presence of a foreign matter in the center hole part when a light-blocking percentage in the center hole part indicated by the output signal is equal to or higher than a predetermined value. | 09-18-2014 |
Hiroki Shimizu, Lwaki-Shi JP
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20150211945 | MALFUNCTION DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - A malfunction diagnosis apparatus includes: a first temperature detector; a second temperature detector that is placed in a different location from where the first temperature detector is placed; a difference value calculation device calculates a difference value between a detection value from the first temperature detector and a detection value from the second temperature detector; a mapping device carries out mapping of the difference value and calculates a correction value using the frequency of the difference value; a malfunction diagnosis device diagnoses whether or not there is a malfunction in the first temperature detector and the second temperature detector; and a recovery device calculates, as a detection value of the first or second temperature detector judged to be malfunctioning, a value by adding the correction value to a detection value from the first or second temperature detector judged not to be malfunctioning. | 07-30-2015 |
Hiroki Shimizu, Fuji-Shi JP
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20150277370 | PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A process cartridge includes: a photosensitive drum; a rotatable developing roller for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on the photosensitive drum; a rotatable roller having a rotation shaft in a position deviated from an axis of the developing roller, for transmitting a driving force to the developing roller; a coupling member disposed at an end portion of the shaft of the developing roller; a driving force receiving portion, provided on the coupling member and movable in a direction crossing the shaft of the rotatable roller, for receiving a driving force to be transmitted to the developing roller; an urging member for urging the drive receiving portion in the direction crossing the shaft of the rotatable roller; a supporting portion for rotatably supporting the drive receiving portion so as to be movable together with the drive receiving portion toward the rotatable roller in the direction crossing the shaft of the rotatable roller; and an abutting portion for receiving the supporting portion urged by the urging member, wherein the abutting portion is positioned outside an outer periphery of the photosensitive drum on a plane perpendicular to the shaft of the rotatable roller. | 10-01-2015 |
Hiroki Shimizu, Sapporo-Shi JP
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20160074522 | IMMUNITY INDUCER FOR SACCHARIDE ANTIGENS - The present invention provides an immunity inducer and an immunity inducing method using same. The immunity inducer has an immunopotentiation effect on any target oligosaccharide antigen, in particular oligosaccharide antigens included in mammal-derived glycoprotein N-linked sugar chains; is capable of providing a monoclonal antibody having high specificity to and affinity with target oligosaccharide antigens; and has as an effective component thereof a glycolipid including a target oligosaccharide antigen (R) and indicated by general formula (2), or a salt thereof. General formula (2): R—Z—Y—CH(NH—CO—(CH | 03-17-2016 |