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| 20090141319 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - The present invention relates to an image forming device that realizes accurate image forming positioning at a desired position without any complex operation about the image forming position by firmware in the image forming device that can involve the unevenness or mounting position difference of lenses of a deflection scanning device. The image forming device obtains the amount of shift in a subscanning direction of image forming from the image forming position of the image data in the main scanning direction and from the curve correction information, adds dummy data by the number of lines of shifting the reading position of the image data at the image forming start position in accordance with the amount of shift obtained, and delivers the dummy data added and the image data to an image forming component. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090207430 | COLOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND COLOR IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A color image forming apparatus is provided that forms an image by correcting registration shifts during an image forming process by using image data and which prevents toner from being blown away and scattered during a fixing process by thinning pixels without making an erroneous decision. When multivalued color image is binarized, the threshold is corrected by using information on grayscale level correction. Further, when trailing phenomenon prevention operation is performed on the binarized image data, the patterns to be used for pattern matching are changed and selected according to whether the subscan direction line shifting point lies within the reference window. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20100123927 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus for performing wireless communication with an image processing apparatus includes a specifying unit configured to designate, out of a plurality of directories stored in the information processing apparatus, an opened directory before performing wireless communication with the image processing apparatus, a receiving unit configured to receive image data from the image processing apparatus by performing the wireless communication, and a control unit configured to control the image data received by the receiving unit to be stored in the directory designated by the specifying unit. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100290069 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A method for controlling an apparatus, including a plurality of lockable discharge units configured to discharge a printed product having an image formed thereon based on a received job to any one of the plurality of lockable discharge units, includes managing information about a lockable discharge unit to which the printed product is discharged in association with information about a user, notifying the user to prompt picking up the printed product discharged to the lockable discharge unit based on the managed information, and determining whether a particular user is using the plurality of lockable discharge units based on the managed information, wherein, in a case where the particular user is using the plurality of lockable discharge units, the notification is performed. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20110141519 | DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention can intuitively perform processing such as printing relating to an application program that is opened by an information processing apparatus. Further, the present invention displays an image indicted by data, by a display unit of a data processing apparatus so that a user can easily confirm whether the data that is about to be processed by the data processing apparatus is the desired data. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20120096530 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT PERFORMS AUTHENTICATION OF LOGIN FROM EXTERNAL APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus that, even when a user forgets a user ID or the like in remotely logging in to the information processing apparatus from an external apparatus, permits login from the external apparatus insofar as another authentication means satisfies predetermined conditions. Authentication information input by the user when logging in is transmitted to a management server connected to a network, and a login authentication result for the user is received from the management server. Whether or not to permit login by the user from an external apparatus connected to the network is determined based on identification information on the external apparatus. Login by the user from the external apparatus is permitted when the received login authentication result is indicative of successful authentication, and the identification information on the external apparatus is included in the authentication result. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120133968 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHODS FOR CONTROLLING THE APPARATUSES, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus displays a screen for designating cooperative processing in which the image processing apparatus and at least one other image processing apparatus cooperate based on externally received information, where if an execution instruction for processing to be executed by the image processing apparatus for the cooperative processing is received, the processing is executed. A screen displaying the status of processing in the at least one other image processing apparatus and a screen enabling designation of subsequent processing to be executed by the image processing apparatus are displayed based on the externally received screen information while the at least one other image processing apparatus is executing processing to be executed by the at least one other image processing apparatus for the cooperative processing after the execution of the processing. | 05-31-2012 |
