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20090051981 | Image Input and Output Using Scan-All-First Input Mode - In processing documents, a scan-all-first mode is available, in which a set of documents is input part by part until all documents have been input, and, after completion of the input process, an output process is performed as a single job for the set of documents. In an intermediate state during the input process in which the set of documents is input part by part in the scan-all-first mode, a user is allowed to make settings of processing conditions associated with, for example, insertion of a sheet or insertion of a form image. In the job processed in the scan-all-first mode, insertion of the sheet or insertion of a composite image including the form image is performed according to the settings made in the intermediate state. | 02-26-2009 |
20090059292 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, PROGRAM, STORAGE MEDIUM, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND METHOD SUITABLE FOR THE PRINTING SYSTEM - There is provided an image forming apparatus capable of realizing a trial printing function that minimizes unnecessary consumption of time and supplies. Images that are inputted are accumulated in a memory. An output mode is set and a setting is made as to whether trial printing is to be carried out in the output mode or not. A CPU provides control to read out a corresponding image from the memory according to the set output mode and form the readout image on a sheet. When it is determined that the trial printing is to be carried out during image formation according to the set output mode, the CPU provides control to set the number of trial print pages according to predetermined conditions and carry out the trial printing for the set number of trial print pages. | 03-05-2009 |
20100157370 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - Disclosed are an image forming apparatus and an image forming method for, in the halted state where trial copying of one set is completed, determining whether a mode has been changed, and for automatically changing a numeral accordingly. According to the present invention, an image forming apparatus comprises: an image input device, for entering an image; a storage device, for storing the image; an image forming unit, for reading the image from the storage unit and for forming the image; and a controller, for providing control for the image forming unit in accordance with a mode set for an image copying process, wherein a function is provided that can set a trial copying mode for an image forming process and can copy one set when the trial copying mode is effective, and that can thereafter temporarily halt the image forming process and enable a mode reset, and wherein for a copying operation performed after the trial copying mode is released, a numeral can be set to a predetermined value in accordance with a mode change effected during a halted state existing immediately before the copying. | 06-24-2010 |
20110268486 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - Disclosed are an image forming apparatus and an image forming method for, in the halted state where trial copying of one set is completed, determining whether a mode has been changed, and for automatically changing a numeral accordingly. According to the present invention, an image forming apparatus comprises: an image input device, for entering an image; a storage device, for storing the image; an image forming unit, for reading the image from the storage unit and for forming the image; and a controller, for providing control for the image forming unit in accordance with a mode set for an image copying process, wherein a function is provided that can set a trial copying mode for an image forming process and can copy one set when the trial copying mode is effective, and that can thereafter temporarily halt the image forming process and enable a mode reset, and wherein for a copying operation performed after the trial copying mode is released, a numeral can be set to a predetermined value in accordance with a mode change effected during a halted state existing immediately before the copying. | 11-03-2011 |
20120127505 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, PROGRAM, STORAGE MEDIUM, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND METHOD SUITABLE FOR THE PRINTING SYSTEM - There is provided an image forming apparatus capable of realizing a trial printing function that minimizes unnecessary consumption of time and supplies. Images that are inputted are accumulated in a memory. An output mode is set and a setting is made as to whether trial printing is to be carried out in the output mode or not. A CPU provides control to read out a corresponding image from the memory according to the set output mode and form the readout image on a sheet. When it is determined that the trial printing is to be carried out during image formation according to the set output mode, the CPU provides control to set the number of trial print pages according to predetermined conditions and carry out the trial printing for the set number of trial print pages. | 05-24-2012 |
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20080231237 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHARGING NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - It is made possible to keep a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery in a charged state for a long period of time and minimize the degradation of the battery. A method for charging a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a cathode, an anode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte, includes: a first charging step of charging the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery at a first current value which increases the voltage of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery; and a second charging step of charging the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery at a second current value which decreases the voltage of the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery. These two charging steps are repeated alternately. | 09-25-2008 |