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| 20090215943 | EPOXY RESIN COMPOSITION AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - There are provided an epoxy resin composition exhibiting less warpage after molding and during a solder treatment process as well as during a low temperature process of, for example, a temperature cycle test, and excellent in flame retardancy, solder crack resistance, and flowability; and a semiconductor device using the same. The epoxy resin composition used in the semiconductor device contains at least one type of epoxy resin (A) selected from a trifunctional epoxy resin and a tetrafunctional epoxy resin, a curing agent (B) having at least two hydroxyl groups per molecule, a compound (C) having at least two cyanate groups per molecule, and an inorganic filler (D), as essential components. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090218672 | SOLDER RESIST MATERIAL, WIRING BOARD USING THE SOLDER RESIST MATERIAL, AND SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE - The present invention provides a solder resist material, which can suppress the warpage of a semiconductor package upon exposure to heat or impact even when used in a thin wiring board and meets a demand for size reduction in electronic devices and a higher level of integration, and a wiring board comprising the solder resist material and a semiconductor package. The solder resist material of the present invention can effectively suppress the warpage of a semiconductor package through a fiber base material-containing layer interposed between resin layers. The fiber base material-containing layer is preferably unevenly distributed in the thickness direction of the solder resist material. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090267212 | Semiconductor Device - The invention offers technology for suppressing damage to semiconductor devices due to temperature changes. When flip-chip mounting a silicon chip on a buildup type multilayer substrate having a structure with a thinned core, a core having a small coefficient of thermal expansion is used in the multilayer substrate, and the coefficient of thermal expansion and glass transition point of the underfill are appropriately designed in accordance with the thickness and coefficient of thermal expansion of the core. By doing so, it is possible to relieve stresses inside the semiconductor package caused by deformation of the multilayer substrate due to temperature changes, and thereby to suppress damage to the semiconductor package due to temperature changes. | 10-29-2009 |
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| 20080284855 | Electronic Camera - An electronic camera comprises a wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication with a computer or a printer, and a power save mode changeover unit that changes over a power save mode to either an ON or an OFF state according to the operational state of the electronic camera, if the power save mode is changed over to ON by the power save mode changeover unit, the wireless communication unit stops its operation when radio waves are not being transmitted, and if the power save mode is changed over to OFF, the wireless communication unit operates in a standby state when radio waves are not being transmitted. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090128634 | Electronic Camera - An electronic camera comprises an interface unit for cable connection with the computer, an information acquisition unit that acquires network information related to setting of the wireless network from the computer that has been connected to the electronic camera by a cable with using the interface unit, a profile creation unit that creates a profile in which information for connection to the computer via the wireless network is recorded, based upon the network information that has been acquired by the information acquisition unit, a profile storage unit that stores therein the profile created by the profile creation unit, and a wireless connection unit that connects the electronic camera to the computer via the wireless network, based upon the profile that is stored in the profile storage unit. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090195662 | ELECTRONIC CAMERA AND IMAGE TRANSFER METHOD ADOPTED IN ELECTRONIC CAMERA - An electronic camera includes: a communication unit engaged in communication with an external device; a selection unit that selects a transfer method of a photographic image; a transfer control unit that controls the communication unit so as to start, in response to a command transmission from the communication unit to the external device, a transfer of the photographic image from the communication unit to the external device through the transfer method selected by the selection unit; a registration unit where information related to the photographic image to be transferred is registered; and a registration control unit that adjusts a registration method with which the information is registered in the registration unit in correspondence to the transfer method selected by the selection unit. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20110268419 | Moving image file producing method, computer program product and electronic camera - A moving image file producing method includes: inputting an image material; inputting a scenario information; and producing a moving image file that contains the image material based on the scenario information. | 11-03-2011 |
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| 20090040344 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An imaging apparatus includes a first output unit configured to perform first gain processing on an analog signal corresponding to an electric charge stored in a photoelectric conversion element in a first region and output the processed signal, a second output unit configured to perform second gain processing on an analog signal corresponding to an electric charge stored in a photoelectric conversion element in a second region and output the processed signal, an instruction unit configured to instruct a gain of each gain processing in the first and second output units, a first control unit configured to control a display of an image based on an output signal from the first output unit, and a second control unit configured to control an imaging condition based on an output signal from the second output unit. The second gain processing is different from the first gain processing. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20100214440 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - In an image capturing apparatus that is capable of selecting a display mode for live view display from multiple display modes, the difference between a measured subject brightness and an image brightness obtained from an exposure condition for acquiring live view images is obtained. Then, exposure conditions for acquiring the live view images are changed depending on a threshold corresponding to the selected display mode and on the value of the obtained difference. The image capturing apparatus allows for control of the exposure conditions for acquiring the live view images in accordance with the selected live view display mode. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100226640 | CAMERA SYSTEM AND LENS APPARATUS - A camera system for driving a diaphragm by a stepping motor including first and second coils and capable of 2-phase driving, includes a display unit configured to display an image signal, a live view control unit configured to display image signals sequentially read from an image sensor in the display unit, and a control unit configured to set only one of the first and second coils to be in an energized state when the live view control unit displays the image signals in the display unit. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20110076006 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - In an imaging apparatus including a stepping motor that drives a diaphragm, a favorable moving image exposure control is carried out while reducing electrical power required for holding the diaphragm position. For moving image exposure control, a determination unit determines the presence or absence of the diaphragm driving. When a rotor and the magnetic poles of the stator do not face to each other in the first operation mode, the control unit of a stepping motor drives the rotor to a facing position, and shuts off the current in a coil. When the diaphragm driving does not occur in the second operation mode, the control unit of a stepping motor shuts off the current in the coil at the state where the rotor of the motor and the magnetic poles of the stator face to each other. A holding current to be supplied to the motor is shut off in the first and second operation modes, whereby the lower power consumption can be realized. The program profile of a diaphragm drive method and an exposure control is switched depending on the type of an imaging lens unit, whereby a favorable moving image exposure control can be realized. | 03-31-2011 |
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| 20090258309 | TONER FOR ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Provided is a toner for an electrostatic charge image development having toner particles which contain: a binder resin; a colorant; and a compound represented by Formula (1) in an amount of 0.1 to 65 ppm based on the total weight of the toner particles: | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090291377 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC TONER - A set of toners comprising a yellow toner, a magenta toner, a cyan toner and a black toner for forming a full color image with an electrophotographic method, wherein the yellow toner comprises toner particles containing at least one pigment selected from the group consisting of C. I. Pigment Yellow 74, C. I. Pigment Yellow 139, C. I. Pigment Yellow 155, C. I. Pigment Yellow 180 and C. I. Pigment Yellow 185; the magenta toner comprises toner,particles containing a dye represented by Formula (X-1) and a metal compound represented by Formula (1); and the cyan toner comprises toner particles containing a silicon phthalocyanine represented by Formula (2): | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090291378 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC TONER SET - Provided is a set of toners comprising a yellow toner, a magenta toner, a cyan toner and a black toner for forming a full color image with an electrophotographic method, wherein the yellow toner comprises toner particles containing at east one pigment selected from the group consisting of C. I. Pigment Yellow 74, C. I. Pigment Yellow 139, C. I. Pigment Yellow 180, C. I. Pigment Yellow 185 and C. I. Pigment Yellow 155; the magenta toner comprises toner particles containing a rhodamine based dye represented at least by Formula (1) and Formula (2), and the cyan toner comprises toner particles containing a phthalocyanine based dye represented by Formula (5): | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090291381 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC TONER - Provided is a toner comprising toner particles containing a binder resin and coloring matters, wherein the coloring matters comprise a dye represented by Formula (X-1), a metal compound represented by Formula (1) and a quinacridone pigment represented by Formula (2): | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090291382 | ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER AND METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING - An electrostatic latent image developing toner comprising at least a resin, a wax and a colorant, wherein the wax comprises 40 to 98% by mass of a first release agent comprising an ester wax and 2 to 60% by mass of a second release agent comprising a hydrocarbon having at least one of a branched chain structure and a cyclic structure; and the colorant comprises a silicon phthalocyanine represented by Formula (I): | 11-26-2009 |
| 20100175584 | CYAN INK FOR INKJET RECORDING - A cyan ink for inkjet recording comprising at least one of a phthalocyanine compound represented by Formula (1) and a phthalocyanine compound represented by Formula (2), Z being represented by Formula (3): | 07-15-2010 |