20090081534 | SECONDARY BATTERY, BATTERY PACK AND CAR - A secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode containing a metal compound having a lithium ion absorption potential of 0.2V (vs.Li/Li | 03-26-2009 |
20120161071 | ACID GAS ABSORBENT, ACID GAS REMOVAL METHOD, AND ACID GAS REMOVAL DEVICE - An acid gas absorbent of which recovery amount of acid gas such as carbon dioxide is high, and an acid gas removal device and an acid gas removal method using the acid gas absorbent are provided. The acid gas absorbent of the embodiment comprising at least one type of tertiary amine compound represented by the following general formula (1). | 06-28-2012 |
20120208096 | AIR BATTERY - According to one embodiment, an air battery includes a case, a positive electrode, a negative electrode, a first nonaqueous electrolyte, a second nonaqueous electrolyte, a solid electrolyte layer and a hole. The first nonaqueous electrolyte is permeated into the positive electrode and includes an ionic liquid. The second nonaqueous electrolyte is permeated into the negative electrode and includes an organic solvent. The solid electrolyte layer is provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode and has lithium ion conductivity. | 08-16-2012 |
20120214044 | SECONDARY BATTERY, BATTERY PACK AND CAR - A secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode containing a metal compound having a lithium ion absorption potential of 0.2V (vs.Li/Li | 08-23-2012 |
20120270093 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY, BATTERY PACK, AND VEHICLE - According to one embodiment, a non-aqueous electrolyte battery includes an outer case, a negative electrode, a positive electrode including a current collector and a positive electrode layer formed on surface of the current collector and opposed to the negative electrode layer, and a non-aqueous electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode layer includes a layered lithium nickel cobalt manganese composite oxide and a lithium cobalt composite oxide, the positive electrode layer has a pore volume with a pore diameter of 0.01 to 1.0 μm, the pore volume being 0.06 to 0.25 mL per 1 g of a weight of the positive electrode layer, and a pore surface area within the pore volume range is 2.4 to 8 m | 10-25-2012 |
20120294785 | ACIDIC GAS ABSORBENT, ACIDIC GAS REMOVAL DEVICE, AND ACIDIC GAS REMOVAL METHOD - An acidic gas absorbent having a high acidic gas absorption capacity, that is, a high acidic gas absorption amount and a high acidic gas absorption rate, an acidic gas absorption device, and a method for absorbing an acidic gas, are provided. An acidic gas absorbent containing an azabicyclo compound and a primary or secondary amine compound; an acidic gas absorbent containing a heteroaromatic ring compound and a primary or secondary amine compound; an acidic gas removal device using these acidic gas absorbents; and a method for removing an acidic gas are disclosed. | 11-22-2012 |
20120305840 | CARBON DIOXIDE ABSORBING SOLUTION - An object of the present invention is to provide a carbon dioxide absorbing solution capable of avoiding precipitation of a product formed by the reaction with carbon dioxide. The absorbing solution is an aqueous solution characterized by containing an amino acid salt comprising at least one carboxylic acid salt connected to a heterocyclic ring including at least one nitrogen atom as the ring member atom. | 12-06-2012 |
20130078490 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY CELL, NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY CELL, BATTERY PACK AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY CELL - According to one embodiment, a negative electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery cell includes a composite. The composite includes a carbonaceous material, a silicon oxide dispersed in the carbonaceous material, and a silicon dispersed in the silicon oxide. A half-value width of a diffraction peak of a Si (220) plane in powder X-ray diffraction measurement of the composite is in a range of 1.5° to 8.0°. A mean size of a silicon oxide phase is in a range of 50 nm to 1,000 nm. A value of (a standard deviation)/(the mean size) is equal to or less than 1.0 where the standard deviation of a size distribution of the silicon oxide phase is defined by (d84%−d16%)/2. | 03-28-2013 |
20130244103 | ELECTRODE FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, AND BINDER FOR ELECTRODE - An electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery of an embodiment includes: a current collector; and an active material layer including an active material and a binder, formed on the current collector, wherein the binder includes at least an olefin based polymer and a fatty acid, and the fatty acid has a melting point of 25° C. or less and a boiling point of 100° C. or more. | 09-19-2013 |
20130280586 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY, BATTERY PACK, AND VEHICLE - According to one embodiment, a non-aqueous electrolyte battery includes an outer case, a negative electrode, a positive electrode including a current collector and a positive electrode layer formed on surface of the current collector and opposed to the negative electrode layer, and a non-aqueous electrolyte, wherein the positive electrode layer includes a layered lithium nickel cobalt manganese composite oxide and a lithium cobalt composite oxide, the positive electrode layer has a pore volume with a pore diameter of 0.01 to 1.0 μm, the pore volume being 0.06 to 0.25 mL per 1 g of a weight of the positive electrode layer, and a pore surface area within the pore volume range is 2.4 to 8 m | 10-24-2013 |
20130330627 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - According to one embodiment, there is provided a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material layer, a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material layer, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. At least one of the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer contains carbon dioxide and releases the carbon dioxide in the range of 0.1 ml to 10 ml per 1 g when heated at 350° C. for 1 minute. | 12-12-2013 |