| 20110008071 | FULL COLOR IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Provided is a full color image forming method wherein high color reproducibility especially on a blue system and a green system can be obtained and an excellent gradation property can be obtained in a full color image to be obtained. The full color image forming method for forming a full color image by using at least yellow toner, magenta toner, and two kinds of cyan toners (1, 2) is characterized in that a toner image formed by the cyan toner (1) alone has the value of the maximum color saturation (C*) of not less than 50 and the value of lightness (L*) in a color space represented by an L*a*b* colorimetric system of not less than 30 and not more than 52, and that a toner image formed by the cyan toner (2) alone has the value of the maximum color saturation (C*) of not less than 50 and the value of the lightness (L*) in the color space represented by the L*a*b* calorimetric system of not less than 58 and not more than 75. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20120135343 | TONER FOR ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Provided is a toner for an electrostatic charge image development having toner particles which contain: a binder resin; a colorant; and a compound represented by Formula (1) in an amount of 0.1 to 65 ppm based on the total weight of the toner particles: | 05-31-2012 |
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| 20110165394 | WEATHER-RESISTANT ARTICLE, WEATHER-RESISTANT FILM AND OPTICAL MEMBER - Provided is a support exhibiting excellent weather resistance, which is usable in an outdoor location for a long duration and is a support capable of sufficiently shielding UV radiation; and further provided are a weather-resistant article, a weather-resistant film, and an optical member which exhibit sufficient weather resistance even though receiving influences by heat, light or moisture. Disclosed is a weather-resistant article of the present invention possessing a support and provided thereon, a polymer layer containing a light stabilizer and a UV radiation reflective layer containing plural materials each having a different refractive index, the UV radiation reflective layer provided on the polymer layer. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110206422 | INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER MEMBER - Disclosed is an intermediate transfer member that, for example, even when a large number, for example, 160,000 sheets of prints are prepared, does not cause cracking and toner filming, can allow good transfer properties and cleaning properties to be maintained, and can realize stable preparation of toner images having a high quality free from image defects such as lack of text image. In the intermediate transfer member, an elastic layer is provided on the outer circumference of a resin substrate, and a surface layer is provided on the elastic layer. The surface layer has a thickness of 0.5 nm or more but 1000 nm or less and comprises an intermediate layer and a hard layer composed mainly of a metal oxide. The layer density of the hard layer is 2.07 g/cm | 08-25-2011 |
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| 20100167059 | GLASS SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A glass substrate chemically strengthened, includes a primary surface that has a compressive stress layer formed in an uppermost surface layer thereof. The compressive stress layer is configured to enhance strength of the glass substrate due to a compressive stress generated in the compressive stress layer. The compressive layer consists of a layer of a potassium ion concentration equal to or less than 5000 parts per million (ppm). | 07-01-2010 |
| 20110273135 | GRID PLATE FOR LEAD ACID STORAGE BATTERY, PLATE, AND LEAD ACID STORAGE BATTERY PROVIDED WITH SAME PLATE - There is provided a method for operating a lead acid storage battery in order to compensate for fluctuations in the amount of power generated by a solar power generation apparatus, a wind power generation apparatus, or another natural energy power generation device, the lead acid storage battery being charged by a power generation device and discharged to a load. The state of charge of the lead acid storage battery is maintained in a range of 30 to 90% where the fully charged state of the lead acid storage battery is 100%; and the lead acid storage battery is charged and discharged while the battery voltage is kept in a specified range of 1.80 to 2.42 V per cell to extend the service life of the battery. A reference temperature of 25° C. is established, and when the ambient temperature has risen above or fallen below the reference temperature, the upper and lower limit values of a specified range are corrected within a range of −4 mV/° C. to −6 mV/° C. per cell according to the amount by which the temperature has increased or decreased so that a corrected voltage range is obtained. The storage battery is charged and discharged while the battery voltage is kept in the corrected voltage range, and the battery is operated. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110305957 | GRID PLATE FOR LEAD ACID STORAGE BATTERY, PLATE, AND LEAD ACID STORAGE BATTERY PROVIDED WITH SAME PLATE - A grid plate for a lead acid storage battery comprising a frame section having a pair of quadrangular contour shape, and longitudinal grid strands and lateral grid strands that form a grid inside the frame section. The longitudinal grid strands and lateral grid strands are composed of thick strands of smaller thickness than the frame section, and thin strands of smaller width and thickness than the thick strands. The thick strands and thin strands are arranged so that the strands adjacent to the thick strands are thin strands, and space is reliably provided for facilitating the flow of active material to the sides of the thick strands. The two ends of the thick strands in the thickness direction are positioned further inward from the two end faces of the frame section in the thickness direction, and the end portions of one end side of the thin strands in the thickness direction are positioned in positions offset to one end side of the thick strands in the thickness direction, whereby the active material is readily packed into the reverse surface side of the grid plate. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20120094182 | LEAD ACID STORAGE BATTERY - A lead acid storage battery composed of plates, the lead acid storage battery being obtained by packing an active material into a grid plate provided with a frame section having a quadrangular profile shape, and lateral grid strands and longitudinal grid strands that form a grid inside the frame section. The lateral grid strands are composed of thick lateral strands having a thickness equal to the thickness of the frame section, and thin lateral strands of smaller width and thickness than the thick strands, the longitudinal grid strands being composed of thick longitudinal strands that have a thickness that is less than thickness of the frame section, one end in the thickness direction being arranged in the same plane as one end of the frame section in the thickness direction, and thin longitudinal strands of smaller width and thickness than the thick longitudinal strands, end faces of one end side of the thin lateral strands and the thin longitudinal strands in the thickness direction being positioned further inward in the thickness direction than an end face of one end side of the frame section in the thickness direction, and end faces of the other end side of the thin lateral strands and the thin longitudinal strands in the thickness direction being positioned further inward in the thickness direction than an end face of another end side of the frame section in the thickness direction. | 04-19-2012 |
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| 20090065774 | MULTILAYER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The present invention is applied to a multilayer semiconductor device including a plurality of layered semiconductor chips. At least one of the plurality of layered semiconductor chips comprises a pad that is not connected to any external circuit terminal of the multilayer semiconductor device. The multilayer semiconductor device further comprises a separating element that connects the pad to a test stub line when each semiconductor chip is tested and separates the pad from the test stub line during the normal operation. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090102511 | Semiconductor device and driver control method - A semiconductor device of the invention has a plurality of P-channel transistors, to which resistance elements are inserted in series, prepared on a pull-up side of a driver such that an ON resistance value on the P-channel transistor side and a resistance value of the resistance element can be selected. In addition, also on a pull-down side of the driver, a plurality of N-channel transistors to which resistance elements are inserted in series are prepared such that an ON resistance value on the N-channel transistor side and a resistance value of the resistance element can be selected. A driver section having a linear current-voltage characteristic is realized by combination of those described. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090164724 | SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR HOT SWAPPING OF MEMORY MODULES CONFIGURED IN A RING BUS - A memory system according to the present invention copies data stored in memory modules to a hard disk device at each predetermined period, in replacing an arbitrary memory module, switches a bus from a unidirectional bus to a bi-directional bus, and at the time when an access to a memory module to be replaced is requested, accesses a storage area in the hard disk corresponding to an address space of the memory module. In addition, the memory system copies data corresponding to the address space of the memory module to be replaced from the hard disk device to a storage, and at the time when an access to the memory module is requested, accesses a storage area of the storage corresponding to the address space. Moreover, the memory system short-circuits bus connection which is disconnected by removing the memory module to be replaced. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090327981 | Semiconductor device or printed wiring board design method and design support system that implements settings by using a semiconductor device model that expresses parasitic elements that occur when packaged - Correction circuit models are acquired for correcting electrical characteristic parameters that change upon mounting on a board. The correction circuit models are added to a separate model that represents a separate semiconductor device in isolation to create a semiconductor device model that represents the semiconductor device in a board-mounted state. An equivalent circuit model that represents an adjustment-object system is connected to the semiconductor device model that was created, and based on the semiconductor device model to which the equivalent circuit model is connected, adjustment-object values relating to the adjustment-object system are calculated. These adjustment-object values are compared with limit values that were determined in advance, and based on the results of comparison, a design guide is determined for adjusting the adjustment-object system. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100090325 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - In order to solve a problem of increased noise accompanying increased area of a return path in a stacked package structure, provided is a semiconductor device which is formed in a stacked package such as a PoP package, which realizes low noise without changing a package size. An additional power supply wiring that runs along a signal wiring between an upper PoP and a lower PoP is newly added in the lower PoP of a package having a PoP structure. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20110317372 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A device includes: a wiring board having first and second surfaces opposing each other; and a plurality of memory packages on the first surface. The wiring board includes: a first set of terminals on the first surface; a plurality of second sets of terminals on the first surface; and a plurality of first signal lines. The terminals of the first set receive respective ones of a plurality of first signals supplied from a control device. Each of the second sets is provided for a corresponding one of the memory packages. The terminals of each of the second sets contact the corresponding one of the memory packages. The first signal lines extend from respective ones of the terminals of the first set while coupling respective ones of the terminals of each of the second sets. The first signal lines extend on the first surface without extending in the wiring board. | 12-29-2011 |