20130330629 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - According to one embodiment, there is provided a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material layer, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode active material layer contains carbon dioxide and releases the carbon dioxide in the range of 0.1 ml to 5 ml per 1 g when heated at 200° C. for 1 minute. | 12-12-2013 |
20130337314 | Negative Electrode Material for Non-Aqueous Electrolyte Secondary Battery, Negative Electrode Active Material for Non-Aqueous Electrolyte Secondary Battery, and Non-Aqueous Electrolyte Secondary Battery - There is provided a negative electrode material for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary batteries, the negative electrode material being a silicon oxide represented by the composition formula, SiO | 12-19-2013 |
20140024127 | METHODS FOR RECOVERING AND ANALYZING AMINES - The objects of embodiments in the present disclosure are to provide a method capable of recovering two or more amine compounds at the same time from a gas or solution, and also to provide a method capable of analyzing the recovered amines. | 01-23-2014 |
20140178767 | SECONDARY BATTERY, BATTERY PACK AND CAR - A secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode containing a metal compound having a lithium ion absorption potential of 0.2V (vs. Li/Li | 06-26-2014 |
20140199579 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND BATTERY PACK - A negative electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery has a carbonaceous substance, a silicon oxide phase in the carbonaceous substance, a silicon phase in the silicon oxide phase, and a zirconia phase in the carbonaceous substance. The negative electrode active material has a diffraction peak at 2θ=30±1° in powder X-ray diffraction measurement. | 07-17-2014 |
20140199583 | ELECTRODE FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, AND BATTERY PACK - An electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery of an embodiment has an active material layer containing an active material and a binder containing fluorine, and a current collector bound to the active material layer. When a thermal decomposition start temperature of the binder is T1° C. and the thermal decomposition end temperature is T2° C., one or more signals are present for any of the mass number of 81, 100, 132, and 200 in a thermal decomposition mass analysis between thermal decomposition temperatures of T1 and T2. When a signal area of the mass spectrum in the range of T1-100° C. or higher but lower than T1° C. is X, and a signal area of the mass spectrum in the range of T1 or higher but the same or lower than T2° C. is Y, the X and Y satisfy a relation of X≦Y. | 07-17-2014 |
20140199584 | ELECTRODE FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, AND BATTERY PACK - An electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery of an embodiment has an active material layer containing an active material and a binder containing fluorine, and a current collector bound to the active material layer. When a thermal decomposition start temperature of the binder is T1° C. and a thermal decomposition end temperature of the binder is T2° C., one or more peaks are present in an ion chromatogram of any mass number selected at least from 81, 100, 132, and 200 in a thermal decomposition gas chromatography mass analysis at the thermal decomposition temperature of (T1+T2)/2° C. When a peak area at T1° C. is X, and a peak area at T2° C. is Y, the X and Y satisfy a relation of 2X≧Y. | 07-17-2014 |
20140199593 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND BATTERY PACK - A negative electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery has a current collector, a negative electrode active material layer containing a negative electrode active material and a binder that binds the negative electrode active material, and an azole compound having an amino group as a functional group at a part of an interface between the negative electrode active material layer and the current collector. | 07-17-2014 |
20140295248 | ELECTRODE FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTIC BATTERY, NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTIC SECONDARY BATTERY, AND BATTERY PACK - An electrode has a current collector and an electrode mixture containing a binder and an active material particle selected from at least one of a carbonaceous material, a metal particle and a metal oxide particle formed on the current collector. When cutting strength of an interface between the current collector and the electrode mixture is represented by “a” and cutting strength in a horizontal direction within the electrode mixture is represented by “b”, the “a” and “b” satisfy a relation of a/b>1. | 10-02-2014 |
20140295249 | ELECTRODE FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTIC BATTERY, NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTIC SECONDARY BATTERY, AND BATTERY PACK - An electrode for battery has an electrode mixture containing a binder and an active material particle selected from at least one of a carbonaceous material, a metal particle and a metal oxide particle formed on a current collector. When cutting strength of an interface between the current collector and the electrode mixture is represented by “a” and cutting strength in a horizontal direction within the electrode mixture is represented by “b”, the “a” and “b” satisfy a relation of a/b<1. | 10-02-2014 |
20140295291 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE AIR BATTERY - A nonaqueous electrolyte air battery has s positive electrode comprises at least a catalyst which activates oxygen, a conductive material and a binder, when a thermal decomposition starting temperature of the binder is T1° C. and a thermal decomposition ending temperature of the binder is T2° C. A signal with any of mass numbers of 81, 100, 132 and 200 is present in pyrolysis mass spectrometry of the binder in a range of T1° C. to T2° C. Where a peak area at T1° C. is X and a peak area at T2° C. is Y, the X and Y satisfy a relation of 2X≧Y. | 10-02-2014 |
20140295299 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE AIR BATTERY - A nonaqueous electrolyte air battery has a positive electrode comprises at least a catalyst which activates oxygen, a conductive material and a binder, when a thermal decomposition starting temperature of the binder is T1° C. and a thermal decomposition ending temperature of the binder is T2° C. A signal with any of mass numbers of 81, 100, 132 and 200 is present in pyrolysis mass spectrometry of the binder in a range of T1° C. to T2° C. Where a mass spectrum signal area of T1-100° C. or higher and lower than T1° C. is X, and a mass spectrum signal area from T1° C. to T2° C. is Y, the X and Y satisfy a relation of X≦Y. | 10-02-2014 |
20150037681 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, AND BATTERY PACK - A negative electrode active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery of an embodiment includes a carbonaceous material, a silicon oxide phase in the carbonaceous material, and a silicon phase in the silicon oxide phase. The negative electrode active material has a crack in the carbonaceous material, and the longest side of the crack has a length equal to or greater than ⅕ of the diameter of the negative electrode active material. | 02-05-2015 |
20150086852 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND BATTERY PACK - A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery of an embodiment includes an exterior member; a positive electrode housed in the exterior member, a negative electrode containing an active material and housed in the exterior member so as to be spatially separated from the positive electrode via a separator, and a nonaqueous electrolyte filled in the exterior member. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer on the negative electrode current collector. A tensile strength of the negative electrode is 400 N/mm | 03-26-2015 |
20150086853 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND BATTERY PACK - A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery of an embodiment includes an exterior member, a cathode including a cathode active material layer housed in the exterior member, an anode including an anode active material layer housed in the exterior member and spatially separated from the cathode by a separator, and a nonaqueous electrolyte filled in the exterior member. The cathode active material layer contains lithium-copper oxide and copper oxide. A peak intensity ratio d(002)/d(010) between a plane index d(010) derived from the lithium-copper oxide and a plane index d(002) derived from the copper oxide is not lower than 0.1 and not higher than 0.5 at an X-ray diffraction peak. | 03-26-2015 |
20150086854 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND BATTERY PACK - A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery of an embodiment includes an electrode group including a cathode collector, a cathode having a cathode active material layer formed on the cathode collector, an anode collector, an anode having an anode active material layer formed on the anode collector, and a separator placed between the cathode and the anode, an exterior member housing the electrode group, and a nonaqueous electrolyte filled in the exterior member. In the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, the anode collector is at least one metal selected from among Fe, Ti, Ni, Cr, and Al, or an alloy containing at least one metal selected from among Fe, Ti, Ni, Cr, and Al. In the nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, a coating containing at least one metal selected from Au and Cu is formed on at least one of the surfaces of the anode collector excluding the anode active material layer. | 03-26-2015 |
20150086862 | NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND BATTERY PACK - A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery of an embodiment includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The electrolyte contains an organic solvent with a lithium salt dissolved therein and an additive. An active material of the negative electrode contains at least one metal selected from Si and Sn, at least one or more selected from an oxide of the metal and an alloy containing the metal, and a carbonaceous matter. A fluorine concentration of a film A formed on the metal, the oxide of the metal, or the alloy containing the metal in the negative electrode active material is higher than a fluorine concentration of a film B formed on the carbonaceous matter, the additive includes at least one compound containing fluorine and at least one compound containing no fluorine, or an electrolyte after initial charge contains at least one fluorine-containing additive. | 03-26-2015 |
20150086870 | ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, ELECTRODE FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - An electrode material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery of an embodiment includes a silicon nanoparticle, and a coating layer coating the silicon nanoparticle. The coating layer includes an amorphous silicon oxide and a silicon carbide phase. At least a part of the silicon carbide phase exists on a surface of the silicon nanoparticle. | 03-26-2015 |
20150086873 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, AND BATTERY PACK - A negative electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery of an embodiment includes a current collector, and a negative electrode mixture layer arranged on the current collector. The negative electrode mixture layer includes a negative electrode active material, a conductive material, and a binder. The negative electrode active material is composite particles including a carbonaceous substance, a silicon oxide phase in the carbonaceous substance, and a silicon phase including crystalline silicon in the silicon oxide phase. The negative electrode active material satisfies d | 03-26-2015 |